Baltimore’s Mr. Trash Wheel: a Decade of Garbage Gobbling Equates to 5.2 Mill...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The Baltimore Harbor’s most beloved resident is celebrating his decennial, and what better way to look back on his years of service than listing a few of his achievements? Mr. Trash Wheel is a national icon. Since his installment in the Inner Harbor in 2014, his popularity led to the instal... .. read more..
New Mosquito Nets Prevent Millions of Malaria Cases in Insecticide-Resistant ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
For years, aid workers knew that among all the billions being poured into aid foundations for Africa, if a measly few million could be spent on providing insecticide-treated mosquito nets for people to sleep under, it could do the same as a decade of pharmacological research looking for malaria t... .. read more..
Despite War, Surgeons in Ukraine Perform Brain Surgery to Save 4-Year-old Iri...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
How far would you go to access the medical care your child needed to live a normal life? Would you enter a warzone? Would you allow your daughter to undergo brain surgery in a city under threat from air strikes? The answer to all these questions from the Gribben family of Northern Ireland was yes... .. read more..
Hand Pollination of ‘Sapphire Tower’ Helps Rare Plant Survive–Only Blooming E...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
At the Birmingham Botanical Gardens (BBG), a plant that most people will never see flower has sprouted its azure blooms for the first time in over 10 years. This incredibly rare event has turned the plant, a bromeliad called Puya alpestris into a “sapphire tower.” Native to the Chilea... .. read more..
Good News in History, April 23
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
110 years ago today, the first-ever baseball game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Then known as Weeghman Park, its original occupants were the Chicago Whales, then known as the “Chi-Feds.” Wrigley Field is known for its ivy-covered brick outfield wall, the unusual wind pattern... .. read more..
The Inner Sense Driving Your Thoughts
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
While hiking and allowing his mind to wander, Alex Messenger suddenly started to notice his body. "My breath quickened, my eyes widened, my pulse doubled immediately, my airways opened." It took some time for his conscious brain to catch up in time to see a 600 pound bear that "swatted him to the... .. read more..
Taco Bell Manager Revives Lifeless Baby that Pulled Up to the Drive Thru: ‘Th...
Monday, April 22, 2024
At the Richboro Taco Bell, outside of Philadelphia, manager Becky Arbaugh wasn’t working the lunch rush, but was around nevertheless. She heard a scream coming from the drive-through window, followed by the harrowing words ‘call 911 the baby isn’t breathing!'” The phone would ha... .. read more..
59-year-old Breaks Women’s World Record for the Longest Time in an Abdominal ...
Monday, April 22, 2024
A woman in Alberta just set a new world record for the longest time spent in an abdominal plank position, managing 4 hours, 30 minutes, and 11 seconds. DonnaJean Wilde realized that a plank was an excellent exercise to do in a cast after she broke her wrist 10 or so years ago and needed […]... .. read more..
Fungus Devastating Frogs on Nearly Every Continent May Have an Achilles Heel–...
Monday, April 22, 2024
A pandemic among frogs has been going on worldwide for years—the culprit: a fungal infection that has affected amphibians on nearly every continent. But now, the discovery of a virus that has evolved to replicate inside this fungus could be the key to saving nearly 500 species of frogs that have ... .. read more..
Artists Can Generate Revenue for Conservation by Adding Feature Credits for N...
Monday, April 22, 2024
Today is the 54th edition of Earth Day. A coalition of major music streamers and the UN have had a stroke of inspiration that will hopefully channel millions to conservation. Entitled “Sounds Right,” artists who utilize stock recordings of animals or weather will have the option of pu... .. read more..