Not All News is Bad!

He was daydreaming about losing weight as he watched the gym members exercise.

Source: A photo of a Syrian refugee boy gazing into a gym went viral. Then the owner gave him a lifetime membership.

Follow up pictures at the story. I love how this blossomed via social media.

“The high-rise building of Eindhoven confirms that it is possible to combine the great challenges of climate change with those of housing shortages. Urban forestry is not only necessary to improve…

Source: The world’s first vertical forest for low-income housing is coming

Being a densely populated country, the Netherlands has long been at the forefront of creative use of space. This just makes so much sense.

New possibilities opening up for mental health research at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health as a result of historic gift.

Source: A donor is giving a record $100 million to CAMH — and doesn’t want to be named | Toronto Star

Staggering, but then so is the need: “The donation was given to support research into mental illnesses, which … are the leading cause of disability on earth.” On. Earth.

…a noninvasive treatment that attacks the root source of tinnitus while making life noticeably easier for its sufferers.

Source: This Small Device Could Silence the Maddening Symptoms of Tinnitus

Another promising advance that may help millions.

This duck isn’t a pirate, but he was still in desperate need of a “Peg Leg” before a few eighth graders helped him out.

Source: Watch Duck Waddle Excitedly When Students Make Him a New Leg

What a great experience for the eighth graders. (And yes, the video of the duck made me smile….:-))

Before he was a record-breaking sniffer dog at the local airport, Skipper the beagle mix was a stray dog living on the streets.

Source: Stray Dog Gets A Job At The Airport

The very definition of “underdog”. 🙂

“The look of awe — even disbelief — in students’ eyes as they made their way through the crowd of ‘Dads’ was astonishing.”

Source: Analysis | A school sought 50 men to stand in for absent fathers at ‘Breakfast with Dads’ — nearly 600 showed up

Sometimes all you need do is ask.

Liza Goldberg is using satellites to monitor imperiled mangroves and has spoken about her research at a prestigious conference.

Source: At age 16, A Maryland student is working with NASA on a serious project

It’s great to be reminded that people like this exist.

A Silicon Valley robotics company has teamed up with the Rwandan health ministry to hasten the delivery of vital medicines to hospitals in remote areas

Source: ‘Uber for blood’: how Rwandan delivery robots are saving lives | Karen McVeigh

My sense is that we’re just scratching the surface of innovative ways to use this technology. This one’s particularly cool.

Man Kaur of India has won 17 gold medals in her age category. And now she’s trying her hand at javelin.

Source: At Age 101, She’s A World Champ Runner

Now there’s something to aspire to!