[ad_1] SWNS A premature baby who was born the size of a bag of sugar and kept alive in a sandwich bag has defied the odds of starting elementary school. Darcey Clegg, now four years old, weighed just 1 pound 5 oz when she was born in September 2016 through an emergency C-section, three months…

[ad_1] Gage, CC license An Apple co-founder is launching a venture to clean up space debris, and not for a moment for soon, as NASA estimates that there may be 27,000 pieces of debris floating or flinging around Earth last year. With thousands of additional satellites scheduled for location around Earth as part of future…

[ad_1] Diego Cue, CC license After the Howth’s Head peninsula caught fire last year, pouring clouds of black smoke over the financial district of Ireland’s righteous capital, city planners knew they had to take a tougher stance on runaway weeds. So they hired an excellent team of landscapers led by a dedicated foreman to manage…

[ad_1] EPA Experts in fire suppression, contingency planning, and gallons and gallons of water mean the giant redwood stands in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains appear to be safe for future generations. On September 9, the “Windy Fire,” which started with lightning, burned 25,000 acres in Peyrone Sequoia Grove and Red Hill Grove before converging on…

[ad_1] SWNS An endangered turtle that appeared in Ireland with hypothermia was returned to its native Canary Islands on a flight and even had its own boarding pass. The three-year-old loggerhead turtle, known as Julius Caesar or ‘JC’, was discovered on the beach in County Donegal, but has boarded a flight to much warmer waters….

[ad_1] From learning about flowers to discovering the secrets of life, intergenerational friendships bring many benefits, these unlikely friends say. Claire, 43, and Chrissie, 73. London Claire and Chrissie (lead image, above) met through South London cares, a charity that addresses loneliness and isolation by bringing older and younger neighbors together. They talk on the…