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Teacher Wins $1M Prize for Turning India’s Slums Into Hundreds of Open-Air Classrooms

An Indian teacher who has established more than 800 learning centers across India for children who have never attended school has been named the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher Prize from GEMS…

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High Schoolers and Seniors Build Unlikely Friendships Through Chair Volleyball

What started as a simple chair volleyball game at a senior living community in Belton, Texas, has grown into a meaningful intergenerational friendship. The sporty seniors, who proudly call themselves…

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Newborn Giraffe With Distinctive Hair-do is Charming Visitors to Ohio Zoo–And They Gave Him the Perfect Name

A four-week-old baby giraffe is becoming a social media sensation, thanks to his remarkable tuft of hair. His new name, Eugene, chosen from public suggestions, has proven to be a perfect fit for the y…

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Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will A…

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Good News in History, February 21

198 years ago today, the first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix was published using the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah. Sequoyah, also known as George Gist, was a Cherokee polymath who was one o…

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158 Giant Endangered Tortoises Released on Galápagos Island Where They’d Been Extinct for 180 Years

For the first time in over 180 years, a giant tortoise population is once again walking the landscapes of Floreana Island—launching the largest restoration effort ever undertaken on the Galápagos isla…

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Did you know?Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.

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‘Astonishing” New Scimitar-Shaped Crested Dinosaur Discovered in Sahara Desert: ‘You might uncover a lost world’

Scientists called “astonishing” the first indisputable evidence of a new species of Spinosaurus found in over a century—uncovered in a remote area of the Sahara Desert. The newly discovered scimitar-c…

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Mountain Rescue Script Flipped as Hiker Saves Lost Dog Instead of a Dog Saving Hiker

In what was noted to be a bit of a reversal of traditional roles, a dog was rescued by mountaineers after spending a frigid night in a hollow below a mountaintop. Five dogs and four hikers were approa…

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A Recipe For Women’s Empowerment in Morocco

All over the city of Marrakesh, football fever had taken hold. Africa’s continent-wide soccer competition, AFCON, was being hosted in Morocco. And here, at the Amal Targa Center, a fan zone had been s…

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Watch Thai Cops Literally Go ‘Undercover’ Dancing as a Lion to Nab Suspect at Lunar New Year Fest

From Thailand comes a story that’s pure Hollywood: police going undercover as festival lion dancers to nab a suspected art thief. Dressed as the rump and head of a large Asian lion costume during Luna…

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Good News in History, February 20

14 years ago today, a team of Russian botanists successfully regenerated 36 specimens of Silene stenophylla from frozen samples of the plant’s fruit buried in the Russian permafrost between 40 and 60,…

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How a football cup run helped unite a town

For a club rooted in non-league football, Macclesfield’s recent FA Cup didn't just connect those on the pitch, but a whole community The post How a football cup run helped unite a town appeared first…

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Did you know?A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance.'