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A nonprofit animal shelter has partnered with Utah’s largest addiction program to protect pets for up to three months as their owners undergo treatment.
Source: Utah pets now have a safe place to stay if their owners enter drug, alcohol misuse treatment
Very cool.
After raising two daughters and pursuing a decades-long nursing career, she returned to college, determined to get her degree.
Source: ‘Pure joy’: Grandma earns college degree at age 84
Impressive!
32-year-old marine biologist and diver Gigi Torras said the experience was ‘incredible’.
Source: Spanish diver saves 12-metre humpback whale in ‘daring’ rescue mission
Very cool rescue.
“I’m hoping that maybe 20 years from now, V15Able won’t be needed because there’s more understanding,” Letisha Wexstten said.
Source: St. Louis woman born without arms creates site to help people with disabilities find jobs
Inspiring.
Water scarcity is a major problem for much of the world’s population, but with the right equipment drinking water can be wrung out of thin air. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have now demonstrated a low-cost gel film that can pull many liters of water per day out of even very dry air.
Source: Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air
Amazing.
Scientists are currently planning a trial for a new cancer-killing virus, and they’ll be injecting humans with it for the first time.
Source: First human patient injected with revolutionary cancer-killing virus
Exciting.
MIT researchers have come up with a dirt-cheap solution to curb methane emissions in the air—using common clay in kitty litter.
Source: Common Clay in Kitty Litter Could Be the Friendliest Way to Cut Emissions and Fight Climate Change
Behold the power of … kitty litter?
First graders at an Alabama school moved quickly to get help when they saw their teacher was having a medical emergency.
Source: First graders save Alabama teacher from medical emergency
Well done, kids!
As she was walking home from her favorite bookstore, NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly realized she lost her wallet. Just as she was about to cancel her credit cards a man reached out saying he had found it.
Source: This NPR host lost her wallet, but the way it was returned has stuck with her
Nicely done.
Spiegel and Kerr, who have been married since 2017, gave the commencement speech and got honorary degrees from Otis College of Art and Design. Then they surprised graduates with a gift of their own.
Source: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr paid off art school graduates’ student loans
Remarkable.