Homestead soddy in Box Butte County. Source: History Nebraska – Nebraska.gov In 1870, Robert Ball Anderson, a former slave and Union Army veteran, filed a claim for a 160-acre homestead in Butler County, Nebraska. Severe drought and grasshopper swarms destroyed his crops, forcing him to give up the property.Instead of abandoning his goals, Anderson spent…

A baby born with a rare abdominal birth defect is thriving after doctors repaired the condition before birth in what specialists describe as a first-of-its-kind clinical trial.Theo, now five months old, underwent foetal surgery while still in his mother’s womb after being diagnosed with complex gastroschisis, a condition in which the abdominal wall does not…

An elephant at the edge of one’s own eye goes unnoticed, while an ant across the ocean is clearly seen It is strangely human: we can spot a tiny mistake in someone else’s life from a distance, yet remain completely blind to the larger problems sitting right in front of us.This contradiction is captured perfectly…