• America’s prison population has declined to its lowest level since 1992, with around 1.2 million people behind bars, down from a 2009 peak of 1.6 million. The Atlantic.
• What happens when you trade doomscrolling for hopescrolling. Zocalo Public Square.
• MrBeast and others YouTubers surpass $40M goal in global clean water fundraiser. Good Good Good.
• St. John’s Lutheran Church in Madison, Wisconsin to demolish existing worship space to create 110 units of affordable housing. Good Good Good.
• In July 2025, 99.7% of new capacity in the US came from clean energy and storage projects. Cleanview.
• Global solar installations surge 64% in first half of 2025 compared with last year. Ember.
• In Austraila, the ampurta, a rat-sized marsupial micro-predator, is no longer endangered. Science Direct.
• Solar-powered electric plane unofficially sets new altitude record during five hour flight. New Atlas.
• AI stethoscope can detect three heart conditions in 15 seconds. British Heart Foundation.

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• Scientists whose innovations saved millions of lives. Our World in Data.
• Between 2015 and 2024, humanity recorded one of the fastest expansions of basic welfare of all time: 961 million people gained safe drinking water, 1.2 billion gained safe sanitation, and 1.5 billion gained access to basic hygiene services, while the number of unserved fell by nearly 900 million. WHO.
• Global childhood leukemia deaths have fallen by 59% since 1990. BMC.
• Giving pregnant women $1,000 cut infant deaths by 48% in rural Kenya. NBER.
• Rubella eliminated as a public health problem in Nepal. United Nations.
• Solar panel imports into Africa jumped 60% in the 12 months through June 2025, setting a record that could reshape electricity systems in many countries. electrek.
• In the first half of 2025, wind and solar delivered just over 20% of U.S. electricity, overtaking coal and nuclear for the first time. electrek.
• Global EV sales up 27% in 2025. Clean Technica.
• The snub-nosed monkey population in China has more than tripled since the 1980s. BBC.
• Dusky gopher frogs rebound after near-extinction in Mississippi. The New York Times.
• Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant. The Guardian.

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• Indonesia’s poverty rate falls to 20-year low in March 2025. Antara.
• There’s been a nearly 50% reduction in the national multidimensional poverty rate in Iraq since 2011. UNDP.
• Extreme poverty in Argentina fell to 7.4%, down from 18.2% a year ago. The Rio Times.
• Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children. The Guardian.
• In the US in the 1950s, over 500 out of every 100,000 people died of cardiovascular disease each year. Today, that figure is below 150 — a decline of around three-quarters. Our World in Data.
• A man who has returned to work a year after being registered blind says new AI glasses have been “life-changing”. BBC.
• Scientists reversed memory loss in mice by boosting mitochondrial activity. Science Daily.
• NASA’s new AI model can predict when a solar storm may strike. MIT Technology Review.
• 12-year-old girl designed solar-powered sleeping bags for her homeless neighbors. Good Good Good.
• Houston is building 80 3D-printed homes start at just $200K. Good Good Good.

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• Kenya achieves elimination of sleeping sickness. WHO.
• Mexico’s welfare policies helped 13.4 million people out of poverty. The Guardian.
• Brazil sees lowest level of homicides since 2012. Le Monde.
• Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death. YLE.
• Australia wipes $10 billion off student loans. Reuters.
• Four-day work week benefits workers and employers, new study shows. Popular Science
• Oil spills from tankers have fallen to less than one-thirtieth of the levels seen in the 1970s. Our World in Data.
• Renewables have taken the lead in Dutch electricity production. Our World in Data.
• New manta ray species discovered. Oceanographic.
• Scientists confirm two new species of pika in the Himalayas. Good Good Good.
• Student invents 3d-printed cast that’s lightweight, breathable, water-resistant, and more comfortable than traditional fiberglass casts. Good Good Good.
• Pancreatic cancer vaccine showed promise in early trial. NBC News.

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• Timor-Leste certified malaria-free. WHO.
• COVID vaccines saved 2.5 million lives globally. Science Daily.
• The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global. New Atlas.
• Murder in the US dropped by 14.9% in 2024. Jeff-alytics.
• Gates Foundation pledges $2.5 billion to women’s health initiatives. STAT News.
• Illinois public schools will offer 3rd through 12th-grade students a free, optional mental health screening once a year. Chicago Tribune.
• Solar power now is 41% cheaper and wind power is 53% cheaper globally than the lowest-cost fossil fuel. AP.
• Scientists just found a coral species they thought had gone extinct 24 years ago. Smithsonian Magazine.
• In 2014, over 140 million animals around the world were farmed and killed for their fur. By 2024, that number plummeted to just 20.5 million. Vox.
• ‘Big-butt starfish,’ ‘little sweet potato’ and dozens of never-before-seen species recorded during deep-sea expedition off Argentina. Live Science.
• How Android phones became an earthquake warning system. Ars Technica.
• Australian researchers used AI to design a new protein that kills drug-resistant E. coli. Science News Today.

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