Cream For Diabetics Will END Painful Injections Forever
Scientists have achieved what was long assumed impossible by developing a topical insulin treatment that delivers the hormone through skin cream, potentially spelling an end to the invasive needles that millions of people with diabetes rely on for daily injections. The breakthrough came from researchers at Zhejiang University in China who engineered a clever delivery […]
What This Mom Noticed In A Diaper Changed EVERYTHING
Meghan Jenkins noticed her energetic, Miami Dolphins loving toddler Malachi was tired and lethargic with a lingering cough, but when she changed his diaper and found black stool, she rushed straight to the emergency room where hours later doctors delivered devastating news: acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a life expectancy of just two and a half […]
The Exoskeleton That’s Proving Doctors WRONG
At First Steps Wellness Center in Regina, Canada, a unique $100,000 robotic exoskeleton called Trexo is allowing children with developmental disorders to walk, often for the first time, proving doctors wrong who said it would be impossible. Leo, a boy born with a rare genetic disease that left him with a prognosis that walking would […]
Free Transit Cut Emissions By Over 25,000 TONS
Iowa City eliminated bus fares in August 2023 with a goal of lowering car emissions and encouraging public transit, and the two year pilot program proved so wildly popular that the City Council voted this summer to extend it another year, paying for it with a 1 percent increase in utility taxes and by doubling […]
She Lost Her Language, Now At 87 She’s Getting It Back
Louise Fraser crossed the convocation stage at the University of Saskatchewan on Wednesday at age 87 to pick up her bachelor’s degree in education, becoming one of the oldest graduates at the university and beginning a journey to reclaim something that was once forcibly taken from her. Fraser lost her Cree language when she was […]
The Evolution Of Kissing Goes Back 21 MILLION Years
Scientists have reconstructed the evolutionary origins of kissing and discovered that mouth on mouth smooching evolved more than 21 million years ago, likely practiced by the common ancestor of humans and other great apes. Lead researcher Dr. Matilda Brindle from the University of Oxford explained that because humans, chimps, and bonobos all kiss, it’s likely […]
UK Just BANNED Something That’s Been Costing Fans Millions
The UK government is outlawing reselling tickets for profit in a dramatic crackdown that will ban touts and ordinary consumers from charging anything more than the price they originally paid, ending a practice that has been estimated to cost fans $191 million annually. The decision, announced this week, comes after dozens of world renowned artists […]
Italy’s Oldest Barista Has NO Plans To Stop Serving Coffee
Anna Possi has been brewing espressos and serving coffees for more than 80 years, and at 101 years old she still works from 7 in the morning until 7 in the evening with absolutely no intention of retiring anytime soon. She first started this kind of work at the end of World War II when […]
These Extinct Wildcats Are Coming BACK
European wildcats, one of the UK’s most critically endangered mammals that disappeared from England due to human persecution and habitat loss, could make a historic return from extinction as conservationists plan to reintroduce 50 of these elusive carnivores to mid Devon countryside starting in 2028. The South West Wildcat Project, a partnership led by Devon […]
How Fish Are Helping Solve Our Plastic Crisis
MIT senior Jacqueline Prawira was watching butchers discard fish scales at her family’s Asian market when she noticed something remarkable: the scales were strong, thin, flexible, and lightweight, possessing the exact properties that make plastic so useful. That observation led her to develop biodegradable plastic like materials from fish offal that can be used for […]