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SeaWorld San Antonio recently welcomed 7 rescued beluga whales, following a nearly 2,000 mile journey, as part of an urgent, unprecedented international effort to relocate 30 belugas from a closed marine park in Canada t
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Dan Cuthern had been under a Missouri overpass with his dog Bentley for more than a decade — until five women decided to change that.
Fifteen years old and missing for more than ten of them, Buttercup turned up at a Florida shelter — and her chip did the rest.
Twenty-three calves were spotted this season — a hopeful sign for one of the world's most endangered whales.
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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The U.S. Indian boarding school system spent decades trying to remove Native American languages from Native children. Kids were separated from their families and punished, sometimes v
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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Picture yourself running late to a dreaded appointment. Your shoulders climb toward your ears, your jaw tightens, and every red light feels like a targeted attack. Now picture driving
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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Czech researchers at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague are building titanium joint implants with a porous internal structure designed to hold medication and release
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The British singer-songwriter and frontman of alt-J on capturing creative sparks and the rise of the far-right The post Life lessons: Joe Newman on what life so far has taught him appeared first on Positive News .
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The government is overhauling school food standards in England for the first time in more than a decade The post How schools are winning children over to healthier lunches appeared first on Positive News .
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At Groundswell, experts debated how to get more nature-friendly foods on shelves. Here are three key takeaways The post Will regeneratively grown food become mainstream? appeared first on Positive News .
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A man who dresses up every year as Santa Claus to spread Christmas cheer has just delivered a very special present. Though central Virginia is far too hot for Santa’s reindeer to flyover, the gift couldn’t wait until Dec
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A company which learned that Singapore’s recycling rates have “plateaued” around 11% is deploying over 100 refill machines for cleaning products around the city. Reducing the cost of packaging has allowed the household p
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100 years ago today, American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Called “The Queen of the Waves,” she was an Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in 5 events for w
The news moves fast; progress moves slowly. Zoom out, and the long trends are some of the best good news there is.
Share of the world living on less than ~$2.15/day. About half the world was in extreme poverty in 1950; today it's fewer than one in ten.
Share of children who die before their fifth birthday. It has fallen in every decade since 1950 — from nearly 1 in 4 to fewer than 1 in 25.
Source: UN IGME / World Bank
Share of adults who can read and write. It has climbed from roughly a third of the world in 1950 to nearly nine in ten today.
Source: UNESCO / Our World in Data
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