A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
Tom Gilbey ran the London Marathon this weekend with two goals in mind: Drink wine, and raise funds for charity.
Source: London Marathoner drinks 25 glasses of wine throughout 26.2-mile run, raising over $22k in donations
What an innovative and fun way to raise funds.
Changing the mixture of insecticide used in the netting has proved effective in fight against the disease that killed 600,000 in 2022
Source: New types of mosquito bed nets could cut malaria risk by up to half, trial finds
Very cool.
Today’s good news story comes from Atlanta, Georgia. In a heartwarming tale of compassion and human connection, Amanda Hayhurst, a mother of two from Georgia, saved the life of Vonchelle Knight, a single mother desperately in need of a kidney transpl
Source: A Mom Saved Another Mom’s Life After Seeing A Flyer In Her Son’s Taekwondo Studio
So cool.
He’s been able to avoid major diseases and has a fit mind and body. “I’ve been very, very, very lucky in my lifetime,” he says.
Source: Man, 110, who still drives his car every day has simple tips for long life
Goals. 🙂
Mr. Trash Wheel, the googly-eyed, solar-powered trash interceptor who sits where the Jones Falls meets the Inner Harbor, has been gobbling garbage for 10 years.
Source: Here’s what Mr. Trash Wheel has accomplished in 10 years
We need more Mr. Trash Wheels. 🙂
A manager at a Taco Bell outside Philadelphia saved a woman’s baby who stopped breathing in the drive-thru.
Source: Hero Taco Bell manager speaks out after life-saving CPR on baby in the drive-thru
Retired teacher DonnaJean Wilde has broken the women’s plank world record with a time of 4 hr 30 min.
Source: Canadian grandmother planks for 4.5 hours to break women’s record
Wow!
“Discover how NYU Langone Health utilized artificial intelligence to improve the quality of physicians’ notes, resulting in significant improvements in clinical
Source: AI feedback boosts physician notes quality, NYU Langone study finds
AI as an aid/assistant has a huge future.
During a Cleveland Monsters hockey game, the puck flew toward Asia Davis’s 4-year-old son. Fan Andrew Podolak deflected it within about a second.
Source: A hockey puck hurtled toward her son’s head. A fan jumped to block it. (Gift Link)
Wow!
For the first time, scientists have managed to create sheets of gold only a single atom layer thick. According to the researchers from LiU this has given the gold new properties that can make it suitable for use in various applications.
Source: A single atom layer of gold – LiU researchers create goldene
Fascinating.