This weekend, he celebrated his 190th birthday with a “cake” prepared with fresh vegetables and the title of the world’s oldest-known animal — “While wars, famines, plagues, kings and queens and even nations have come and gone, he has pottered on, totally oblivious to the passage of time…Jonathan is symbolic of persistence, endurance, and survival and has achieved iconic status on the island,” stated Joe Hollins, a veterinarian who cares for Jonathan, to…

A photo essay — “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” — St. Augustine, philosopher and theologian. We went on vacation to Dubai, UAE, earlier this year. We stayed in an Airbnb high rise apartment inside a building above the Dubai Mall. It was amazing to…

Anatomy of Her Anonymous Acronym — WHO does your acronym say you are? Best Reporter I enjoy writing research-based articles as a NewsBreak Contributor in addition to blogging on Medium. WHAT genre(s) do you write about? I focus on nature, mental health, technology, food, travel, and family. However, I do not have a niche per se, as I am interested in a wide range of topics. WHEN did you start writing?

An extraordinary union of art, engineering, and meticulous craftsmanship — “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, physician and writer My family visited Dubai, UAE for ten days earlier this year. One of the first things we did there was to visit the 124th (open-air) and…

The family is making up for lost time and getting to know one another after 51 years — “Our finding Melissa was purely because of DNA, not because of any police or FBI involvement, podcast involvement, or even our family’s own private investigations or speculations,” Sharon Highsmith, one of Melissa’s siblings, wrote on Facebook. My next story is about a Christmas miracle. One of the country’s oldest missing…

A couple has given birth to twins from the longest-frozen embryos ever to result in a live birth — “We weren’t looking to get the embryos that have been frozen the longest in the world. We just wanted the ones that had been waiting for the longest. There is something mind-boggling about it. …

At nearly 27 years of age, she is the feline equivalent of roughly 120 human years old — “We were flabbergasted when vet records showed Flossie to be nearly 27. She’s the oldest cat I’ve ever met; at least 120 in human years,” Naomi Rosling, a branch coordinator for Cats Protection, told Guinness World Records. The oldest living cat in the world is a British Tabby-cat named Flossie…

The organization demonstrates that women can be both strong and feminine — “The calendar images are starting a conversation about women in the military. People see the images and want to know the stories behind the ladies. They ask, ‘Who is she?’ ‘Where did she serve?’ ‘What did she do in the military?’ The stories of our lady veterans need to be…

As their Thanksgiving tradition continues, the two have forged a lifelong friendship — “It was a reminder that there are still some good people left in this world,” Jamal Hinton stated when referring to Wanda Dench, per Yahoo. Wanda Dench, also known as the Arizona grandmother who once sent the best accidental text in history, is carrying on what is now one of…