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In Livingston Texas, coach Heather Mosser started a program that paired her varsity softball athletes with students who have disabilities. They exercised and trained together for months. This is what happened when she brought the students onto the field to throw the opening pitch. Want more videos like this? Follow us on YouTube and Twitter @Goodable. Tap the share button to send this inspiring story to a friend.

In Livingston Texas, coach Heather Mosser started a program that paired her varsity softball athletes with students who have disabilities.
They exercised and trained together for months.
This is what happened when she brought the students onto the field to throw the opening pitch.

WATCH: These Texas High School Softball Players Help Students With Disabilities Throw The Opening Pitch

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Get ready for an exciting celestial event tonight! The moon and Jupiter are going on a special date, and they're sharing the same right ascension, which is called a conjunction. You can see this in the night sky as they make a close approach, known as an appulse. Although the two will appear close in the sky, Jupiter is over 2,000 times farther from Earth than the moon! While they won't be visible in a telescope, a pair of binoculars will do the trick. If you snap a photo, you can share it with Space.com's readers. Happy stargazing!

Don't Miss It: Jupiter and the Moon Will Meet in the Night Sky Tonight

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Meet Delanie Dennis, an 11-year-old girl from Tampa, Florida who is making a huge impact in her community with her lemonade stand. Since 2019, Delanie's Lemonade Stand has raised over $61,000 for local animal rescues in the Tampa Bay area. Delanie's passion for helping animals started when she was just 7 years old, and with the help of her family, she opened her stand in their Tampa restaurant. Each month, Delanie donates the proceeds to an animal rescue organization of her choice.

Meet the 11-Year-Old Helping Animals, One Lemonade Glass at a Time

Al Jazeera

In Ukraine, a group of soldiers are finding a moment of peace and relaxation  through hippotherapy - using riding and contact with horses for therapeutic effect. The soldiers take turns riding horses at a ramshackle hippodrome in the outskirts of Kyiv. The center's founder, psychologist Ganna Burago, leads them in a series of exercises where they connect with dogs and a cat before choosing a horse to ride. Despite the stress, the soldiers appear childlike and filled with laughter during their hippotherapy sessions.

In Pictures: Horses Are Giving Ukrainians on the Front Lines a Moment of Peace

In a heartwarming tale of detective work and research, a family has been reunited after nearly two centuries apart. The story begins in 1626 with a father and son sitting for a portrait. Years later, art conservator Jørgen Wadum and curator Angela Jager noticed a clue in the lower right-hand corner of the painting that led them on a quest to find a missing person. Through careful research, they found a portrait of a lady that matched perfectly with the painting, and the museum was able to purchase it and reunite the family.

How Two Art Sleuths Reunited a Family After Centuries Apart

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Germany is on a mission to become carbon neutral and solar power is a key component of that plan. To meet the soaring demand for solar power, Berlin start-up Enpal has started its own vocational school to train people from all backgrounds to become solar panel installers and specialized electricians. With the German solar industry experiencing a significant shortage of qualified workers, Enpal's training school is helping to bridge the gap and provide opportunities for people to learn new skills and contribute to the country's energy transition.

Germany is Rising Up to Meet the Solar Power Demand With a New School

Gizmodo

The organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have come up with an innovative way to keep athletes cool during the summer without relying on air conditioners. They plan to use an underground water cooling system beneath the Athletes Village instead. This sustainable method uses the same technology that kept the iconic Louvre museum cool during last summer’s heat waves. This method will lower carbon impact for the Olympic Athletes Village by about 45%. The Paris organizers hope to set an example for future Olympics to prioritize the environment.

Here's How Paris Will Keep Athletes Cool Using Clean Energy During the 2024 Olympics

Science Daily

Graduate students at Duke University have created a microscope that can see 'like human vision.' Researchers used 24 smartphone cameras to stitch together gigapixel images over an area about the size of a piece of paper. The microscope is capable of recording 3D movies of the behavior of freely swimming zebrafish or the activity of fruit flies at near cellular-level detail across a wide field of view, allowing new discoveries in the field of biology. Six years in the making, the Multi Camera Array Microscope is opening new possibilities to researchers.

A New 3D Microscope Can Capture Life in Unprecedented Detail

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Dianne Austin and her sister faced a challenge when searching for a wig that resembled their beautiful natural hair coils and curls after Dianne was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. This led them to create "Coils to Locs," an organization that provides wigs to people of color being treated for cancer who did not have any options for wigs that matched their natural hair textures. Now, they are in 15 hospitals and medical salons across the country, and this is just the beginning!

Cancer Patients Now Have Inclusive Wig Options Thanks to Two Sisters

In a tale of generosity, Steinbach, a small city in southeastern Manitoba, has become known as the most charitable city in Canada. Steinbach residents donate 4.31% of their income to charity, compared to the national average of 0.62%, and have the highest median donation among metropolitan areas with at least 10,000 citizens. The Steinbach Community Outreach, a nonprofit, is supported almost entirely by donations and supports around 525 families annually.

This Small City is Known as the Kindest City in Canada

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John Hillman, a Vancouver Island centenarian, just celebrated his 104th birthday and plans to hold his annual fundraising walk around his retirement home courtyard for charity. This year, the World War Two veteran will walk 104 laps around the Carlton House courtyard in Oak Bay, B.C., for Canadian charity Save the Children. Hillman hopes to raise $104,000 this year. This is the fourth year that Hillman has taken on his fundraising walk, and over the past three years he's raised more than $330,000 for children across the globe.

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