Nature – A clinical trial in three people tested a combination of gene-laden viruses and a drug.
Source: Epileptic seizures nearly vanish after people receive experimental gene therapy in their brains
Fascinating.
Mom’s ‘Worst Nightmare’ Comes True When SUV Rolls into Pond with Her 3-Year-Old Daughter Inside
Bystanders rescued a 3-year-old child from a car that rolled into a pond in Missouri. The good Samaritans broke the GMC Yukon’s windows and pulled the 3-year-old from the water as it quickly submerged. “They’re my daughter’s heroes,” said mom Megan Kohlhaas
Source: Mom’s ‘Worst Nightmare’ Comes True When SUV Rolls into Pond with Her 3-Year-Old Daughter Inside
Nice.
Inmates drew portraits of shelter dogs. Then the adoptions began.
The hand-drawn sketches are helping overlooked pooches find homes.
Source: Inmates drew portraits of shelter dogs. Then the adoptions began. (Gift link)
Very cool.
New Jersey Students Fill Football Field With More Than 250,000 Pounds of Food for Families in Need
A football field became a sea of yellow donation bags as hundreds of New Jersey students came together to collect more than 250,000 pounds of food for families in need, setting a new record for a nonprofit dedicated to fighting hunger.
Source: New Jersey Students Fill Football Field With More Than 250,000 Pounds of Food for Families in Need
Wow!
109-Year-Old Best Friends Met During WWII. 80 Years Later, They’re Sharing Their Secrets to a Long and Happy Life
Two 109-year-old best friends are sharing the secret to leading a long and happy life. Velma Long and Dorothy Boggess met during the Roosevelt administration after they both joined the workforce to become typists in the War Department during World War II …
Nice.
Lights out: the island that goes dark to save young seabirds – in pictures
Every autumn, Corvo Island in the Azores turns off its public lighting for a few key days to help fledgling Cory’s77 shearwaters as they attempt to fly to the ocean guided by the stars
Source: Lights out: the island that goes dark to save young seabirds – in pictures
Nice.
HISD opens student-run automotive shop for the public in expansion of career, technical education
Residents in Greater Fifth Ward can now get their cars tuned up at a new neighborhood auto shop — staffed by Houston ISD high school students training as mechanics at the Barbara Jordan Career Center.
Source: HISD opens student-run automotive shop for the public in expansion of career, technical education
Great experience.
Princeton alumni remove microplastics from Atlantic City wastewater
The new technology aims to prevent microplastics from entering the Atlantic Ocean.
Source: Princeton alumni remove microplastics from Atlantic City wastewater
Sad that it’s needed, but very cool that it’s working.
South Africa’s HPV vaccination drive to protect girls from cervical cancer is working – what we know after 10 years
South Africa’s school-based HPV vaccination programme is delivering measurable population-level benefits.
Excellent.
Custodian of 39 Years Breaks Down in Tears Learning District Will Name Elementary School After Her
Marilyn Hampton was known to buy school supplies for kids in need and help students study for exams
Source: Custodian of 39 Years Breaks Down in Tears Learning District Will Name Elementary School After Her
Awesome. Better than a politician any day.