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Betty White’s face will be gracing postage stamps soon! The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced the stamp designs for 2025 on Friday, Nov. 15, revealing that one of the stamps will be a portrait of The Golden Girls star, who died in 2021 at the age of 99.
Richly deserved
Hancock County 911 dispatcher Alyssa Eichholtz helps deliver a baby, marking a rare and positive milestone in her career.
Source: Hancock County 911 dispatcher helps veteran deliver baby over the phone
Love these stories.
Might AI yet prove a useful ally? We unpick how it’s aiding conservation efforts for forests and food, and in conservation on land and at sea
Source: Could AI help save the planet? Four ways it’s already making a world of difference
Some fascinating stuff here. (And they do address the power usage connundrum.)
After surgery, the team analyzed and compared the tumor tissue with the healthy tissue of the same patient to find unique genetic mutations
Exciting.
Healthcare (Commonwealth Union) – A widely-used glaucoma medication has shown promise in preventing the accumulation of tau protein in the brains of zebrafish
Source: Researchers reveal eye disease drug may treat dementia – Commonwealth Union
Promising.
After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A bouncy labradoodle and a Kansas City-area program helped her get back on her feet.
Source: ‘I got my life back’: Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog program
Great program.
Greek runner Ploutarchos Pourliakas completed the 41st edition of the Athens Marathon on Sunday
Source: ‘We all can do it,’ says 88-year-old runner after completing 12th Athens Marathon
I love these stories.
As babies, Rachel Gacioch and Hayden Sackey spent three months in a newborn intensive care unit at the same time in Dearborn, Michigan. Last month, 28 years after they were discharged, they returned to Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital to thank a NICU nurse who helped care for them. They also had some exciting news to share: They’d recently gotten married.
Source: They were preemies in the NICU at the same time. Now they’re married. (Gift link)
What a lovely story.
Middle schooler Tina Jin was looking for a sustainable solution to clean water filtration and saw potential in the honeycomb-like structure of animal bones.
Source: 13-year-old uses animal bones to filter water, takes top prize at national STEM competition
Cool idea!
The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.
Source: World’s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space
Interesting idea.