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Today is World Environment Day. Here's one thing you can do right now

Jun 5, 2026

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Today is World Environment Day. Here's one thing you can do right now

Plus: Papua New Guinea just protected an ocean the size of the UK, 97,000 Connecticut residents woke up to find their hospital bills gone, and Arsenal's old football socks are now treating sick horses

The pianist got sick. 2,500 people held their breath. One man raised his hand

Jun 4, 2026

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8 min read

The pianist got sick. 2,500 people held their breath. One man raised his hand

Plus: Kruger National Park turns 100, triplet lemurs born at a Georgia theme park, and tonight two planets and the moon are putting on a show in the sky above you

The most North Atlantic right whale calves in 17 years were just born. Here's why it matters

Jun 3, 2026

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9 min read

The most North Atlantic right whale calves in 17 years were just born. Here's why it matters

Plus: the London man rescuing building materials from landfill, a Wisconsin trooper who found a kitten on the highway and never looked back, and why your next battery might be made of table salt

Papua New Guinea cut malaria deaths by 92%. No vaccine required

Jun 2, 2026

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9 min read

Papua New Guinea cut malaria deaths by 92%. No vaccine required

Plus: the wildflowers quietly cleaning up Britain's old mining sites, a tiny English plant that came back from 17 individuals, and the ancient Japanese art form that started with fishermen pressing their catch onto paper

A woman walking to work in Ithaca noticed some bees. There were 5 million of them

Jun 1, 2026

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9 min read

A woman walking to work in Ithaca noticed some bees. There were 5 million of them

Plus: a coal mine in England reclaimed by owls, a Louisville restaurant that gives every dollar of profit away, and a grieving mother who found a 3-carat diamond

They drained the Everglades to build suburbs. Twenty years later, the panthers are back

May 29, 2026

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They drained the Everglades to build suburbs. Twenty years later, the panthers are back

Plus: regulations are actually working on forever chemicals, Italy just connected 2,900 miles of ancient pilgrimage trails, and China cloned a yak that barely exists anymore

They found Achilles under a field in northern France

May 28, 2026

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8 min read

They found Achilles under a field in northern France

Plus: why making children laugh matters more than you think, a jogger in South Africa who saved an endangered penguin, and 30 years of quiet work that kept one California creek pristine

A disease that infected 3.5 million people a year now has 10 cases left

May 27, 2026

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9 min read

A disease that infected 3.5 million people a year now has 10 cases left

Plus: a rescue dog in New Zealand who saved her owner right back, 30,000 volunteers who answered one man's call to plant a million trees, and a 108-year-old woman who just renewed her driver's license

The two largest whales on earth are slowly coming back

May 26, 2026

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8 min read

The two largest whales on earth are slowly coming back

Plus: how DNA is helping track down pangolin poachers, a phone case company that built an ocean cleanup platform, and the Hong Kong coffee farmers proving you can grow anything anywhere

The art made by people with PTSD that's quietly healing a neighborhood

May 25, 2026

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9 min read

The art made by people with PTSD that's quietly healing a neighborhood

Plus: an owl that got new feathers and flew straight back into the wild, an asthma drug that may fight cancer, and a deputy who showed up for a stranger in the most unexpected way

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

Today is World Environment Day. Here's one thing you can do right now

The pianist got sick. 2,500 people held their breath. One man raised his hand

The most North Atlantic right whale calves in 17 years were just born. Here's why it matters

Papua New Guinea cut malaria deaths by 92%. No vaccine required

A woman walking to work in Ithaca noticed some bees. There were 5 million of them

They drained the Everglades to build suburbs. Twenty years later, the panthers are back

They found Achilles under a field in northern France

A disease that infected 3.5 million people a year now has 10 cases left

The two largest whales on earth are slowly coming back

The art made by people with PTSD that's quietly healing a neighborhood

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