• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Not All News is Bad!

A Daily Antidote to Everything Else

A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
  • About / Start Here

Uncategorized

Priceless Reunion: Parkersburg family recovers photo lost during 2008 tornado

February 15, 2024 by Leo

Nearly 16 years after an EF-5 tornado tore through Parkersburg, one family learned a priceless piece of their history, thought to be lost to the storm, was safe

Source: Priceless Reunion: Parkersburg family recovers photo lost during 2008 tornado

Lovely.

In a First, a Prosthetic Limb Can Sense Temperature Like a Living Hand

February 14, 2024 by Leo

The advance may help users feel a greater sense of human connection through touch

Source: In a First, a Prosthetic Limb Can Sense Temperature Like a Living Hand

Very cool. (No pun intended.)

Yes, cats do get stuck in trees. This climber rescues them for free.

February 13, 2024 by Leo

“I literally cried when I held that cat and comforted him to let him know it was okay,” said Steven Murrow, a professional tree climber.

Source: Yes, cats do get stuck in trees. This climber rescues them for free.

We love our cat rescuers.

102-year-old British veteran flies a Spitfire on a delightfully bumpy ride for charity

February 12, 2024 by Leo

A former Royal Air Forces pilot has taken to the skies in a Spitfire at 102 years old. Jack Hemmings, an ex-squadron leader with Britain’s air force, is believed to be the oldest pilot to fly the World War II plane.

Source: 102-year-old British veteran flies a Spitfire on a delightfully bumpy ride for charity

Love it.

‘Scarf bombing’ is helping keep people warm in the winter months

February 11, 2024 by Leo

The movement, known as “scarf bombing,” is the act of leaving handmade scarves in public places when it’s cold out.

Source: ‘Scarf bombing’ is helping keep people warm in the winter months (Gift link)

Neat idea.

Buck Scientists Discover a Potential Way to Repair Synapses Damaged in Alzheimer’s Disease – BUCK

February 10, 2024 by Leo

Boosting the KIBRA protein reversed memory impairment in mouse model of Alzhheimer’s despite the presence of toxic tau.

Source: Buck Scientists Discover a Potential Way to Repair Synapses Damaged in Alzheimer’s Disease – BUCK

Fascinating.

Las Vegas parent creates reading app using artificial intelligence

February 9, 2024 by Leo

WordStumble uses artificial intelligence to create a customizable reading program for children.

Source: Las Vegas parent creates reading app using artificial intelligence

Love that AI is enabling this kind of thing.

Massachusetts police K9 tracks scent for over 2 miles to find missing 12-year-old in freezing cold

February 8, 2024 by Leo

K9 Biza and her partner, Auburn Police Officer David Ljunggren, followed the scent of a missing 12-year-old and helped find the child safe miles from home.

Source: Massachusetts police K9 tracks scent for over 2 miles to find missing 12-year-old in freezing cold

Good girl!

‘It’s scratching, dude’: US Coast Guard inspectors rescue stowaway dog from shipping container

February 7, 2024 by Leo

During a routine day at the Port of Houston, four marine inspectors heard barking from amid 10,000 containers

Source: ‘It’s scratching, dude’: US Coast Guard inspectors rescue stowaway dog from shipping container

Lucky dog!

No cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation

February 6, 2024 by Leo

Click for larger image.

An exciting new study from PHS, in collaboration with the Universities of Strathclyde and Edinburgh, shows that no cervical cancer cases have been detected in women vaccinated at age 12-13 since the Human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation programme started in Scotland in 2008.

Source: No cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation

Vaccines work.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 50
  • Page 51
  • Page 52
  • Page 53
  • Page 54
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 304
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

“It’s great to see something on the web from time to time that isn’t crime, awful news, politics or sales.”

Something Good in Email Daily

Subscribe today to begin getting daily notification of a positive news item or story culled from today's news and online publications.

We respect your email privacy

Positive News Resources
A note about paywalls.

Recent Posts

  • Bird lovers flock to adopt parrot who is ‘rated R, parental advisory required’
  • Kiki the School Cat: How a Glasgow Feline’s Morning Walks Reveal the Power of Imprinting and Devotion
  • A new diabetes treatment could free people from insulin injections
  • Ottawa firefighter recovering after lifesaving liver transplant donated by colleague
  • Tiny spinal implant revives nerves in rats, hints at paralysis cure

Footer

Privacy and such.