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Kitten Was Found Inside a Giant Excavator. Now She Has a Job With the Crew
A construction supervisor in Ohio expected a routine equipment check when he heard a strange sound coming from inside a massive excavator. The noise was faint and high-pitched, and it seemed to be coming from somewhere deep inside the machine. Then he discovered the source: a tiny orange kitten with blue eyes, trapped inside a…
Dad Takes His Medically Fragile Son Across America To See The Country
For most families, a road trip starts with packing clothes, loading snacks and checking the route. For Will Rizzo and his wife, Yeni, leaving home with their son Izaiah means bringing respiratory equipment, suction supplies, feeding equipment and emergency medical supplies along for the ride. Izaiah lives with WOREE syndrome, an extremely rare genetic neurological…
This Strange Orange Shark Was Found Swimming Off Costa Rica
A shark pulled from the waters off Costa Rica looked as though someone had dropped it into a bucket of orange paint. Its body was a vivid yellow-orange, its eyes were strikingly white, and nothing about it resembled the ordinary nurse sharks fishermen were used to seeing. The strange animal was photographed during a sport…
Sister Of The Falling Man Shares Their Final Holiday Memory
For 25 years, one photograph has remained impossible to separate from the human cost of September 11, 2001. Now, the sister of the man widely believed to be pictured in that frame has opened up about the image, the pain it caused her family, and the final holiday she shared with her brother just days…
Teacher Spends 240 Hours Creating Tiny Crochet Versions Of Her Students
For three months, Sara Shabir worked on a secret project after school and at weekends. Her goal was simple: create a tiny crocheted version of every child in her Year 3 class. When the big reveal finally arrived, the 30 students had to identify the dolls from photographs before discovering the handmade figures were theirs…
Surgeon Turns Children’s Bandages Into Colorful Works Of Art
For children waking up after surgery, the first thing they see can be a maze of tubes, stitches and hospital equipment. But thousands of young patients at Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio have woken up to something a little more unexpected: a colorful drawing covering their surgical bandage. The artist is Dr. Robert Parry, a…
The Surprising Aging Clue Researchers Found In Your Leg Muscles
Two identical sisters can share the same DNA, childhood and early environment, yet still age differently. Researchers found one surprisingly useful clue in the difference: how much explosive power their legs could produce. The finding emerged from a long-running study of female twins and raised an intriguing possibility. A simple measurement of leg strength may…
Around One In Five People May Have This Unusual Sensory Trait
For some people, a crowded room can feel exhausting before anyone has even said a word. A change in someone’s expression, background noise, or the emotional tone of a conversation can seem unusually difficult to ignore. Researchers studying sensory processing sensitivity believe this may reflect a genuine difference in how some brains handle incoming information.…
This Indian Student Refused To Ignore A Polluted River And His Effort Went Global
A 20-year-old college student in Madhya Pradesh spent months wading into a polluted river, pulling out plastic, algae and accumulated waste with his own hands. While some people mocked him and questioned his motives, he kept returning to the water and cleaning it. Then the story reached one of the world’s best-known ocean-cleanup entrepreneurs. Boyan…
USDA Issues Serious Listeria Warning For Pork Sold Across Eight States
A routine inspection has triggered a major food safety alert after federal inspectors detected Listeria in imported ready-to-eat pork products distributed across eight states. The USDA has classified the recall as a Class I event, its most serious recall category, raising the stakes for consumers who may have the affected products at home or businesses…