13-Year-Old Dog Just Won Westminster’s Top Honor
Thirteen-year-old Poykee the Keeshond made political history when he was crowned winner of the Westminster Dog of the Year competition in the shadow of the Houses of Parliament. The beloved companion of Sarah Edwards, Labour MP for Tamworth, charmed judges with his personality and demonstrated the vital role dogs play in households across the nation […]
The Blind Dog Whose Heroic Barking Saved Two Lives From Fire
Judy and Chris from St. Charles, Ontario are alive today because their three-year-old blind Great Pyrenees, Toph, detected the smoke from a devastating house fire before anyone else on July 16th. Despite being unable to see, Toph’s heightened senses picked up the deadly danger spreading through their home, and his relentless barking in their basement […]
This “Kitten Scanner” Is Saving Kids
Eight-year-old Rosie was terrified of the massive MRI machine at Grantham District Hospital until she discovered the “kitten scanner”, a miniature toy version that let her practice the procedure before her real scan. The $20,000 teaching aid allows children to pretend-scan stuffed animals while learning exactly what to expect during their actual MRI, transforming one […]
A Once-Toxic River Just Became Swimmable Again
For nearly a century, swimming in the Chicago River was unthinkable as the waterway had become a toxic dumping ground for industrial pollution and sewage that created dangerous conditions for any human contact. On Sunday, September 21st, that changed forever when over 300 qualified swimmers dove into the river for the first organized open-water swim […]
The That Dad Got His Baby’s Scars Tattooed
Eric and Cristina Conklin thought they had the perfect fairytale life until they learned their unborn son Bennett had a serious congenital heart defect that would require immediate surgery after birth. Baby Bennett was rushed to the NICU at just four days old, underwent his first heart surgery at two weeks, and even survived cardiac […]
The Chance Encounter That Changed Everything
Author Richie Frieman was attending an Alzheimer’s walk to honor a friend’s father when he heard Dennis Myers share his story about living with young-onset dementia and finding hope through an unlikely friendship with two other men. Dennis, Jim Hursey, and Mike Razzi had met through a support group and dubbed themselves “The Optimistics,” choosing […]
The Rag and Bone Gypsy Creating Magic
Robert Myers-Priestley clatters through Bradford’s streets on his horse-drawn cart, calling out for “any rags, bones, dishes, washes, microwaves” in a tradition that echoes his grandfather’s work decades ago. The 46-year-old from the Gypsy and traveller community sees his rag and boning not as a way to make money, but as a service to help […]
When a Crow Thought a Border Collie Was Its Mother
When an injured baby crow named Russell landed in Autumn Buck’s Portland yard after falling from an 80-foot fir tree, nobody expected what would happen next. Buck’s border collie Meeko immediately took the tiny bird under his protection, chasing away stray cats and staying by Russell’s side as the crow recovered from his injuries. Despite […]
How Loss Led To A Creative Renaissance
Alice Matzkin spent four decades creating acclaimed portraits, including works of Betty Friedan and Beatrice Wood that grace the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and a portrait of Chelsea Clinton that once hung in the White House. At age 85, after losing most of her life’s work in a devastating fire and enduring the isolation of […]
The Diamond Battery That Lasts How Long?!
Scientists at the University of Bristol have achieved something that sounds like science fiction by creating the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery that could power devices for thousands of years. This revolutionary battery uses radioactive carbon-14, the same material used in archaeological dating, encased within manufactured diamonds to generate continuous power for an unprecedented 5,700 […]