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Utah climbers rescued in ‘miracle’ on Mt. Olympus during storm

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Utah climbers rescued in ‘miracle’ on Mt. Olympus during storm

Utah climbers pinned down on a slab on Mt. Olympus during a storm were rescued Saturday night in what officials said was a “miracle.” The trio was stranded on the West Slabs of the mountain in Salt Lake County on Saturday evening one hundred feet below the summit, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue said. The … Read more

Rats with tiny backpacks could soon save the lives of earthquake survivors

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Rats with tiny backpacks could soon save the lives of earthquake survivors

Reviled by most, the resourceful rat may finally have something to offer us humans. The project from APOPO, a Belgian non-profit that trains animals to save lives, is fitting rats with small specialized backpacks to help emergency crews search for survivors in the event of building collapses. According to researchers on the project, their small … Read more