The Seattle Seahawks Signed A Player Just To Immediately Cut Him. The Reason Why Is Amazing It’s good to read a story of generosity—not greed—in professional sports.

This 'Little Hero' Saved His 10-Year-Old Neighbor From Being Abducted In An Incredible Way We tell our karate students that, when faced with a “bad guy,” they should scream and fight. This story affirms that.

99-year-old Maine woman receives college diploma 75 years later The cynic in me wonders why she didn’t pay for the diploma in those intervening years. But her life-long love of learning made my day.

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A Circle of Caring (3 min) His attire may take you aback, but I think it’s part of the point—and he jokes about it. A seemingly simple example of love, but not so simple in reality.

Missed several days. Two were due to trying to recover my wife’s failing hard drive. The other was Memorial Day off.

Solar-Powered Pump Makers Want to Bring Clean Water to Millions Who Need It The Austrian company is crowd-funding a way to make the pump’s parts easier to obtain. DIY plans are available.

A Simple, Elegant Invention That Draws Water From Air The WarkaWater looks like modern art, and gathers up to 26 gallons of drinkable water a day.

Human ‘suspended animation’ trials to start this month This might not be good news to everyone, but it is to those who would die during surgery without it. And, really, it’s totally cool.

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Try something new for 30 days (5min) “Is there something you've always meant to do, wanted to do, but just ... haven't? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way to think about setting and achieving goals.”

Firefighter Posts Selfie After Battling Blaze, Gets Thousands of Grateful Messages on VIral Pic The fire isn’t good news, but hearing something positive about it is.

China Unveils the Future of Travel. Magnetic Levitation Trains Could Reach Speeds of 1,800 MPH I don’t know. Sounds a little slow to me.

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A skateboard, with a boost (5min) “Imagine an electric vehicle that can get you to work — or anywhere in a six-mile radius — quickly, without traffic frustrations or gasoline. Now imagine you can pick it up and carry it with you. Yes, this souped-up skateboard could change the face of morning commutes.”