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Autistic Savant Draws Amazing Detailed Buildings After Viewing Them Once
Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic savant. He is also an extraordinary artist, able to draw an entire city skyline in detail (and perfectly counted...
Cheap 5-in-1 Wonder Pill Could Prevent 80% of Heart Attacks
In a mission to make it available to everyone over 55 at an affordable price, UK scientists have developed a "polypill" which they say...
EARTH ALERT ’08: Top Ten Good News for the Earth
Happy Earth Day! Here are the top ten good news stories for the environment... Since the first Earth Day in 1970, air quality has...
Seahorses Return to Thames River
Despite almost vanishing because of pollution, seahorses are now back and thriving in London's Thames River. Thanks to improved water quality other species are...
The 50th Anniversary Of The Peace Symbol
In case you missed this gem in Friday's 'On This Day in History' column (featured every day at the bottom of the Good News...
Bishops Urge Cutting Back on Carbon for Lent
Bishops in London and Liverpool are championing a new kind of 40-day fast calling on Britons to cut back on carbon, rather than chocolate...
Johnny Depp Donates $2M to Children’s Hospital
Talk about generous... Johnny Depp paid a secret visit to London's Great Ormond Street Children's hospital on Sunday - and donated $2 million of...
Art Students Inventing Device to Save Lives
"The London bombings of 2005, which left 56 dead and 800 injured, shocked a group of graduates so much that they decided to invent...
Iron Man Completes 13-Year Human-Powered World Trip
British adventurer Jason Lewis on Saturday arrived in Greenwich, south-east London, ending a 13-year round-the-world trip using only the power of the human body....
Scientists Hail ‘Frozen Smoke’ as Material That Will Change World
NASA scientists nicknamed it “frozen smoke” because aerogel is 99.8 percent air, and almost as light. Yet, "it is capable of insulating against...
Scientists Create Patch to Repair Hole in Heart
The body's natural healing power is being employed to treat a common heart defect. One in four human hearts contains a valve-like hole that...
Gentle Strokes Massage for Pain and Stress
"A massage therapy devised by an intensive care nurse helped a single mom to relax for the first time in years." It's called the...
Live Earth Concert Series (Video Review)
The 'Live Earth' concerts wrapped up at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, part of a world-wide music marathon raising awareness about global warming for...
Autistic Savant Draws Rome After Viewing it Once
Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire is a "star among savants." In the film Beautiful Minds, A Voyage into the Brain, he is introduced as "The...
Live Earth Concerts on 07/7/7 Tune in Worldwide Climate Message and Music
Plan this Saturday, 7/7/07, to check in with Live Earth, a 24-hour concert taking place on 7 continents that will bring together more than...
Superman’s Kryptonite Found?
Dr. Chris Stanley was enlisted as an expert when workers in a Serbian mine found a mineral they could not identify as any previously...
NYC Pledges 1 Million New Trees in Sweeping Environmental Package
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled plans on Sunday for a more energy-efficient city where pedestrians would be shaded by more trees while...
Communities Smile at the Payoffs From Friendliness
Port Phillip in Australia is encouraging people to smile or say "G'day" — the standard Australian greeting — to both neighbors and strangers as...
Mother Grabs Boys From Car as it Hurtles Towards a Cliff
A family's car was rolling toward a 250-foot cliff with two boys still playing inside. "Somehow Mrs. Davis raced to their side, reaching in...
Author, 96, Proves it’s Never Too Late
After his wife died a 96-year-old man decided to write. "He sent the finished manuscript to the London office of Random House. There the...