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WHERE KNOWLEDGE LIVES ON EVERY SHELF |
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In Karnataka, India, a retired factory worker has spent five decades building an extraordinary free public library of two million books. Anke Gowda, 79, grew up in a farming family with little access to reading and decided to devote most of his modest salary to collecting books. Gowda recently received the honor of India’s civilian Padma Shri award for his lifelong contribution to literacy, reports the BBC.
What began with a few treasured volumes stored in trunks has grown into a sprawling 15,800-square-foot library, filled with everything from rare editions of the Bible to books on nearly every subject imaginable. Visitors say Gowda can locate any title in an instant, and students, teachers, and families travel from across the state to learn among the stacks. For Gowda, he hopes others will be inspired to help carry his mission forward as he ages.
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SCIENCE LINKS MITOCHONDRIA & MUSCLE STRENGTH |
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A PROMISE KEPT IN HER MOTHER'S HONOR |
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Academy Award–winning actor Laura Dern is honoring her late mother, Diane Ladd, by continuing their shared mission to raise awareness about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a rare and progressive lung disease. Ladd lived with the disease for seven years before her death, seeking specialized care, embracing pulmonary rehab and oxygen therapy, and turning her journey into advocacy, shares Healthline.
Dern is carrying that work forward to encourage early screening and specialist care so others don’t lose precious time to delayed diagnosis. IPF causes permanent lung scarring, but earlier detection can help slow progression and improve quality of life. Dern is amplifying a message of vigilance, community, and using our voices in service of one another to honor her mother’s legacy.
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Earth’s invisible shield against harmful ultraviolet radiation, the ozone layer, is steadily healing, marking one of the most hopeful environmental stories of our time. After scientists warned in the 1980s that chemicals in everyday products were thinning it, nearly every country signed the Montreal Protocol to phase them out. Today, those substances are almost entirely gone, and the ozone layer is on track to recover to pre-1980 levels by mid-century, according to Happy Eco News.
That recovery is already protecting millions of people from skin cancer and helping safeguard crops and oceans. The same agreement has since expanded to tackle powerful greenhouse gases, showing that when the world listens to science and works together, real environmental repair can happen within a single generation.
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World Literacy Foundation brings books, digital tools, and educational support to underserved communities in their belief that literacy, beyond reading, is access, opportunity, and the confidence to shape your own future.
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A recent social media trend known as “house burping” is actually rooted in long-standing public health advice from Germany. Opening windows and doors wide to flush out stale air has been practiced there for decades to reduce damp, mold, and the build-up of indoor pollutants, shares The Conversation.
Indoor air can collect moisture, cooking fumes, chemicals, and airborne viruses, and research shows that brief cross-ventilation can significantly lower carbon dioxide levels and infection risk while supporting clearer thinking and lung health. The key is timing: in areas near heavy traffic, opening windows outside of rush hour or after rainfall helps invite in fresh air without pulling in excess pollution. It’s a small, practical habit that can make home feel lighter and healthier.
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FREEDOM IN THE IN-BETWEENS |
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What if the space between identities wasn’t a crisis, but a kind of freedom? Philosopher Carlos Alberto Sánchez explores in Psyche, the Indigenous Mexican word “nepantla,” a term for living in-between languages, cultures, commitments, and expectations. Sánchez reflects on how this in-betweenness can shape us, and ultimately provide liberation from life’s labels that don’t entirely fit us where we are.
Nepantla describes the liminal space between past and future, certainty and change. While that middle ground can at times feel unsteady, Sánchez suggests it also offers the freedom to evolve, to release what no longer fits, and to choose our own path. It’s a reminder that growth often happens in the spaces where we are still becoming.
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