http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-06-13T00:51:52+00:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/tLESK9Fxt5k/ The search for a far-off twin of Earth has turned up two of the most intriguing candidates yet. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Scientific Discoveries, Space ]]> 2013-04-19T19:41:52+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/most_earth-like_planets_discovered/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/m6KGXUvAuQs/ British scientists have developed a “holy grail” vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease that is safer and more resilient than current vaccines, according to an article published in the journal PLOS Pathogens on Wednesday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Scientific Discoveries, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Health, Medical Discoveries ]]> 2013-03-28T16:38:57+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/safer_vaccine_created_without_virus/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/EcHsmOOjqNQ/ As prolonged exposure to sunlight increasingly becomes a health hazard, causing skin problems and even cancer, automakers have started to incorporate glass that blocks harmful ultraviolet light. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Regions, East Asia, Japan ]]> 2012-12-21T18:23:19+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/asahis_auto_glass_blocks_uv_filters_out_ir_rays/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/_n0CdPuNRIo/ The nearest single Sun-like star to the Earth hosts five planets - one of which is in the "habitable zone" where liquid water can exist, astronomers say. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Space ]]> 2012-12-19T19:37:30+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/earths_nearest_solar_neighborhood_has_a_habitable_planet/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/JhZav3mMUK0/ For the first time, scientists have used an imaging technique that’s so precise that it’s possible to see the different lengths of individual atomic bonds. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology ]]> 2012-12-11T23:08:28+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_microscopy_technique_can_see_the_lengths_of_atomic_bonds/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/Hh2o84GgifQ/ After a long eight-year wait, the building of Australia's Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope has finally reached completion. The radio telescope's first major task will be to investigate the Sun to provide earlier warnings of solar storms that, if left unchecked, could fry satellites and power grids across the globe. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Regions, Oceania, Australia ]]> 2012-12-05T21:58:15+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_radio_telescope_to_watch_for_solar_flares/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/tDjdAck3HyA/ A toy helicopter controlled by nothing but brainwaves could be available to the public just in time to hover under this year's Christmas tree. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Business ]]> 2012-11-27T04:51:13+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/mind-controlled_helicopter_aids_concentration/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/xeg79foXxUw/ Only innovation can reduce illness and poverty in Africa, according to a program that is funding creative approaches to healthcare in developing countries. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Health, Regions, Africa, Tanzania ]]> 2012-11-25T04:46:46+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/fighting_cancer_with_cell_phones/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/6-6X1nYTIXs/ Astronomers have spotted another candidate for a potentially habitable planet - and it is not too far away. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Space ]]> 2012-11-16T08:29:15+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/super-earth_exoplanet_spotted_42_light-years_away/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/UfNd-w_pxkU/ A man with a mind-controlled bionic leg climbed to the top of Chicago’s famous Sears Willis Tower Sunday, part of a charity stair-climbing event. Zac Vawter, 31, lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident and is the first person to climb that many floors wearing a bionic limb. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, North America, United States, Illinois ]]> 2012-11-14T08:19:54+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/amputee_climbs_103_stories_using_mind-controlled_bionic_leg/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/74BJW66QCFM/ Employing a new tertiary wastewater treatment process reduced levels of phosphorous and trace pollutants in urban wastewater effluent below EPA safe levels, researchers from Veolia Water, Kruger and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Water, Wildlife, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Health, Regions, North America, United States, Wisconsin ]]> 2012-10-09T20:13:38+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_water_treatment_process_could_help_bring_dead_zones_back_to_life/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/kgquIOyCB1g/ The first commercially contracted re-supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has lifted off. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Space, Business, Regions, North America, United States ]]> 2012-10-08T03:30:15+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/spacex_launches_station_cargo/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/rfCqDnt180A/ Europe now generates 52 gigawatts of solar energy, which is still only 2 percent of the continent’s total power output–but enough to fuel all of Austria according to various news sources. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, Europe, Austria ]]> 2012-09-26T22:49:34+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/europe_now_creates_enough_solar_power_to_fuel_austria/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/a2xd7zfNxBM/ The researchers hope that snake robots could help spot and remove tumours more effectively. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Health, Medical Discoveries ]]> 2012-09-21T22:49:44+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/robots_join_the_fight_against_cancer/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/_M3eLstkho0/ A psychological experiment using a simple game revealed that, by the age of just three, children choose to reward their peers based on merit. The children gave the puppet more stickers if it had "worked harder" - gathering more coins. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Science, Scientific Discoveries, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories ]]> 2012-09-03T02:49:17+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/puppet_experiment_suggests_humans_are_born_to_be_fair/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/H0si39M7rGM/ Creationists: Please don't teach your kids to deny evolution, begs science educator and television personality Bill Nye, who hosted "Bill Nye the Science Guy" in the 1990s. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, North America, United States ]]> 2012-08-28T15:31:03+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bill_nye_the_science_guy_asks_parents_not_to_raise_creationist_kids/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/wAa-aLBEYS4/ Scientists believe they are a step closer in the difficult journey towards developing a male contraceptive pill, after successful studies in mice. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Scientific Discoveries, Health, Medical Discoveries ]]> 2012-08-17T00:02:59+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/male_contraceptive_pill_step_closer_after_mice_studies/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/fwvtnEe3GG8/ A simple blood test that offers early detection of cancer in the human body has long eluded medical researchers, but a team at UCLA is getting closer. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology, Breakthroughs in technology, Health, Medical Discoveries ]]> 2012-08-13T20:34:14+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/spotting_cancer_cells_in_blood_with_a_27-picosecond_camera/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/DJ_mFlh455k/ Conditions are right for growth in community-owned solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, North America, United States ]]> 2012-08-11T21:43:38+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/community-owned_solar_power_on_the_rise_in_the_u.s/?source=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greatnewsnetwork/MgBs/~3/HJMGxpuaojo/ This Monday, the most sophisticated spacecraft ever sent to touch the surface of another world will land on Mars and soon begin reporting back important discoveries. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Scientific Discoveries, Space, Regions, North America, United States, California ]]> 2012-08-05T01:27:04+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/gale_crater_geological_sweet_shop_awaits_mars_rover/?source=rss