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A Scottish family just gave away an island they've owned for 320 years. One hundred thousand birds will thank them

Jun 12, 2026

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A Scottish family just gave away an island they've owned for 320 years. One hundred thousand birds will thank them

Plus: the Japanese 7-Eleven owner who never forgot a stranger's kindness, therapy donkeys changing lives in a Paris psychiatric hospital, and the English inventor who's keeping tons of microplastic out of your laundry water

A mouse's spinal cord was severed completely. 28 days later, it walked normally

Jun 11, 2026

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8 min read

A mouse's spinal cord was severed completely. 28 days later, it walked normally

Plus: a melanoma vaccine that's still working five years on, the whole of British Columbia showing up to find one lost dog, and a builder in Chicago who stopped a construction site cold for a nest of four egg

A twice-yearly injection just prevented HIV in every single participant. Every one

Jun 10, 2026

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A twice-yearly injection just prevented HIV in every single participant. Every one

Plus: mangroves are making a global comeback, a 17,000-year-old cave painting in Wales has just been correctly identified, and a California condor touched down in Oregon for the first time in 122 years

Activists in China just stopped a highway from destroying the last habitat of a critically endangered bird

Jun 9, 2026

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Activists in China just stopped a highway from destroying the last habitat of a critically endangered bird

Plus: what a river in Herefordshire looks like six years after a farmer razed it, new research on sleep and brain aging, and the story of a Mexican avocado harvest that ended in the world's largest bowl of guacamole

She asked them to find her missing brother. He was volunteering in their own shop

Jun 8, 2026

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She asked them to find her missing brother. He was volunteering in their own shop

Plus: orcas back in UK waters in numbers not seen for decades, a California water company quietly closing the plastic recycling loop, and three deer who couldn't wait for their new bridge to be finished

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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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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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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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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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

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

A Scottish family just gave away an island they've owned for 320 years. One hundred thousand birds will thank them

A mouse's spinal cord was severed completely. 28 days later, it walked normally

A twice-yearly injection just prevented HIV in every single participant. Every one

Activists in China just stopped a highway from destroying the last habitat of a critically endangered bird

She asked them to find her missing brother. He was volunteering in their own shop

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

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