Not All News is Bad!

The USPS employee was presented with the Mayor Award of Service for helping the injured man

Source: Postal worker celebrating Thanksgiving with man whose life he saved

Nice.

An Ellis County man was in the right place at the right time and saved someone’s life – and then six weeks later, he did it again.

Source: North Texas hero saves two lives after spending 20 years in prison

Well done.

If not as lucrative as a treasure map, the note turned out to be more relevant to their work, at least: It was a 132-year-old missive, written in ink, from former engineers and lighthouse keepers who were installing a new Fresnel lens and lantern at the top of the tower.

Source: Engineers Discover a 132-Year-Old Message in a Bottle in a Scottish Lighthouse

Cool.

A coffee shop has gone viral on social media after offering free coffee for any customer who walks in dancing.

Source: Massachusetts shop offers free coffee for dancing customers

Fun!

Dorot, a nonprofit that has been operating for decades, is being joined by newer organizations with similar missions to pair older people and younger people for the benefit of both. The mission has a new sense of urgency in light of an epidemic of loneliness and isolation that was exacerbated by the pandemic and has serious consequences.

Source: These matchmakers connect teens and elders. The friendships benefit both sides

Great idea.

Jared Guynes spent three years scouring the internet for parts and putting together a 1967 Chevy Camaro piece by piece, which he gifted his father on his 65th birthday.

Source: Son gifts father a restored Chevy Camaro decades after he let one go to raise a family

Nice.

Advance Tests Introduces Non-Invasive LucentAD Complete to Improve Accessibility and Accuracy Advance Tests has announced the launch of LucentAD in the United Kingdom, a new and innovative blood test…

Source: New Blood Test Launched In The UK Can Detect Alzheimer’s With 90% Accuracy

Very exciting.

Ukrainian doctors in Kyiv corrected a newborn’s heart defect immediately after a cesarean section, the Center of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery reported on Nov. 21.

Source: Kyiv doctors save newborn with life-threatening heart defect in groundbreaking surgery

As much for where this is and what this is. Amazing.

A new durable, biodegradable plastic breaks down in seawater, offering a potential solution to microplastic pollution.

Source: Goodbye Microplastics: New Recyclable Plastic Breaks Down Safely in Seawater

That would be awesome.

Driving represented an interesting way for neuroscientists to study how rodents acquire new skills, and unexpectedly, rats had an intense motivation for their driving training.

Source: These Rats Learned to Drive—and They Love It

You had me at “rats learned to drive”.