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7 Key Reasons to Journal

Title: The Journal Deconstruction

The Lesson: Journaling is an essential practice to a successful and organized lifestyle – and this talk lists seven reasons as to why it is so important.

Notable Excerpt: “The first reason to journal – and the most important reason – is that it organizes your thinking. You ask the average person ‘What are your top five greatest visions,’ or ‘what are your top five values,’ … they’ll say that they don’t know. So it really comes down to this; vague thinking leads to vague production.”

The Speaker: Robin Sharma’s talks on business have attracted over 750,000 people seeking his unique insight on strategy, leadership, and entrepreneurial mastery – and those viewers are already starting to see results in their personal growth. A best-selling author and motivational speaker, Sharma’s has spent the last twenty years of his career delivering talks to thousands of people all over the world, as well as to the massive corporate workforces of Nike, Microsoft, and HP.

Books: The Canadian speaker has published 11 groundbreaking self-help books, the most notable of which include “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” and “The Leader Who Had No Title”.

Podcast: Sharma’s first two Mastery classes are totally free to view and you can also download his free Mastery Sessions podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud, or watch his talks on YouTube.

(LISTEN to the inspiring talk below)

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‘True love always finds its way back’: Watch Divorced Dad Propose to Ex-Wife

It has been three and a half year since Lorrie and Jeff Agan first ended their marriage – but after going on their own “separate journeys of self-renewal”, they finally found their way back to each other.

Lorrie and Jeff, who are the proud parents of eight kids, had been married for 25 years before they got a divorce in 2014.

“When their marriage failed, our whole family was devastated and torn apart,” says their son Jeff Jr. “Years went by, with fights and slick comments being waged from both sides.”

 

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Jeff Sr. and Lorrie finally found their “redemption”, however, when they took some time to go their own ways.

Jeff went from working as a truck driver to being a nurse at the University of Toledo Medical Center. He also started dealing with his mental health issues by writing poetry and going to the gym. Meanwhile, Lorrie found peace in nature and meditation.

A few months ago, the divorcees struck up their old romance and started dating again.

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Then in a video that has quickly gone viral on Twitter, Jeff can be seen proposing to Lorrie for a second time with a framed poem that he wrote entitled “Love Burns Anew”. As Lorrie finishes reading the last line of the verse, Jeff presents a ring – and of course she said yes.

“My parents were married for more than 20 years, divorced, fought a lot, went to work on themselves. Years later, they start dating and as of yesterday, this happened,” says Jeff Jr. “True love always finds its way back around.”

Because Jeff and Lorrie couldn’t afford a grandiose wedding the first time around, their son started a GoFundMe campaign to pay for a bigger ceremony. The page has already surged past its initial goal of $2,000.

(WATCH the heartwarming video below)

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Diabetes Drug ‘Significantly Reverses Memory Loss’ in Mice With Alzheimer’s

A drug developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer’s after scientists found it “significantly reversed memory loss” in mice through a triple method of action.

The research, published in Brain Research, could bring substantial improvements in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease through the use of a drug originally created to treat type 2 diabetes.

Lead researcher Professor Christian Holscher of Lancaster University in the UK said the novel treatment “holds clear promise of being developed into a new treatment for chronic neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.”

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia and the numbers are expected to rise to two million people in the UK by 2051 according to Alzheimer’s Society, who part-funded the research.

Dr Doug Brown, Director of Research and Development at Alzheimer’s Society, said: “With no new treatments in nearly 15 years, we need to find new ways of tackling Alzheimer’s. It’s imperative that we explore whether drugs developed to treat other conditions can benefit people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. This approach to research could make it much quicker to get promising new drugs to the people who need them.”

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Although the benefits of these ‘triple agonist’ drugs have so far only been found in mice, other studies with existing diabetes drugs such as liraglutide have shown real promise for people with Alzheimer’s, so further development of this work is crucial.”

This is the first time that a triple receptor drug has been used which acts in multiple ways to protect the brain from degeneration. It combines GLP-1, GIP and Glucagon which are all growth factors. Problems with growth factor signaling have been shown to be impaired in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

The study used APP/PS1 mice, which are transgenic mice that express human mutated genes that cause Alzheimer’s. Those genes have been found in people who have a form of Alzheimer’s that can be inherited. Aged transgenic mice in the advanced stages of neurodegeneration were treated.

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In a maze test, learning and memory formation were much improved by the drug which also:

  • enhanced levels of a brain growth factor which protects nerve cell functioning
  • reduced the amount of amyloid plaques in the brain linked with Alzheimer’s
  • reduced both chronic inflammation and oxidative stress
  • slowed down the rate of nerve cell loss

Professor Holscher said: “These very promising outcomes demonstrate the efficacy of these novel multiple receptor drugs that originally were developed to treat type 2 diabetes but have shown consistent neuroprotective effects in several studies.”

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“Clinical studies with an older version of this drug type already showed very promising results in people with Alzheimer’s disease or with mood disorders.”

“Here we show that a novel triple receptor drug shows promise as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s but further dose-response tests and direct comparisons with other drugs have to be conducted in order to evaluate if this new drugs is superior to previous ones.”

Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s and has been implicated in the progression of the disease. Impaired insulin has been linked to cerebral degenerative processes in type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Insulin desensitization has also been observed in the Alzheimer’s disease brain. The desensitization could play a role in the development of neurodegenerative disorders as insulin is a growth factor with neuroprotective properties.

(Source: Lancaster University)

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Watch Fantastic Shadow Puppet Performance to Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’

It certainly is a wonderful world when you can watch delightful shadow puppet performances on the internet – especially when they’re done to Louis Armstrong.

In an episode of Spicks and Specks, the Australian music-themed comedic television quiz show, Raymond Crow conducts an elegant shadow puppet show to the jazz ballad ‘What a Wonderful World’.

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Mosque Pays Fines For Man Who Vandalized Their Building

Abraham Davis could have gone to jail for a long time if it had not been for the very people who he was pitted against in the first place.

Back in October 2016, the CCTV cameras at the Masjid Al Salam mosque captured Davis vandalizing the Arkansas building with spray paint.

Davis was charged with community service and a hefty fine – one that he couldn’t afford to pay.

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“We knew this person did a bad thing and there has to be consequences for their actions. But we didn’t have any ill feelings towards anybody,” President of Al Salam Louay Nassri told KARK.

“We heard that he was having financial problems. Now if you don’t pay your fine, that’s an automatic six years in jail. Well, we didn’t want him to go to jail for six years.”

In an inspiring show of forgiveness, the mosque then wrote Davis a check to cover the fine.

(WATCH the video below)

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“Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.” – Isaac Asimov

“Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.” – Isaac Asimov

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Greatest Moments From 2017 in a Beautiful Video

If you thought 2017 was too depressing for words, then feast your eyes on this compilation of the ten greatest things that happened throughout the year.

Some of these stories you might never heard about (unless you’re a Good News Network regular), while others are iconic events that you will want to relive again.

A development that can turn the ocean into drinking water; a country that ran on 100% renewable energy for ten months; in India, 67 million trees planted in a single day; and a solution for ebola and cholera.

How about the celebrity chef who fed 3 million people in Puerto Rico when they needed it most? The world came together in a variety of ways, and we wanted to remind you of these inspiring moments.

Happy New Year from GNN, and editor, Matt Walton…

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Now You Can Learn a Language While You Wait For WiFi

Learn a language while you wait for WiFi
CSAIL tool integrates with email and web browsers to harness micro-moments.
Written by Rachel Gordon
MIT News

Hyper-connectivity has changed the way we communicate, wait, and productively use our time. Even in a world of 5G wireless and “instant” messaging, there are countless moments throughout the day when we’re waiting for messages, texts, and Snapchats to refresh. But our frustrations with waiting a few extra seconds for our emails to push through doesn’t mean we have to simply stand by.

To help us make the most of these “micro-moments,” researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a series of apps called “WaitSuite” that test you on vocabulary words during idle moments, like when you’re waiting for an instant message or for your phone to connect to WiFi.

Building on micro-learning apps like Duolingo, WaitSuite aims to leverage moments when a person wouldn’t otherwise be doing anything — a practice that its developers call “wait-learning.”

“With stand-alone apps, it can be inconvenient to have to separately open them up to do a learning task,” says MIT PhD student Carrie Cai, who leads the project. “WaitSuite is embedded directly into your existing tasks, so that you can easily learn without leaving what you were already doing.”

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WaitSuite covers five common daily tasks: waiting for WiFi to connect, emails to push through, instant messages to be received, an elevator to come, or content on your phone to load. When using the system’s instant messaging app “WaitChatter,” users learned about four new words per day, or 57 words over just two weeks.

Ironically, Cai found that the system actually enabled users to better focus on their primary tasks, since they were less likely to check social media or otherwise leave their app.

WaitSuite was developed in collaboration with MIT Professor Rob Miller and former MIT student Anji Ren. A paper on the system will be presented at ACM’s CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems next month in Colorado.

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Among WaitSuite’s apps include “WiFiLearner,” which gives users a learning prompt when it detects that their computer is seeking a WiFi connection. Meanwhile, “ElevatorLearner” automatically detects when a person is near an elevator by sensing Bluetooth iBeacons, and then sends users a vocabulary word to translate.

Though the team used WaitSuite to teach vocabulary, Cai says that it could also be used for learning things like math, medical terms, or legal jargon.

“The vast majority of people made use of multiple kinds of waiting within WaitSuite,” says Cai. “By enabling wait-learning during diverse waiting scenarios, WaitSuite gave people more opportunities to learn and practice vocabulary words.”

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Still, some types of waiting were more effective than others, making the “switch time” a key factor. For example, users liked that with “ElevatorLearner,” wait time was typically 50 seconds and opening the flashcard app took 10 seconds, leaving free leftover time. For others, doing a flashcard while waiting for WiFi didn’t seem worth it if the WiFi connected quickly, but those with slow WiFi felt that doing a flashcard made waiting less frustrating.

In the future, the team hopes to test other formats for micro-learning, like audio for on-the-go users. They even picture having the app remind users to practice mindfulness to avoid reaching for our phones in moments of impatience, boredom, or frustration.

“This work is really interesting because it looks to help people make use of all the small bits of wasted time they have every day,” says Jaime Teevan, a principal researcher at Microsoft who was not involved in the paper. “I also like how it takes into account a person’s state of mind by, for example, giving terms to learn that relate to the conversations they are having.”

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Reprinted with permission of MIT News

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Hotel Concierge Sends Puppy Via Room Service, if You Want to Snuggle

This hotel’s room service doesn’t just include delivering warm meals to your door – they can also bring you a puppy companion for snuggling.

The “Chief Canine Officer” at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, California is named Buster Posey. If visitors want to hang out with the friendly pup, all they have to do is just pick up the phone and ask the front desk.

News of Buster’s important job is going viral after a Twitter user posted photos of a stuffed dog that hotel workers left on the bed in his room.

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Attached to the dog was a note saying that if hotel guests wanted to meet the real deal, they simply have to dial ‘0’ for the Operator to check Buster’s schedule.

You can also follow the pup’s pawesome antics on Instagram and Twitter.

Given the choice between chocolate on the pillow, and a puppy on the bed, we’d romp with rover any day.

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“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.” – Edith Lovejoy Pierce

“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.”
– Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Check out more inspiring thoughts every day on our homepage, where we will be adding a new quote each day juxtaposed over a beautiful photo. We are collecting and archiving them on our Quote of the Day page. So why not bookmark GNN.org for a daily uplift?

This Simple Self-Defense Program is Halting Sexual Assault Rates in Their Tracks

This simple self-defense program in Kenya fights gender-based violence by teaching both girls and boys how to respect and protect one another – and the initiative has already resulted in sexual assault rates being cut in half.

The IMpower training program is conducted through 2-hour sessions once per week across six weeks, and only costs $1.75 to attend. The program’s focus on training girls aged 10 to 19 has a remarkable attendance record with over 12,000 girls being trained in the first two years. Lessons range from physical self-defense, to the concepts of body integrity and consent, to the simple – yet effective – method of repeatedly shouting “NO” to shock would-be attackers and alert bystanders of assault.

The training also includes encouraging the participants to chant: “I am strong! I’ve got my spirit! I am beautiful! I can defend myself! I’m worth defending! You cannot hurt me!”

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Young girls are not the only participants. In addition to mentoring young women, the program also runs role-playing classes that teach grandmothers how to defend themselves, too.

Additionally, boys are taught how to discard their gender-based stereotypes and how to recognize and intervene in attempted sexual assaults. The boys have taken defending their peers to heart, with a large majority of their interventions successfully stopping attacks in their tracks.

The IMpower program, which is the brainchild of the nonprofit, No Means No Worldwide, was founded in 2009 by Lee Paiva, who has distraught over the gender-based crimes in Nairobi.

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The program’s successes are a testament to it’s effectiveness:

  • Over 180,000 girls and boys completing their training to date
  • Rates of sexual assault have fallen by half
  • Intercessions have tripled
  • Half of the female participants were also hailed for stopping an assault in the year following their training

Such feats are impressive for a program which has cost less than half a million dollars over the course of their eight years of activism.

“We were pretty stunned that the self-defense training was so effective,” said Paiva.

Spurred by the positive feedback, No Means No Worldwide has exported their training to Malawi, replicating the successes from Kenya. They also have plans to start trainings in neighboring Uganda and create a center for further programs in the region.

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Woman Reunites With Heroic Firefighters Who Saved Her After She Fell 150 Feet From Window

Taylor Theriault experienced a terrifying ordeal when she fell out of a 15th story apartment window during a party last December.

The 26-year-old Denver woman fell approximately 150 feet – but thankfully, her fall was cut short. Theriault landed on an air conditioning unit that was covered in snow three stories off the ground.

When a team of firefighters arrived on the scene, they were able to carefully get her down from her precarious position and rush her to the hospital.

The fall left Theriault comatose for a week and with 26 broken bones; but miraculously, she overcame the odds and has recovered tremendously from the devastating accident.

Now, nearly a year later, Theriault has finally had the chance to reunite with the men and women who saved her life.

“They’re the reason why I’m standing here,” said Theriault. “I mean, they help strangers out every day. I was just a stranger; the didn’t even know my name, and they saved my life.”

“I can walk. They told me I wasn’t going to be able to walk. They were not sure if I even would live,” she said. “It’s a miracle.”

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Interested in Starting a Business or Podcast? Here Are the Rules to Getting Started

Title: Tim Ferriss’s Advice on Starting a Business or Podcast

The Lesson: Have you been thinking about creating your own podcast so you can share your best qualities with the world? Well, here is a quick and comprehensive set of rules on how to get yourself started. From maneuvering the demands of an audience, to keeping your own creative needs at the forefront; these are the most basic rules on working in a career you love.

Notable Excerpt: “Firstly, it is easiest – and in my mind, much more fun – to create a category and own it, as opposed to trying to dominate an existing category with something that is incrementally better.”

The Host: Over the course of his career, Ferriss has become a one-time national Chinese kickboxing champion, a lecturer at Princeton University, a professional breakdancer on MTV, a horseback archer, and a multimillionaire author, motivational speaker, and investor. If that isn’t impressive enough, his critically-acclaimed podcast, the Tim Ferriss Show, was also voted #1 in its category on iTunes.

Podcast: The Tim Ferriss Show is available for free on Overcast, Stitcher, and iTunes.

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Celebrities That Surprised Us With Generosity and Kindness in 2017

While 2016 was one of paying tribute to a dozen A-list celebrities who had passed on to the next life, this year has been one in which a dozen A-list celebrities fell from grace.

It may seem uncomfortable to admire our favorite celebrities now, but role models in Tinseltown will continue to generously donate millions to causes, and also surprise us with their compassion and good nature.

Let’s look back and gaze up at all the stars who did us proud in 2017…

10) Shaq Tipped Waitress $4,000 Because That’s What She Requested

The 45-year-old retired player appeared on Jimmy Kimmel’s show to discuss the unveiling of his new statue outside of the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California when he mentioned his habit of leaving hefty gratuities for his servers and valets.

On average, the player tips his valet $300 “to show his appreciation” – if he isn’t carrying cash when he is passing his valet, he “just keeps driving”. But Shaq says that the largest gratuity that he has ever left for a worker was a $4,000 tip that he gave to a waitress. (See More)

9) Bill Gates Pledges Fortune to Find Alzheimer’s Cure, After a Family Diagnosis

“It’s a huge problem, a growing problem, and the scale of the tragedy—even for the people who stay alive—is very high,” said Gates. “I hope that in the next 10 years that we have some powerful drugs, but it’s possible that won’t be achieved.” (See More)

8) Guy Fieri and Rob Lowe Cooked For the Firefighters Who Saved Their Homes

The celebrity chef and the Parks and Recreation actor live in homes that were dangerously close to the wildfires that raged through California.

So as a means of thanking the tireless team of firefighters for working hard to save their communities, Guy Fieri and Rob Lowe both opened their homes – and kitchens – to the heroes who fought the blaze.

7) Celebrities Shared Embarrassing Photos of Themselves For Puerto Rico

Most people probably would not willingly share embarrassing photos of their teen years – but during a segment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the talk show host and television actor Nick Kroll called on their fellow stars to post pre-pubescent pictures of themselves to social media under the hashtag #PuberMe. (More Pics)

Dozens of stars participated in the campaign and raised over $1 million for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. Additionally, celebrity chef José Andrés made headlines after he spent nine straight days cooking up over 45,000 meals for hungry survivors of Hurricane Maria.

6) Snoop Dogg Surprises Jimmy Kimmel With Generous Donation “For the Next Kid”

Hip hop artist Snoop Dogg may talk big game, but his most recent gesture of kindness shows off his heart of gold instead.

While being interviewed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! for his latest album Neva Left, Snoop surprised the talk show host with a massive donation to Children’s Hospital LA where Jimmy’s son receives treatment. (MORE)

5) Celebs Join Forces to Keep Promise for Chris Cornell

Though the Soundgarden frontman may be gone, his mission is still being carried out by his fellow celebrities.

In honor of Chris Cornell’s song that was released posthumously to bring awareness to World Refugee Day, A-list stars were spreading the message of the rock star’s noble mission. Christian Bale, Josh Brolin, Cher, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Tom Hanks, Oscar Isaac, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez, Serj Tankian, and Pharrell Williams collectively created a video advocating for Cornell’s humanitarian work under the hashtag #KeepThePromise. (See the Video)

4) Dog Chained Up For 15 Years Finds New Home Thanks to Ricky Gervais (WATCH)

When Gervais was supposed to be doing an interview with Good Morning America about his latest film, the actor used his platform to make a heartfelt plea for someone to adopt Bear – a sweet pup who had spent most of his life chained up to a doghouse. (Watch the video)

3) Amy Schumer Buys Bed For Worker Who Let Her Use Bathroom in Mattress Shop

Cashier Sagine Lazarre was working a shift at the Six Corners Mattress Firm in Chicago, Illinois, when a female jogger entered the store asking if she could use the bathroom.

Lazarre granted her permission and didn’t think very much of the action until the woman emerged from the restroom and asked which mattress was Lazarre’s favorite. (More)

2) Ryan Reynolds Schemes With Dumped Teen After She Posts Hilarious Prom Photos

When Gabi Dunn’s boyfriend dumped her a few days after prom, the high schooler decided to put them to good use and “edit” the photos a bit.

To her delight, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds was pretty impressed with her Photoshop skills. In fact, he decided to help get in on the action a bit. (See More)

1) And, the Top Celebrity Story of the Year… Rick Steves Sacrifices Nest Egg to House Dozens of Homeless Women and Kids

Travel guru Rick Steves has had more than enough experience with the struggles of finding a safe place to sleep at night – and that’s why he transformed his “retirement fund” into an apartment complex for families who need it most. Check out this story, one of our most popular of the year, here.

Want more celebrity good news? You can either check out the most amazing good deeds performed by celebrities in 2016; you can read about other people’s testimonies of Hollywood kindness; or you can check out our Celebrity good news category for the latest tales of generosity.

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“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts.” –Henry David Thoreau

“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts.” –Henry David Thoreau

Check out more inspiring thoughts every day on our homepage, where we will be adding a new quote each day juxtaposed over a beautiful photo. We are collecting and archiving them on our Quote of the Day page. So why not bookmark GNN.org for a daily uplift?

Artist Turns His Morning Plate of Eggs into Egg-sellent Designs

Judging by this guy’s eggcitement for art, his mother probably never told him to stop playing with his food.

Mexican artist Michele Baldini is the genius behind The Eggshibit: an Instagram page dedicated to pictures and shapes made out of eggs in a skillet.

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Some of the beautiful breakfasts feature pop culture references or company logos – others are just exceedingly intricate designs.

If that isn’t genius enough, Baldini also does his best to include a pun-ny caption with every post, so definitely read those—and SHARE the post to crack-up your pals.

Howl’s it going?

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Breakfast on the Gogh?? #LaMañanaEstrellada¿?

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Eggnition?

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Get your morning eggsercise in!????‍♂️(tag your favorite athlete)

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Yolko Ono would approve ?

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My kind of coneggtion ?

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Stoned-trooper ?

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The 10 Most Fascinating Science Stories of 2017 – An Exciting Time to Be Alive

Some may only recall this year as a year of personal or political frustration, so we’re going to remind you that2017 brought to life some fascinating revelations and scientific breakthroughs.

We’ve reviewed our archives and collected the most eye-opening and click-worthy articles. These gems really intrigued our audience—like the use of stem cells to regrow hair, and a 26-year-old mother giving birth to a 24-year-old ‘baby’. And, we hope you find a few that are worthy of re-sharing on your social feeds.

So here are the year’s most impressive science articles, counting down in the order of their popularity:

10) Breakthrough Device Heals Organs and Skin with a Single Touch

These researchers have created a revolutionary device that can regenerate any kind of body tissue and repair injuries with just a touch to the afflicted area.

“It takes just a fraction of a second. You simply touch the chip to the wounded area, then remove it,” said Chandan Sen, director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cell-Based Therapies. “At that point, the cell reprogramming begins.” (Share here)

9) World’s Largest Air Purifier Transforms Chinese Smog into Actual Diamonds

This shimmering park tower isn’t just a glamorous piece of architecture: it is the largest air purifier in the world, and it is turning China’s smog into diamonds.

The tower is a 23-foot tall metal structure that is capable of filtering 75% of harmful PM2.5 and PM10 particles from the surrounding air, thus producing 30,000 cubic meters of clean air per hour. This creates a bubble of air around the tower, offering smog-free solace to urban dwellers. (More here)

8) Get the Perfect Revenge on Scammers By Forwarding Their Emails to This AI Robot

Scamming is big business, an industry worth over $1 billion per year. Many people fall for scams, and even the people who don’t, can’t really do much other than ignore it.

Well, computer scientists at NetSafe, an online safety non-profit in New Zealand, built Re:scam – an artificial intelligence that messes with the scammers and wastes their time. (Link here)

7) This Font is Designed Specifically For Dyslexia – and it Really Works

While this may look like a slightly more playful version of a regular font, those lines and letters have actually been designed specifically for dyslexia.

After spending years struggling with his own dyslexia, Dutch graphic designer Christian Boer created a special font called Dyslexie as his graduation project from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2008. (Read it right, here)

6) FDA Says MDMA is Breakthrough Cure for PTSD After Shocking Success of Clinical Trials

Recreational drugs don’t sound like something you do in a doctor’s office – but the Food and Drug Administration wants that to change, for people who need real help.

The FDA just approved the substance, more clinically known as MDMA, as a ‘breakthrough’ medical drug—and will work to move it through clinical trials as efficiently as possible. (Details here)

5) Teacher Shows Students How Negative Words Can Make Rice Moldy

A lot of you considered this post the antithesis of science and chastised us for sharing it, but maybe the impact of positive and negative emotions might be more impactful than you think—and many people have duplicated this simple experiment.

“When you say something nice, like ‘you can do it’, you feel that in your heart,” says 10-year-old student Anita Santini Trevisan. The youngster says that because of her teacher’s science experiment about negativity, she has tried to be more positive every day. (More to ponder here)

4) In a ‘World First’, Scientists Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned Toddler

Eden Carlson’s parents were told that their beloved 2-year-old daughter would most likely be a vegetable for the rest of her life – but, then, an experimental therapy reversed her brain damage. (Great breakthrough here)

3) New Cancer Drug is So Effective Against Tumors, the FDA Approved It Immediately

This groundbreaking new drug for cancer treatment was immediately approved by the FDA in light of its revolutionary effects on tumors across the body.

The drug, known as pembrolizumab (brand name Keytruda), is the first cancer treatment that can be used against 11 different kinds of cancers no matter their location; whether in the bone, colon, pancreas, brain, or lung, as long as the tumor has certain bio-markers. (Details here)

2) Record Baby: 26-Year-old Gives Birth to Girl Who Was Frozen 24 Years Ago

This 26-year-old woman has just given birth to a 24-year-old baby, all thanks to science.
Emma Gibson, who was born one month ago, was frozen as an embryo at the National Embryo Donation Center in Clinton, Tennessee 24 years ago. (Fully-formed story here)

1) And, the #1 Most Popular Science Story is… Researchers Activate Stem Cells to Make Hair Grow

If you have never been able to grow a full head of luscious locks, and you can’t stand the itchiness of toupées, fear not – science may have a solution for your hairy problem.

Scientists at the University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences (UCLA) have successfully managed to activate the body’s stem cells in order to stimulate hair growth. (Full story here)

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Custodian Learns Teen is Hungry and Homeless So She Shows Him Her ‘Other’ Janitor’s Closet

This kind janitor does not just keep her school clean – she also helps to keep the students safe.

Carolyn Collins is the custodian at Tucker High School in Tucker, Georgia. On any given day, you can find Carolyn picking up after the students, mopping the floors, and restocking the bathrooms.

But three years ago, something happened at school that added an unexpected element to Carolyn’s job.

While Carolyn was performing her early-morning tasks before the first bell, she was approached by two students who said they were starving and had nowhere else to go.

Carolyn, whose own son was killed during a home invasion, felt an instant calling to help the youngsters.

Carolyn then decided to transform one of the school closets into a supply room that specifically stocked food, clothing, and resources for struggling students.

During any given year, the compassionate custodian says that she opens her special closet for up to 30 kids who have nowhere else to turn.

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NOTE: Some Fraudulent GoFundMe accounts were created to raise money based on Carolyn’s work. If you want to donate, please do so directly with the school: Attn: Mrs Collins, CARE CLOSET, 5036 LaVista Road, Tucker GA 30084

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go and do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go and do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman

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Man Opens Home to 89-Year-old Veteran Because ‘Family is not tied with bloodlines’

Corey Jones couldn’t bear to see 89-year-old Art Quick living out the rest of his days all by himself – so instead of allowing the Navy veteran to face the world alone, Jones invited him into his family.

Quick first met Jones and his 6-year-old daughter Malia at the Family Golf Center in Antioch, Tennessee.

As the senior coached the father-daughter duo on their swing, he mentioned that he had been living in motels since the last of his relatives passed away.

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He also mentioned that even though he knew he couldn’t live in motels anymore, he didn’t know where to go next.

That’s when Jones asked the veteran if he would like to move in with him and Maila.

“I don’t think family is all tied with blood lines,” Jones told WSMV. “It’s the people who take care of one another, that’s family. He’s Navy, and I’m a Marine. That’s a close brotherhood there.”

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