Five Things Going Right

Five Things Going Right: October 13, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:05:36 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A low-calorie diet and exercise program helped over half of participants with early-onset type 2 diabetes; Two new trials found that the experimental drug aficamten improved exercise capacity and self-reported health; On Saturday, September 22, solar and wind met 80.4 percent of demand on Australia's national electricity; Scientists report that a simple change in walking gait relieves knee osteoarthritis pain as effectively as; UC San Diego researchers report that glaucoma patients taking statins appear less likely to need surgery and.

Stan Berteloot is a French-American journalist, marketing strategist, and AI expert based in Princeton, New Jersey. A University of Maryland journalism graduate, he navigates the intersection of storytelling, technology, and culture. As Head of Strategy and CTO at Nytro Marketing, he pioneered AI-driven content creation, launching the AI in Marketing podcast. He also hosts Back in America, a podcast exploring American identity through in-depth conversations on race, misinformation, and AI ethics. Start your VoiceStream free trial today!

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/a-powerful-diet-and-exercise-combination-sends-type-2-diabetes-into-remission/

https://scitechdaily.com/experimental-heart-drug-helps-patients-exercise-more-and-feel-better/

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/australia-sets-a-new-renewable-energy-record-with-rooftop-solar-leading-the-way/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-way-to-relieve-arthritic-knees-without-drugs-or-surgery-by-changing-your-gait/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/statin-drugs-may-protect-people-from-glaucoma/

Five Things Going Right: October 12, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 01:05:33 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: An experimental treatment combining gene therapy with specialized goggles helped some people with advanced; A BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine study found that adults who first did four weeks of isometric exercise; A University of Sydney review of more than 70 studies, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, found that; Captive breeding has helped New Zealand's largest giant wētā (wētāpunga) establish new wild populations, with; Researchers used a genome-recording tool called DNA Typewriter to reconstruct the cell family tree of a.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-restore-limited-vision-in-blind-patients-using-gene-therapy-and-special-goggles/

https://scitechdaily.com/this-simple-once-a-week-exercise-could-help-keep-blood-pressure-lower/

https://phys.org/news/2026-10-odds-ecosystems.html

https://scitechdaily.com/a-giant-insect-on-the-brink-of-extinction-is-making-an-extraordinary-comeback/

https://phys.org/news/2026-10-dna-typewriter-cells-history-mouse.html

Five Things Going Right: October 9, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:05:29 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A randomized trial across four African countries found that adolescents with HIV were more likely to keep the; The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology was awarded for optogenetics, a technique for controlling the brain with; Demining teams have cleared just over 14,000 pieces of derelict explosives in a coastal Libyan city in the; Trail cameras captured footage in June of a male jaguar moving through forest near the Guatemala-Honduras; King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco's first woman prime minister on September.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/long-acting-hiv-shots-could-solve-a-major-treatment-challenge-for-young-people/

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/2026-nobel-prize-optogenetics/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/more-than-14000-derelict-explosives-cleared-from-libyan-city-and-nearby-farmland/

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/jaguar-endangered-species-panthera-wildlife-crossing

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/fatima-ezzahra-el-mansouri-becomes-moroccos-first-woman-prime-minister/

Five Things Going Right: October 8, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:05:26 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Women across Africa are leading a grassroots movement to put local communities at the heart of elephant; One year after NYC launched congestion pricing, fine particulate pollution in Manhattan's congestion relief; Researchers developed a polystyrene containing 50% plant-based material that breaks into fragments for; Aldabra giant tortoise population stands at approximately 180,000–183,000 individuals, the highest figure; Experimental injection CBL-514 reduced visceral fat in early human trials.

📚 Sources:

https://www.positive.news/environment/the-women-putting-community-at-the-heart-of-elephant-conservation/

https://phys.org/news/2026-10-nyc-congestion-pricing-policy-linked.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-10-polystyrene-based-material-fragments-potential.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-10-giant-tortoises-outnumber-people-seychelles.html

https://scitechdaily.com/new-fat-dissolving-shot-cuts-hidden-visceral-fat-in-early-human-trials/

Five Things Going Right: October 6, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:06:02 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: An orphaned eastern lowland gorilla was successfully rewilded and gave birth on May 21st in Virunga National; Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust launched the Silent Hospital Pilot Project in 2023, a three-year study to; Researchers at Oregon State University developed a light-activated material that can efficiently produce; An antibody-based treatment can suppress neuropathic pain for days while preserving normal pain sensation; After 20 years, protecting the forest floor during harvesting preserved soil carbon, with forest floor carbon.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/orphaned-rescued-and-rewilded-female-gorilla-becomes-a-mother-in-historic-conservation-success/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/the-hospital-that-silenced-the-machines/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261001214017.htm

https://scitechdaily.com/new-antibody-treatment-silences-nerve-pain-for-days-without-blocking-normal-pain/

https://phys.org/news/2026-10-term-reveals-forest-floor-soil.html

Five Things Going Right: October 5, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:05:54 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: U.S. prison admission rates are predicted to fall an additional 50% within the next two decades, driven by; A 30-year forest experiment in Australia found that heavily thinned mountain ash forests grew unusually large; A study of 52 women and their young children in Dutch domestic violence shelters identified what types of; University of Miami researchers developed imaging technologies using drones and AI to map coral reefs across; ESA's Juice spacecraft performed a gravity assist flyby of Earth on September 28, 2026, changing its.

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https://phys.org/news/2026-09-steep-decline-prison-population.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261001214120.htm

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-recovery-intimate-partner-violence-reveals.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-imaging-technologies-clearer-view-coral.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261001214102.htm

Five Things Going Right: October 2, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:06:01 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A drug directly activating a cellular energy sensor extended lifespan by more than 25% in three different; Plant Armor textile covering boosted strawberry yields by as much as 3.56 times in tunnel field tests; Chinese engineers achieved nuclear fusion using hydrogen-boron fuel in a commercial reactor, described as a; A family and community in Los Angeles are using native seed bombs to revive landscapes burned by the January; A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Kamchatka on July 29, 2025, generated a tsunami that kept the Pacific ringing.

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https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/drug-enhances-lifespan-three-species/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260930020257.htm

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/chinese-commercial-reactor-achieves-nuclear-fusion-with-clean-hydrogen-boron-fuel/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/california-fires-seed-bomb-project/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-kamchatka-tsunami-pacific-ten-hours.html

Five Things Going Right: October 1, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:05:53 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A wildlife overpass on I-25 in Colorado cut vehicle collisions by 91 percent in nine months after opening in; Microorganisms can be used to alter amino acid composition of plant-based foods, enriching them with; UC Santa Cruz researchers developed a method using copepodamide chemical cues to predict harmful algal blooms; A 12-week study found that time-restricted eating (10-hour window) causes modest weight loss in adults with; Rapamycin, a low-dose anti-aging drug, improved brain blood flow in healthy middle-aged adults (ages 45-65).

📚 Sources:

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/09/colorados-largest-wildlife-overpass-cut-i-25-collisions-by-91-percent/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bacteria-based-foods-healthier-humans.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ocean-predator-chemical-cues-early.html

https://www.futurity.org/time-restricted-eating-weight-loss-3348062/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-restricted-eating-weight-loss-3348062

https://www.futurity.org/anti-aging-drug-alzheimers-risk-3347492/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anti-aging-drug-alzheimers-risk-3347492

Five Things Going Right: September 30, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:05:55 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Indigenous Asháninka communities in Peru reduced wildfires from 25 in 2023 to 9 in 2024 (81% reduction); Depaul USA opened Denver's first student housing for homeless college students, a residence that will house; A textile fabric called Plant Armor increased strawberry yields by as much as 3.56 times in tunnel field tests; A Baylor College of Medicine-led team used AI structure prediction to discover a new class of molecular glues; University of Oregon researchers developed three standardized measures to quantify how mobile crisis response.

📚 Sources:

https://www.positive.news/environment/the-forest-is-life-how-indigenous-communities-in-peru-are-preventing-wildfires/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/home-for-denver-homeless-college-students/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-textile-fabric-triple-production-strawberry.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ai-discovery-molecular-disease.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-mobile-crisis-response-impact-police.html

Five Things Going Right: September 29, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:06:01 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Gene therapy restored vision in adult dogs and prompted their retinas to rebuild damaged connections and; Cradle to Cradle design principles enable buildings and products to be fully composted or reused rather than; European river quality improved from 2015–2021, but only Slovenia is on track to meet 2030 environmental; French farmers in the south are growing tropical fruits (bananas, papayas, mangos) by leveraging warming; Vietnam established a 7,500-acre conservation reserve to protect Delacour's Langur, one of the world's.

📚 Sources:

https://www.futurity.org/retinas-repair-vision-loss-3347022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=retinas-repair-vision-loss-3347022

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/forget-recycling-what-if-we-could-compost-or-reuse-everything/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-european-rivers-fast-goals.html

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/resilient-french-farmers-use-warming-climate-to-grow-the-countrys-own-tropical-fruit/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/vietnam-swiftly-protects-forests-containing-the-last-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-monkey/

Five Things Going Right: September 28, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:06:04 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A ketogenic diet produced the greatest improvements in liver and metabolic health compared to other diets; Ice baths, massage, compression gear, and supplements have mixed effectiveness for workout recovery, with ice; Guatemala's La Aurora Zoo has for the first time raised tropical gar fish in captivity and released hundreds; A group of formerly incarcerated women sued and won to get air conditioning in every Texas prison; Archaeologists risked their lives to save approximately 30,000 artifacts from the Deir ez-Zor Museum during.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/losing-the-same-weight-didnt-produce-the-same-health-benefits/

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reveal-what-workout-recovery-techniques-actually-work/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-guatemala-survival-vulnerable-fossil-fish.html

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/lioness-justice-formerly-incarcerated-prison-air-conditioning

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/archaeologists-risked-their-lives-to-save-thousands-of-treasures-from-isis-terrorists/

Five Things Going Right: September 25, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 01:05:59 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Pancreatic tumors vanished in roughly half of mice given an experimental mRNA therapy and did not return for; Architect Chris Downey has developed design principles that use sound and acoustic cues to make cities more; Ten healthy dietary patterns were linked to slower biological aging in a study by DZNE; Semaglutide (Ozempic's active ingredient) shows anti-aging effects beyond those from calorie restriction; Kenyan rangers searched for three weeks to find a baby elephant named Pardamat after his mother was killed in.

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https://scitechdaily.com/pancreatic-cancer-disappears-in-mice-after-new-mrna-immunotherapy/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/how-the-architecture-of-sound-is-transforming-cities/

https://scitechdaily.com/healthy-eating-may-slow-biological-aging-but-there-isnt-a-single-best-diet/

https://scitechdaily.com/ozempics-active-ingredient-shows-surprising-anti-aging-effects/

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/baby-elephant-rescue-pardamat-mother

Five Things Going Right: September 24, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 01:05:58 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: More than 28,000 people killed themselves with guns last year, representing more than half of all suicide; Cornell University scientists demonstrated a chemical bath method to restore aging EV batteries without; A Brazilian Cerrado savannah restoration program is working to restore 4.4 million acres and was honored as; Molly Lambert, diagnosed with OCD and panic disorder in 2025, has spoken about the condition on television; UK researchers at the John Innes Centre have identified how plant defense receptors (tandem kinase proteins).

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https://phys.org/news/2026-09-hard-suicidal-easier-people.html

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-pioneer-chemical-bath-method-to-restore-aging-ev-batteries-without-breaking-them-down/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flagship-restoration-project-in-brazils-cerrado-savannah-working-to-restore-4-4-million-acres/

https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/life-after-a-diagnosis-for-panic-disorder/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-biotech-halt-destructive-cereal-killer.html

Five Things Going Right: September 23, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:05:55 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A Korean drone rescue program enabled a northern Mozambique community to achieve zero fatalities during one; UK NEET (young people not in work, education or training) fell by 30,000 to 981,000 (13% of 16-24 year-olds); Overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening may be less common than previously thought, according to a new study; Concrete with zeolite and bamboo biochar is 7.48% stronger in compression, 15% stronger in tension, and; Healthy behaviors and appropriate treatment can help manage knee osteoarthritis and may reduce the risk of.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/korean-drone-rescue-program-helps-mozambique-achieve-zero-fatalities-during-worst-flood-in-decades/

https://www.positive.news/society/number-of-young-people-out-of-work-and-education-falls-below-one-million/

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reassess-a-major-risk-of-breast-cancer-screening/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260921081105.htm

https://scitechdaily.com/knee-osteoarthritis-isnt-inevitable-simple-habits-may-lower-your-risk/

Five Things Going Right: September 22, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 01:05:53 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A single CRISPR-Cas9 infusion (CTX310) lowered LDL cholesterol by 52.5% and triglycerides by 47.8% at 12; Great Plains ranchers are using prescribed burns to revitalize grasslands, reduce wildfire risk, and have; Researchers at University of Texas at Arlington created a mathematical model called Liutex to identify; Texas A&M researcher helped lead the first major update to the International Dyslexia Association's; Protecting standing Amazon forests from wildfires and logging delivered the greatest biodiversity benefits.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-treatment-cuts-bad-cholesterol-in-half-for-a-full-year/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/great-plains-ranchers-prescribed-burns/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-hurricane.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-definition-dyslexia-years.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222356.htm

Five Things Going Right: September 21, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:05:47 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Nearly three decades of Hurricane Hunter data reveal four features that help tilted tropical cyclones; Bacteria in soil at a former Pittsburgh steel site (Hazelwood Green) have evolved to survive and metabolize; Six narwhals equipped with satellite transmitters collected over 2,000 temperature and salinity observations; A chemical called bistrifluron killed 95.7% of western drywood termites in laboratory experiments by blocking; Students with Child Protective Services contact miss more school than peers, with teachers 14 percentage.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919031037.htm

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-steel-site-pittsburgh-bacteria-evolved.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-narwhal-scientists-track-arctic.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260919025248.htm

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-kids-involved-child-school-peers.html

Five Things Going Right: September 18, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:05:53 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A survey of 585 people found that grit, growth mindset, and passion are associated with greater well-being; Researchers at CNPEM developed microfluidic technology that grows cells in 3D to conduct toxicity tests as an; UK food manufacturers could improve nutrition and sustainability by changing 10% or less of their product; The FDA approved Moderna's mFLUSIVA, an mRNA flu vaccine, for adults 50 and older on August 5, and clinical; U.S. irrigation prevents 363 years' worth of its own annual emissions by enabling higher crop yields on less.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-traits-people-greater.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-microfluidic-device-simulates-human-tissue.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-small-portfolio-shifts-major-food.html

https://www.futurity.org/new-mrna-flu-vaccine-3345352/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-mrna-flu-vaccine-3345352

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260915232119.htm

Five Things Going Right: September 17, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:05:52 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: 20,000 chinook salmon migrated up the Klamath River in two years following the removal of four dams; Scientists at University of Rochester developed a solar-powered desalination system that produces fresh water; Simple factual videos about election security procedures increase voter trust by 10-12.5 percentage points; Spekboom leaves maintain nutritional and textural qualities similar to other leafy green vegetables when; Researchers developed a protein-based MRI contrast agent (hProCA32.Collagen) that detects invasive lung.

📚 Sources:

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-klamath-river-salmon-return/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260915100137.htm

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-simple-messaging-elections.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-spekboom-nutritious-waterwise-edible-south.html

https://www.futurity.org/protein-based-mri-contrast-agent-lung-cancer-3345062/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protein-based-mri-contrast-agent-lung-cancer-3345062

Five Things Going Right: September 16, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 01:05:57 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Over 450 family health houses in Afghanistan provide maternal and newborn care, enabling access to safe; NSF NCAR developed HUMID-Atlanta, a high-resolution urban meteorology dataset that can pinpoint neighborhoods; An international team developed a comprehensive peanut genome map and bred a dwarf peanut line with 20%; Agricultural irrigation prevents 363 times more greenhouse gas emissions than it produces by avoiding land; The Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption in January 2022 destroyed approximately 900 megagrams of methane through a.

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https://reasonstobecheerful.world/how-afghan-women-are-rebuilding-reproductive-health-care/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-high-resolution-weather-neighborhoods-greatest.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-peanut-genome-uncovers-hidden-gene.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-greenhouse-gas-benefits-agricultural-irrigation.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260915095750.htm

Five Things Going Right: September 15, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:05:59 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: WHO has certified Timor-Leste as having eliminated trachoma, making all of Southeast Asia trachoma-free; Colombian President Gustavo Petro signed a resolution on August 4, 2026, protecting 186,500 square miles (42%; England's Housing First model provides permanent homes before addressing other problems, with a £442m; Scientists engineered yeast to turn PET plastic and agricultural waste into protein-rich, 3D-printed cookies; UCLA scientists engineered T cells from cord blood stem cells that can attack solid tumors even when cancer.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/following-timor-lestes-triumph-all-of-southeast-asia-has-eliminated-trachoma/

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/09/how-colombias-outgoing-president-protected-42-of-the-countrys-amazon-from-mining/

https://www.positive.news/society/how-housing-first-is-helping-people-leave-rough-sleeping-behind/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260912220033.htm

https://scitechdaily.com/ucla-scientists-develop-cancer-fighting-cells-that-tumors-struggle-to-escape/

Five Things Going Right: September 14, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 01:05:56 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: University of Oregon biologists reconstructed antimicrobial peptides from 160 million years ago that showed; Nitrogen-containing osteoporosis drugs were associated with lower Alzheimer's risk in a study of over 120,000; Indigenous Wayuu fishers in La Guajira, Colombia are shifting from shark fishing to conservation work; A homeless man named Rhys Wynne-Jones raised $50K for charity after his viral piano performance in a church; A single infusion of genetically reprogrammed immune cells sent severe rheumatoid arthritis into lasting.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-resurrect-160-million-year-old-molecules-with-surprising-power-against-superbugs/

https://scitechdaily.com/common-osteoporosis-drugs-linked-to-lower-alzheimers-risk-in-120000-person-study/

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/indigenous-fishers-shark-hunting-conservation

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/homeless-guy-famous-for-playing-piano-in-church-raising-50k/

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-used-cancer-therapy-to-reset-rheumatoid-arthritis/

Five Things Going Right: September 11, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:06:05 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Bowel cancer patients who received pre-surgery immunotherapy remained cancer-free for nearly three years; Doug Tallamy transformed his 10-acre Pennsylvania farm by removing invasive plants and replanting natives; Informal community heat adaptation strategies are essential resilience work that formal systems overlook and; A CRISPR-Combo system speeds regeneration of hard-to-breed perennial crops like citrus, strawberry, poplar; Current global production of aquatic invertebrates contains enough vitamin B12 and selenium to meet the.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/cancer-melted-away-immunotherapy-delivers-striking-results-in-bowel-cancer-trial/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/the-national-park-that-stretches-from-coast-to-coast/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-qa-overlooked-networks-resilience-communities.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-crispr-combo-regeneration-hard-perennial.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-global-reveals-hidden-nutritional-shellfish.html

Five Things Going Right: September 10, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:06:08 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Light-activated eye drops restored light perception in blind animal models without gene therapy or implants; An at-home urine test called Galeas detected 92 percent of bladder cancer cases in an NHS trial of nearly; Nearly 50 million children have been displaced by conflict and violence, and play-based interventions by; A 10% increase in broadband adoption across a community corresponds to a 1.19% reduction in waiting time; MIT researchers developed an electrochemical system that extracts pure hydrogen from ammonia at substantially.

📚 Sources:

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/09/a-simpler-path-to-treating-degenerative-blindness-photoswitchable-eye-drops/

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/09/at-home-urine-test-spots-bladder-cancer-in-nine-of-ten-cases/

https://www.positive.news/society/peace/the-right-to-play-displaced-by-conflict/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-american-women-communities-ample-broadband.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-electrochemical-pure-hydrogen-ammonia-substantially.html

Five Things Going Right: September 9, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:05:56 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A new pancreatic cancer drug has doubled lifespan for late-stage patients and received immediate FDA approval; A new method (S-DEIM) estimates sea surface temperatures 40% more accurately than conventional approaches and; Researchers from Kyoto University developed a rational method for designing defined microbial communities; A decade-long randomized trial found that implantable cardioverter-defibrillators may benefit patients under; A study of 25 Black women found that racialized bias in childhood classrooms has lasting negative effects on.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fda-immediately-approves-drug-thats-doubling-lifespan-for-late-pancreatic-cancer-patients/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-sparse-method-sea-surface-temperatures.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-optimizing-tomato-growth-microbes.html

https://scitechdaily.com/cardiac-breakthrough-could-offer-lifesaving-treatment-to-more-patients/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-classrooms-careers-black-women-effects.html

Five Things Going Right: September 8, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 01:05:55 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A review of six pre-primary education programs in sub-Saharan African countries found they generated positive; Oregon is reintroducing beavers to restore degraded waterways and support endangered salmon populations after; Indigenous Protected Areas now cover 113 million hectares (55% of Australia's National Reserve System) and; AI might help teachers develop listening practices and bridge communication gaps in classrooms, as; Organic farming of wheat generates 1.5 times higher profits than conventional farming while both organic and.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-child-years-life-african-explores.html

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/beavers-big-moment/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-indigenous-areas-vital-nature-australia.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-gap-real-ai-teachers-bridge.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-farming-outperforms-wildflower-profits-farm.html

Five Things Going Right: September 7, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 01:05:52 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Women with the most antioxidant-rich diets had strikingly lower prevalence of cervical cancer in a nationwide; Primary aldosteronism, a potentially curable hormone disorder, may affect as many as one in five people with; Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a five-metal high-entropy antiperovskite electrode; Germany's Isar Aerospace successfully launched its Spectrum rocket into orbit from Norway on September 6; Princeton AI system controlled fusion plasma in milliseconds and predicted a damaging instability 200.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/women-who-ate-more-antioxidants-had-strikingly-lower-rates-of-cervical-cancer/

https://scitechdaily.com/a-hidden-hormone-disorder-may-be-driving-millions-of-high-blood-pressure-cases/

https://scitechdaily.com/this-self-rebuilding-electrode-could-supercharge-green-hydrogen-production/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-germany-isar-aerospace-rocket-orbit.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260903064215.htm

Five Things Going Right: September 4, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:06:00 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A new peer-reviewed study in Earth's Future shows fossil fuel companies increased the likelihood of the 2021; Former poachers in Nigeria are now working as forest rangers to protect Omo Forest Reserve, one of Nigeria's; Scientists at Leeds' School of Food Science and Nutrition used AI to identify nearly 800 plant proteins; Researchers at University of Osaka demonstrate that varying ring sizes in biodegradable polymers can control; Satellite measurements detected declining photosynthetic activity in Western U.S. forests two years before.

📚 Sources:

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/09/climate-attribution-science-just-changed-the-rules-for-fossil-fuel-lawsuits/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/former-poachers-protecting-forest-nigeria/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-peas-potatoes-ai-proteins-food.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-built-size-tunes-biodegradable-plastic.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-satellites-forest-stress-years-bark.html

Five Things Going Right: September 3, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:05:44 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A school accountant's last-minute flood warning saved over 900 students and 16 faculty members from a flood; Uganda has been declared Ebola-free by the WHO after 42 days without new cases; Baltimore is expanding 911 crisis response options beyond mental health to include housing, legal help, and; AI-designed proteins (STV-C8) deliver RNA into cells more efficiently than virus-like particles and lipid; PACMAN AI framework developed by PPPL and Princeton University was successfully tested on a real fusion.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/last-minute-flood-warning-saved-over-900-nepal-students-school-principal-said/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/who-declares-uganda-ebola-free-after-42-days-without-new-cases/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-baltimore-911-crisis-support/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ai-proteins-enable-generation-rna.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-pacman-ai-framework-fusion-safely.html

Five Things Going Right: September 2, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 01:05:56 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Seven years after London's ULEZ introduction in 2019, children's lung function improved measurably, with FEV₁; The Ocean Cleanup has removed over 66,000 metric tons of plastic trash cumulatively and aims to remove 90% of; Friends Center for Children in New Haven, Connecticut implemented a free teacher housing program to address; An environmental DNA study identified 487 unique marine taxa across Exmouth Gulf, revealing it as a globally; A study of 25 teachers in Anchorage found that ending universal free school meals was associated with.

📚 Sources:

https://www.positive.news/environment/londons-ulez-linked-to-healthier-lung-growth-in-children/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/could-plastic-eating-robots-clean-up-our-oceans/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/affordable-childcare-free-staff-housing/

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-survey-reveals-marine-biodiversity-hotspot.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-elementary-school-teachers-student-hunger.html

Five Things Going Right: September 1, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:05:48 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: KAIST researchers have analyzed conditions for microbial food industry success and proposed growth strategies; Yale researchers found that AC use cut annual heat-related deaths by half in the U.S., saving more than 5,000; Analysis of 787 brain tumor patients found that minimally invasive laser therapy extends survival by months; Thousands of fin whales, humpback whales, and common minke whales are now gathering off East Greenland where; NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-industrial-scale-microbial-foods-growth.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-air-conditioning-usage-deaths.html

https://www.futurity.org/laser-therapy-brain-cancer-3344602/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=laser-therapy-brain-cancer-3344602

https://scitechdaily.com/thousands-of-giant-whales-are-suddenly-flooding-into-an-arctic-feeding-frenzy/

https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-roman-telescope-begins-a-million-mile-journey-into-deep-space/

Five Things Going Right: August 31, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:05:47 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Virginia Tech researchers developed a method to convert PVC plastic waste into polyalphaolefin, a; People exposed to less sugar before birth and during their first 1-2 years of life were less likely to; NASA's $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope launched on August 30, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to; IBM and University of Chicago researchers used 70 error-corrected logical qubits to solve a classically; Researchers have produced Spirulina containing biologically active vitamin B12 at levels comparable to beef.

📚 Sources:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260828005220.htm

https://scitechdaily.com/less-sugar-early-in-life-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk-decades-later/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-nasa-roman-space-telescope-quest.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260829035219.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260829035227.htm

Five Things Going Right: August 28, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:05:50 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A University of Alberta literacy program tripled the rate of progress for struggling second-grade readers; Baltimore is using mobile crisis teams to respond to 911 calls that don't require police, with $400 million; Researchers have developed a vehicle-mounted spectroscopy system that can reliably detect methane in real; Researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a molecule that uses electricity to replace; A mixture of neem, lemongrass, garlic, and hot chili plants effectively inhibits growth of two Fusarium.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-groundbreaking-literacy-triples-struggling-young.html

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/baltimore-reimagines-what-911-can-do-with-400-million-to-back-it-up/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-vehicle-mounted-spectroscopy-methane-real.html

https://scitechdaily.com/this-new-molecule-could-transform-how-we-recover-gold-from-electronic-waste/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-mixture-traditional-edible-inhibits-fungus.html

Five Things Going Right: August 27, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 01:05:45 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Asiatic lion populations in Greater Gir Landscape, Gujarat increased 70% over the last decade, from 523 in; A woman who was blind for several years regained vision after the world's first simultaneous transplant of a; FDA approved the first drug that targets the root cause of narcolepsy type-1, affecting 120,000 Americans; Zion National Park is making an all-terrain wheelchair (Extreme Motus) available for rent to expand trail; A new mapping tool helps farmers reduce slug pesticide use by an average of 50%, with potential to save the.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/indias-lion-populations-increase-70-total-habitat-by-15-over-the-last-decade/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/world-first-transplant-of-a-central-retina-allowed-woman-blind-from-car-crash-to-see-anew/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/us-approves-first-drug-that-targets-root-cause-of-narcolepsy-rather-than-its-symptoms/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-rugged-wheelchairs-national-parks/

https://www.positive.news/environment/putting-slugs-on-the-map-farmers-pioneer-precision-crop-protection/

Five Things Going Right: August 26, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:06:09 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: The world reached 3 terawatts of global solar capacity in early 2026, with the pace of deployment; Shellfish farming could help fix Florida's algal bloom problem by filtering excess nutrients from coastal; Horizontal levees, seeded with over 35 native plant species and designed with gradual slopes, are spreading; Scientists created a single-atom ruthenium catalyst that converts nearly all model lignin compounds into; A 20-year study of Miami-Dade County students found that children who attended public school pre-K performed.

📚 Sources:

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/the-world-hit-3-terawatts-of-solar-power-faster-than-anyone-predicted/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/shellfish-farming-florida-water-quality/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/bay-area-living-levees/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260824065601.htm

https://scitechdaily.com/a-20-year-study-finds-preschool-can-influence-success-for-years/

Five Things Going Right: August 25, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:05:59 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Ethiopian farmers are slashing growing costs, increasing food production, and cutting emissions by switching; Niger restored 5 million hectares of degraded savanna through Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR); Carefully planned rewilding that restores functioning ecosystems can make landscapes wetter, patchier and; Harvard's GRAZE-Tag methane sensor matched the GreenFeed industry standard in an early field test at UC Davis; Washington State University researchers used AI to identify six feasible parameter sets for 3D-printing.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ethiopian-farmers-save-thousands-by-switching-to-solar-irrigation/

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/how-niger-restored-5-million-hectares-without-planting-a-single-tree/

https://www.positive.news/society/how-rewilding-could-help-stop-the-spread-of-britains-wildfires/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-cow-burps-real-methane-sensor.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-ai-ways-rocket-grade-alloy.html

Five Things Going Right: August 24, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:05:45 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Smoking and vaping rates among U.S. youth ages 11-18 reached historic lows in 2025, with e-cigarette use; Nearly 1 in 5 beginning teachers in North Carolina previously worked as teaching assistants, and these former; An abandoned farm field in Norfolk doubled its plant diversity and developed thousands of orchids naturally; Four minutes of daily strength training can quadruple fitness improvements in older adults; Researchers discovered the first marbled murrelet nest recorded on Haida Gwaii in more than 30 years (the.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/us-teens-smoking-rates-historic-low

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-overlooked-teacher-pipeline.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260822015208.htm

https://scitechdaily.com/just-4-minutes-of-daily-strength-training-can-quadruple-fitness-in-older-adults/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-haida-gwaii-marbled-murrelet-years.html

Five Things Going Right: August 21, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:05:57 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A mobile library bus in Syria is bringing books, puppets, and art workshops to children in camps and rural; Natural forest regeneration can be up to 96% cheaper than traditional tree-planting while delivering; An experimental mRNA modification (ac4C) allows ribosomes to move nearly twice as fast as the industry; Researchers created an interactive map identifying 1.8 million individual trees in New York City using; ADHD-related attention patterns may become a source of creativity and focus when supported through structured.

📚 Sources:

https://www.positive.news/society/the-mobile-library-bringing-books-to-rural-syria/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-natural-forest-regrowth-path-climate.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-alternative-mrna-modification-ribosomes-fast.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-wall-nyc-trees-cool-cities.html

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reveal-how-adhd-could-fuel-creative-thinking/

Five Things Going Right: August 20, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:06:09 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A shigellosis vaccine candidate (WRSs2) showed 89% efficacy against Shigella sonnei in a trial published in; An international research team led by IPK Leibniz Institute published a high-quality reference genome; A new model simulates how solar panels can cool crops and reduce heat stress for workers in agrivoltaic; EMBL scientists discovered that phages use a single enzyme (T7 kinase) to shut down multiple bacterial; An injectable hydrogel platform allows drug-loaded nanocarriers to remain in joints for several weeks and.

📚 Sources:

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/why-the-poo-taboo-has-held-back-a-killer-disease-and-whats-changing/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-rye-genome-uncovers-diversity-wheat.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-solar-panels-cool-crops-workers.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-viral-loose-cannon-enzyme-phages.html

https://scitechdaily.com/new-injectable-hydrogel-could-transform-osteoarthritis-treatment/

Five Things Going Right: August 19, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:05:52 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Coral Catch, a nonprofit in Indonesia, is training women in diving and coral conservation skills while; A growing number of music festivals are implementing land restoration and environmental change programs that; Researchers at Yale identified lacosamide, an FDA-approved medication, as a promising treatment for; U.S. children's cumulative likelihood of child welfare system contact (investigation, confirmed maltreatment; A new diagnostic tool can distinguish between benign canine acanthomatous ameloblastoma and malignant oral.

📚 Sources:

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/saving-indonesias-coral-reefs-by-empowering-women/

https://www.positive.news/environment/can-festivals-leave-the-land-better-than-they-found-it/

https://scitechdaily.com/fda-approved-drug-shows-promise-for-reversing-osteoarthritis-damage/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-covid-children-likelihood-contact-child.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-drug-invasive-canine-oral-tumors.html

Five Things Going Right: August 18, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:05:57 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Researchers have developed an experimental compound that attacks cancer cells by exploiting their sugar; Cleared tropical rainforests recover 90 percent of their species diversity within a single human generation; Médecins Solidaires is sending traveling doctors to rural French clinics for one-week rotations to address; An Italian farm growing 1,500 varieties of fruit and vegetables using biomimicry and agroecological methods; A quantum computer completed a difficult calculation in about 15 minutes while classical simulation methods.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-drug-turns-cancers-favorite-fuel-into-a-deadly-weakness/

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/rainforest-biodiversity-rebounds-within-a-single-generation/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/france-medical-deserts-traveling-doctors/

https://www.positive.news/environment/black-tomatoes-and-white-aubergines-the-future-of-farming-is-quantum/

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-computer-solves-a-problem-in-15-minutes-that-classical-methods-cant-practically-compute/

Five Things Going Right: August 17, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 01:05:52 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Researchers restored two hours of sleep in Alzheimer's brains in a research breakthrough; Creek restoration in California resulted in young salmon growing twice as fast and doubling their survival; A brief 15-minute firearm safety intervention more than doubled willingness among initially-opposed gun; Gene-edited beagles produced no detectable Can f 1 allergen protein in saliva, hair, and dander in early tests; A $60 blood test detects over 90% of stage 2-4 lung cancers by analyzing chemical patterns on circulating DNA.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/two-hours-of-sleep-restored-in-alzheimers-brains-in-research-breakthrough/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/california-creek-restoration-helps-young-salmon-grow-twice-as-fast-and-doubles-their-survival-rate/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-firearm-safety-home-storage.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-gene-beagles-major-dog-allergen.html

https://scitechdaily.com/new-60-blood-test-detects-lung-cancer-without-costly-dna-sequencing/

Five Things Going Right: August 14, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:05:50 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: The East Kolkata Wetlands recycle approximately 900 million liters of Kolkata's wastewater daily through; A study of 204,907 adults across 22 countries found that fulfilling friendships and close social; A Bournemouth University study of 54 years of osprey data in northern Scotland found that a small number of; Six sets of 30-second all-out sprints altered nearly 25% of proteins measured, compared to fewer than 0.25%; GLP-1 medications are associated with a 30% lower breast cancer risk in a study of over 110,000 women.

📚 Sources:

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/east-kolkata-wetlands/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fulfilling-friendships-linked-health-countries.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-pairs-ospreys-population-recovery.html

https://www.futurity.org/sprinting-3342622/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sprinting-3342622

https://scitechdaily.com/popular-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-linked-to-30-lower-breast-cancer-risk/

Five Things Going Right: August 13, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:05:50 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: The Great Barrier Reef experienced six mass bleaching events between 2016 and 2025, and a monsoon earlier; Sport in Mind has supported more than 60,000 people since its founding in 2010; University of Hong Kong researchers created a corrosion-resistant stainless steel (SS-H2) that could reduce; Large-scale peatland restoration in Indonesia reduced wildfire hotspots by up to 22% in restored areas during; Agrilo, a $10 soil test developed at MacEwan University using smartphone cameras, is now being deployed.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/great-barrier-reefs-recovery-from-bleaching-is-aided-by-monsoon/

https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/sport/three-sports-groups-using-movement-to-tackle-isolation/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260811052717.htm

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-wildfires-peat-indonesia-tropical-forests.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-soil-global-virtual-reality-farmers.html

Five Things Going Right: August 12, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:05:56 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Pangenome-guided breeding of Tartary buckwheat successfully combined stress tolerance and higher yields by; Researchers at University at Buffalo developed an early warning system using publicly available data and; Legal reforms on same-sex relationships in Asia (India 2018, Taiwan 2019, Singapore 2023, Thailand 2025); Researchers at Universitat Rovira i Virgili have identified a method to convert used coffee grounds into; Replacing an internal-combustion vehicle with a battery electric vehicle almost always reduces greenhouse gas.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-himalayan-grain-potential-pangenome-higher.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-early-housing-evictions.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-legal-reforms-shift-discourse-social.html

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-find-a-smarter-way-to-turn-used-coffee-grounds-into-clean-fuel/

https://www.futurity.org/carbon-emissions-benefits-electric-vehicles-3342292/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carbon-emissions-benefits-electric-vehicles-3342292

Five Things Going Right: August 11, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 01:05:50 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: The FDA approved Moderna's mFlusiva, the first mRNA flu vaccine in the US, for adults 50+, and it; Solar eclipsed all other electricity sources in Utah for the first time in May 2026, generating nearly 1; CJ Biomaterials has developed sugar-based bioplastic pellets that break down in home composting without; A common-ground curriculum focusing on universal human values reduced discriminatory attitudes and boosted; A material made from DNA coated with glass is 5x stronger than steel and 4x lighter.

📚 Sources:

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/the-us-just-approved-its-first-mrna-flu-vaccine-is-this-a-new-era/

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/utah-solar-generation-first-time

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-traditional-plastic-forks-microplastics-sugar.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-common-ground-curriculum-boosts-tolerance.html

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/mix-dna-with-glass-stronger-material-rep/

Five Things Going Right: August 10, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:05:55 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Anti-amyloid treatment removed most amyloid plaques in some brain regions and reduced neurodegeneration; Researchers at Kyoto University used orbital changes from approximately 1,200 Starlink satellites to map; Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute developed a catalyst using 75% less platinum while maintaining; A predictable daily routine may reduce pain and depression by supporting the body's circadian rhythm; A new nanostructured carbon fuel-cell catalyst design uses tiny amounts of platinum while remaining stable.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/rare-human-brain-study-reveals-how-an-alzheimers-drug-may-protect-the-brain/

https://scitechdaily.com/starlink-satellites-reveal-a-hidden-atmosphere-300-miles-above-earth/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-catalyst-platinum-hydrogen-fuel-cells.html

https://scitechdaily.com/this-simple-daily-habit-may-ease-pain-and-depression/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260807035140.htm

Five Things Going Right: August 7, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:05:57 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: The European Transplant Games in Arnhem, Netherlands in June 2026 brought together 600 organ and stem cell; Researchers at UC Santa Cruz used paleogenomics on 160 ancient and modern bison genomes spanning 20,000 years; A pilot trial found that the social robot Pepper can be a better motivator than human teachers and may reduce; UC Berkeley researchers are developing digital fire recovery tools with the National Park Service to help; A randomized trial of nearly 4,000 babies found acetaminophen and ibuprofen equally safe in infancy, with no.

📚 Sources:

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/the-transplant-games-are-about-more-than-medals/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-decoding-north-american-bison-genome.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-social-robots-teachers-workload-trial.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-digital-tools-joshua-trees-survive.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260805082510.htm

Five Things Going Right: August 6, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 01:06:06 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: The U.S. is experiencing a second historic 'Great Crime Decline' with homicide rates now at or near the; An injectable biomaterial restored near-normal movement in mouse brains after stroke by converting brain; New HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are at their lowest levels in more than 30 years, according to a; The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative has protected more than 24 million acres of habitat and; The UK government is overhauling school food standards in England for the first time in more than a decade.

📚 Sources:

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/americas-second-great-crime-decline/

https://scitechdaily.com/new-stroke-treatment-turns-brain-cavities-into-repair-hubs/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/un-summit-on-hiv-aids-shows-incredible-progress-in-infection-rates-deaths-treatment-access/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-building-wildlife-corridor-rockies/

https://www.positive.news/society/how-schools-are-winning-children-over-to-healthier-lunches/

Five Things Going Right: August 5, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:06:01 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Today's children could be the first generation since the 1970s to earn more than their parents, driven by; Wildlife sniffer dog squads deployed across 22 Indian states assist forest departments in detecting poaching; A cat-training program with 36 children ages 8–17 and their family cats fostered healthy behaviors in; Perennial bioenergy grasses (miscanthus and switchgrass) increased soil organic carbon in the first five; NASA's PUNCH mission predicted a solar eruption's near-Earth arrival to within 30 minutes in a.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/todays-children-have-a-bright-economic-future

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/india-super-sniffer-dogs-poaching/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-cat-children-developmental-disabilities-cats.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-perennial-bioenergy-grasses-rebuilding-midwest.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-nasa-sharpens-solar-storm.html

Five Things Going Right: August 4, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:06:07 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Experimental eye drops restore sight in blind mice by mimicking photoreceptor cell function; India connected 124 million additional rural households to tap water between August 2019 and July 2026; Rice husk biochar composite material captured toxic dyes in laboratory tests and remained effective when; Neural stem cells printed through ultra-fine nozzles maintained survival rates of more than 86% using a smart; Arctic seafloor sediments trap most permafrost carbon entering the ocean, with only about 10 percent.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/experimental-eye-drops-restore-sight-in-blind-mice/

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/08/india-connects-124-million-rural-homes-to-tap-water/

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-discarded-rice-husks-capture-toxic.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-smart-bioink-shields-delicate-neural.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260802223424.htm

Five Things Going Right: August 3, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:05:54 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Amber 1800 K LEDs reduce insect attraction by 39-51% compared to high-pressure sodium and cool-white LEDs; The Pimentel Barbosa Indigenous Territory (329,000 hectares) has maintained ecological stability and; Researchers demonstrated quantum entanglement over 24 kilometers through a busy telecommunications fiber; Researchers demonstrated that non-Abelian anyons can perform every operation required by a quantum computer; New research finds bees forage at a median distance of 750 meters (about 2,500 feet), far less than the.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-simple-amber-nights-safer-insects.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-indigenous-territory-ecological-stability-agricultural.html

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-photons-survive-a-24-kilometer-journey-through-chicagos-busy-internet/

https://scitechdaily.com/quantum-computings-dark-horse-just-cleared-a-major-hurdle/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-insights-bee-biology-ease-honey.html

Five Things Going Right: July 31, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:05:49 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A two-year treatment targeting SCN2A-related epilepsy mutations reduced seizures and enabled a teenager to; Global hunger fell below 8% of the population for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing a; Mark Scotch donated a kidney to a stranger in late 2020 through a voucher scheme kidney exchange program; More than 160 Maasai warriors in northern Tanzania are working as lion guardians through African People and; Community-based aging support services like medical transportation, meal delivery, and social activities.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/teen-walks-independently-after-treatment-targets-the-genetic-root-of-epilepsy/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/global-hunger-falls-below-8-for-the-first-time-since-the-pandemic/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/kidney-exchange-chains/

https://www.positive.news/environment/a-new-measure-of-courage-how-maasai-warriors-became-lion-guardians/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-aging-in-community/

Five Things Going Right: July 28, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:06:00 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A Vermont research team achieved disease control in 67% of mesothelioma patients by targeting cancer's energy; Leopard numbers are rebounding in western Zambia following a switch from real leopard skins to synthetic furs; Paris is unearthing the Bièvre, a 36-kilometer tributary river hidden underground for over a century, to cool; University of Missouri researchers have developed purple corn colorants that retain 75% of key color; A low-dose leaf spray combining manganese oxide nanoparticles and chitosan can help tomatoes grow in salty.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/a-rare-and-deadly-cancer-may-have-an-unexpected-new-vulnerability/

https://www.positive.news/environment/leopards-recover-in-zambia-as-communities-swap-skins-for-synthetics/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/bievre-river/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-purple-corn-stable-natural-alternative.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-spray-tomatoes-salty-soils.html

Five Things Going Right: July 27, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 01:06:04 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Prescribed burns in the previous 10 years made giant sequoias nearly four times more likely to survive recent; Europe's air quality improved over 10 years with emissions from major pollutants declining 39-59%; A medically formulated THC and CBD treatment significantly reduced agitation in a first-of-its-kind U.S.; A study of 18,000 forest patches found that unwritten social rules in small communities, not government; Two experimental vaccines stopped pneumonic plague in mice during high-risk testing.

📚 Sources:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260726015243.htm

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/europes-air-quality-dramatically-improved-with-39-59-drop-in-industrial-and-road-emissions/

https://scitechdaily.com/thc-cbd-treatment-dramatically-reduces-agitation-in-dementia-trial/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-unwritten-social-oversight-forest-sustainable.html

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/diseases-medicine/experimental-plague-vaccines-protect-mice/

Five Things Going Right: July 24, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:06:09 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Materials surrounding a fusion reaction can dramatically increase how often it occurs, particularly at low; Natural sights and sounds are associated with significant positive mental health effects compared to urban; A new test detects Rocky Mountain spotted fever in 40 minutes using a two-step DNA method at room temperature; A new catalyst can convert plant waste containing lignin (up to 35% of discarded biomass) into valuable; FireSat satellite fleet aims to detect garage-size fires from space through smoke and clouds.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-materials-fusion-reaction.html

https://www.futurity.org/nature-mental-health-3341502/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nature-mental-health-3341502

https://www.futurity.org/rocky-mountain-spotted-fever-3341472/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rocky-mountain-spotted-fever-3341472

https://scitechdaily.com/new-catalyst-turns-stubborn-plant-waste-into-valuable-chemicals/

https://www.zmescience.com/space/a-new-fleet-of-satellites-could-spot-wildfires-before-they-spread/

Five Things Going Right: July 23, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:06:00 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A paralyzed man regained hand and arm control through double neural bypass surgery connecting his brain to; Mexico's 6-year drought may end by October 2024 due to wetter-than-normal El Niño rains; A brush test called qMIDS achieved 95.5% accuracy in diagnosing oral cancer in a trial of 545 patients, with; Japanese arborists use nemawashi technique to relocate centuries-old trees while preserving root systems; Northwestern University scientists demonstrated entangled photons can be sent through a 24.4-kilometer.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/paralyzed-man-can-feed-himself-and-pet-his-dog-again-thanks-to-double-neural-bypass-surgery/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rich-rainfall-set-to-bust-mexicos-6-year-drought/

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/07/scientists-trial-a-painless-brush-test-for-oral-cancer-that-returns-results-in-60-minutes/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-saving-trees-japan/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-quantum-internet-lab-real-world.html

Five Things Going Right: July 22, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:06:14 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Beijing has improved from one of the world's most polluted cities to 589th globally in air pollution ranking; UC Riverside researchers developed ruthenium nanoparticles that can convert captured perchlorate into; Sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) complete their entire reproductive cycle in the Alcatrazes Archipelago; People with severe obesity who exercise regularly have 6–7% reduction in carotid artery wall thickness and; Researchers at University of Pittsburgh and University of Chicago restored sense of touch in five spinal cord.

📚 Sources:

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/electric-vehicles-air-quality-health/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ruthenium-nanoparticles-captured-perchlorate-harmless.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-paulo-archipelago-ground-endangered-sharks.html

https://www.futurity.org/weight-loss-exercise-cardiovascular-health-3341262/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weight-loss-exercise-cardiovascular-health-3341262

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-restore-the-sense-of-touch-with-electrical-brain-stimulation/

Five Things Going Right: July 21, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:06:11 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Swiss architect Barbara Buser's K.118 project used 70% reclaimed materials and cut embodied carbon emissions; A cobalt aluminum nanolaminate has been developed that is up to 10 times stronger than structural steel while; QUT researchers achieved record thermoelectric performance in carbon nanotubes by using molecules to prevent; Early-career funding improves citations and scientific influence for women more than for men, based on a; American oystercatcher populations increased by 45% along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from 2008 to 2023 due.

📚 Sources:

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-if-we-never-built-another-new-building/

https://scitechdaily.com/new-metal-alloy-is-up-to-10-times-stronger-than-structural-steel/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-molecules-carbon-nanotubes-clumping-electricity.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-early-career-funding-scientific-citations.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-oystercatchers-sharp-bills-beady-eyes.html

Five Things Going Right: July 20, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:06:01 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Sagarmatha National Park was established in Nepal 50 years ago today (July 19) as the country's first; Harvard scientists built a silicon chip that writes DNA using electricity and water; An experimental drug repaired gut damage and reversed severe fatty liver disease in animals; An AI blood test (CardiOmicScore) can predict six major cardiovascular diseases up to 15 years before; Researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem demonstrated that plants can successfully manufacture β-casein.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060719/

https://scitechdaily.com/harvard-scientists-turned-a-silicon-chip-into-a-dna-factory/

https://scitechdaily.com/this-experimental-drug-repaired-the-gut-and-reversed-severe-fatty-liver-disease/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260716023603.htm

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-real-dairy-protein-scientists-unexpected.html

Five Things Going Right: July 17, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:05:59 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A farming programme in Sierra Leone founded by Mambud Samai teaches amputees sustainable farming, enabling; Medicaid enrollees in Massachusetts receiving medically tailored meals had 31% fewer hospitalizations and 20%; Researchers in South Korea have overcome a major electrical bottleneck in next-generation semiconductors by; Researchers discovered that amphibians that survive a deadly chytrid fungus develop powerful immune defenses; Sightings of blue whales and fin whales off Southern Africa's Atlantic coast have increased in recent years.

📚 Sources:

https://www.positive.news/environment/agriculture/sierra-leone-programme-helps-amputees-rebuild-lives-in-sierra-leone/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/food-is-medicine-study/

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-overcome-a-major-electrical-bottleneck-in-next-generation-semiconductors/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260714225523.htm

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/blue-fin-whale-sightings-conservation

Five Things Going Right: July 16, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:05:50 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Humpback whale population in Brazil grew from 2,000 in 1986 to around 35,000 today, a 27-fold increase since; Women, disabled players and minority groups are increasingly participating in grassroots football after being; The European Union has banned the destruction of unsold fashion and footwear; companies must reuse or recycle; The NIH's 'All of Us' Research Program has become the world's largest database of integrated health and; China's Tianwen-2 probe successfully rendezvoused with asteroid Kamoʻoalewa after traveling 1 billion.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/humpback-whale-watching-surges-in-brazil-where-population-has-grown-27-fold-since-whaling-ended/

https://www.positive.news/society/the-marginalised-groups-finding-community-through-football/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-no-more-clothing-waste/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-biobank-global-resource-roots-disease.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-billion-kilometers-china-asteroid-hunter.html

Five Things Going Right: July 15, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:05:55 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Kemp's ridley sea turtles declined by 99% by 1985 and have been recovering over 30 years; A wearable bioelectronic patch increased REM sleep in real-world trials without drugs or surgery; Microbes removed 96% of dissolved uranium from mine water; A study of hundreds of thousands of people by Cedars Sinai Medical Center found coffee is associated with; West African leopard density in Benin's Pendjari National Park rose between 2017 and 2023, with 30 individual.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/sea-turtles-endangered-species-recovery-kemps-ridley

https://scitechdaily.com/new-wearable-patch-boosts-rem-sleep-without-drugs-or-surgery/

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/these-microbes-removed-96-of-dissolved-uranium-from-mine-water/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/coffee-associated-with-lower-risks-of-liver-cancer-and-deadly-cirrhosis/

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/endangered-west-african-leopards-recovery-conservation

Five Things Going Right: July 14, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:05:51 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Researchers developed an AI method that can uncover previously hidden signs of multiple sclerosis in routine; An eight-hour eating window helped adults maintain weight loss one year after a 12-week intermittent fasting; Researchers have designed and built the first 3D thermal cloak device that can hide objects from heat in any; Researchers discovered that bacteriophages infecting Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni remained genetically; Previous snowfall analyses underestimated total seasonal snowfall by 37% over Lake Hampta area in one winter.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/new-technique-exposes-hidden-multiple-sclerosis-damage-in-routine-mri-scans/

https://scitechdaily.com/intermittent-fasting-benefits-may-last-long-after-the-diet-ends/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-3d-thermal-cloak.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-family-tree-viruses-grew-paves.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-himalayan-snowfall-miscalculated-years.html

Five Things Going Right: July 13, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:05:54 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Japanese scientists discovered a bacteria from a frog species that destroyed cancer tumors in one dose; A new tool called Tree Value Visions has been developed by researchers working with residents and officials; Bacteria can convert soluble uranium into a stable compound to immobilize uranium in contaminated water; Researchers at Technical University of Munich developed an autonomous drone system using laser reflectance to; Scientists at the Broad Institute developed the Blended Genome Exome (BGE) method that lowers sequencing.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/japanese-find-frog-bacteria-that-wipes-out-cancer-tumors-with-a-single-dose/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-trees-hotter-cities-approach-bolster.html

https://scitechdaily.com/bacteria-turn-toxic-uranium-into-a-surprisingly-stable-compound/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-autonomous-drones-volcanic-gas-clouds.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-genome-sequencing-approach-powering-genetics.html

Five Things Going Right: July 10, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:06:26 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A multi-institution marine monitoring network in Lower St. Lawrence detected twice as many earthquakes as the; Scientific publishing generates around 19 billion U.S. dollars annually with 40% margins, largely from; A UC Irvine study identified a DNA mechanism in Greenland sharks that helps them maintain vision over; A large international study suggests today's hip replacements may last much longer than previously thought; Oak trees continue absorbing carbon dioxide long after their annual growth has ended, suggesting forests may.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-marine-network-environmental-shipping.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-scientific-knowledge-free.html

https://scitechdaily.com/this-400-year-old-shark-may-hold-the-secret-to-preserving-human-vision/

https://scitechdaily.com/hip-replacements-are-lasting-far-longer-than-doctors-once-thought/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260708022210.htm

Five Things Going Right: July 9, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:06:07 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Scientists in Canada have discovered that underground rocks naturally produce hydrogen gas in large; A social enterprise called Relume in Olympia, Washington hires newly arrived refugees to make sustainable; University of Missouri researchers developed an AI model that uses variable-rate seeding to help farmers; Governments and humanitarian organizations used mobile phone and online platform data to track movements and; Older adults who received the recombinant shingles vaccine (Shingrix) had a 24% lower risk of dementia.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/canada-successfully-exploring-for-white-hydrogen-gas-a-clean-power-source-beneath-existing-mines/

https://www.positive.news/economics/social-enterprise/refugee-candlemakers-rebuilding-lives-through-work/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-future-ai-farm.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ai-digital-migration.html

https://www.futurity.org/shingles-vaccine-dementia-risk-3339832/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shingles-vaccine-dementia-risk-3339832

Five Things Going Right: July 8, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:05:59 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: US tidal wetland productivity (gross primary production) rose 6% over 2001-2020 based on satellite data; Removing invasive buckthorn and immediately seeding native grasses and wildflowers, followed by herbicide; A spray-on hydrogel can stop bleeding from deep wounds in seconds; A new review published in Frontiers suggests many adults could benefit from more protein and more exercise; Nobel Laureate Omar Yaghi is testing a material that can harvest water from the air.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-satellite-reveals-tidal-wetland-productivity.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-upfront-investment-native-pay-dividends.html

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/a-spray-on-gel-powder-could-help-medics-stop-bleeding-from-deep-wounds-in-seconds/

https://scitechdaily.com/the-secret-to-healthy-aging-may-be-more-protein-and-more-exercise/

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-nobel-winning-chemist-is-trying-to-pull-drinking-water-from-desert-air/

Five Things Going Right: July 7, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:06:07 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Rooftop solar panels in Pakistan now contribute one-fifth of the total national power supply; External shading can reduce indoor temperatures by over 6°C in UK homes during heat waves; Japanese rice varieties cultivated on Kauaʻi using upland methods matured one month earlier than in Japan; University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers developed two techniques (PAC-MAN and AI-based prediction) to; Millions of retired EV batteries could be repurposed to help solve grid storage problems.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rooftop-solar-gave-power-to-pakistan-when-fossil-fuels-failed-its-now-called-a-boom/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-expert-redesigning-uk-homes-cope.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-rice-hawaii-japanese-cultivars-yield.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-world-deadliest-infection-pac-ai.html

https://www.zmescience.com/future/millions-of-old-ev-batteries-could-get-a-second-life-helping-power-the-grid/

Five Things Going Right: July 6, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:06:02 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 performed a flyby of asteroid Torifune on July 6, 2026, coming within 800; Exercise improves joint function in aging, and avoiding activity is not beneficial for aging joints; Analysis of 5.5 million Spanish convictions (2007-2023) shows that when controlling for age and gender; Stanford researchers reversed age-related memory loss in mice by restoring gut-brain communication through; An author spent 6 months reading hundreds of poems written by teens and found they are full of hope.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-japan-space-probe-skims-asteroid.html

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reveal-the-best-exercises-for-aging-joints/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-spain-million-convictions-immigration-crime.html

https://scitechdaily.com/stanford-scientists-reverse-age-related-memory-loss-by-targeting-the-gut/

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/1455-young-poets-anthology

Five Things Going Right: July 3, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 01:06:09 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Malaria transmission in Southeast Asia has fallen 67% over the last 15 years; Deaths linked to air pollution in London fell an estimated 40 percent between 2019 and 2024, according to an; CYGNSS, launched by NASA in 2016, transformed earth science by using reflected GPS signals and paved the way; Plastic bottles attached to fishing nets reduced dolphin bycatch by 88% while maintaining fish catch levels; Gray seal populations in the Wadden Sea increased to 12,497 adults and 3,385 pups during the 2025–2026 survey.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/southeast-asia-nears-malaria-elimination-down-two-thirds-since-2010/

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/07/air-pollution-deaths-in-london-fall-40-percent-over-five-years/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-satellite-constellation-earth-science-creatively.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-discarded-plastic-bottles-dolphins-fishing.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-gray-wadden-sea.html

Five Things Going Right: July 2, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:06:06 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Prioritizing direct emissions cuts over carbon dioxide removal could save 33,000 U.S. lives annually by 2050; 9 female white rhinos have been reintroduced to a Mozambique national park as part of a broader effort to; Frozen and canned vegetables are nutritionally comparable to fresh vegetables and offer a more; A strain of baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae significantly inhibits growth and disease-causing; Analysis of 28,323 U.S. census tracts found walkable, greener neighborhoods with mixed-use streets correlate.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-emissions-carbon-yearly.html

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/herculean-effort-to-restore-mozambiques-rhino-population-succeeds-with-61-animals-moved-there/

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/nutrition-medicine/are-frozen-and-canned-vegetables-as-good-as-the-fresh-ones-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-baker-yeast-potential-treatment-persistent.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-walkable-greener-neighborhoods-linked-physical.html

Five Things Going Right: July 1, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:06:07 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Nepal's Supreme Court on June 18, 2026 issued a binding directive ordering the government to guarantee equal; Bruce Devlin, without a degree, was promoted twice in four years and became senior quality engineer at a; Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory demonstrated that molybdenum disulfide catalyst converts methane; A minimally invasive procedure blocking abnormal blood vessels around the knee may offer lasting pain relief; Penn State researchers identified a corn trait (longer xylem vessel elements and deeper roots) that improves.

📚 Sources:

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/nepals-highest-court-orders-government-to-guarantee-same-sex-marriage-rights/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/skill-based-job-training-uk/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-abundant-catalyst-methane-valuable-liquid.html

https://scitechdaily.com/new-nonsurgical-knee-treatment-delivers-lasting-pain-relief/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-newly-corn-trait-crop-drought.html

Five Things Going Right: June 30, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:06:11 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: India, China, and Indonesia have recorded record low infant mortality rates; 50 million Africans across 40 countries now have electricity access through a $15 billion World Bank and; NUS scientists developed an oral vaccine using virus-like particles delivered by Lactococcus lactis bacteria; An international expedition drilling the Great Barrier Reef has reconstructed 30,000 years of reef collapse; Strengthening circadian rhythms may help the brain recover after stroke, even when treatment begins days.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/record-low-child-mortality-rates-recorded-in-both-india-and-china/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/billion-dollar-program-connects-50-million-people-to-the-power-grid-across-africa/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-breakthrough-aquaculture-oral-vaccine-fish.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-great-barrier-reef-drilling-reveals.html

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-surprising-way-to-help-the-brain-recover-after-stroke/

Five Things Going Right: June 29, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 01:06:08 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Injectable silk-kudzu hydrogel achieved complete wound closure in laboratory tests within 72 hours; Rodent eradication on Lord Howe Island has resulted in a surge in invertebrate populations, particularly; A study of 134 elections in 16 countries (1990-2021) found that stronger unemployment welfare systems are; Mountain lion visits to a small California preserve (45 miles south of San Francisco) between 2015 and 2020; A laser-based 3D imaging system developed by Prof. Zhang Zhirong's team enables precise detection.

📚 Sources:

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-silk-kudzu-hydrogel-wound-closure.html

https://scitechdaily.com/worlds-largest-island-rodent-eradication-sparks-remarkable-invertebrate-comeback/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-unemployment-welfare-curb-populism.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260620100424.htm

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-laser-based-3d-imaging-enables.html

Five Things Going Right: June 26, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:06:05 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: The SunZia project, a 3,650-MW wind project with 550-mile HVDC transmission line, is fully operational and; Music therapy at NIMHANS helped a stroke patient regain functional speech and coordination, costing $42 USD; A UNC Chapel Hill study of 1,100+ young adults found that social media messages featuring relatable peers; Crushed concrete from nuclear sites removed 82% of strontium-90 from solution in air-exposed conditions; Soil pH below 7.0 regulates symbiotic bacteria (Burkholderia) acquisition in rice stink bugs, with.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/usas-largest-renewable-project-comes-online-with-more-power-than-the-hoover-dam/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/music-therapy-brain-injury/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-social-media-messages-counter-youth.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-nuclear-site-concrete-tool-strontium.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-soil-ph-rice-bug-outbreaks.html

Five Things Going Right: June 25, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:37:32 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A man with HIV received the world's first HIV-to-HIV lung transplant; Chilangas FC, founded in 2022, is one of six women's blind football teams in Mexico helping visually impaired; Nonthermal plasma approach maintained stable catalyst performance at 34.1% CO conversion for 30 hours in; Pseudomonad bacteria boost crop growth in salty soils across multiple plants (maize, tomato, rapeseed) by; A prototype motor using ferroelectric fluids can rotate without magnets or metal rotors by harnessing.

📚 Sources:

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/a-man-with-hiv-just-received-the-worlds-first-hiv-to-hiv-lung-transplant/

https://www.positive.news/world/the-blind-football-team-opening-up-the-world-for-women-in-mexico/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-plasma-approach-catalysts-longer-hydrogen.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-pseudomonads-boost-crop-growth-salty.html

https://scitechdaily.com/a-plastic-motor-just-defied-a-century-of-engineering-assumptions/

Five Things Going Right: June 24, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:05:58 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Between 2020 and 2024, zero women aged 20-24 in England died from cervical cancer, the first such five-year; The International Labour Organization voted on June 12 to adopt a binding convention setting enforceable; A refugee woman from Iran completed free training courses in baking and coffee-making in the UK and started a; Researchers are developing hardier strains of insects (black soldier flies, crickets, mealworms) for farming; A 10-year experiment with 3,000+ European seabass found that heat-induced male bias reversed by the third.

📚 Sources:

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/hpv-vaccine-brings-cervical-cancer-deaths-to-near-zero/

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/06/historic-ilo-vote-gives-gig-workers-labour-rights-for-the-first-time/

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/well-grounded-coffee-jobs/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-aim-hardier-herds-worms-productive.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-warmer-seas-female-fish-species.html

Five Things Going Right: June 23, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:05:47 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: CAR T-cell therapy sent five lupus patients into remission in a UK trial; A 14-year-old diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer and given 8 months to live is now cancer-free 4 years later; A bird-derived gene tool inserts plant DNA 30 times more efficiently than CRISPR; Antarctic ice loss may be reliably projected over the next 30 to 50 years, a period scientists say is crucial; Scientists discovered an 84-meter-tall tree called 'The Heaven Sword' in Taiwan after a decade-long search.

📚 Sources:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/groundbreaking-potential-lupus-cure-sends-patients-into-remission-allowing-dreams-to-be-fulfilled/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/given-just-8-months-to-live-teen-is-cancer-free-4-years-on-thanks-to-doctors-promise/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-bird-derived-gene-tool-inserts.html

https://scitechdaily.com/antarcticas-future-may-be-more-predictable-than-scientists-thought/

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-have-found-the-heaven-sword-after-years-of-looking/

Five Things Going Right: June 22, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 01:05:55 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Research shows that even modest physical activity can influence well-being and disease outcomes, with; White roofs and urban parks reduce city temperatures and heat-wave vulnerability but cannot offset a; NASA's ERNEST rover prototype completed a 16-mile autonomous journey with minimal human intervention in the; Measles vaccine-induced T cells were able to recognize the deadly Nipah virus, raising the possibility of; North America has sufficient deposits of rare earth elements to supply its own clean energy and modern.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/the-most-powerful-drug-of-all-isnt-found-in-a-pill-bottle/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-white-roofs-urban-cities-offset.html

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-nasa-advanced-capabilities-moon-mars-1.html

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-immune-cells-that-can-fight-both-measles-and-nipah/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-north-america-rare-earth-elements.html

Five Things Going Right: June 19, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:05:46 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: University of Rochester researchers developed a solar-thermal desalination system using laser-etched black; Arizona's 27 wildlife crossings have reduced collisions by 90%; L'Heure Civique is reinventing volunteering in France by creating flexible, short-term volunteer; Ireland made its basic income scheme for artists permanent after research showed it boosted the economy; Scientists Say We’ve Been Wrong About the Aging Brain.

📚 Sources:

https://www.futurity.org/ocean-water-drinking-water-3338592/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ocean-water-drinking-water-3338592

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/new-arizona-wildlife-overpass-crossing

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/the-civic-hour-volunteering/

https://www.positive.news/economics/imagination-and-creation-are-products-of-time-and-space/

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-say-weve-been-wrong-about-the-aging-brain/

Five Things Going Right: June 18, 2026

Stan Berteloot — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:23:41 -0400

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, verified against the original reporting. Today: An experimental vaccine could neutralize fentanyl and design, Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden d, Colombia passed the first bill in Latin America to ban femal.

📚 Sources:

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-fentanyl-vaccine-could-neutralize-designer-drugs-and-prevent-overdoses/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260617032211.htm

https://squirrel-news.net/colombia-passes-first-bill-in-latin-america-to-end-fgm-chinas-ev-boom-sees-fewer-deaths-londons-tree-ring/

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-farm-scientists-reveal-hidden-future.html

https://scitechdaily.com/68-quadrillion-miles-scientists-map-earths-vast-hidden-fungal-network-for-the-first-time/