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School
Fifth Graders Vibe-Coded a Real Braille Tool – And Wowed Microsoft
Fifth graders at Global Idea School used AI to build a working Braille 3D Generator that surprised teacher and Microsoft AI director Juan Lavista Ferres.
Environment
Scientists Turn Sewage Into Renewable Natural Gas
A WSU team led by Birgitte Ahring has turned treated sewage sludge into renewable natural gas at 99% methane purity, tripling output over standard treatment.
Animal Rescue
Stray Cat Gives Birth In Home Depot Flowerpot Then Leads Rescuer To Her Kittens
A stray cat gives birth in a Home Depot flowerpot and leads a rescuer to her kittens before unexpectedly adopting three more in a heartwarming rescue story.
Businesses Doing Good
AI Breakthrough Could Spare Thousands From Ineffective Bowel Cancer Drugs
A new AI tool called PhenMap can predict which bowel cancer patients won't benefit from an NHS drug, potentially sparing thousands from harsh side effects.
Environment
40 Years After Nuclear Disaster, Wildlife Takes Over Chernobyl – And Is Thriving
The world's rarest horses have found an unlikely home in one of Earth's most contaminated places – and they're thriving. According to Associated Press, across the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine, a stretch of abandoned...
Environment
A Billion People Could Get Safe Water Under Huge New Global Initiative
The World Bank has launched Water Forward, a major programme aiming to bring safe water to a billion people across Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
Environment
How One Small Company Is Paving Roads With Unrecyclable Waste
A company called Makropa is paving roads with Waste Light Concrete – a material that replaces stone with shredded unrecyclable waste.
Health
Husband-and-Wife Scientists Win ‘Oscar of Science’ for Gene Therapy That Gave Blind Patients Their Sight Back
A husband-and-wife team whose love story began in a Harvard anatomy lab have won one of science's biggest awards for creating the first approved gene therapy to treat inherited blindness. Molecular biologist Jean Bennett and...