Today’s Google doodle marks the 37th anniversary of the Komodo National Park, located in West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Originally created to provide a safe harbor for the 5,700 Komodo dragons that live there, Google says the park’s wildlife inhabitants are far-ranging. “In addition to the Timor deer, …
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Today’s Google doodle honors Abdul Sattar Edhi, a man who dedicated his life to providing social services for those in need. Crediting Edhi with being a “global-reaching philanthropist and humanitarian,” Google says Edhi was born in India but moved to Pakistan soon after it became a nation, founding the Edhi …
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Today’s Google doodle marks the 175th birthday of Ida Lewis, a lighthouse keeper once hailed as “America’s Bravest Woman” for the numerous lives she saved from drowning. As the owner of the Lime Rock Lighthouse in Rhode Island, Google says Idawalley Zorada Lewis made her first save at the age …
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Always the fan of space-travel and astronomy, Google wasted no time designing a doodle to acknowledge NASA’s discovery of seven earth-like planets orbiting a single-star 235-trillion miles from our own solar system. Named the TRAPPIST-1 solar system, Google shared NASA’s report that three of the seven planets are located in …
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Google is using this Valentine’s Day to show its love for the pangolin, an endangered animal whose natural habitat stretches across Asia and Africa. According to Google, the animal is not only the world’s only scaly mammal, it is also the world’s most trafficked mammal. To raise awareness around the …
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As we kick off Black History Month, Google is continuing to spotlight Americans who have pushed boundaries, with today’s doodle celebrating American sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Born in New York in 1844, Google recognizes Lewis as the first US female of African-American and Native American descent to become a world-renowned sculptor. …
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Report: Google AMP results in Google News more than doubleJan 30, 2017 by Barry Schwartz Want your content to be found by mobile users in Google …
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Google is honoring Japanese internment camp survivor Fred Korematsu on what would have been the civil rights activist’s 98th birthday. Born in Oakland, California, to immigrant parents, Korematsu went into hiding in 1942 to avoid being incarcerated after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order to incarcerate people of Japanese descent …
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Today’s Google doodle marks the 125th birthday of Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African-American and Native American descent. The doodle includes an animated image of Bessie, or “Queen Bessie,” as she was known during her exhibition flying career — and links to a query for “Bessie Coleman.” After …
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Today’s Google Doodle pays tribute to Ed Roberts, an early leader of the disability rights movement and co-founder of the World Institute on Disability. After contracting polio at age 14, Roberts was paralyzed from the neck down. In spite of spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair and …
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