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Mozambique Protects the ‘Butterfly Forest’ of Mount Mabu, Home to 200 Species. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Volunteers became salmon, deer and earthworms. ASRA Good News
Tracks Along the Longest Drive on Another World. NASA Discovery & Innovation
Wildlife Biologists Start Vaccinating Shy Albatrosses by Hand, Taking Aim at the Spread of Avian Flu in Tasmania. ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Human Impact
Bizarre Rescue Sees Divers Save Kangaroo That Found Itself Over a Mile from Dry Land. ABC News (ABC Eyre Peninsula) Good News
Regina Barzilay and Jim Collins win Pritzker Prize for AI and Science Research Excellence for work in AI-enabled antibiotic discovery. MIT News Discovery & Innovation
In India, a Surge of Solar Is Keeping Coal Power in Check. Carbon Brief Nature & Planet
NGO Celebrates 70 Million Amazon Acres Conserved After Protecting Are Called a ‘Link of Life’. Rainforest Trust Nature & Planet
Mission Blue and IUCN Join Forces with the One Ocean Partnership. Mission Blue Nature & Planet
The women putting community at the heart of elephant conservation. Positive News Nature & Planet
NASA’s SR-1 Freedom Advances with Progress on Nuclear Power Module. NASA Discovery & Innovation
NASA’s CASALS Instrument Bridges Gaps in 3D Maps of Earth’s Surface. NASA Discovery & Innovation
Sick Corals Can Heal With the Help of a 'Magic Touch' From Healthy Ones, Offering Hope for Heat-Damaged Marine Ecosystems. KQED Nature & Planet
The farmer growing a future under Ghana’s trees. Positive News Human Impact
World Snow Leopard Day: Community action and new science foster coexistence with humans. Mongabay Good News
New AI can reconstruct what you’re looking at by reading brain activity. ICLR Proceedings Human Impact
How Wildlife Crossings in Florida are Saving Panthers from Highway Deaths. Environment America Nature & Planet
How NYC Students Saved School Lunch. Reasons to be Cheerful Good News
A precision T-cell therapy stalls treatment-resistant cancers in clinical trial. National Institutes of Health Human Impact
MIT engineers design a safer, more efficient vaccination system for farmed fish. MIT News Human Impact
NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings. NASA Discovery & Innovation
Watch Five Adorable Newborn Cheetah Cubs Grow on a Livestream From the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute. Smithsonian Magazine Human Impact
MIT student team CERBERUZ wins NASA LunaRecycle Centennial Challenge, turning lunar trash into tools. MIT News Discovery & Innovation
As Mangrove Forests Expand in China, Bird Species Multiply. Yale Environment 360 Nature & Planet
Electric stoves could help people with asthma breathe easier. Science News Discovery & Innovation
California’s investment in early education brought dramatic improvement in learning, study finds. Berkeley News Discovery & Innovation
‘Historic win’: Australian state approves national koala park despite controversial funding. Mongabay Good News
New Map Reveals Natural Forest Regeneration in Tropical Regions Could Absorb 23 Years of Global Emissions. Nature Portfolio Nature & Planet
Spearfisherman scanning the seabed accidentally discovers 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck. CBS News Good News
Photograph helps identify a West African bird not seen in 13 years. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Adult brain cells reveal a surprising ability to repair damaged tissue. Nature Neuroscience Human Impact
Integrated health service delivery through medical mobile units helped to reduce deaths among individuals at risk for HIV who also inject drugs. National Institutes of Health Human Impact
A drug-free diabetes treatment? An implant lowers blood sugar in mice. Science News Human Impact
Scientists Are Teaching Birds to Sing Lost Songs. The Guardian Discovery & Innovation
How Berkeley researchers decoded the loopy physics of hula hooping. Berkeley News Discovery & Innovation
Orphaned, Rescued, and Rewilded, Female Gorilla Becomes a Mother in Historic Conservation Success. Re:wild Nature & Planet
NPR-Inspired Homework Leads Teen to Find Hidden Message a Decade After a Stranger’s Kindness. KUOW (NPR) Good News
Coral Bleaching Reversed at Record Speed Using New Stanford Method: ‘Not a Lost Cause, at All’. Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Human Impact
He Donated His Ultra-rare Blood 545 Times While Visiting Every Blood Bank in Australia. ABC News Human Impact
Giant Tortoise Population is Thriving–Survey Finds 180,000 on One Island Chain. University of Exeter Good News
Neighbors Flock to Rescue a Wounded Owl Tangled Up in Barbed Wire. Cowboy State Daily Good News
Numbers of Endangered and Sacred River Dolphin Grow by 6 After Successful Breeding Season. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Klamath River Salmon Comeback Surprises Scientists After Record Dam Removal. Scientific Reports Discovery & Innovation
Birdwatching Rewires the Brain and Slows Cognitive Decline. BBC Future Human Impact
World’s Largest ‘Glacial Archeology’ Expedition Recovers 48 Stone Age Arrowheads and Shafts. Secrets of the Ice (Glacier Archaeology Programme, Innlandet County Municipality) Human Impact
Rebuilding Mosques Brings Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims Together After Punjab Violence. The Guardian Good News
B-Vitamin Supplement Can Treat Psoriasis, a Skin Condition with No Cure. EurekAlert! (Journal of Experimental Medicine news release) Human Impact
Minnesota Youth Jumps Onto Runaway School Bus and Saves 18 Kids After Driver has Seizure. CBS News Good News
Isle of Jersey Expands Marine Protections to Cover 21% of Territorial Waters. BBC News Good News
‘Like Caring for a Pet’ – the App That Lets You Know if Your Neighborhood Tree Is Thirsty. The Guardian Good News
Nonprofit Brings Free Music Education to More Than 20,000 Miami Students in 131 Schools. CBS News Miami Good News
Prince William launches kit to help communities prepare for emergencies. Positive News Human Impact
Islands Near Portugal Turn Off Lights to Protect Seabird Fledglings Every October – 30k Already Saved. The Guardian Nature & Planet
Disabled Veteran Receives Donated Car Beautifully Refurbished by Auto Collision Students. National Auto Body Council Nature & Planet
LIVE Webcam Brings You Inside Cheetah Den With 5 Tiny Cubs Tended By Mom (WATCH and LISTEN). Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Nature & Planet
North America’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Is Working: Animal Collisions on I-25 Down 91%. The Colorado Sun Nature & Planet
Italian Bio-methane Plant Comes Online, Providing Renewable Gas to Over 3,000 Homes. Axpo Nature & Planet
Indonesian women cash in on mangrove restoration: Interview with community leader Wisye Sahambangung. Mongabay Good News
A Thai rescue center gives injured leopard cat cubs a second chance. Mongabay Nature & Planet
What went right this week: Indonesia’s plummeting poverty rate, plus more. Our World in Data Nature & Planet
Wildlife Corridors on Costa Rica Farms Offer a New Path for Conservation. Rare Nature & Planet
New, cold-resistant, metal alloys tolerate extreme temperatures up to −253°C. Nature Discovery & Innovation
Scientists use AI and nanotechnology to detect signs of life in space. Nature Communications Discovery & Innovation
MIT engineers create nanoparticles for delivering personalized cancer vaccines. MIT News Human Impact
Magnetic sensors track muscle movement, for better prosthetic limb control. MIT News Discovery & Innovation
Researchers improve weather forecasts looking two to six weeks out. MIT News Discovery & Innovation
Two in Three Cars Sold in China Last Month Were Electric. Carbon Brief Discovery & Innovation
Shanghai's 'Audacious' New Opera House Just Opened Its Doors—and a Gravity-Defying Staircase—to the Public. Smithsonian Magazine Culture & Lifestyle
How Colorado's Wildlife Mitigation Efforts—Including the Largest Animal Crossing Overpass in North America—Are Making Everyone Safer. Colorado Politics (The Denver Gazette) Nature & Planet
A historic land restitution process offers new hope for Botswana’s Indigenous San. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Mangroves gain ground globally, marking turnaround after decades of loss. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Fishing cat rescue-and-release offers potential model for conservation in Bangladesh. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Solar Panel Recycling Could Turn a Waste Problem into an Economic Opportunity. Nature Nature & Planet
Man Named ‘Service’ Cleans Up NYC Dumping Site on His Own Initiative. CBS News New York Good News
Woman Becomes First Person to Swim the Entire California Coastline. ABC News Good News
Nature-Inspired Tech Prevents Microplastics Entering Atlantic Ocean Through Wastewater. WHYY Human Impact
Major Supermarket Begins Wide-Scale Tests to Bring Heritage Apple Varieties to Market. The Guardian Good News
99-yo Woman Snags ‘World’s Oldest Wing-Walker’ Title – 3 Months After Another Gran Did It (LOOK). BBC News Good News
Drape Some of This ‘Plant Armor’ Fabric Over a Strawberry Patch to Triple Yields with Less Pesticides. NC State University News Human Impact
Pittsburgh Water Launches Debt Forgiveness Program to Help Families with Rising Costs. Pittsburgh Water Good News
How citizen scientists are mapping Pune’s trees, with hopes of a greener future. Mongabay Discovery & Innovation
Six new calves offer hope amid ongoing threats to Cambodia’s Irrawaddy dolphins. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Loch Ness Is About to Welcome a New Monster Not Seen There in 500 Years–the Beaver! NatureScot Nature & Planet
Given a chance, women-led microenterprises uplift Nepali communities & conservation. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Five new mussel species reveal how much biodiversity US rivers still conceal. Mongabay Discovery & Innovation
‘World’s Largest Deforestation Project’ Halted Early, Saving Potentially 4 Million Acres. Mighty Earth Nature & Planet
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado savanna at lowest rate ever recorded. Mongabay Discovery & Innovation
Scientists Discover a Simple, Low-Energy Way to Recycle Acrylic Glass into Brand-New Material. ETH Zurich Discovery & Innovation
Simple ‘Soil Steaming’ Found as Effective Replacement for Chemicals in Organic Strawberry Farming. Los Angeles Times Discovery & Innovation
Amazon deforestation falls 42% to a record low. Mongabay Discovery & Innovation
Vulture conservation project to target illegal killing and poisoning in Chad. Mongabay Nature & Planet
‘Patrick’ sea star went viral, but Argentine deep-sea canyon held 57 new species. Mongabay Discovery & Innovation
Chinook salmon return to historical habitat following removal of four US dams. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Smartphones, ancient tracking skills and a future for desert lions. Positive News Good News
Five fishermen spotted a drowning baby elephant. Then they tracked down its mother. The Hindu Nature & Planet
Ancient proteins offer new clues to what Denisovans looked like. Nature Human Impact
New molecular camera could revolutionize bladder cancer screening. Nature Portfolio Human Impact
Cell-activated wound dressing releases healing proteins in preclinical tests. Nature Materials Human Impact
‘Having poetry in a public space transports us, even if we don’t understand it’. Positive News Discovery & Innovation
Berkeley’s new electronic nose recognizes food odors and signs of spoilage. UC Berkeley News Discovery & Innovation
Silicon spin qubits reach 99.99% fidelity bringing larger quantum processors into reach. Nature Discovery & Innovation
NASA discovers a once-in-a-century impact blasted a 728-foot crater into the Moon. NASA Discovery & Innovation
An extra year of secondary school lowered dementia diagnoses later in life. National Institutes of Health Human Impact
Neuroprosthesis for paralysis enables simultaneous speech and body language. National Institutes of Health Human Impact
J-PAL North America launches Homelessness Evaluation Resource Hub to drive evidence-informed approaches to housing stability. MIT News Good News
Implantable device uses ultrasound to improve drug delivery to the brain. MIT News Human Impact
Why teaching AI about symmetry could make prenatal diagnosis more reliable. MIT News Human Impact
AI model decodes the language cells use to communicate. MIT News Human Impact
Reprogrammed NK immune cells target cancer and autoimmune disorders. MIT News Human Impact
MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors. MIT News Human Impact
A proof-of-concept test can spot bladder cancer in urine. Science News Human Impact
How brain implants turn thoughts into speech. Science News Human Impact
Brain implants are helping people who’ve lost their voice. Science News Human Impact
Origami-based construction method yields lightweight, load-bearing structures on architectural scales. MIT News Discovery & Innovation
MIT spinout makes surgical stitching more like applying a sticky note. MIT News Discovery & Innovation
Newborn survival improves when families receive financial support. Science News Discovery & Innovation
This Rosy Stone Spotted in the Sahara Turned Out to Be a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite From Mars, One of the Oldest Ever Found. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Discovery & Innovation
AI can give you your voice back. Science News Discovery & Innovation
A Farmer in Egypt Stumbled Upon a Pink Stone and Called the Authorities. They Found the Remains of Two Colossal Statues of Ramses II Beneath the Property. CBS News Culture & Lifestyle
Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests? Yale Environment 360 Nature & Planet
Scientists Develop a Seaweed Coating to Extend the Freshness of Fruit. UBC News Discovery & Innovation
Half a Million Cheaper Home Battery Storage Bringing Down Bills for Australian Homes and Businesses. Prime Minister of Australia (pm.gov.au) Nature & Planet
Aztec methods and crocodiles: How biologists are restoring mangroves in Mexico. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Googly-eyed buoys and kites help keep seabirds out of fishing nets, study finds. Mongabay Discovery & Innovation
Seabird guano and native trees keep islands above rising seas: Study. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Nigeria drove thousands of gold miners from a national park. But can it keep them out? Mongabay Culture & Lifestyle
Artificial mangrove roots offer a stopgap for Thailand’s eroding coastline. Mongabay Culture & Lifestyle
These women are bringing Darwin’s rheas back to Chilean Patagonia. Mongabay Nature & Planet
World’s Heaviest Pumpkin Sets Incredible New Record at 2,856 lbs. Guinness World Records Good News
Mozambique safari operator wins conservation award at COP17. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Japan Successfully Launches Mission to Bring Home the First-Ever Martian Moon Samples. Wired Discovery & Innovation
Girl Sitting in Dirt at Bus Stop Gets Surprise Bench From Homeowner–Camera Catches her Jig (WATCH). PEOPLE Good News
Solar initiative brings power to clinics and jobs to displaced youths in Cameroon. Mongabay Nature & Planet
Artificial nests help Hong Kong’s rare cockatoos cope with a ‘housing crisis’. Mongabay Good News
Payment scheme in Botswana pays communities to coexist with wildlife. Mongabay Nature & Planet
These Big, Fierce Birds Found Love in Australia—and Laid the First Southern Cassowary Eggs at the Adelaide Zoo in 34 Years. Smithsonian Magazine Culture & Lifestyle
Venomous Indonesian primate feared extinct still clings on – but threats persist. Mongabay Discovery & Innovation
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