Wednesday's Positive News
- Editor OGN Daily
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An eclectic collection of upbeat news stories to brighten the day.
Top Gun 3
A third movie in the Top Gun series is in the pipeline, according to Tom Cruise, who confirmed that he is “working” on it. This comes as he is wrapping up his work in the Mission: Impossible series, with the final film Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning now in theatres. The actor said he is currently in the ideas phase of where to take the storyline. “Yeah, we’re thinking and talking about many different stories and what could we do and what’s possible,” he said on Australia’s Today. “It took me 35 years to figure out Top Gun: Maverick, so all of these things we’re working on, we’re discussing Days of Thunder and Top Gun: Maverick.”
Life Saving Idea
Locals built a bridge made out of recycled fire hoses to help endangered monkeys cross a busy road in Malaysia. Since the bridge was installed on Penang Island, zero mammal deaths have been reported, and more than 7,000 wildlife crossings have been captured on camera - and it’s being replicated in more locations.
Weather or Not
Twice a year, migratory birds travel thousands of miles in pursuit of food and nesting habitats in warmer regions. In the United States alone, around 3.5 billion birds arrive in the spring, with peak migration periods in April and May. This migration is so large that sometimes meteorologists pick it up on weather radar. A whopping 1,417,900 birds flew over Albany County in New York between Monday night at 8:10 p.m. and Tuesday morning at 5:30 a.m. EDT - more than enough to be spotted on a weather radar and, initially, meteorologists thought it was a rain storm.
Feat of Endurance
An ultra-endurance athlete has smashed the world record for running across Australia after spending more than a month on foot. Spurred on by his mother’s battle with cancer, William Goodge crossed the finish line in Sydney this week - bringing an end to 35 days of pounding the pavement, striding the equivalent of two-and-a-half marathons a day. That’s four days quicker than previous record holder, Chris Turnbull, who completed the 2,361 mile (3,800km) feat in 39 days in 2023. The 31-year-old British athlete crossed the finish line at an overcast Bondi beach, making his massive run a new Guinness World Record.
Solar Roofs
Almost all new homes in England must be fitted with solar panels during construction. Under the plans, house builders will be legally required to install solar panels on the roofs of new properties by 2027.
Surprising Additional Benefit: Groundbreaking study conducted at a massive solar installation in the desert reveals that solar panels don’t just harness the sun’s power - they make entire ecosystems better.
Eliminating Emissions
The world's first commercial-scale e-methanol plant has begun operations in Denmark, with shipping giant Maersk set to buy part of the production as a low-emission fuel for its fleet of container ships, reports Reuters. The shipping sector is under pressure to find new sources of fuel after a majority of countries gave their backing to measures to help meet the International Maritime Organization's targets towards eliminating carbon emissions by 2050. So far zero-emission shipping fuels, such as green ammonia and e-methanol, which are produced using renewable energy, have tended to be more expensive than conventional fuel largely because they are not produced at scale. "We expect that we will have a price parity with fossil methanol around 2035," says Knud Erik Andersen, CEO of Denmark's European Energy.
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On This Day
21 May 1932: American aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to pilot an airplane solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Today's Articles
The Aroma of Home: A team of scientists have come up with an innovative approach to help repopulate reefs - through smell.
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