Florida brewery unveils alternative to plastic rings that harm marine life.
Source: Florida brewery unveils six-pack rings that feed sea turtles rather than kill them | NOLA.com
Why is this not already a thing? What a great idea!
Café Chain Celebrates Its Buyout By Giving Massive Cash Bonus to Every Single Employee
The gesture is being hailed as an exemplary act of corporate responsibility for over 12,000 workers worldwide.
Source: Café Chain Celebrates Its Buyout By Giving Massive Cash Bonus to Every Single Employee
Someone referred to this as “ethical capitalism.” Either way, this is a great way to share success.
WATCH: Couple unknowingly plan to propose to each other at Memphis zoo on same day
A Memphis couple is going viral for all the right reasons.
Source: WATCH: Couple unknowingly plan to propose to each other at Memphis zoo on same day
Awesome. 🙂
Infant Deaths Fall Sharply in Africa With Routine Antibiotics
Providing one dose every six months saved one in four babies, researchers reported. Now the W.H.O. will consider recommending routine use.
Source: Infant Deaths Fall Sharply in Africa With Routine Antibiotics
One word: immunize.
Estonia To Become The World’s First Free Public Transport Nation
After a successful experiment with free public transport for all citizens in Tallinn, Estonia wants to become the world’s first free public transport nation. Allan Alaküla explains why this is a good idea.
Source: Estonia To Become The World’s First Free Public Transport Nation
Fascinating concept.
Weed-killing robots are threatening giant chemical companies’ business models
AI-powered weed hunters could soon reduce the need for herbicides and genetically modified crops.
Source: Weed-killing robots are threatening giant chemical companies’ business models
What a wonderful idea.
Group of strangers drive lost dog 3000km home
A family’s precious coonhound was thought to be gone forever after being missing for almost a year.
Source: Group of strangers drive lost dog 3000km home
These kinds of “transport relays”, as they’re called, aren’t at all uncommon in the animal rescue world. Jakes is a tad longer than most, however.
This kit for making medical tests can be put together like Legos
Ampli’s reusable blocks let scientists quickly and cheaply create diagnostic tests–and they could be especially helpful in the developing world.
Source: This kit for making medical tests can be put together like Legos
How cool is that?
Couple Stumbles Across ‘Treasure’ On Staten Island Property « CBS New York
“A couple of people asked us, ‘Why did you return it?’,” wife Maria Colonna-Emanuel said. “It wasn’t even a question. It wasn’t ours.”
Source: Couple Stumbles Across ‘Treasure’ On Staten Island Property « CBS New York
It wasn’t even a question. Indeed.
Alberta boaters rescue moose calf submerged in muddy riverbank | CBC News
A sunny day on the river turned into a baby moose rescue mission Saturday afternoon when a group of Alberta boaters spotted something peculiar in the muddy riverbank.
Source: Alberta boaters rescue moose calf submerged in muddy riverbank | CBC News
And I learned a new word: moosling!