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No matter how often we encounter them, people often overlook the "people in our neighborhood" as Mister Rogers would call them. Their presence is so common that we don't always notice them until they're gone for a day or [...]

Alabama volunteer says disaster relief is ‘great way to spend a vacation,’ spends 4+ months in North Carolina --- Roger Bailey said when she told him what the kiddie pool was for, he couldn’t believe it. He had gone to her family’s [...]

The other Alaska airlift: Volunteers save dogs from a flooded Alaska village, 1 tiny plane at a time --- SEATTLE (AP) — The special delivery arrived in a plastic storage box after a chartered flight in bouncy single-propeller plane. Veterinarian Susan [...]

Video cameras captured the moment when pine martens returned to Britain’s Exmoor National Park for the first time in 100 years. The pioneering nature project has reintroduced 19 of the rare creatures back into habitat they once flourished in, [...]

While we often think of test day as purely a stressful day for students, teachers definitely feel the pressure too. Just take middle school teacher Sarah Ashley Winans’ word for it. Winans recently went viral on TikTok after sharing a [...]

The accidental text. The mistaken email. The butt dial. All of these words, for many, create a modern-day panic about which those in the 1800s didn't have to worry. (Unless one sent a letter by a horse who went [...]

In May 2020, Raechel Mitchell was driving through the Logan Canyon with her children. The van had been her prison… but strangers had been her miracle. --- In May 2020, Raechel Mitchell was driving through the Logan Canyon with her children. Then a [...]

Vol­un­teers save sea turtle hatch­lings trapped by seaweed and erosion along Brevard coast --- SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. — Strong, steady winds are battering the Brevard coastline, causing in some areas 10-12 feet of beach erosion. The winds are also bringing in large [...]

Baby with heart condition able to get surgery in Boston thanks to volunteer pilots --- LAKEVILLE, Minnesota -- A baby boy from Lakeville, Minnesota needed specialized medical care at a hospital across the country. Thanks to some committed parents and a Midwest [...]

Scientists from MIT have created a conductive “nanonetwork” inside a unique concrete mixture that could enable everyday structures like walls, sidewalks, and bridges to store and release electrical energy. It’s perhaps the most ubiquitous man-made material on Earth by [...]