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Live music series offers boost to dementia patients, caregivers
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Live music series offers boost to dementia patients, caregivers

Specially designed concert series gives those with neurocognitive disorders emotional, social and intellectual benefits Source: Live music series offers boost to dementia patients, caregivers What a neat idea.

Heatwave Reveals ‘Lost’ 17th Century Garden Design Under Parched Grass
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Heatwave Reveals ‘Lost’ 17th Century Garden Design Under Parched Grass

The outline of a ‘lost’ 17th century garden has been revealed at a stately British home following the record heatwave and long drought. Beneath the parched grass was an ornate garden design being rediscovered after more than 350 years at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. It turns out, the ornamental arrangement of flower beds and paths […] The post Heatwave Reveals ‘Lost’ 17th Century Garden Design Under Parched Grass appeared first on Good News Network.

On Brink of Extinction, the Vaquita Porpoise is Being Preserved By Digital Image
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On Brink of Extinction, the Vaquita Porpoise is Being Preserved By Digital Image

The elusive vaquita porpoise swims in the wild only in shallow northern waters of Mexico’s Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez)—and it’s one of the rarest and most endangered marine mammals on Earth. With a wild population numbering as low as ten, the vaquita is perilously close to extinction—an outcome caused […] The post On Brink of Extinction, the Vaquita Porpoise is Being Preserved By Digital Image appeared first on Good News Network.

11-Year-Old Leukemia Patientand#039;s Window Signs Fill Hospital Floor With Pizza, Cupcakes, and Kindness
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11-Year-Old Leukemia Patientand#039;s Window Signs Fill Hospital Floor With Pizza, Cupcakes, and Kindness

First Puffin Chick Spotted in Over 30 Years Emerges Along Cliffs at England’s South Coast
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First Puffin Chick Spotted in Over 30 Years Emerges Along Cliffs at England’s South Coast

Conservationists were holding their breaths this Spring as the last remaining colony of puffins was in danger of being lost altogether, but relief turned to joy as, not only did the adult puffins return, a baby was born. For the first time in 30 years, a newborn bird—called a PUFFLING—was spotted emerging from its cliffside […] The post First Puffin Chick Spotted in Over 30 Years Emerges Along Cliffs at England’s South Coast appeared first on Good News Network.