A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
An Australian man has become the first person in the world to leave a hospital with a total artificial heart implant, marking a significant milestone in heart failure treatment. He lived with the device for over 100 days before receiving a donor heart transplant in early March – the longest recorded survival with this technology.
Source: Man lives 100 days with artificial titanium heart in world-first medical success
Wow!
A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say.
Source: Long Island man is first in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia
Wow.
Two centenarians broke the Guinness World Record for longest marriage of a living couple. The Brazilian couple has been happily married for 84 years and 85 days.
Source: Couple breaks record for longest living marriage
Amazing. And sweet.
The number of monarch butterflies overwintering this year in Mexico has nearly doubled, according to the 2025 annual census.
Cool.
Meet Yumi, a senior Corgi on wheels.
Source: This 14-year-old disabled Corgi lost a dog race — but won over the internet
We’ve had two “wheeled Corgis” over the years, Guido and Helen. Can confirm the strength of their spirit. This was very touching to see.
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.
The background story’s pretty interesting as well.