A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
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.
A Tennessee woman who launched a message in a bottle into the ocean during a trip to Georgia said she received word more than two years later that it had been found in France.
Source: Message in a bottle travels from Georgia to France in just over 2 years
Cute. Cue Sting.
It can eliminate the need for finger prick tests and prevent life-threatening attacks, say experts.
Source: Artificial pancreas to revolutionise diabetes care in England
Very cool.
A Richmond animal shelter received more than 400 requests for snuggle sessions with seven Pyrenees puppies after offering the chance for folks to “forget about the worries of the world.”
Source: Richmond animal shelter gets 400+ requests for puppy snuggle sessions: ‘Kiss these love buckets’
How cool. Looks like complete fun.
Cortney Gensemer suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Now, she may have discovered a gene responsible for it.
Source: Ph.D. student has rare disease. Her own research discovered a potential breakthrough.
Very cool.
“We’d both gone through some tough things in life,” Kelvin Simmons said about the dog he is training as part of a diversion program.
Source: They were facing jail time. Instead, they’re training shelter dogs.
Great idea.