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Finland’s renewable energy storage solutions using the world’s largest sand battery cut emissions by 70% in Pornainen. The system stores 100 megawatt-hours of thermal energy from solar and wind sources, heating the entire town for weeks while eliminating oil dependence and reducing costs.
Fascinating.
A 30-year conservation project has led to a “dramatic increase” in barn owl breeding pair numbers.
Source: Barn owl numbers ‘booming’ in west Cheshire thanks to volunteers
Neat!
Lois Agnello was born with only part of her left hand and came up with the idea to use her school’s 3D printer to make a new one.
Source: Teenager uses school’s 3D printer to make herself a new hand
Very cool.
A new breath test for pancreatic cancer is undergoing a world-first large-scale trial across 40 sites in England, Wales and Scotland.
Source: New pancreatic cancer breath test hailed as major breakthrough
Wow.
It’s the first large-scale, longitudinal study on the power of hope.
Source: Hopeful people live better lives, a 14-year study of 25,000 participants finds
I believe it.
Seventeen-year-old Josh Pache from the Gold Coast is being praised across Australia after he found $3,500 in cash outside a gas station and immediately handed it in — no hesitation, no second thoughts.
Source: Teen’s Act Of Honesty After Finding $3,500 Has The Whole Internet Cheering
Good on ya!
Two handwritten messages from Australian soldiers sailing to fight in World War I have been discovered more than a century later on a remote beach in Western Australia
Source: World War One Soldiers’ Messages in a Bottle Found on Beach After a Century
How cool!
“I’m here because I really want to spread the love of reading,” she said.
Source: Volunteers foster literacy by reading to children and giving them books
Very good.
At 80, Natalie Grabow became the oldest woman to finish the Ironman World Championship, proving age is no barrier to grit, passion and perseverance.
Source: At 80, Natalie Grabow Becomes the Oldest Woman to Finish the Ironman World Championship
Wow. Inspiring.
People are honoring their pets on Day of the Dead with ofrendas, a tradition that’s becoming increasingly popular in the U.S.
Source: Pets usher in Day of the Dead, are remembered with photos, toys and treats
They play such an important role in our lives.