🦒 Adorable Giraffe Steals Shows

We hope you had a great weekend. There is a newborn giraffe at the Toledo Zoo with a hairdo that has everyone smiling, and his name, Eugene, fits just right.

In Thailand, police officers dressed up as a lion at a festival to catch a suspect, blending right into the celebration, while in the Scottish Highlands, a lost dog was rescued by hikers and a mountain team, flipping the usual rescue story on its head.

And if you look up this week, you might catch a rare lineup of six planets in the evening sky.

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If you need a reason to smile this morning, meet Eugene, the four-week-old giraffe who’s quickly become the star of the Toledo Zoo in Ohio. Born to first-time mom Lily, Eugene has captured hearts with a tuft of hair that stands straight up, giving him a look all his own.

Visitors and staff alike have been charmed by his playful personality and that unforgettable hairdo. The zoo even let the public help choose his name, and Eugene seems to fit him perfectly.

For now, you can spot Eugene indoors with his herd, but he’ll make his outdoor debut once spring warms up. There’s something delightful about seeing a young animal grow into its name and place in the world.

It makes you wonder what other small wonders are waiting to surprise us today.

Here’s a story that feels straight out of a movie. Thai police, on the hunt for an art thief, decided to blend in at a Lunar New Year festival by joining the lion dance — literally inside the costume.

After weeks of watching their suspect, officers donned the lion suit and danced through the crowd. When they spotted their man, they pounced and made the arrest right there.

It’s a wild, creative bit of police work that’s worth a look if you need a smile today. Check out the full story and video for a dose of good news.

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If you love a good night sky show, mark your calendar for February 28. That evening, six planets will cluster together in a rare planetary alignment, offering a stunning view for stargazers.

You’ll be able to spot Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn with the naked eye. Uranus and Neptune will need binoculars or a telescope.

Look to the west about 30 minutes after sunset. This is the best chance you’ll get this year to see so many planets at once. Don’t miss it!

Here’s a fun twist on the classic mountain rescue story. In the Scottish Highlands, a group of hikers and their dogs ran into trouble when one pup, Aggie, fell through a hidden snow ledge and vanished.

After a tense night, a mountain rescue team and Aggie’s owner returned at sunrise. They found her safe and tail-wagging, 3,000 feet up and ready for breakfast.

It’s a sweet reminder that sometimes, it’s the humans who get to play hero for our four-legged friends. Read the full story for a smile.

🚑 Texas: Cardiac arrest survival rates in McKinney soared from 10% to 47% after the city empowered citizens and first responders with widespread access to defibrillators.

🐟 California: Over 90 fish stocks have been almost totally rebuilt thanks to a trawling ban and other conservation measures, allowing for sustainable fishing once again.

🤝 England: A coastal town in Kent saved its last youth center from closure after a community campaign and a government grant secured its future.

🩺 Global: A new therapeutic drug for Hepatitis B achieved functional cures in clinical trials, raising hope for millions of chronic patients.

🎓 Connecticut: Yale University will waive tuition and costs for students from families earning under $100K.

140 years ago today, Charles Martin Hall discovered an electrolysis method to extract aluminum from aluminum oxide, a breakthrough that slashed the metal’s cost by a factor of 200. Before Hall’s innovation, aluminum was rarer and more expensive than gold, prized by emperors and chemists alike. Medieval alchemists once imagined its tiny grains in clay were remnants of a forming second earth. Hall’s scalable process, discovered independently in France by Paul Héroult, transformed aluminum from a laboratory curiosity into a practical material used in everything from soda cans to the Wright Flyer.

Hall co-founded the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, which later became Alcoa, and helped usher in the modern aluminum industry. Today, more aluminum is produced than all other non-ferrous metals combined. A major benefactor of Oberlin College, Hall is memorialized there with an aluminum statue, once notorious for student pranks due to its light weight, now firmly mounted in the science center.

Other notable February 23 events:

1455: The Gutenberg Bible was published, the first major Western book printed with movable type.

1954: The first mass polio vaccinations of children began using Jonas Salk’s vaccine.

1975: The United States began Daylight Saving Time two months early in response to the energy crisis.

2003: Norah Jones won five Grammy Awards for her debut album Come Away With Me.

— Voltaire

Every day brings amazing advances and uplifting moments that remind us just how wonderful the world can be. Here are five reasons why today is the best time ever to be alive:

🎓 Refugee Learning: Inclusive online classrooms are bringing quality education to refugee children worldwide.

🌿 Urban Greenways: Urban greenways are connecting parks and creating wildlife corridors through cities.

🖥️ Open Imaging: Open-source medical imaging software is improving diagnostics in low-resource settings.

📲 Organic Apps: Smart farming apps are teaching farmers organic methods to boost soil health and yields.

🍃 Seaweed Wraps: Edible packaging made from seaweed is reducing plastic waste in food service industries.

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