10 out of 10 Patients with Congenital Deafness Have Hearing Restored in Children’s Gene Therapy Trial
A trial investigating the potential for a gene therapy to correct congenital deafness in children and young adults saw all…
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Coastal Winds Not Only Ripen Grapes, They Power Vineyard’s Winemaking Sustainably
As green as the Chardonnay grapes they grow, a winery along the base of California’s coastal Santa Lucia Mountains run…
The Baltimore Homicide Rate Has Fallen to Near 50-Year Low
The beleaguered city of Baltimore, once a posterchild for crime infested American cities, has seen substantial year on year reductions…
Flint Finishes Replacing 11,000 Lead Pipes, Concluding Activists’ Decade-Long Effort to Secure Clean Water
If there were one place in America where you’d decline a glass of tap water it would be Flint, right?…
By Turning Themselves to Stone, These Remarkable Fig Trees Sequester CO2 Far Longer Than Normal
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone. This ‘auto-petrification’ may offer…
Years After She Saved a Magpie it Returns the Favor Saving Her Life After She Fell from Window
When Sandie Gillard fell from a two-story window, the impact knocked the senior citizen unconscious, a state that may have…
Wedding Ring Lost on Virginia Christmas Tree Farm Returned After 15 Years
There are so many other ways it could have happened: they could have thrown away the sticky note containing Wayne…
Solitary Rescuer Leads 165 Children to Safety During Recent Texas Flooding–Hailed as a Hero
A little-known Coast Guard officer has been hailed as a hero after rescuing 165 people from the Texas hill country…
Baby Hedgehog Sibling is Rescued from Drain by Clever Firefighters Using a Vacuum and Tube
Using a vacuum and some plastic tubing, rescuers Macgyvered a device to rescue two baby hedgehogs who had tumbled down…
Indian Charity Organizes Limb Giveaway for 75 Afghan Amputees, Fitting Them with Free Prosthetic Feet
Though Afghanistan is rarely in the headlines anymore, that doesn’t mean the country has stopped making news. From Kabul comes…