A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Brandon Carroll spent his last day of deployment with a puppy he cared for outside the compound. They reunited in Indianapolis a few months later.
Source: ‘She stole my heart’: Indy Marine reunites with puppy he rescued while deployed
Gotta love happy endings.
Innovative European project Flagships is expected to deploy what is believed to be the world’s first commercial cargo vessel that operates on hydrogen – and commercial operations are set to commence in 2021.
Source: Flagships: Hydrogen-powered commercial cargo vessel set for river Seine in Paris
Very cool. I wonder if it’s also quieter?
Coworkers that had been searching for weeks found appointments for eligible family members in just days, he said, with the help of the new website.
On one hand, it’s unfortunate that it’s needed, on the other, it’s absolutely awesome that volunteers like this are stepping up. I’ve heard of other, similar, efforts in other locations as well.
Jen Glantz, the founder of Bridesmaid for Hire, wondered if she’d ever get married. Then, she met Adam Kossoff. The couple eloped during the COVID-19 pandemic outside the coffee shop where they first met.
Source: Bridesmaid Who Was Hired for More Than 125 Weddings Gets Married Where She First Met Husband
Huh. I didn’t even know that was a job. 
Nearly two decades after he was born in a Starbucks bathroom, Jonathan Celner was shocked to discover a message from the barista who helped deliver him.
Source: 18 years after helping deliver baby in Starbucks bathroom, man reunites with kid
Cool story.
Haley Moore was walking her one-and-a-half-year old Maremma mix, Clover, through their Stittsville neighbourhood Tuesday morning, when suddenly she began to seize.
Wow.
In August of 2000, Danny Stewart, then 34, discovered a newborn baby abandoned in a Manhattan subway station and called 911. He and Pete Mercurio, then 32, soon adopted Kevin.
Source: Newborn adopted by couple that found him in NYC subway is all grown up
What a cool story.
the louvre has just made its entire collection online, allowing everyone to immerse into the world of art from home, and for free.
Source: the louvre just made its entire art collection available online for free
Wow.
By using nanomaterial layers to package insulin, researchers have developed a stable and effective method for administering the hormone orally to rats without subjecting it to destruction by stomach acids, solving a long-time problem in pharmaceutical science.
Source: Researchers come one step closer to ‘insulin in a pill’
That could help a LOT of people.
Motivated by our growing problem with plastics, which are environmentally damaging both to produce and after they’re disposed of, scientists are tinkering away with more eco-friendly forms of the material. Researchers at Yale University have put forward a candidate that ticks a number of important boxes, developing a new bioplastic with high strength but an ability to degrade entirely in the space of three months.
Source: Bioplastic made from wood powder entirely degrades in three months
I love this kinda stuff.