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Living with PTSD can make everyday tasks feel overwhelming. A service dog trained specifically for PTSD can help you manage symptoms and regain independence in your daily life. To get a service dog for PTSD, you need to obtain a diagnosis from a mental health professional, connect with a reputable training organization, and either adopt a pre-trained dog or train your own dog to perform specific tasks related to your PTSD symptoms. Service dogs perform special tasks that go beyond basic companionship. They can wake you from nightmares, create physical space in crowded areas, and interrupt anxiety attacks. The process…

The Circular Blue platform at its moorings in Taiwan – credit, supplied by RHINOSHIELD In a stunning act of corporate responsibility, one of the world’s largest makers of smartphone cases has designed and built a seaborne drone carrier designed to clean up ocean-bound plastic waste. Already deployed off the coast of Taiwan, the Circular Blue looks a little like an offshore oil or gas platform, but rather than pulling hydrocarbons out of the seabed, its aquatic drone collects plastic floating by. According to a release from parent company RHINOSHIELD, the pair of AI-driven drones identify pollution hotspots in real time…

Welcome to the Good News Roundup for May 25, 2026 Australian woman builds ‘Earthship’ home after fire What’s in a home? What about tyres, bottles and cans? When fire spread through the Grampian region of Victoria, Australia, two years ago, Dee-Ann Kelly’s home was one of 45 who lost her home. She’s now rebuilding what’s known as an Earthship – a house built from earth-packed tyres, bottles and cans, under the guidance of a registered builder and with the assistance of around 35 people. The home is eco-friendly and naturally bushfire-resilient, taking around three months to build and costing about…

While national parks don’t need too much PR to assemble a fanbase — the National Park Service saw a record-breaking 323 million recreation visits in 2025 alone — they are only one piece of a vast network of federal public lands in the United States.In fact, nearly 40% of the United States is public land — equating to more than 600 million acres of land and water — supported by taxpayers and managed by federal, state, local, and tribal governments. Public lands include the famous national parks and preserves, as well as national forests, wildlife refuges, conservation areas, wilderness areas, national…

If you’re 65 or older and have been on Social Security for a while, you probably know your benefits aren’t all yours to keep. You could lose some to taxes, and you’ll have your Medicare Part B premiums withheld before your checks even reach you. This is true of spousal benefits as well as retirement benefits. And since spousal benefits are smaller on average, these beneficiaries have much less money to cover their other costs. Image source: Getty Images. The average spousal Social Security benefit is $985.99 per month as of April 2026. While this is a record high, it’s…

A detail on the mixing bowl – credit University of Durham 5 years after its discovery and 2 years after preservation, the largest collection of Iron age artifacts ever found in Britain is revealing its secrets. Found in the “rural backwater” of northern England’s county of Yorkshire, the mélange of horse tackle, carriage pieces, weapons, and home goods is proving the region was anything but. Horse wagon components in situ – credit University of Durham Now, parts of the hoard will go on display for the first time ever at the Yorkshire Museum for an exhibition entitled: Chariots, Treasure and…

When anxiety starts to take over, your thoughts can spiral out of control. You might feel disconnected from your surroundings or caught in a loop of worry. The 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique is a simple method that uses your five senses to bring your attention back to the present moment and interrupt anxious thoughts in about 60 seconds. This grounding technique works by shifting your focus from what’s happening inside your head to what’s happening around you right now. You name five things you can see, four you can touch, three you can hear, two you can smell, and one you…

For anyone looking to avoid money mistakes that could hurt their retirement, falling victim to a common Social Security assumption is one of the biggest errors to steer clear of.About one-third of Americans expect Social Security to be their primary retirement income source, according to the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. Many others expect it to be a major one.There’s just one big problem with that.Social Security is designed to replace only about 40% of pre-retirement income, meaning a 60% income drop hits your household the moment you stop working. That’s not a minor adjustment. That’s a drastic lifestyle change.Find…

Seniors got a 2.8% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in January, but that hasn’t gone as far as many had hoped. The average monthly retirement benefit is only $2,081 as of April 2026. Many are hoping for a larger COLA in 2027, and it seems like they may get their wish. But we have more than half a year until that COLA takes effect, and inflation is already driving up living costs. Here are some things you can try while you wait if you’re struggling to make ends meet. Image source: Getty Images. Figure out how much monthly income you…

Situated on Staten Island with stunning views of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, the Alice Austen House is a historic landmark that celebrates the life of a trailblazing queer photographer from the mid-19th and early 20th centuries.Its latest project is also pretty picture-perfect: The Queer Ecologies Garden. The Alice Austen House. Photo courtesy of Alice Austen HouseIn partnership with the New York Restoration Project and students from the Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, the park and its gardens were filled with flora that “challenge the notion of heteronormativity.” Many of the plants that call the garden home are non-binary…