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The secret to living longer could be found in your own backyard, study finds

May 15, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

New research, which tracked a group of men and women from 11 to 79, has added further validity to the links between mental health and gardening.

Source: The secret to living longer could be found in your own backyard, study finds

Design lab invents fully 3D-printed wheelchair for kids, will give them away for free

May 14, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

The “Toddler Mobility Trainer” is fully modular and requires no tools to assemble, making it easy to replace and grow with its user.

Source: Design lab invents fully 3D-printed wheelchair for kids, will give them away for free

Very cool.

Okra and Fenugreek Extracts Safely Remove Microplastics From Water in New Texas Research

May 13, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

The slimy strings from okra and the gel from fenugreek seeds can trap microplastics better than the slightly-toxic synthetic polymer in use.

Source: Okra and Fenugreek Extracts Safely Remove Microplastics From Water in New Texas Research

Behold the power of … okra? Smile

New RSV vaccine, treatment linked to dramatic fall in baby hospitalizations

May 12, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

CDC study finds big declines in hospitalizations—and they may be underestimates.

Source: New RSV vaccine, treatment linked to dramatic fall in baby hospitalizations

Vaccines work.

Dutch nursing home has a simple fix for senior loneliness: give college students free rent

May 11, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

A nursing home in the heart of the Netherlands is giving college students free housing. All they ask is that the students lend their time, and friendship, to their senior neighbors.

Source: Dutch nursing home has a simple fix for senior loneliness: give college students free rent

Neat idea.

From slim chance to ‘shiny and fat’, pygmy possums back from the brink

May 10, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

The tiny mammal’s population was decimated by drought and bushfires, but after five years of struggle they are starting to thrive.

Source: From slim chance to ‘shiny and fat’, pygmy possums back from the brink

Because: cute!

‘Nothing stops me,’ says Cornish surfer with one leg

May 9, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

Pegleg’s story of perseverance is among many at a celebration of 100 years of surfing in Cornwall.

Source: ‘Nothing stops me,’ says Cornish surfer with one leg

Inspiring.

He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom

May 8, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

“My first couple bites were really crazy,” he says. “It’s like a bee sting times a thousand. I mean, you can have levels of anxiety that goes through the roof.”

Source: He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom

Wow. “Really crazy” indeed.

Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area

May 7, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

Four months after the Los Angeles area wildfires tore through the Angeles National Forest and destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Altadena, wildlife is returning to the Eaton Fire burn area and scientists are closely tracking them.

Source: Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area

Very cool.

Virginia students help create child’s prosthetic device

May 6, 2025 by Leo Leave a Comment

An act of kindness is set to make life a little easier for a disabled kindergartner in Virginia Beach, and it’s all thanks to ambitious engineering students at Old Dominion University.

Source: Virginia students help create child’s prosthetic device

Great idea.

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