Joy Milne, for most of her life, seemed to have a “superpower” she didn’t have a clue about. She didn’t know that she had an amazing and a bit scary biological gift that scientists are exploring today. If it hadn’t been for her husband, Les, she would’ve stayed forever unaware […]
Life Hacks
These Solar Panels Can Pull in Water Vapor to Grow Crops in the Desert
Less than 20 percent of the energy that goes into a solar panel is turned into electricity. Global researchers are therefore focused on boosting the efficiency of these panels. Recently, Saudi Arabia researchers used one-of-a-kind hydrogel to make a solar-driven system and successfully grew spinach by using the water from […]
Solar Panels Built from Waste Crops Create Energy without Direct Light
In another effort to produce clean energy, one engineering student from the Philippines designed solar panels that don’t need direct sunlight to produce energy. He created a revolutionary material with luminescent particles from veggie and fruit waste. The 29-year-old Carvey Ehren Maigue won the James Dyson Foundation Sustainability Award back […]
Denver’s Program Dispatches Mental Health Teams instead of the Police Is so Successful that It’s already Expanding
STAR is a partnership between the Mental Health Center of Denver, Denver Health, Denver Police Department, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment, and stakeholders like Caring4Denver. It launched on the 1st of June, 2020 and it’s noted huge success since. This program provides crisis response to community members with […]
80-Year-Old Man Walks through a Blizzard to Rescue People from Three Cars
This 80-year-old man from Canada helped guide several cars to safety during a strong snowstorm as an act of kindness which the drivers describe as an act of heroism. Shannon St. Onge was coming back from what he thought would be a quick trip to her office on January 31st […]
Street Musician Whose Drums Were Stolen Gets a New Kit from Metallica
Metallica stepped in to help out an LA street performer after his drum kit was stolen. The drummer, Sheriff Drumman, plays drums on the back of his truck and got firsthand help from one of the most popular rock bands on the planet. Last December, Drumman’s drum kit and truck […]
8-Year-Old Slid His Handwritten Book in a Library. Now It Has a Year-Long Waitlist
One book, a masterpiece of a second-grader, is a hot topic at this library in Idaho. The 8-year-old Dilon Helbig used his trip to the Ada Community Library’s Lake Hazel Branch in Boise with his grandma to leave his work there: The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis by Dillon His […]
Nigerian Mom Designs Solar Powered Cribs to Put an End to Jaundice in Babies
Back in 2015, Virtue Oboro had the worst experience; at only 48 hours old, her newborn baby, a son, had to be rushed into the hospital for urgent treatment. The baby named Tombra was diagnosed with jaundice, a common health issue that happens more than 60 percent of newborns globally. […]
High Hopes for Treatment of Asthma after Scientists Reveal a Potent Anti-Inflammatory Molecule
Аsthma is a common health issue and although there’s therapy for it, there’s always a need to find better and even more efficient options. One promising finding offers hope for the people with the most serious cases of asthma. Namely, a team of researchers at the Trinity College in Dublin […]
Former NFL Lineman Is now a Cook at His Kids’ School Cafeteria; “Kindergarteners Are My Toughest Critics”
Jared Veldheer is a retired NFL offensive lineman who was searching for a new challenge in Grand Rapids, Michigan last summer when he heard about a job opening. This was a job at his children’s school in the cafeteria. The Catholic school looked for a worker to oversee the cooking […]