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Science and HealthWhat’s Going on Inside Your Dog’s Brain When You Smile at Them? Study Reveals How Pups Process Human HappinessNice News · 3 min readIt doesn’t take much on a dog’s part to elicit a smile from their owner — or from passersby on the street, many of whom often begin cooing at the pup before even taking stock of the person holding the leash. While previous research has suggested that canines can differentiate people’s facial expressions (something anyCreative JoyA Total Solar Eclipse Is Coming to Spain. This Madrid Museum Is Celebrating With a Digital Artwork Illuminating Its Paintings ‘In the Light of the Eclipse’Smithsonian Smart News · 3 min readI. to imagine masterpieces by Goya and Velázquez as if their scenes occurred during a total solar eclipse Beginning this week, and for the next 17 months, the Iberian Peninsula is set to become a world capital of astronomical phenomena.Science and HealthField trials support oil-rich sorghum as a potential sustainable aviation fuel feedstockPhys.org Biology · 3 min readIn a new study by the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), researchers evaluated oil sorghum lines in Nebraska and Illinois over two years to quantify genotype-by-environment effects on agronomic performance and triacylglycerol accumulation. The research is published in the Plant Biotechnology Journal.Animal RescueJimothy the Raccoon Survived Against the Odds, a Testament to Sophisticated Brains and Devoted MothersNice News · 3 min readAs a neuroscientist who studies raccoon and rats, I see the viral story of Jimothy the raccoon as a compelling tale of an animal overcoming disability and surviving in the wild. Read the original article here . Jimothy has even been honored with a city proclamation .Human KindnessWoman’s Viral Video Raises More Than $174K for Disabled Veteran She Spotted Working at AirportGood News Network · 3 min readA woman was able to help a partially disabled airport worker retire after she witnessed him hobbling across the tarmac on a flight out of Los Angeles. Heartbroken watching him limp up to the plane she was sitting on, she captured a video of the man for her TikTok account and posted it with aCreative JoyWhat It Means to Shape Your Own Space After PrisonReasons to be Cheerful · 3 min readTwo cubes of pale wood sit on either side of a small, accessible lounge. Inside each, a bed folds down from the wall, a desk swings out and shelves hold books, plants and family photos. But nobody lives here — at least, not yet. What I and dozens of other.Creative JoyThe Tower of London Plans to Turn Its Moat Into a ‘Green Classroom’ and Show Off Its Architecture Archives in a Major RenovationSmithsonian Smart News · 3 min readThe landmark, nearly a millennium old, has housed kings, hosted royal executions and safeguarded Britain's crown jewels. New education centers aim to invite more people to learn about that historyCommunity WinsAfter 5-yo Diagnosed with Rare Disease, Little Sister Wanted to Be Her ‘Brave’ Bone Marrow DonorGood News Network · 3 min readFrom Salt Lake City comes the touching story of a 5-year-old girl saved thanks to a bone marrow transplant from none other than her 2-year-old sister. Emma Meline was diagnosed with an extremely rare bone disease after her mother Amanda brought her to the pediatrician with a rash and swelling on her leg. Little Lucy,Creative JoyWhat If We Never Built Another New Building?Reasons to be Cheerful · 3 min readSwiss architect Barbara Buser has spent decades proving that the greenest building is often the one already standing. 118, a former carpentry factory in Winterthur, Switzerland, the interior reveals something few people expect to find inside an.Community WinsInspired by His Grandparents, High Schooler Invents Crosswalk System That Adapts to Pedestrians’ SpeedsNice News · 3 min readThey say necessity is the mother of invention, but sometimes it takes a thoughtful observer to notice and address a particular need. For rising high school senior Jay Jung, a lightbulb went off while he was crossing the street. Jung is the creator of SmartBlink, an adaptive traffic light system that adjusts its signal changesHuman KindnessButterfly experts are planting 15,000 milkweed plants along Florida roadsides to help monarchsPhys.org Biology · 3 min readIf you've driven down two-lane highways in rural parts of North Florida recently, you may have noticed a spate of new signs that designate the grassy knolls bordering the asphalt as wildflower areas. The signs likely feel redundant right about now as thousands of milkweeds produce thick umbels packed full of pentagonal buds and fully developed flowers. Many of these flowers and all the monarchs they attract have the same attention-grabbing orange color as the safety vests worn by workers who carefully planted each milkweed by hand months earlier.Human KindnessIt Takes a Village to Raise a Child, But This Lonely 4-yo First Had to Raise His Neighborhood (WATCH)Good News Network · 3 min readThere’s an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. That was true for this lonely 4-year-old in North Carolina. What his neighborhood didn’t know, however, was that it sometimes takes a child to raise a village. Roman, from Concord, was a happy enough child who loves sports and athletics. ButHuman KindnessJapanese Engineers Help Modernize India’s Massive Railway, Launching Her First Bullet TrainGood News Network · 3 min readFor the most train-dependent transportation system in the world, the debut of its first high-speed or “bullet” train, is now tantalizingly close. It’s set to begin phased passenger operations starting from August 15th, 2027, provided there are no more delays to the project. Set to connect the financial center of Mumbai with Ahmedabad in theHuman KindnessFirm Breaks Ground on First Next-Gen Nuclear Reactor in America to Power Data Centers for LessGood News Network · 3 min readA nuclear energy firm has broke ground on the first advanced nuclear reactor plant in the country, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Set to come online in 2030, it will help stymy the growth in energy costs from several large data centers run by Google in the Tennessee/Alabama area. Beyond that, the well-researched technology aims toCreative JoyStrange Spheres Washed Ashore on an Australian Beach. Authorities Say They're Probably 'Space Balls'—Empty Fuel Vessels From a RocketSmithsonian Smart News · 3 min readThe shiny objects—each roughly twice the size of a basketball—began to appear on July 3. Authorities initially worried that they were hazardous but have since determined that they're likely safe bits of space junkCreative JoyFamous Paintings Become Gourmet Courses in This Immersive Dining ExperienceMy Modern Met · 3 min readFamous Paintings Become Gourmet Courses in This Immersive Dining Experience View this post on Instagram A post shared by Liz (@deeelizious) Art usually hangs on a wall or sits on a pedestal. At 7 Paintings, however, it arrives course by course. Created by experiential dining company Dinnertales, the immersive meal transforms seven famous artworks into a multi-course feast.Good EarthAI analysis of data from multiple sensors can improve earthquake detectionPhys.org Earth · 3 min readOne seismometer is often not enough to reliably detect earthquakes or human activity such as underground nuclear tests. Rather, researchers combine readings from seismometers distributed across a small geographic area to gain confidence in their analysis. Artificial intelligence (AI) can combine readings from multiple sensors more effectively than classic technology, enabling more reliable detection of weak seismic signals, a new study by A. Köhler and colleagues shows.Community WinsThe Oldest Black Church in the U.S., the Wright Brothers' Home and a New York Hospital Are Among the American Heritage Sites in Urgent Need of PreservationSmithsonian Smart News · 3 min readFor its “Irreplaceable America” list in honor of the 250th birthday of the United States, the World Monuments Fund chose endangered historic sites of innovation, creativity and spirituality to publicize and supportCreative JoyAustralian Town Crier Declared the Loudest Man in the World by Guinness World RecordsMy Modern Met · 3 min readAustralian Town Crier Declared the Loudest Man in the World by Guinness World Records Ver esta publicación en Instagram Una publicación compartida por Peter Cain MLA (@cainforginninderra) For many centuries, town criers provided the main way to spread the news. Of course, to carry out their mission, a powerful voice was required to reach as many people as possible.Good EarthLargest and Most Detailed Picture Taken of Milky Way’s Center–With Millions of Stars and Thousands of WorldsGood News Network · 3 min readIt took a new and special space telescope to parse out each one of these individual stars gleaming in a dizzying mass at the center of our own dear Milky Way galaxy. The European Space Agency’s Euclid Telescope, orbiting 1 million miles from Earth at the 2nd Lagrange Point—an orbit it shares with NASA’s James