Not All News is Bad!

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.

Source: Driving to work, a restaurant owner saw a car stopped in the road. She went over — and delivered a baby.

“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?

You might already be sure your dog can recognize you by your voice, but they might not even need their vision or smell to guide them, according to a new

Source: Dogs can recognize their owners just by their voice

And also the sound of the right car coming up the driveway.

“I had to pick my jaw up off the floor,” said Randy Waites, who never knew his father.

Source: He saw a man in a four-second news clip — who turned out to be the brother he never knew he had

Amazing story.

Today’s item is a little different.

Today marks the fifth anniversary of Not All News is Bad. Five years ago today I posted the first item, and I believe I’ve missed only one or two days since.

Wow.

Thank you for joining me on this ride. (In case you’re curious: here’s how/why it started.)

I’m looking forward to keeping it up for as long as I can.

So as not to leave you with nothing to read today, here’s a link to Good News on German Measles, Gray Wolves and Clean Energy Down Under from Future Crunch; “A fortnightly roundup of good news from around the world.”

Take care. Be kind. Have hope.