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A Houston dentist met a U.S. Air Force veteran who was struggling with dental issues and decided to surprise him with $15,000 worth of dental work.

Source: Dentist Pays $15,000 Bill For Military Veteran’s Dental Work

So cool. 🙂

“She was my angel that morning and did everything that a person should do in this type of situation.”

True stories of kind acts by strangers.

Source: Random Acts of Kindness: Reassured by her face and voice – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via MSN

This actually reminds me of HeroicStories: stories of everyday people doing good … every day. This kind of everyday kindness happens a lot more than I think we realize or pay attention to.

“It gives you a new sense of freedom and you get your confidence back”

Source: 19-Year-Old Wanted To Cover Up Her Self-Harm Scars But All Tattoo Artists Refused To Help. Except One | Bored Panda

Click through to the article, there are some amazingly beautiful before and after shots.

These nanomachines are so small that we could park 50,000 of them across the diameter of a human hair, yet they have the targeting and actuating components combined in that diminutive package to make molecular machines a reality for treating disease.

Source: Nanomachines that drill into cancer cells killing them in just 60 seconds developed by scientists

This technology is exciting for so many reasons, cancer being just one of them.

Kindness, compassion, empathy and patience can go a long way — even in Walmart.

Source: ‘We’ve forgotten how to love one another.’ Walmart cashier’s kin – KWES NewsWest 9 / Midland, Odessa, Big Spring, TX: newswest9.com |

I’ve seen this kind of thing myself. It’s both common, and touching.

His wife, Cindy, took matters into her own hands, and with the help of the nurses, she was able to sneak their Yorkie mix in for one last goodbye.

Source: Nurses helped sneak dog into hospital to say goodbye [Video]

I do wish hospitals were a little more permissive in this regard. Note, however, that the nurses and staff involved helped make it happen as well.

Alaska Airlines, […] you have restored my faith in humanity today. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you have done.

Source: ‎Lauren Whiteside‎’s post to Alaska Airlines Facebook page (public post, Facebook account not required)

Coincidentally I flew Alaska Airlines the next day. I can attest to their great customer service reputation being well warranted. I’m sure that, for them, this was just another day — for Lauren Whiteside, it was anything but.

Alphabet‘s Project Loon might still be experimental in nature, but it just delivered real hope to 100,000 Puerto Rico residents in what the Project Loon team called the fastest deployment of its Internet-providing balloons ever.

Source: A bunch of balloons delivered basic Internet to 100,000 Puerto Rico residents | AndroidAuthority

100,000 is just a fraction of the Puerto Rican population (albeit it very grateful fraction, I’m sure), but what’s most exciting to me is how quickly these balloons were put into place, and what this kind of ability promises for the future.

Two years on the boy is doing well, his doctors said. His skin is healthy, he doesn’t need to take medication or use ointments, he is back at school, plays football and when he gets a cut it heals normally.

Source: Scientists grow replacement skin for boy suffering devastating genetic disorder | Science | The Guardian

This is exciting … for burn victims, naturally, but I expect the techniques being pioneered here will be brought to bear on a much wider range of issues as well.

The hunt is on for a skateboarder who left their “grass-cutting money” to pay for truck repairs.

Source: Skateboarder wins hearts with apology note – BBC News

There are lots of “good kids” out there… this is a great example of one.