With so much happening around the world, we all could use some uplifting stories.
Which is why I enjoy publishing my monthly post highlighting positive and good news.
A new dwarf planet candidate, three men traveled from Italy to Ireland to return a lost wedding ring, and a happy 25th birthday to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine are few of the interesting stories I’ve enjoyed in the past month.
I hope you enjoy them, too!
What I Found Interesting
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Oooh, a new dwarf planet candidate has been discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
Announced this week by the International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center, the large and bright object was found in the outer reaches of our Solar System, beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Rubin Observatory’s unique strengths make it an incredible tool for investigating a wide range of astrophysical phenomena, from dark energy to the discovery of this dwarf planet candidate.
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Happy 25th birthday to one of my favorite websites I visit several times a week: the Wayback Machine launched for public access on October 25, 2001.
Go back in time to discover what catalogued websites looked like in the past.
Many sites I launched, designed, and developed in the 2000’s are no longer on the web. But they’ve been backed up on the Wayback Machine; it’s fun to visit them again.
Who knew the Wayback Machine was named after an animated cartoon episode of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends? Not me!
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Fifty years after it opened, Seoul, Korea’s Han River bridge will be closed to vehicles and become a pedestrian-only space.
The bridged closed to vehicles on October 26, 2026. Seoul city government plans to widen the pedestrian deck by August 2027 and add 22 viewing areas.
Transparent decks that allow people to look down at the river through the floor will be installed at two points along shipping lanes.
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Over 2,800 volunteers with the United Kingdom GoodGym charity participated in the 2023-2024 research led by Dr Maria Cotofan at King’s College London.
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While on vacation in Italy, Patrick Mohr lost his wedding ring while swimming with his wife and three daughters.
A week later, three Italian men searched for the ring and found it. Nine days after reporting it missing, Morh received a call from the men in Italy.
And Nicola Malloggi, Edoardo Poggi, and Filippo Palagi traveled more than 1,000 miles from Italy to Ireland to return Mohr’s ring.
Morh is now friends with the three men from Tuscany who found his wedding ring.
