Every serving. No expiration date.
THE CHURCH AND MOSQUE NEXT DOOR KEEP GIVING BLOOD TOGETHER
They started as new neighbors. Fifteen years later, the annual blood drive is still on the calendar.
THAILAND JUST KNOCKED RUBELLA OFF THE PUBLIC-HEALTH LIST
Decades of vaccination and surveillance turned a dangerous pregnancy infection into a preventable public-health victory.
THE WHEELCHAIR STAYS ON SHORE. THE SAILOR DOESN’T
Sometimes inclusion looks like a hoist, a custom boat and a wide-open sea.
THE GLOWWORMS CAME BACK. A GARDEN SHED WAS INVOLVED
After a century away, tiny green lights are blinking again in North Yorkshire.
THEY BUILT A HIGH-RISE OUT OF STONE. LIKE, STRUCTURALLY
The future of lower-carbon construction might involve a material humans have been stacking for thousands of years.
RICK STEVES BOUGHT HIS HOMETOWN MOVIE THEATER SO IT WOULDN’T DIE
A century-old neighborhood movie house just got a very determined new owner.
THE BABY RATTLESNAKES ARE CUDDLING. PLEASE ADJUST YOUR WORLDVIEW
Livestream cameras in California, Colorado and Pennsylvania captured live rattlesnake births, dozens of newborns and baby snakes cuddling adults for protection. Apparently even rattlesnakes have a snuggle phase.
THE WARBLERS HAVE BACKPACKS NOW
Researchers are fitting tiny songbirds with Tic Tac-sized geolocator backpacks that record light and atmospheric pressure across entire migrations. Serious science has once again required an extremely small backpack.
100 RESTAURANTS SAID: PAY WHAT YOU CAN
A one-day idea from Mexico City restaurant Masala y Maíz grew into a global event with 100 restaurants in 14 countries signed on, while staff kept their normal wages and tips. The radical business innovation: trust people.
A WHOLE REGION JUST KNOCKED TRACHOMA OFF THE PUBLIC-HEALTH LIST
WHO has validated Timor-Leste’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. Because it was the last country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region where the disease was still suspected to be a public-health problem, the entire region has now cleared that threshold.
THE INTERNET GAVE THE BABY PORCUPINE AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT LOG
Point Defiance Zoo welcomed its first prehensile-tailed porcupine baby in 121 years. Then the internet spotted the tiny porcupette clutching a log and named it an “emotional support log.” For once, the comments improved the story.
THE HUNTERS SWITCHED TEAMS
In Nigeria’s Omo Forest Reserve, former hunters are using the tracking skills they once used to hunt wildlife to find snares and help stop poaching instead. Redemption arc: operational.
SPAIN HIRED TINY COWS TO FIGHT WILDFIRES
In Galicia, small, agile Cachena cattle and other grazers are being used to chew down fire-prone vegetation. A regional pilot is even using GPS virtual fencing to steer cattle toward areas that need clearing. Cow-based infrastructure has entered the chat.
BHUTAN JUST KICKED DOG-TRANSMITTED RABIES OFF THE PUBLIC-HEALTH LIST
WHO has validated Bhutan’s elimination of dog-transmitted human rabies as a public-health problem — the first country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to reach the milestone. Bhutan has gone more than two years without a human death from dog-transmitted rabies. Vaccines, surveillance and people showing up worked.
THE WOMEN TOOK THE WHOLE PODIUM
At Colorado’s Aspen Backcountry Marathon, Brier Youngfleish won the race outright — and women finished first, second and third overall. The overall podium was all women. That’s the whole post.
THE LAUNDROMAT HAS A LIBRARY NOW
Laundromats are becoming tiny literacy hubs, with children’s books and family reading spaces turning wash-cycle downtime into reading time. Apparently the spin cycle comes with a library card now.