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A 3-week-old baby received a heart transplant 14 years ago and gained a ‘donor mom’ | CNN

April 27, 2025 by Leo

Thirteen years ago, one infant received a heart transplant from another infant. During National Donate Life Month, their mothers discuss the life-changing experience.

Source: A 3-week-old baby received a heart transplant 14 years ago and gained a ‘donor mom’ | CNN

Moving.

10-Year-Old Girl Earns Two College Degrees — And She’s Just Getting Started

April 26, 2025 by Leo

Crafton Hills College is about to celebrate an extraordinary milestone — welcoming its youngest-ever graduate across the commencement stage. Meet Alisa Perales.

Source: 10-Year-Old Girl Earns Two College Degrees — And She’s Just Getting Started

Wow. Just … wow.

Teens Win 2025 Earth Prize for Refrigerator That Runs on Salt – 200 are Headed to Hospitals to Preserve Medicine

April 25, 2025 by Leo

Because salt molecules dissolve in water, the charged ions that make up the salt molecules break apart, taking up heat from the water.

Source: Teens Win 2025 Earth Prize for Refrigerator That Runs on Salt – 200 are Headed to Hospitals to Preserve Medicine

Very cool. (No pun intended.)

Man gets trapped in Lake Michigan quicksand, emerges with a girlfriend

April 24, 2025 by Leo

When Mitchell O’Brien and Breanne Sika set off to spend a day on a Lake Michigan beach hunting for rocks, neither expected one of them would fall victim to quicksand, nor that they would be calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend by the end of the day.

Source: Man gets trapped in Lake Michigan quicksand, emerges with a girlfriend

Bonus points for the headline. smile emoji

Sergeant reunites with military dog retiring from active duty.

April 23, 2025 by Leo

A bomb-sniffing dog is heading to blissful retirement at the home of the Air Force sergeant he bonded with before they were separated for years.

Source: Sergeant reunites with military dog retiring from active duty. Watch the emotional moment

Touching.

‘He Said It Was Unrealistic’: Teen With Cerebral Palsy Turns School Project Into Hot Sauce Empire

April 22, 2025 by Leo

What started as a high school project and a less-than-perfect grade has turned into a fiery success story for 19-year-old Drew Davis. Crippling Hot Sauce.

Source: ‘He Said It Was Unrealistic’: Teen With Cerebral Palsy Turns School Project Into Hot Sauce Empire\

So cool … er … hot!

Extraordinary Reuse of Vacant Church: Transforming into a Public Swimming Pool in the Netherlands

April 21, 2025 by Leo

Architects in The Netherlands won a competition to transform the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen—into a public swimming pool.

Source: Extraordinary Reuse of Vacant Church: Transforming into a Public Swimming Pool in the Netherlands

I love this idea.

She founded a Boston day shelter for women, then became a doctor. Decades later, she’s back to help

April 20, 2025 by Leo

Eileen Reilly and a friend started the Women’s Lunch Place day shelter in Back Bay more than 40 years ago. After a long career, she came back to the shelter as a psychiatrist to provide mental health care to women who are unhoused.

Source: She founded a Boston day shelter for women, then became a doctor. Decades later, she’s back to help

Inspirational.

Missing toddler who walked 7 miles alone through Arizona wilderness led to safety by rancher’s dog

April 19, 2025 by Leo

The rancher traced the boy’s steps and discovered that Buford, an Anatolian Pyrenees who normally patrols his land and wards off coyotes, had escorted the 2-year-old for at least a mile.

Source: Missing toddler who walked 7 miles alone through Arizona wilderness led to safety by rancher’s dog

Good dog!

Another baby orca spotted with Northwest’s endangered J Pod

April 18, 2025 by Leo

It is the fourth calf born to the southern resident orcas since December. Two of the four have died already.

Source: Another baby orca spotted with Northwest’s endangered J Pod

We appreciate our Orcas around here.

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