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 2012 2012-02-07T08:36:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/progress_made_on_alzheimers/?source=rss Scientists believe they have isolated a protein responsible for Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on recent research advances that are improving both treatment and diagnosis of the disease. News with Video, Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Health Top Stories, Health 2008-01-17T18:17:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/huge_wildlife_migration_discovered_in_africa/?source=rss More than a million animals, including elephants, buffaloes, ostriches, lions, giraffes and a rare type of stork, have been unexpectedly seen living and migrating across Southern Sudan, where no surveys of wildlife had been conducted for the past 25 years due to civil war in the region. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, Sudan 2007-06-13T04:24:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/us_carmakers_commit_to_biofuels/?source=rss The "big three" US car manufacturers are to double their production of vehicles capable of running on renewable fuels by 2010 Top Headlines, UK Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Business 2006-07-10T03:20:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_process_makes_diesel_fuel_and_industrial_chemicals_from_simple_sugar/?source=rss The soaring prices of oil and natural gas have sparked a race to make transportation fuels from plant matter instead of petroleum. Both biodiesel and gasoline containing ethanol are starting to make an impact on the market. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Business 2006-07-09T17:36:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/alaskas_coral_gardens_get_protection/?source=rss Alaska's rare coral gardens will be protected under a new federal rule setting large areas of the sea floor off-limits to bottom trawling. Top Headlines, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Alaska 2006-07-09T13:07:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/us_senators_urge_bush_to_act_on_climate_change/?source=rss Forty US senators sent a letter to President Bush on 29 June, urging him to "provide leadership" on climate change, and warning that the US could lose its competitive edge in a "carbon conscious" world. Top Headlines, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy 2006-07-09T08:17:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/most_endangered_whale_gets_protection/?source=rss Thousands of square miles off Alaska have been designated as critical habitat for North Pacific right whales, considered the most endangered whale in the world. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Alaska 2006-07-09T04:23:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/canada_mexico_us_agree_to_protect_butterflies1/?source=rss Wildlife officials in Mexico, the United States and Canada have agreed to work together to protect the Monarch butterfly, which makes a spectacular migration every year from Canada to Mexico. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, Mexico 2006-07-08T14:27:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/baboon_sign_language_sheds_light_on_the_origin_of_language/?source=rss A baboon hand gesture appears to send the message "go ahead, make my day" to other baboons — suggesting that gesturing may have been a precursor to human language, according to a new study. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife 2006-07-07T19:34:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/space_shuttle_does_back_flip_and_rendezvous_with_station/?source=rss The space shuttle Discovery glided Thursday morning to a smooth rendezvous with the International Space Station. Top Headlines, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Technology 2006-07-07T02:22:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/reducing_the_global_need_for_nitrogen_fertilizers/?source=rss Research published in the journal Nature reveals how scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich and Washington State University, USA have managed to trigger nodulation in legumes, a key element of the nitrogen fixing process, without the bacteria normally necessary. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, UK Top Stories, Environment, Land 2006-07-05T16:06:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/nasa_satellite_positioning_software_may_aid_in_tsunami_warnings/?source=rss University scientists using Global Positioning System (GPS) software developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., have shown that GPS can determine, within minutes, whether an earthquake is big enough to generate an ocean-wide tsunami. This NASA-funded technology can be used to provide faster tsunami warnings. Environment, Water, Science, Technology 2006-07-05T16:02:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bald_eagles_recovering_across_the_country/?source=rss When Pennsylvania officials began a campaign in 1983 to re-establish the state's bald eagle population, only three pairs of the birds and 12 eaglets remained here. Now there are more than 100 bald eagle nests in the state for the first time in over a century. Top Headlines, USA Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, Pennsylvania 2006-07-05T12:53:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/president_of_china_calls_for_greater_democracy/?source=rss Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for greater democracy in China and democratic elections, in a speech on the eve of the ruling Communist Party's 85th anniversary, state media said Monday. "The democratic implementation of political power is to uphold the principle of the rule of the people and to depend on the people to rule," Xinhua news agency quoted Hu as saying in a June 29 speech. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, East Asia, China 2006-07-05T02:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_device_grows_teeth/?source=rss Snaggle-toothed hockey players and sugar lovers may soon rejoice as Canadian scientists said they have created the first device able to re-grow teeth and bones. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, Science, Technology, Health 2006-07-04T22:06:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/us_navys_death_dealing_sonar_blocked/?source=rss A judge has temporarily banned the US Navy from using a certain type of sonar after environmental organisations said it can endanger marine mammals, a court source said on Monday. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, USA Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife 2006-07-04T18:46:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/mans_brain_rewires_itself_after_19_years_in_coma/?source=rss A man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years has made a dramatic recovery after his brain spontaneously rewired itself, scientists believe. Top Headlines, Top Stories, UK Top Stories, Health 2006-07-04T16:44:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/un_clings_to_signs_of_hope_in_development_goals/?source=rss The United Nations said Monday there were signs of hope in progress towards global poverty-cutting targets although the poorest parts of the world were still woefully short of achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Health, Regions, United Nations 2006-07-04T15:30:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/virgin_birth_stem_cells_bypass_ethical_objections/?source=rss "VIRGIN-BIRTH" embryos have given rise to human embryonic stem cells capable of differentiating into neurons. The embryos were produced by parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction in which eggs can develop into embryos without being fertilised by sperm. The technique could lead to a source of embryonic stem (ES) cells that could be used therapeutically without having to destroy a viable embryo. Science, Technology, Health, Regions, Europe, Italy 2006-07-04T02:48:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/mozart_therapy_for_bereaved_elephant/?source=rss Suma, a 45-year-old elephant and long-time resident of the Zagreb Zoo, was bereaved and inconsolable after her pachyderm partner of tens years died of cancer. Until she heard Mozart. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Africa 2006-07-03T17:35:00-08:00