Not All News is Bad!

Solar panels mounted on eNow refrigeration trucks will cut emissions while keeping food cold in 1,000 XL Fleet tractor-trailers in the US.

Source: Solar-Powered Refrigeration Trucks Will Cut Pollution From Idling Diesel Engines

Neat idea. Some issues to overcome, I suspect (snow, dirt), but still a step in a good direction.

This athlete didn’t let her lack of sponsors get in the way of her Olympics dreams. Here’s how this runner save money to travel to Tokyo.

Source: Athlete who didn’t have sponsors worked at a grocery store to fund her trip to the Olympics

Great example.

Any budding lifeguards might want to work on their doggy paddle this holiday season, after a group of 14 people struggling in high wind and waves at sea were rescued with the help of Italy’s lifeguard dogs.

Source: Dogs to the rescue, as canine lifeguards save struggling swimmers on Italian beach

Impressive!

Jamaican hurdler Hansle Parchment has tracked down and thanked a Tokyo 2020 volunteer who paid for his taxi to the Olympic Stadium

Source: Hansle Parchment thanks woman who paid for taxi to race where he won Olympic gold

I love this. The video’s worth watching.

Orion Jean may only be 10 years old, but the number on his mind is 500,000 — that’s how many books he hopes will be donated by the end of the month.

Source: Texas boy on a mission to share his love of reading: “It’s all about my moral duty to help people”

Wow. Just . . . wow.

The new study, led by Dr Sagar Sengupta from the National Institute of Immunology has however found a novel way to identify the disease as early as stage 1 through his lab’s work on microRNAs.

Source: Indian Scientist Finds Way To Detect Colon Cancer Early And Save Lives

So much promise. I hope it pans out.

Pepper, a new mama who had lost her entire litter of pups, was a “miracle” for ten puppies who had lost their own mom.

Source: Mama dog at Minnesota animal rescue ‘adopts’ orphaned puppies

Sweet. And timely.

Faster, cheaper and greener than regular construction, 3D printing could help African countries close their education gaps.

Source: Could 3D Printed Schools Be a Solution to Africa’s Classroom Shortage?

I find the whole 3-D printing thing fascinating. This application of it seems extremely cool.

The NASA ECOSTRESS instrument on the International Space Station is providing firefighters with valuable intel regarding wildfire progression.

Source: NASA Uses Space Station to Direct Firefighters to Hottest Points as They Battle US Wildfires

Pretty impressive use of the technology.

. . . thanks to a partnership between Scotland’s Glenfiddich Whisky distillery and IVECO, a sustainable natural powered transportation company, a fleet of low-carbon trucks powered by bio-methane derived from the dregs of whiskey production is about to hit the road.

Source: Glenfiddich Distilleries Launch Fleet of Trucks That Runs on Whiskey Waste

Wait . . . there’s waste?