A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
A 10-metre-long humpback whale entangled in fishing gear in British Columbia’s Strait of Georgia has been rescued with the help of a team of experts, a drone, a satellite tag, concerned citizens and an acrobatic twist from the captive itself.
Source: Rescue team and whale’s acrobatics help save it from entanglement in B.C.
Very cool.
Five years ago, just one in four children went to preschool in Uzbekistan. A fleet of book-filled buses is improving the odds
Source: Uzbekistan’s solution to a lack of preschools? Kindergartens on wheels
What a cool idea.
Today roughly one in 10 children live in families whose resources are considered below the poverty line, a 59% drop over the last 26 years.
Source: The Unprecedented Decline in U.S. Child Poverty—Down 59% in 26 Years
Positive progress worth remembering.
Lena and Yolanda were young girls when they met on a 14-day ocean crossing toward Ellis Island. Now they are reunited as forever friends.
Very cool.
Seven adult lions and two cubs rescued from a zoo in war-torn Ukraine are now residing at wildlife refuges in Colorado.
Source: Lions rescued from Ukraine find their “forever home” at Colorado sanctuaries
There’s been a quiet, yet intense, effort to help the animals affected by the conflict as well. This is just one (shining) example.
But now change is in the air: Malaria is the rare global health scourge about which experts are sanguine — so much so that some have begun to talk about eradicating the disease.
Source: At Long Last, Can Malaria Be Eradicated?
Amazing times.
Tammy Holloway-Servedio was stunned to discover she had a sister named Shari Ritchkin — that they are both pilots was the icing on the cake.
Source: Pilots Discover They’re Long-Lost Sisters — And Had Likely Crossed Paths Dozens of Times: Exclusive
Very cool.
“When somebody offers you help here, you know you should take it. Because it comes from the heart,” said Scott Legried.
Source: A farmer was injured saving a puppy. His town rallied to bring in his harvest.
Community at its best.
When it’s perched on a roof, the tech uses the aerodynamic effect of the wall below it. “The building amplifies the wind speed,”
Source: These mini wind turbines are designed for rooftops
Very cool idea.
Jessica Wade began writing Wikipedia biographies about women and minority scientists who never got their due — from employers, from other scientists, from the public.
Source: This 33-year-old made more than 1,000 Wikipedia bios for unknown women scientists
Attention well deserved, across the board.