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Environment
Scientists Net 1,121 New Ocean Species in a Single Year – Including a Deep-sea ‘Ghost Shark’
Scientists named 1,121 new marine species in a single year, including a deep-sea ghost shark and a worm that lives inside a glass sponge.
Heartwarming
Kids Find Solid-gold Navy Ring Lost at Sea for 50 Years – Then Track Down Its Owner
Five eighth-graders found a solid-gold Navy ring on a Kauai reef and tracked down its owner’s widow – 50 years after it vanished at sea.
Neighborhood Heroes
Minnesota Woman Rescued After Being Trapped in Mud for 3 Days
A Minnesota woman was rescued after spending three days trapped in mud in a remote area near Backus before two riders found her alive.
Science & Innovation
Cervical Cancer Deaths in Young Women Hit Zero in England as HPV Vaccine Delivers
No woman aged 20-24 died of cervical cancer in England from 2020-2024, a Lancet study found, crediting the HPV vaccine for some 200 lives saved
Adoption
Soldier Reunites With Biological Parents After Wife Tracks Them Down While He Was In Bootcamp
A soldier reunites with his biological parents after his wife spent six months tracking them down while he was away at bootcamp.
Environment
Giant Endangered Sea Turtles Smash Nesting Record on North Carolina’s Outer Banks
The Outer Banks just had its best leatherback year on record – four nests of the giant endangered turtle, topping the whole previous decade.
Heartwarming
Doctor Keeps Tearjerking Promise to Surprise Her Cancer-survivor Patient at Graduation
Given 8 months to live at 14, Dylan Mwaniki is now cancer-free – and his oncologist secretly flew 1,500 miles to surprise him at graduation.
Funny
Grandma Gets Sweet Gift Shop Surprise After Family Secretly Buys Every Item She Touches
A family created a sweet grandma gift shop surprise by secretly buying every shell and souvenir Tonja touched during a Mother’s Day trip.