Scientists found that seeds from the moringa “miracle tree” can remove more than 98% of certain microplastics from drinking water in lab tests. The plant-based extract worked about as well as a common chemical treatment and even performed better in more alkaline water. Tiny seeds, big cleanup energy.
In Moncton, New Brunswick, Krista Richard has spent 14 years collecting donated bicycles and tricycles, fixing them up, and giving them away to children whose families could use the help. Thousands of kids have received wheels, freedom, and probably a lot of very joyful driveway laps.
A two-month-old elephant calf in Kenya was reunited with his mother and herd after being separated during a swollen river crossing. Rescuers even covered him with fresh elephant dung to help mask unfamiliar human smells before the reunion. The herd accepted him back, and the little calf was soon nuzzling his mother again.
A widely used asthma and allergy drug, montelukast, may also help make cancer immunotherapy work better against aggressive cancers. In early lab and animal studies, researchers found that blocking a pathway used by tumors helped restore immune activity and slow tumor growth. It is not a patient-ready cancer treatment yet, but because the drug is already approved for asthma, researchers hope trials could move faster.
Magellanic penguins were released in Brazil after a period of rehabilitation. It didn’t happen this month, but it’s still beautiful to see. Awwwwwww.
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