A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
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
“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 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.
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 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
And he’s doing something about it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mass. General finds that therapy dogs humanize and soften tremendous suffering, loneliness, and stress.
Source: In ICUs, a furry friend to comfort patients – The Boston Globe
I wish this were more commonplace, it can make a huge difference. (And Corgis are the perfect size, if you ask me. 
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