A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
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!
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.
“I did not hesitate even for a moment,” Kaedi Cecala’s donor, Karol Zwierzinski, tells PEOPLE
Amazing.
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
Shay Taylor is returning as an anesthesiology resident, and her emotional match day video is going viral.
Source: She Cleaned Hospital Floors at Yale for a Decade. Now She’s Returning as a Doctor
Wow. So cool.
They also reported lower rates of subjective cognitive decline (7.8% versus 9.5%) and performed better on certain objective cognitive tests.
Source: 43-year-long Study Found Coffee Was Associated with 18% Lower Risk of Dementia
Sign me up.