• 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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• Emergency vaccinations cut outbreak deaths by nearly 60% preventing millions of infections and saving billions of dollars in economic losses. Gavi.
• Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma. WHO.
• New Orleans recorded fewer murders through June 2025 than any year since 1970. New York City has only recorded fewer murders once through June since 1960. Philadelphia recorded the fewest murders since 1969, Los Angeles since 1966, Baltimore since 1965, Detroit since 1964, and San Francisco had the fewest ever recorded. Jeff-alytics.
• Ozzy Osbourne’s final show was the highest-grossing charity concert of all time, raising more than $190 million for three charities. Billboard.
• Divorce in decline: only about 40% of today’s marriages will end in divorce. Institute for Family Studies.
• Since 2010, there has been a 65% decline in the amount of coal used by the power sector in the United States and there’s been six times more coal power plants retired than constructed this century. Reuters.
• How persistence and dedication brought a rare bat species back from the brink. Conservation Optimism.
• Baltic ringed seal numbers increase five fold since the toxic ’70s. Oceanographic.
• Electric cars are so fast that a Ferrari can’t catch a Kia now. Inside EVs.
• AI helps prevent medical errors in real-world clinics. Time.

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• Republicans scrap plan to cut $400 million from PEPFAR, an anti-AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives since 2003. Time.
• The rate of children aged 5 to 14 living in multidimensional poverty in Rwanda has more than halved from 25.3 per cent in 2016/17 to 11.9 per cent in 2023/24. The New Times.
• London’s low-traffic zones cut deaths and injuries by more than a third. The Guardian.
• Missouri becomes 31st state to end luxury tax on menstrual products and diapers. stlpr.
• Smart brain-zapping implants could revolutionize Parkinson’s treatment. Nature.

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• Mexican first responders arrive in Texas to support flood relief efforts. Good Good Good.
• Baltimore has had its fewest homicides in 50 years. Fox Baltimore.
• Burundi eliminates trachoma as a public health problem. WHO.
• People are now putting up a gigawatt’s worth of solar panels, the rough equivalent of the power generated by one coal-fired plant, every fifteen hours. The New Yorker.
• India hits 50% non-fossil power milestone five years ahead of schedule. Reuters.
• In an historic first, solar power generated more electricity than any other source in the EU last month. Euronews.
• A secret population of one of the most endangered animals in South America was just discovered in Chile. Good Good Good.
• Paris reopens Seine River to public swimming for first time in a hundred years after clean up program. The Guardian.
• Robot performs 1st realistic surgery without human help. EurekAlert!

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• In 1987, 30% of countries were classified as low-income and 25% as high-income. By 2024, these ratios shifted to 12% low-income and 40% high-income. World Bank.
• In the US, deaths attributable to heart attacks plummeted by 89 percent between 1970 and 2022. Journal of the American Heart Association.
• New York City recorded its fewest number of shooting victims in three decades — and the second-lowest murder rate — in the first half of 2025. NY Daily News.
• Poland’s clean energy usage overtakes coal for first time. Financial Times.
• Norway offered residents a chance to win a $1,000 prize for recycling; now 97% of all plastic bottles are returned. Good Good Good.
• Flint replaces most lead pipes 10 years after the Michigan water crisis. NBC News.
• About 1,000 lost pets are being found each month thanks to AI-powered facial recognition software. CNET.

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• Before the 1970s, most children affected by leukemia would quickly die from it. Now, most children in rich countries are cured. Our World in Data.
• In the US, drug overdoses killed more than 31,000 people under the age of 35 in 2021. That number plummeted to only 16,690 fatal overdoses in 2024. NPR.
• In the early 1980s, nearly 1,400 out of every 100,000 children under five died of pneumonia every year in Nepal. By 2021, the death rate dropped to only 75 per 100,000. Our World in Data.
• Suriname certified malaria-free. WHO.
• Homicide rates in Italy have dropped by 80% since 1990. Our World in Data.
• After peaking at more than 1.6 million Americans in 2009, the prison population was just more than 1.2 million at the end of 2023, and is on track to fall to about 600,000. The Atlantic.
• So far in 2025, solar power has accounted for 25% of Pakistan’s utility-supplied electricity, which makes it one of fewer than 20 nations globally that have sourced a quarter or more of monthly electricity supplies from solar farms. Reuters.
• In recent months, about 70% of all new passenger vehicles sold in Nepal were electric. Clean Technica.
• Amazonian scorpion venom can kill breast cancer cells. Science Alert.
• New Zealand scientists stumble upon way to reduce cow dung methane emissions by 90%. Bloomberg.

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• Ireland is Europe’s sixth country to end coal power generation. Irish Examiner.
• A cutting-edge cancer therapy offers hope for patients with lupus. The New York Times.
• Mexico’s conservation efforts spur dramatic recoveries for 20+ species of seabirds. All About Birds.
• Colombia declares child marriage unconstitutional. Co1ombia.

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