Eddy’s Good News: Cat travels France to find its home and the young scientist of the year!

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15 Nov 2022, 10:03

Every day during his show on Virgin Radio, Eddy Temple-Morris brings you Good News stories from around the world, to help inject a bit of positivity into your day!Be sure to listen each day between 10am and 1pm (Monday - Friday) to hear Eddy's Good News stories (amongst the finest music of course), but if you miss any of them you can catch up on the transcripts of Eddy's most recent stories below:

Tuesday 15th November 2022

A pawsome story from France where a cat walks across the entire country to find its old home before being rescued and reunited.

Say hello to the De Amici family and their cat Cocci who went missing after a short time in a new Normandy home.

It would take the De Amicis more than a year to find their beloved cat, now emaciated, 280 miles away either on her way to, or from their old house. They suspected she might try to head for her old home, so they scoured the internet for signs and sure enough, it was a Facebook post featuring a cat that looked like Socci, but much thinner, found only five miles from their old place. Socci had walked the equivalent of London to Newcastle and in doing so, shrunk to less than a kilo, barely recognisable as the cat they knew, but as soon as they were reunited she recognised her family straight away. Nobody can believe it, but Socci and co are happy and well and she’s putting on some timber now!

Via: france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr

Amazing news from the USA and a 14 year old school girl named Young Scientist Of the Year.

Say hello to Leanne Fan, who’s won the grand prize at the 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her groundbreaking idea - already in development - of a pair of headphones which treats mid ear infections with blue light therapy.

There are 700 million cases of mid-ear infections in the world annually and and the best part of 21,000 deaths too. As ever it’s the poorest and most underprivileged who are hit hardest. Without access to healthcare, early diagnosis and treatment can be near impossible. Leanne’s invention will provide an antibiotic free, low-cost option to detect—and treat—any mid-ear infection. 60% of hearing loss in children comes from this type of infection, so Leanne’s invention is a real game changer and the student is using some of her $25,000 prize money to start the patent process.

Via: goodnewsnetwork.org