A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Here’s one way no bride-to-be wants to start a phone call just two days before her wedding: “I don’t want you to freak out, but …”
Source: Hurricane Michael flooding can’t stop dream wedding fit for the silver screen
Love communities like this. 🙂
(FYI: I encountered a brief survey to access the content for free. “Prefer not to answer” seemed acceptable for all questions asked.)
A number of different things have to happen for a child to develop leukemia.
Source: We finally know what causes childhood leukemia—and how to prevent it
This could be big, really big…
Two EMTs drove hospice patient Laura Mullins, her nurse and her chaplain, who said a blessing, to Scituate Lighthouse in Massachusetts
Source: “My dream has come true”: EMTs help woman get her dying wish
Awesome.
“Iron Man” and “Avengers” star Robert Downey Jr. sent a video message Monday to 7-year-old Jackson Tijerina. Jackson, a second-grader at College View Elementary School, has brain cancer.
Source: ‘Iron Man’ star Robert Downey Jr. sends special message to Bluffs boy with brain cancer
I love when celebrities do this kind of thing.
Thirty-seven dogs and nine puppies in the path of Hurricane Michael were rescued Tuesday by the Humane Society Naples.
Source: 37 dogs, 9 puppies rescued from the path of Hurricane Michael by Humane Society Naples
Animals play such an important role in our lives. I know that there are many people out there helping in the wake of Michael.
Ecovative thinks it can use mycelia, the hair-like network of cells that grows in mushrooms, to help build everything from lab-grown meat to 3D-printed organs to biofabricated leather.
Source: Can mushrooms be the platform we build the future on?
Absolutely fascinating.
Scientists at Radboud University discovered a new mechanism for magnetic storage of information in the smallest unit of matter: a single atom.
Source: Scientists discover new mechanism for information storage in one atom
Hard disk filling up? Just wait. (OK, might have to wait a while…. 🙂 ).
For anyone it’s a soaring achievement, but for Adam Keys, reaching the top was only part of the climb
Source: Pushing the Limits: With a second chance, wounded veteran summits Mt. Kilimanjaro
Inspirational.
No matter the outcome of the midterm elections, organizers are thrilled by the amount of Americans getting involved in the political process.
Source: Record Number of People Have Registered to Vote in the Midterm Elections
Something good to come out of the political mess we find ourselves in…
Luis Ocampo and Kailey Finch were overwhelmed by the donations they received after their home was looted last month — so, they gave some of the money away
Source: Soldier Whose House Was Looted Gives Away Money Raised for Him: ‘I Wanted to Show Kindness’
Neat on so many levels.