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The Mona Lisa is finally getting her own room. It's about time

May 22, 2026

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9 min read

The Mona Lisa is finally getting her own room. It's about time

Plus: a man who spent his retirement buying back family land and gave it away, the window washer saving Kansas City's best restaurants, and free ice cream for every kid in town all summer long

Prince William is selling his land. Here's what he's building instead
LockSimple

May 21, 2026

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8 min read

Prince William is selling his land. Here's what he's building instead

Plus: Australia's brilliant fix for a sea urchin plague, India's new law that pays you to stop and help, and a Florida man who found $30,000 and spent days trying to give it back.

A sealed tomb untouched for 2,600 years just gave up its secrets

May 20, 2026

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9 min read

A sealed tomb untouched for 2,600 years just gave up its secrets

Plus: 4th graders with lemonade stands fighting to save their favorite eagles, a 400-year-old oak that won the heart of a continent, and the tortoise guardians of India

He paid off a room full of graduates' loans. Then he told them why
LockSimple

May 19, 2026

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8 min read

He paid off a room full of graduates' loans. Then he told them why

Plus: a British cop on vacation who saved an American officer's life, 18 rescue workers who spent six hours underground for one dog, and 260 volunteers who dropped 20,000 oysters into the sea.

He streamed for 9 days. He raised $67 million for kids with cancer

May 18, 2026

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8 min read

He streamed for 9 days. He raised $67 million for kids with cancer

Plus: the nonprofit that's been changing sick kids' lives one college team at a time, three teenagers who found a microplastic solution in their kitchen, and why going to a museum might be the best thing you do for yourself this week

She put her dream on hold for 40 years. Then she became a doctor at 73

May 15, 2026

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9 min read

She put her dream on hold for 40 years. Then she became a doctor at 73

Plus: Iraq is rebuilding a 5,000-year-old monument brick by brick, America's roads are cleaner than they've been in years, and a Welsh valley is finding a beautiful new purpose

A butterfly extinct in Britain for 100 years is coming home
LockSimple

May 14, 2026

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8 min read

A butterfly extinct in Britain for 100 years is coming home

Plus: a Greek island gets protection for its monk seals, a WWII river obstruction is finally gone, and Shanghai just pulled off something impressive with 25 million people

A dancer lost her body to ALS. Technology gave it back

May 13, 2026

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8 min read

A dancer lost her body to ALS. Technology gave it back

Plus: how Jamaica cut its murder rate nearly in half, a conservation win in South Africa nobody saw coming, and a wind turbine that is also a data center.

He had nothing. He found something priceless. He gave it back
LockSimple

May 12, 2026

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8 min read

He had nothing. He found something priceless. He gave it back

Plus: a man who mortgaged his home to save a 100-year-old pub, wild horses returning to Mongolia after 65 years, and the simple thing that cuts surgery recovery time.

She donated her daughter's hand. Then she got to hold it again

May 11, 2026

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8 min read

She donated her daughter's hand. Then she got to hold it again

Plus: Africa's rarest antelope gets a second chance, Americans are drinking less than ever, and a Scottish village is solving homelessness one front door at a time

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