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Lithuanians Created Technology for Treating Oily Water: Efficiency Exceeds Requirements 10 Times | KTU.EDU

March 27, 2018 by Leo

It is ready to use in sensitive environmental regions, for the treatment of oil production and refinery wastewater, ballast water, the run-off from car washes and car parks and any petroleum polluted wastewaters containing both legally regulated compounds and the most toxic or persistent compounds.

Source: Lithuanians Created Technology for Treating Oily Water: Efficiency Exceeds Requirements 10 Times | KTU.EDU

Clean water … what’s not to love?!

Watch 102- and 100-year-old runners set world records, you lazy slugs

March 26, 2018 by Leo

Julia Hawkins and Orville Rogers are here to inspire and maybe shame you.

Source: Watch 102- and 100-year-old runners set world records, you lazy slugs

My favorite quote from the article: ‘“How wonderful it is, how great it is, to be alive,” he told Dallas’ WFAA last December. “I really enjoy life.”’. #lifegoals

She started acting at 88. Four years later, she’s recognized everywhere for ‘Black Panther.’

March 25, 2018 by Leo

“Start now. It’s never too late,” says 92-year-old Dorothy Steel, who initially turned down a chance to audition for the movie.

Source: She started acting at 88. Four years later, she’s recognized everywhere for ‘Black Panther.’

Age is never an excuse, it’s just a number.

Chi Chi the Golden Retriever Therapy Dog Has Four Prosthetic Paws | PEOPLE.com

March 24, 2018 by Leo

Chi Chi

Chi Chi was rescued from a dumpster in South Korea and now spends her day helping others in Arizona

Source: Chi Chi the Golden Retriever Therapy Dog Has Four Prosthetic Paws | PEOPLE.com

Pretty amazing.

‘We all hold the power to change the news’

March 23, 2018 by Leo

When the impact of hearing near-constant bad news stories became a problem in her life, Jodie Jackson decided to delve deeper: why does the news emphasise what’s going wrong? After seven years researching the psychological impact of media, Jackson has written a book to help others become ‘conscious news consumers’. In doing so, people can change the media, she believes

Source: ‘We all hold the power to change the news’

Indeed, we do.

The decades-long quest to end drought (and feed millions) by taking the salt out of seawater | WIRED UK

March 22, 2018 by Leo

“The world isn’t short of water, it’s just in the wrong place, and too salty,” says Charlie Paton – so he’s spent the past 24 years building the technology to prove it

Source: The decades-long quest to end drought (and feed millions) by taking the salt out of seawater | WIRED UK

And he’s doing something about it.

Artificial intelligence can diagnose prostate cancer as well as a pathologist | Science|Business

March 21, 2018 by Leo

The results showed an accurate diagnosis in 99.38 per cent of cases, using a human pathologist as a gold standard.

Source: Artificial intelligence can diagnose prostate cancer as well as a pathologist | Science|Business

Pretty amazing, and particularly hopeful given an apparent shortage of pathologists.

Father cheers on man running 10K race with son’s donated heart

March 20, 2018 by Leo

An Ontario man whose life was saved with a heart transplant ran his first 10-kilometre race over the weekend with the father of the donor cheering him on.

Source: Father cheers on man running 10K race with son’s donated heart

Something positive we can all do: sign up to be an organ donor.

Science Talent Search 2018: $250,000 prize for agricultural solution that could save billions – CNN

March 19, 2018 by Leo

New York student Benjamin “Benjy” Firester has won one of the United States’ top young science prizes…

Source: Science Talent Search 2018: $250,000 prize for agricultural solution that could save billions – CNN

“Modeling the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Phytophthora infestans on a Regional Scale” – Dry title, exciting research.

At the Waffle House, she cut up a customer’s food for him. It changed her life.

March 18, 2018 by Leo

Evoni Williams’s moment of kindness toward a customer was captured in a photo and posted on Facebook. Thousands of people were moved by it.

Source: At the Waffle House, she cut up a customer’s food for him. It changed her life.

Simple things can have such a wide ranging impact.

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