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The town Santa Claus lost 40 pounds so he could donate a kidney to a stranger

Aug 7, 2026

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The town Santa Claus lost 40 pounds so he could donate a kidney to a stranger

Plus: locals who tripled the protected seascapes along 300 miles of Turkey's coast, the scientists who unlocked wolfsbane's medical potential after 2,000 years, and Japan's new fireworks that dissolve in water

He turned down half a billion dollars and gave the company to charity instead

Aug 6, 2026

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8 min read

He turned down half a billion dollars and gave the company to charity instead

Plus: HIV infections and AIDS deaths at their lowest levels in 30 years, self-healing contact lenses that repair scratches with UV light, and the longest predator exclusion fence in the Pacific protecting Hawaii's rarest seabirds

A stranger spent his family inheritance on a $15,000 piano for a boy he'd never met

Aug 5, 2026

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8 min read

A stranger spent his family inheritance on a $15,000 piano for a boy he'd never met

Plus: John Adesoye, who graduated as a nurse at 64 after studying alongside his son, the Okefenokee Swamp joining the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone on the UNESCO list, and Alberta's sniffer dogs stopping invasive mussels at boat inspection stations

16-year-old lifeguard leads heroic rescue

Aug 4, 2026

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8 min read

16-year-old lifeguard leads heroic rescue

Plus: a Wisconsin stranger who handed three stranded rock musicians his truck keys and walked away, a chihuahua that wouldn't stop pawing at his owner's arm until she found the cancer, and Mars just got stranger

A lynx was rescued from war-torn Ukraine and felt grass under her paws for the first time

Aug 3, 2026

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A lynx was rescued from war-torn Ukraine and felt grass under her paws for the first time

Plus: all 11 aboard a seaplane that crashed and caught fire in Puget Sound survived, an enzyme that could clean up America's abandoned mine sites, and Japan's earthquake response included reuniting families with lost pets

She spotted a disabled veteran limping across the tarmac and posted a video. Strangers raised $180,000 to help him retire

Jul 31, 2026

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She spotted a disabled veteran limping across the tarmac and posted a video. Strangers raised $180,000 to help him retire

Plus: a 14-year-old Montana rancher who lassoed a drowning man on the Yellowstone River, Africa's wildfire season quietly getting shorter, and global hunger below 8% for the first time since the pandemic

He started taking his baby daughter to the library every week. Now dozens of Atlanta dads show up together
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Jul 30, 2026

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He started taking his baby daughter to the library every week. Now dozens of Atlanta dads show up together

Plus: 3,000 free eye surgeries in Trinidad in 12 days, tiny bamboo bridges that doubled a crab population in Taiwan, and Serbia's national bird back from the brink

Ghost nets have been strangling the ocean floor for decades. Hyundai and Healthy Seas just turned them into car floor mats

Jul 29, 2026

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9 min read

Ghost nets have been strangling the ocean floor for decades. Hyundai and Healthy Seas just turned them into car floor mats

Plus: American Indian schools hit their highest graduation rates in history, a Texas ranch that lets you control a telescope from your living room, and how Micronesia went from one internet provider to dozens

Scientists may have just found the first moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system
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Jul 28, 2026

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Scientists may have just found the first moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system

a 71-year-old grandmother who only learned to swim after retiring, Europe's air quality dramatically cleaner, and the Indian grey hornbill back in Gir after 60 years

She performed for 40 years. Now Portugal's last circus elephant has 1,000 acres to herself

Jul 27, 2026

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She performed for 40 years. Now Portugal's last circus elephant has 1,000 acres to herself

Plus: the first puffin chick born on England's south coast in three decades, a 350-year-old garden that just reappeared under parched grass at Chatsworth House, and why states are starting to make data centers pay their taxes

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