KSP Trooper Robert Purdy (center) helped arrange the new mailbox for teen cancer patient Aaron Stamper’s wish of receiving as many birthday cards as will fit in it. (Source: @TprPurdy/Twitter) [ … ]
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Peggy Whitson—First woman to command ISS—will make her 8th spacewalk today, the most by any female astronaut
Dr. Peggy Whitson, the first woman to command the ISS, might soon also hold the record for the most spacewalks by a female astronaut. She’s scheduled to step out of [ … ]
Human Conditions Improving at a Remarkable Rate
On a number of previous occasions, I have written about the extent of human progress around the world, but the remarkable speed of improvements in the state of humanity should [ … ]
Cats Are Actually Nice, Scientists Find
Let me tell you about my handsome son, Mizue. He’s a cat. He cuddles up beside me and pushes his little furry head against me when he wants to be [ … ]
This nana had her nursing home install speedy Wifi so she could Snapchat her grandkids
Doreen Thew (92) moved to Ireland from London two years ago to be closer to her son Peter, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren after the death of her husband. The [ … ]
Britain’s oldest man celebrates his 109th birthday – “As with everything in my life, it has just kind of happened to me, it’s not been my choice and I have had to make the best of it”
Britain’s oldest man is about to celebrate his 109th birthday, which is on Wednesday. Robert Weighton was born in March 1908 – when Edward VII was King and Britain had [ … ]
Beloved family cat Freddie returned to Auckland family 18 months after going missing
Video will play inPlay nowDon’t auto playNever auto playAn Auckland family are overjoyed their beloved family cat Freddie has been returned to them after going missing 18 months ago. Lisa [ … ]
McDonald’s employee jumps through drive-thru window to save customer
A McDonald’s employee saved the life of an off-duty police officer by jumping through the restaurant’s drive-thru window when she suddenly lost consciousness. Pedro Viloria was about to hand the [ … ]
Donations flood into Meals on Wheels after White House threatens to pull funding
Donations flood into Meals on Wheels after White House threatens to pull funding Ann Kondos, on the far left, is an 81-year-old Meals on Wheels client in Providence, Rhode Island.Image: [ … ]