When drones appeared on the scene en masse, many people saw the potential immediately—for military purposes, for breathtaking photography, even wildlife conservation, but for one small group of technicians, the AI-armed eye in the sky had another obvious purpose: saving people around the world from being killed by landmines and…

Scientists believe they’ve found a way to make plastics more durable and biodegradable by adding bacterial spores that have been put through evolutionary rigors. This kind of “living plastic” can break down in about five months without the necessary addition of any other microbes. Researchers led by scientists at the…

A Utah housecat was reunited with its parents recently after a nap in her favorite hiding place turned into a 6-day nightmare. Galena the calico was accidentally shipped—in the box she had snuck into—all the way to a fulfillment center in Jurupa Valley, California. Oh yes, epitomizing the internet adage…

Are you in Paris in late May? Well make sure you stay around for Le Grand Pique Nique, or for those of you who chose German, Spanish, or Italian to learn in high school, “The Grand Picnic.” From the Arc de Triomphe to the intersection of Avenue George V, nine ephemeral…

Owing to personal interest, GNN is partial to stories of rare bird sightings, and news from Oregon recently broke the story of a ‘mega-rare’ bird never seen before in either the state or the country. It wasn’t made by a birder, but rather an ordinary talented photographer named Michael Sanchez,…

Yesterday, a bipartisan collection of Senators introduced the Fans First Act, which would help address flaws in the current live event ticketing system by increasing transparency in ticket sales, and protecting consumers from fake or dramatically overpriced tickets. Today, the artists and Congressmen allege, buying a ticket to a concert…

An apex predator can be any size really, from the raccoon-sized quolls of Australia to the Bengal tiger: and this is exactly the sort of insight that scientists have just gleaned from a giant dinosaur footprint found in China. The reason it’s giant is not so much because it’s big—they’ve…

An Alabama woman broke the odds of 70-million-to-1 giving birth to quadruplets that are two sets of identical twins. Hannah Carmack and her husband, Michael, found out they were expecting a year and a half ago—and were shocked when the sonogram revealed they were having quads. The fact that they…