Staggering Finds Show Early Humans Lived Alongside the Very Apes They Evolved from

by Andy Corbley | Aug 19, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

From Ethiopia comes an incredible discovery—early humans seem to have potentially lived alongside the very apes they evolved from. The discovery centers around teeth: that of a member of the genus Homo, of which we are a part, found next to the tooth of...

People Globally Are Living Better Lives, More Hopeful About the Future: We Know Because They Said So

by Andy Corbley | Aug 19, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

With civil wars in Myanmar and Sudan, climate change manifestations the world over, instability across the Middle East, and geopolitical tensions abounding in East Asia, Europe, and North America, one would imagine the global population to have a pessimistic outlook...

These Trees Survived Hiroshima, Group Plants Their Seeds Worldwide to Preserve Their Memory

by Andy Corbley | Aug 16, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

In Japan, an organization is planning how to help ensure the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings are remembered for thousands of years, rather than hundreds. Its plan revolves around the hibakujumoku or the A-bomb-surviving trees of Hiroshima. With the 80th anniversary of...

Scientists Identify a New Manta Ray Species, Just the Third Known in the World

by Andy Corbley | Aug 16, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

Usually when scientists announce the discovery of a new species, it’s some small brown frog, a gnarly spider in a rainforest you’ll never visit, or a new sea-something. But Earth still has some curveballs to throw at us—like a new species of manta ray, just the third...

Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight Gifts Record $2 Billion to US University for Their Cancer Center

by Andy Corbley | Aug 16, 2025 | Inspiration-GNN

Co-Founder of Nike Phil Knight has opened his bank account and his heart in order to set a record for the largest charitable gift ever handed to an American university. $2 billion was given to a cancer institute bearing his name at the Oregon Health & Science...