Five stories from the past eight days. Each one names the outlet that reported it, and the excerpt under it comes from that outlet's own feed, not from us.
Your Weekly Horoscope
Good News Network, October 10.
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Daughter Gets to Join Dad as Co-Pilot, With Mom Serving on Flight’s Cabin Crew: A Surprise Full Circle Moment
Good News Network, October 10.
A young pilot flew a commercial jet alongside her father as captain for the first time - while her mother worked in the cabin crew on the same flight. 22-year-old Zoë took to the skies with both her parents aboard the Dutch airline KLM flying out of Amsterdam.
Coffee’s memory boosting effect might have nothing to do with caffeine, study suggests
Optimist Daily, October 9.
In a small experiment, researchers found that only participants who drank decaffeinated coffee showed significant improvements on memory tests. Those who drank caffeinated coffee did not. The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest that caffeine may not be the main thing going on when coffee affects the brain.
The floating scarecrow saving seabirds from fishing nets
Optimist Daily, October 9.
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A bird-shaped kite and a floating scarecrow with spinning eyes reduced seabird deaths in Cornish fishing nets by up to 71 percent in a two-year trial. The devices cost relatively little, don’t require significant changes to how fishers work, and are already on the market.
Gen Z Is Rescuing Millions in Medical Supplies
Reasons to Be Cheerful, October 9.
In early August, a freight truck pulled up to an OhioHealth facility in Columbus and took roughly 30,000 pounds of N95 masks and hot-and-cold packs, all boxed, sealed and stamped with expiration dates still a year or two out.