Good News
September 12, 2025

Cancer Survivor Celebrates Her Birthday by Paying for Strangers’ Parking at Hospital Clinic

For her 63rd birthday, cancer survivor Krystyna Locke decided to give back instead of focusing on herself. After a 20-year battle with lymphoma, she knows firsthand how quickly the costs of treatment can add up. That’s why she chose to ease the burden for others by covering their parking fees at the London Health Sciences Centre in Canada.

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Social Cause
September 11, 2025

High Schooler Develops an Affordable Way To Filter Microplastics From Drinking Water

This past spring, high school student Mia Heller received a special award during the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Ohio. Distributed by the Patent and Trademark Office Society (PTOS), the $500 prize recognized Heller’s achievement in water filtration technology, which focused on removing microplastics from water without the high price tag. According to her project summary, Heller’s filtration system incorporated ferrofluid, a carrier liquid containing magnetic particles.

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Graphic Design
September 11, 2025

Solar System-Inspired Poster Celebrates the Most Influential Movie Directors in Cinema History

If there’s one piece of decor that film fans love, it's movie posters. But there’s only so much room on one’s walls to honor the best filmmakers and their creations. UK-based graphic design studio Dorothy has come up with a clever way to tribute dozens of directors in one elegant print, giving the concept of “Hollywood star” a completely new meaning.

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Inspiring
September 10, 2025

102-Year-Old Man Becomes the Oldest Person to Ever Summit Mount Fuji

Scaling Mount Fuji can be an enormous task at any age—after all, it stands as Japan’s tallest mountain at 12,388 feet. Despite all that, Kokichi Akuzawa recently defied expectation, becoming the oldest person to ever climb to the top at an astounding 102 years old. Akuzawa embarked upon his record-breaking journey on August 3, 2025, alongside his 70-year-old daughter Motoe, his granddaughter, her husband, and four of his friends from a local climbing club.

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My Modern Met

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