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King County and Minority Veterans of America signed a 50-year contract to operate the home for LGBTQ+ veterans in need.

Source: Old home transformed into country’s first shelter specifically designed for homeless LGBTQ+ veterans

Cool.

Playing with a dog for just 15 minutes can significantly reduce a person’s stress, a new study reports.

Source: Playing with dogs relieves stress in humans and canines alike, study shows

Well, yeah. (Though my dogs insist it needs to be more than 15 minutes.)

Plasmonic modulators are tiny components that convert electrical signals into optical signals in order to transport them through optical fibers. A modulator of this kind had never managed to transmit data at a frequency of over a terahertz (over a trillion oscillations per second).

Source: A tiny component for record-breaking bandwidth: New modulator breaks the terahertz mark

Get ready for … terahertz? Wow!

“I never stopped thinking about her.”

Source: A former ‘wild child’ searched for the foster mom who changed her life 40 years ago … and found her

Very moving.

The historic ocean liner is set to transform into a marine sanctuary, boosting biodiversity and local tourism on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Source: From ocean icon to world’s largest artificial reef: the final voyage of the SS United States | The Optimist Daily

The background story’s pretty interesting as well.

A program begun in Zimbabwe in which grandmothers and older listeners serve as “first responders” for those seeking mental health assistance in underserved communities has now expanded to nine countries, including the U.S.

Source: The Friendship Bench: Bringing talk therapy into underserved communities

I may have run a story on this some time ago, but it’s just such a good idea. I hope it expands, especially now.

More than 99,000 people were watching live on the Friends of Big Bear Valley Youtube livestream as the chick worked through the hatching process.

Source: Jackie and Shadow’s third eaglet hatches into Big Bear’s famous feathered family

Fun to follow.

A quick 45-minute blood test could be a game-changer for pancreatic cancer detection.

Source: A Simple Blood Test Called PAC-MANN Could Detect Pancreatic Cancer Early and Save Thousands of Lives

Wow. That could be big.

Carrying a suite of NASA science and technology, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 successfully landed at 3:34 a.m. EST on Sunday near a volcanic

Source: Touchdown! Carrying NASA Science, Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lands on Moon – NASA

So cool.

Treatment for chronic pain still relies heavily on opioids. While effective, they are highly addictive and potentially deadly if misused.

Source: Compound mimics cannabis for pain relief without the side effects: Mouse study points to effective opioid alternative

Progress towards safer pain relief is a great thing.