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Amsterdam police rescued a group of ducklings near the A10 motorway on Friday. The ducklings are now safely staying in a bird refuge in Amsterdam Zuidoost. Two members of the Centrum-Burgwallen team were headed for the A10 motorway via the 116 ramp on Friday when they spotted a family of ducklings crossing a road, according to a Facebook post by the police. The mother was nowhere in sight.
Source: Amsterdam police rescue ducklings near motorway
Cute. 
Adrianne Haslet has faced severe trauma more than once on her path to running Monday’s Boston Marathon. Now that she’s returned to the starting line, the word she keeps coming back to is “gratitude.”
Source: ‘The month my body remembers’
I’d choose “resilience.”
Nearly one year after the passing of David Baldwin who died at 96, half a dozen Tampa Bay charities receive $63 million from his estate.
Source: World War II veteran dies at 96, leaves $63 million to Tampa Bay charities
Wow!
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A Panama City high school senior applied to 27 colleges and universities. He was accepted into every single one. 18-year-old Jonathan Walker is a senior at Rutherford High School. Caption: CNN Newsource “Its so crazy to think about that I applied to all these colleges and I got in,” Walker said. Multiple Ivy League schools, such as Harvard and Yale, were among some of the schools Walker got accepted into.
Source: Florida high school senior applies, gets accepted into 27 colleges and universities
Wow!
In a small trial, immune cells that fight the Epstein-Barr virus have stopped the progression of multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune condition that can lead to symptoms, such as difficulty walking, that worsen over time
Source: MS reversed by transplanted immune cells that fight Epstein-Barr virus | New Scientist
Yes, a small trial, but still … a very encouraging result. (Looks like a hard paywall, sorry. But the summary alone seems pretty exciting.)
Unprecedented overpass will allow fauna of the Santa Monica mountains to safely cross a dangerous 10-lane stretch
Source: Animal crossing: world’s biggest wildlife bridge comes to California highway
We have at least one major one here in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, and they’re pretty cool.
9-year-old Ben Miller loves animals, and he has raised a lot of money for IHS with his lemonade stand over the last couple of years. He says it just feels good.
Source: 7’s HERO: Boise boy raises close to $2,000 for Idaho Humane Society
Nicely done.
An engineering team at Stanford University have developed solar cells which can actually draw a little bit of power at night.
Source: Nocturnal solar panels: not an oxymoron | The Optimist Daily
Cool idea. (No pun intended.)
Sessions with virtual-reality headset helped people overcome anxiety and complete everyday tasks
Source: VR role-play therapy helps people with agoraphobia, finds study
Yes, it’s part of the over-hyped “metaverse”, but VR can have some very practical, real-world applications.
“Immediately I heard a voice inside my head saying, ‘pay for the groceries’, “Maria explained in her now viral Facebook post.
Source: Young H-E-B bagger displays act of kindness, pays for family’s groceries
I keep hearing good things about H-E-B.