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Japanese Town Deploys Growling Robot ‘Wolves’ to Protect Residents From Bears
Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf? Japanese black bears, it seems—or at least they’re afraid of big, bad robotic wolves.
With bear sightings at...
JK Rowling Funds MS Research With Whopping $18 Million Donation to Honor Her Mother
This isn’t the first time author J.K. Rowling has donated a chunk of her fortune to charity, but researchers are still jumping for joy over the donation.
After Amusing Twitter Exchange, J.K. Rowling Shocks a Book Club by Showing Up
Join us for Saturday Slaughters today at 2.30pm. We shall be discussing The Cuckoo's Calling by @RGalbraith pic.twitter.com/ux6ar9gcnW— Orkney Library (@OrkneyLibrary) March 5, 2016
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J.K. Rowling Uses Her Fame For Good, Launching Lumos Nonprofit in US
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling is hoping to tap into America's philanthropy and influence as she launches the U.S. arm of her nonprofit Lumos...
Harry Potter Fans and J.K. Rowling Win Deal to Get Child Labor Out of Chocolate
After a four-year campaign by the fan activist group the Harry Potter Alliance and its favorite author, J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros. has relented and...
J.K. Rowling Writes New Harry Potter Pages for Halloween
J.K. Rowling handed out a special Halloween treat for her die-hard Harry Potter fans, this time in the form of a profile of one of the most...
JK Rowling Sends Letter and Wand to Young Shooting Survivor
JK Rowling penned a hand-written letter in purple ink to a teenager who found strength in the words of a Harry Potter film after her family...
J.K. Rowling Outed as Writer of Acclaimed Crime Novel
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling secretly posed as a retired military policeman to write a crime novel that has been hailed as one of...
JK Rowling Gives Signed Potter Books to Teen’s Fundraiser in Honor of Fan’s Lost Friend
Harry Potter fan Shona Macleod, 15, decided to contact JK Rowling in her effort to raise £950 for a park bench where she could...
J.K. Rowling Might Write More Harry Potter Books
J.K. Rowling celebrated Easter at the White House, reading to some kids and answering questions about the future of Harry Potter. According to...
‘The Javan tiger still exists’ – DNA Found May Herald an ‘Extinct Species’ Comeback
Ripi Yanuar Fajar and his four friends say they’ll never forget the evening after Indonesia’s Independence Day celebration in 2019 when they encountered a...
Rare Proof Copy of Harry Potter Book Bought for 15 Cents Could Fetch $15,000 at Auction
He found it in a dusty bin on the floor of a used bookstore, where he grabbed three books for 45 cents.
One was an...
Good News in History, November 4
286 years ago today, the Teatro di San Carlo was inaugurated in the city of Naples with the opera Achille in Sciro. It is the oldest...
Good News in History, July 31
130 years ago today, Conradh na Gaeilge, or the Gaelic League, was founded in Dublin, Ireland as an association to support the Irish language...
Good News in History, July 21
170 years ago today, the New York State legislature voted to set aside or purchase 770 acres in the middle of Manhattan Island for...
Good News in History, July 8
137 years ago today, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, and Reverends Benjamin Waugh and Edward Rudolph founded the London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children....
Good News in History, June 26
247 years ago today, the national poet of Thailand, Sunthorn Phu was born in Bangkok. A composer of epic poetry, Phu's life was strange...
Watch Tiny Dog Sprint After Coyote While His Puppy Pal is Being Attacked in the Backyard
In California, a little dog was saved from a prowling coyote when his friend, a 10 lbs. Maltese "hero in a fur suit" summoned...
Good News in History, April 26
220 years ago in the afternoon, thousands of small meteorite fragments rained down from the sky over L'Aigle, France. Upon hearing of this event,...
29 Species Have Recovered Enough in Australia to be Taken Off Endangered List–a Milestone for Celebration
A large research project studying endangered species in Australia has tallied 29 recovered species—all animals that can be safely de-listed from the country's endangered...