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

May 29, 2026

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10 min read

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
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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
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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

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
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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

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