The project hopes to ease bloated landfill sites and respond to a growing need for adult diapers in aging Japan.
Source: Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough
Great idea.
WHO recommends new diagnostic tools to help end TB
On World TB Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to accelerate action to end tuberculosis (TB) and expand access to lifesaving services by using new innovations such as diagnostic tests that can be used near the point-of-care and tongue swabs that can help detect the disease faster reaching more people.
Source: WHO recommends new diagnostic tools to help end TB
Easier + faster + cheaper = better.
Renewables grew to almost 50% of global electricity capacity in 2025 after solar boost
Renewable power made up almost 50% of the world’s electricity capacity last year after a record increase in solar installations, data from the International Renewable Energy Agency shared exclusively with Reuters showed on Tuesday.
Source: Renewables grew to almost 50% of global electricity capacity in 2025 after solar boost
Wow!
‘It’s the stories behind these bears’: Vancouver ‘teddy bear doctor’ restores old stuffies
From pet attacks, to missing parts, to just too much loving, there’s almost no teddy bear Ruth Hasman can’t fix.
Source: ‘It’s the stories behind these bears’: Vancouver ‘teddy bear doctor’ restores old stuffies
Lovely.
Woman with Blood Cancer Gets Stem Cell Match from ‘Literal Angel’ in Another Country. Then He Shows Up to Her Wedding
“I did not hesitate even for a moment,” Kaedi Cecala’s donor, Karol Zwierzinski, tells PEOPLE
Amazing.
Watch 78-Year-old Lady Jump From Rock Cliff on 300-foot Rope Swing in Utah, ‘What a Legend!’
A 78-year-old lady daredevil jumped off a 500-foot rock cliff in Utah attached to the longest rope swing in the US, and the footage is wild.
Source: Watch 78-Year-old Lady Jump From Rock Cliff on 300-foot Rope Swing in Utah, ‘What a Legend!’
Yikes!
‘She’s Our Little Savior’: Half-Blind Senior Dog Takes On A Bear To Protect Her Family
Meet Honey, a 12-year-old, half-blind family dog who is now being celebrated as a true protector after a terrifying overnight encounter with a bear.
Source: ‘She’s Our Little Savior’: Half-Blind Senior Dog Takes On A Bear To Protect Her Family
Wow! Well done, Honey!
The country’s oldest mall has been turned into an affordable housing complex — and rent is just $550 a month
The Arcade in Providence, Rhode Island closed after 188 years in business. Then, it was transformed into a community of micro-lofts.
I know there are complicating factors, but repurposing old abandoned malls into low-income housing seems like such an opportunity.
They had doubts, but this couple has grown a native forest from scratch
Some become grey nomads, others learn a language or some other skill. After retirement, this couple took on creating a native forest. But, as John and Annette were to find out, there is “no textbook”.
Source: They had doubts, but this couple has grown a native forest from scratch
Very cool.
Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice and restore memory
Alzheimer’s has long been considered irreversible, but new research challenges that assumption. Scientists discovered that severe drops in the brain’s energy supply help drive the disease—and restoring that balance can reverse damage, even in advanced cases. In mouse models, treatment repaired brain pathology, restored cognitive function, and normalized Alzheimer’s biomarkers. The results offer fresh hope that recovery may be possible.
Source: Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice and restore memory
Yes, mice, but exciting progress nonetheless.