Upbeat collection of positive news nuggets to help put a spring in your step.

Hiding in Plain Sight
Using data from several space missions and the Hubble telescope, an astronomer discovered that Saturn’s rings are heating its own atmosphere - something that has never been seen before in our solar system. “The secret has been hiding in plain view for 40 years,” a NASA spokesperson announced. “But it took the insight of a veteran astronomer to pull it all together within a year.” The telltale evidence was an excess of ultraviolet radiation, seen as a spectral line of hot hydrogen in Saturn’s atmosphere. “It’s an unexpected interaction between Saturn and its rings that potentially could provide a tool for predicting if planets around other stars have glorious Saturn-like ring systems, too.”

Great Use of Space
In a great use of vertical space in a small house, a woman built hanging cat beds and walkways for their five beloved felines. “We had 5 Cats but only 2 sleeping places,” explained their owner. “This seriously had to change.” “The only normal thing anyone would do in this kind of situation is building a Cat Ceiling Heaven!”
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End of Peanut Allergies?
While three million Americans suffer from a nut allergy, there's little in the way of medical intervention. But in a world first, researchers have taken a cue from the pandemic vaccines and used mRNA technology to help the immune system fight back. A major breakthrough might be around the corner, with scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) testing a world-first mRNA medicine packaged up in tiny nanoparticles that not only reverses peanut allergies but equipped the body with the microbiological tools needed to stop the often-life-threatening condition developing.

Burping Cows
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is released into the atmosphere in various ways, including when cows burp. In the UK, there are about 9.4 million cows and calves, and they could be given “methane blockers” as part of the UK’s plans to meet its climate targets. Deputy President of the National Farmers’ Union Tom Bradshaw said most of the methane emitted by cows comes from “the front end rather than the back end.” UK farmers are happy about the idea. About 40 percent of methane emissions and 14.5 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions worldwide come from farm animals - mostly cows, according to PBS. Currently, there are no methane-suppressing additives licensed in the UK, though trials are being conducted and some applications have been submitted.
Ben & Jerry’s Cows Now on Low Methane Emissions Diet: Do cows eat seaweed? On a Ben & Jerry’s dairy farm, yes. The popular ice cream maker is putting their cattle on a special diet to reduce emissions of methane. More...
The Aesop Fable
French skincare company L’Oréal will pay US$2.5bn to buy Melbourne-founded Aesop, a luxury cosmetics, shampoo and bodycare brand that has worked its way into luxury hotels and bathrooms around the world - with the price tag showcasing the runaway value of a brand founded by Melbourne hairdresser, Dennis Paphitis, in 1987. The sale represents the largest known price tag for a luxury brand founded in Australia.

MF Hydra
The world's first liquid hydrogen-powered ferry launched by the Norwegian business Norled is operational now. The 300 passenger and 80 vehicle capacity of the 82.4m long (270ft) ferry allows it to reduce its yearly carbon emissions by up around 95 percent. Norled has been testing the system since the beginning of the year, and in recent weeks, the Norwegian Maritime Authority provided its final approvals. In Norway, the ferry will traverse its regular triangular route between the towns of Hjelmeland, Skipavik, and Nesvik.
“Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!”
Kate Summers
On this Day
7 April 1927: The first public demonstration of a one-way videophone occurred between Herbert Hoover, then U.S. secretary of commerce, in Washington, D.C., and officials of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in New York City.
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Does climate inaction violate human rights? For the first time, European Court of Human Rights is pondering this question. Significance...
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Mood Booster
A lyrebird recounts the time he met David Attenborough.