Not All News is Bad!

It’s no longer enough to cut emissions to zero. We’ll also need to suck carbon dioxide from the air.

Source: Climeworks has opened a third plant capturing carbon dioxide from the air

Also discusses several interesting things to do with CO2.

Zinc-air battery may reduce cost of power to less than $100 per kilowatt-hour

Source: There’s now a cheaper battery to store energy that will be great for developing countries

I love these promising technology stories.

For older people, and in particular those suffering from dementia, a metaphorical trip down memory lane can be an effective form of therapy.

Source: Nursing home builds real-life 1950s memory lane to help dementia patients

Neat idea.

Researchers from Spain have now identified a molecule that could stop the development of Parkinson’s disease and reverse neurodegeneration.

Source: Parkinson’s: New molecule can stop neural damage

Sounds so promising.

A Sydney man has become the first in the world to receive a new donor heart that was kept alive in a box and scanned for disease before transplant.

Source: Heart transplant breakthrough as organ is brought back to life

The headline’s a tad confusing, but the tech is not: keeping a heart alive and beating, and being able to scan it before a transplant is pretty amazing.

When the alarm sounded, St. Paul Park firefighter Jeremy Bourasa left his own wedding.

Source: Firefighter leaves his wedding to fight a fire

So much good, all around.

After Kelly Thomas’ truck flipped with her inside of it in 2014, she was told that she probably would never walk again. Now, with help from a spinal cord implant that she’s nicknamed “Junior,” Thomas is able to walk on her own.

Source: Two people with paralysis walk again using an implanted device – The Verge

Hope for a lot of people.

Major portions of San Diego’s juvenile detention facilities sit empty. And it’s not just San Diego. Falling crime rates, combined with more money for prevention and a changing juvenile justice culture, have virtually emptied California’s juvenile halls.

Source: The Number of Youth in Juvenile Detention in California Has Quietly Plummeted – Voice of San Diego

What a great problem to have. 🙂

Challenge Air for Kids and Friends was held at Centennial Airport Saturday to help special needs kids realize their dream of piloting an airplane. As many as 100 kids were able to sit next to a vet…

Source: Special-needs kids become co-pilots at Centennial Airport

It’s now started a nonprofit to help spread its simple solution: hire people who’ve lost their jobs and homes to be property managers–and have them live for cheap on-site.

Source: This real estate company figured out a simple way to offer the homeless a house and a job

Great idea. I hope it catches on.