CNN 5 Things 5 Good Things: A Rhode Island Community’s ‘Miracle on Ice’
Mar 21, 2026
Fathers in London learn hairstyling to bond with their daughters and rethink masculinity. Two pay phones nearly 3,000 miles apart link young and older generations. A new adaptive device offers personalized Parkinson’s treatment. A Rhode Island high school hockey team finishes its season together after a heartbreaking loss. A rescued baby macaque starts making monkey friends.
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Dads Learn Hair To Connect With Daughters
- Do learn simple hairstyling skills to strengthen father-daughter bonds and break masculinity stereotypes.
- Pints and Ponytails runs hands-on sessions in London where dads practice ponytails, buns, and French braids on mannequins and then try on their daughters next day.
Payphones Bridge Generational Loneliness
- Connecting isolated generations can directly address loneliness because both baby boomers and Gen Z report high loneliness rates.
- Boston and Reno payphones automatically link callers to spur unscripted conversations between college students and seniors as a cross-age experiment.
Adaptive DB S Makes Parkinson's Treatment Responsive
- Adaptive deep brain stimulation personalizes Parkinson's treatment by listening to brain signals and varying stimulation in real time.
- Stanford clinicians describe ADBS as a pacemaker for the brain that dials stimulation up or down to control fluctuating symptoms like tremors.