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Scientists Followed Nearly 4,000 People For 3 Years And Their Brains Kept Improving
Imagine reaching your 80s or even your 90s and being told that your brain could still improve. That possibility is attracting attention after researchers followed 3,966 adults between the ages of 19 and 94 for three years, measuring their brain health every six months. The results did not show a simple pattern of older people…
Dolly Parton’s Final Goodbye Will Be Far More Private Than Fans Expected
Dolly Parton spent more than six decades performing for millions, but her final farewell will happen far away from the crowds. The country music legend has requested a small private funeral, with only her immediate family expected to attend. Parton died at 80 on August 25, following months of health problems and more than a…
Blind Musician Taught Himself Six Instruments And Is Now Chasing A Career In Country Music
Angel Paez never let the fact that he was born blind stop him from wondering what music could become in his hands. A fascination that began while listening to instruments at church eventually turned into a remarkable musical path, with Paez teaching himself six instruments entirely by ear and earning opportunities that once seemed far…
A Roman Villa Was Buried Beneath an Italian Vineyard for 1,800 Years
For generations, archaeologists knew a remarkable Roman villa was somewhere beneath a vineyard in northern Italy. They had found its mosaic floors before, photographed them, studied them, and then watched the site disappear beneath the soil. Every attempt to locate the villa again had ended with more questions than answers. Then an archaeologist tried something…
Two Men Swam Into A Flooded Field To Save A Fox Stranded On A Tiny Rock
A family of foxes had spent the spring living around a rock pile in a field near Welwyn, Saskatchewan, close enough to Colin Graham’s farmhouse that watching them had become part of everyday life. Then, over a few days in June 2014, torrential rain transformed the familiar farmland into a vast stretch of floodwater. By…
A High School Student Made A Remarkable Discovery At NASA
Most teenagers would probably spend their first few days at NASA trying to understand where everything is and how not to look completely lost. Wolf Cukier had a very different introduction to the space agency. Just three days into his internship, the 17-year-old high school student noticed an unusual signal buried in telescope data. What…
Mom Launches Pink Taxi Service to Help Women Get Home Safely
Amberine Nawaz was trying to reach her eight-year-old daughter when the phone stopped connecting. Her daughter was travelling home from school in a taxi, heading towards the remote farmhouse where the family lived, but part of the route had no mobile signal. Nawaz was new to Skipton and knew almost nobody in the area. She…
25 Years After 9/11, Investigators Identify Another Victim Using DNA Genealogy
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, investigators have finally identified another person killed at the World Trade Center. The identification marks the first time New York officials have successfully used forensic investigative genetic genealogy in their decades-long effort to identify the victims. The newly identified victim was an adult woman whose family has chosen…
8-Year-Old Louisiana Girl Dies After Rare Amoeba Infection Linked To Lake Swimming
An 8-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare brain infection believed to have been caused by an amoeba encountered while swimming in a local lake. Lillian Smart, from Ruston, died over the weekend after spending days in intensive care as the infection caused severe swelling and damage to her brain. The Louisiana Department…
38 Year Old Man Fears Losing His Sight After Swimming With Contact Lenses
A 38-year-old British photographer thought a painful red eye was probably caused by sand or saltwater after a long day of surfing in Bali. Instead, doctors eventually discovered a rare infection that could permanently damage his vision. Matt Flack had worn daily contact lenses for more than 20 years, but during his two-month holiday he…