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Portland’s New Airport Built with Local Tribal Timber is Inherently Fire Resistant and Less Carbon-Intensive
Oregon is famous for forests, and so it makes sense that the new "Port of Portland" airport terminal is going to be built almost...
Deaf Children Are First Humans to Have Hearing Pathway Restored in Dramatic Demonstration of New Gene Therapy
In China, a true medical breakthrough has been achieved in a human trial that had as many as 10 children born deaf have their...
Get Ready for the Solar Eclipse When Moon and Sun Form Perfect Line With Earth in a ‘Ring of Fire’
The 2023 solar eclipse is passing over the United States this year, giving millions of Americans in the northwest a chance to glimpse a...
Lithium Discovery in Crater in Nevada Could Be Biggest Deposit Ever Found
If even half of the lithium that's estimated to exist in the McDermitt caldera is mined, it would change the world. Full stop.
Early this...
Woman Who Lost Eye As Baby Wears Glitter Eyeballs to Own Her Difference
Rachel Mayta was just 18 months old when her doctor spotted a white glow in her eye which led to her retinoblastoma diagnosis, or...
Beautiful Homeless Shelters Get Radical Redesign to Impact Residents
Attempting to get a grip on the homeless epidemic, homeless shelters are making conscious choices to employ trauma-informed designs to make those who are...
Fungi Could Be the Answer to Global Warming as They Store a Third of All Carbon Emissions
GNN is pro-fungus. We report on their value as medicines, building materials, and food, as well as the constantly evolving portrait of their interconnectedness...
Good Gardening Week 15: All About Spring Flowers—Plus Last Week’s Early Growing Images
Welcome back to Good Gardening! Last week, we received our first updates from our current gardening experts, the Sharing Gardens, and Monica Richards! We...
Adorable Video Shows How Mama Otter Teaches Her Pup to Swim in Dramatic Fashion (Watch)
Take a sweet Mothers Day moment to check out how this doting river otter takes her baby to the water's edge for its first...
Britain Names the First Two ‘Celtic Rainforests’ to Be Restored to Primeval Glory
Two so-called "Celtic rainforests" in the UK are to be restored with a mixture of native planting and natural reforestation.
The hope is that they...
Some Coastal Salt Marshes Are Keeping Up With Sea Level Rise: ‘We Were Definitely Excited’
Salt marshes on the East Coast have accumulated soil more quickly over the past century—and some appear to be keeping pace with rising waters.
The...
Scientists Say Exposure to Microplastics in Human Bodies is Not Inflammatory
Japanese scientists have made a breakthrough discovery on the effects of ingesting microplastics, namely that our immune system is capable of protecting us from...
New Yellowstone Spin-off Series Dramatizes Life of Historic Black U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves in the Wild West
The popular television drama Yellowstone is producing a spinoff season to dramatize one of the most legendary figures in the Wild West, Bass Reeves.
Interest in Reeves...
Stranded in Snow With No Reception He Tied His iPhone to a Drone to Get Above Trees to Send SOS Text
An experienced mountain-going photographer got stuck in a snowdrift while trying to rescue another stranded vehicle on a remote mountain road in Oregon.
He knew...
Refugee is Reunited With Beloved Dog After a Year Apart Since Fleeing Afghanistan
An Afghan refugee living in British Colombia was finally reunited with her dog Lucky after 10 months apart.
Sending Lucky and her cat Leo aboard...
Monarch Butterflies Rebound Again–Beating Last Year’s Total, Proving Success is Not a Fluke
The annual Western monarch count to measure the population of overwintering butterflies shared fantastic news for the second year in a row.
Motivated by the...
Wife of WWII Soldier Spends Decades to Reunite Japanese Family With Photo Album He Found on Okinawa –LOOK
With persistence, belief, and the amount of sheer dumb luck normally needed to win the lottery, a Portland senior tracked down an Okinawan family...
Artist Creates Fantasy Sculptures By Repurposing Dead Insects
An artistic form of recycling has an artist in Belgium creating exceptionally unique sculptures from the bits, bones, and barbs of insects.
Joos Habraken creates...
A Man from Luck Finally Won the Lottery
A man from Luck, Wisconsin, population 1,191, just won the highest Megabucks lottery jackpot in 8 years after picking up $15.1 million.
Mark Cunningham bought...
Urban Trees at the End of Life Are Turned into Valuable Products, Rather Than Chipped for Landfil
Across America, cities are choosing to upcycle their felled urban trees into valuable products rather than chipping them, burning them, or dumping them into...