Today's Wonders

A hero’s smile: Twenty years on, a photograph of Nelson Mandela on the verge of taking power is a reminder of how he changed a nation
Tech’s new perspective: Google Glass has altered the way Gretchen Andrus paints – and remembers – by giving her playback on every brushstroke
Miracle, or power of the mind? Bradley Hill was told he would never walk again. Six months later he was back working as a personal trainer
Leonardo Da Vinci’s miniature masterpiece: the story of the Madonna and Child with a Cat
Ireland reopens its embassy to the Vatican. Just one sign that Pope Francis is making real change to the image of world’s largest religion…
Health apps could prove Apple’s route to revived growth. But, with $174bn of revenues in 2013, increasing income is a tough workout…
A First World War saint? Prince William’s great great great uncle, writer, war hero and cholera victims’ saviour, is a candidate for canonisation
Unblinking courage: How Annabel Freyberg’s writing about nursing – and suffering from – inoperable cancer has changed people’s lives

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