A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
A study reveals lower rates of disability among Japanese seniors who owned dogs, likely owing to increased exercise.
Source: Owning a dog could be key to “successful aging” — study
Well, heck, I could’a told ya that! (And it’s about much more than just a daily walk.)
MIT researchers developed a desalination system that is more efficient and less expensive than previous methods. In addition to providing fresh water, the process could be used to treat contaminated wastewater or generate steam for sterilizing medical instruments, all without requiring a power source other than sunlight.
Source: Solar-powered system offers a route to inexpensive desalination
Desalination is something I believe holds tremendous potential. This looks pretty darned interesting.
During a pandemic-driven volunteer EMT shortage in Sackets Harbor, New York, a group of teens stepped up to fill the gap.
So cool.
The moose had been in the frozen creek for several days, and the Alaskans had to work an hour and a half to free the beast.
Source: Snowmobilers Spotted a Moose Stuck Under Ice and Worked for Hours to Free it
Well done!
Listening to gibbons, extinct frogs, birdsong near streams, it’s all free, providing from the world’s most successful wild sound recordist
Source: Wildlife Sound Recordist Releases Treasured Audio Collection for Free – to Awe and Inspire the World
A sad reason, but an amazing collection.
New research led by Pitt psychologists pools data from dozens of studies to answer these questions and shows that older adults may be able to prevent declines in a certain kind of memory by sticking to regular exercise.
Source: Exercise can help older adults retain memories, a Pitt study shows
‘scuse me while I go hit the elliptical again. 
Regrowing or replacing bone lost to disease is tricky and often painful. In a new study Australian researchers have found a relatively simple way to induce stem cells to turn into bone cells quickly and efficiently, using high-frequency sound waves.
Source: Sound waves convert stem cells into bone in regenerative breakthrough
That sounds pretty cool.
Brooke Lacey, 22, from New Zealand, was expecting the note she spotted last Monday to be a parking fine but instead it was a kind stranger complimenting her on saving lives.
Source: University student saves lives with her car’s bumper sticker
Amazing.
Stela Borbas heeded her yoga instructor, who told her to “do good for someone that day,” she said.
“Do good for someone” indeed!
Sifting through studies on various species’ play behavior, researchers tracked vocalization patterns that show a strong similarity to human laughter.
Source: Animals laugh too, UCLA analysis suggests
Ah, but are they laughing with us, or at us?