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Beavers helping to reduce drought with wetlands
Research shows beavers are creating more wetland areas since being reintroduced to the wild.
Science wins, community successes, and quiet progress that never trends — the good news that gets drowned out.
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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 25-year-old Argentinian biologist Pilar Ferrer has developed an injectable gel that helps repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack
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🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath
Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.
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Good news! The Senate adjourned this morning without taking steps toward passing the voting restrictions bill.
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Got slapped with a $17K vet bill this week but the good news is the little guy will be FINE. For about 24 hours we thought he may not make it and I've never been this close to jumping off a bridge in my life
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Mia has been back to the vet today for a follow up and some more tests - good news is she seems to be recovering well at this stage
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Today in the GOOD NEWS ONLY ....
When people rise up and fight
Both DEMOCRATS and Republicans
This is in RURAL MAGA COUNTY
Edgecombe County North Carolina
More than 30 local governments have passed moratoriums
NO DATA CENTERS public outcry
This is how it's down
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Fishing Guide Dials 911 for Entangled Manatee, Leading to Rescue While Calf Watches - Good News Network
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Fishing Guide Dials 911 for Entangled Manatee, Leading to Rescue While Calf Watches - Good News Network
A manatee is swimming free again thanks to a fishing guide who reported the animal tangled in crab trap lines, and the Georgia and Florida wildlife experts who raced to the scene. The drama played out...
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Very cool!
I’m sure we will have to wait until this regime is gone before we can benefit from this amazing research!
#believethescience
#Pinks
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And here's another one, because we can't have enough good news stories www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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some Good News from the world of vaccinations 💉
"Around 50% fewer infants under 6 months were admitted to intensive care with RSV disease in England... [demonstrating] the annual impact of the NHS RSV maternal vaccination programme for the first time."
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Newborn ICU admissions drop 50% in first full year of RSV maternal vaccine programme
While around 60% of women giving birth every month are vaccinated, UKHSA warns many thousands of babies still at risk.
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The good news?
This isn't goodbye. Two more solar eclipses are heading for Europe: a total one in 2027, an annular one in 2028.
That's right, it's #EclipsesOnTourInEurope. Start planning!
#EuropeanSolarEclipse 🔭
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Some good news. The world's first Alzheimer's vaccine is making progress. Researchers in Bhaskar’s lab and a spinout company are developing an experimental vaccine that trains the immune system to generate antibodies against toxic tau proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s. 🔄
www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists discover a protein that protects the brain from Alzheimer’s damage
A protein called SORLA may act as a powerful defense against the toxic tau tangles involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Mice with extra SORLA had less tau accumulation, less brain atrophy, and healthier c...
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Need some good news? (I was part of this last year when we put solar panels on our roof!)
Link: buff.ly/PL12DLO
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Good News: The Cherokee Nation has just banned data centers on tribally owned lands! 👏👏👏👏👏
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Good morning with good news: Global solar generation rose 103% to 1,564 TWh in H1 2026, up from 769 TWh in H1 2023;
It grew globally an average of 27% per year this decade!
Solar was 10% of global electricity in H1 2026, up from 5.6% in H1 2023.
It's 25% of global power from 11am-2pm.
#energysky
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Good news for public health: A new tool is tracking the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases across the U.S., providing open access to data that is timely, detailed and designed for broad audiences: vist.ly/5ee22
hub.jhu.edu
New U.S. Disease Tracker strengthens monitoring of vaccine-preventable diseases
Site initially tracks measles, meningitis, and whooping cough at state/substate levels with detailed visualizations
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A good news environmental story when we need one more than ever www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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'Rare and beautiful': Owl population booms following mouse plague
Clutches of barn owl chicks found inside a grain silo and cockatoo boxes indicate a "smorgasbord" of food, experts say.
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New data: Good news! Spring sales at Pike Place Market were also up in 2026 compared to 2025, about ~5%!
Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social
Pike Place Market just released new sales data for Feb 2026. Looks like Jan+Feb 2026 had 11% higher sales than Jan+Feb 2025 (before the pedestrian pilot)! Congrats Seattle, you managed to find a way to shop at the market in the dead of winter without driving your cars through the middle of it.
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More good news on the drought front: 🌧️
• More of the DC area is now drought-free
• Potomac River flows have recovered enough to suspend daily drought monitoring
• But 10"+ rainfall deficits linger in spots
And more rain is on the way Sunday.
Latest report: www.capitalweather.com/mo….
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More of the DC area emerges from drought after recent rains
More of the region is drought-free, but significant precipitation deficits linger and drought persists north and west of DC.
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For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme "birds in their natural environment" & Alt #Raptors, I offer these Spectacled Owls (Pulsatrix perspicillata) that we saw in Puerto Limón in Costa Rica where they have successfully restored much their rainforest to ensure natural habitat for these raptors & more.
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Good news: California is taking a leap forward by rejecting paraquat-based pesticides. Paraquat has been linked to Parkinson’s disease in farmworkers & agricultural communities.
This action protects communities & wildlife & lays the foundation for safer, more sustainable pest management practices.
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