Cities embrace nature by removing concrete for greener spaces (www.bbc.com)
A pacemaker for the brain helped a woman with crippling depression (abcnews.go.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12224558...
Rhinos are returned to a plateau in central Kenya, decades after poachers wiped them out (apnews.com)
Vaccine Targeting KRAS in Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancer Shows Promise (www.mskcc.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11553430...
Japan Zoo Recaptures Escaped 'Bear' in Adorable Emergency Drill (gizmodo.com)
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Why a rare image of one of Malaysia’s last tigers is giving conservationists hope (www.cnn.com)
Camera Catches Sighting of a Tiger with Cubs for First Time in 10 Years, Raising Hopes for Species in Thailand (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk (www.kpbs.org)
An unlikely citizen scientist is helping to save an endangered dolphin that lives in Pakistan’s Indus River. He’s a fisherman who cannot read or write....
Good news you may have missed in 2023 - CBS (yewtu.be)
After 34 Years, Someone Finally Beat Tetris (youtu.be)
A weirdly uplifting video about the niche world of torturing Tetris until it crashes
Germany approves global minimum corporate tax (www.reuters.com)
Abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature (www.cnn.com)
Golf courses, despite occupying large green spaces, are not necessarily good for the environment. Land is often cleared to make way for a fairway and maintaining the pristine turf often requires a lot of water, regular mowing and the spraying of fertilizers and pesticides – none of which is good for biodiversity....
Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment, a study found. (www.businessinsider.com)
cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1021018...
Keith the emu finds forever home after southern Alberta highway stroll (www.cbc.ca)
Same-sex couples line up to register under Latvia's new civil union law (www.lgbtqnation.com)
The Magnet Fisherman’s Dilemma: What to Do With $70,000 Before It Disintegrates - The New York Times (Free article) (archive.ph)
It’s pretty cool that the government has a department that can delicately extract damaged money and return new bills to people. I wish this article went into the process of how they do it!
We're closer to tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030 than we look – IEA (electrek.co)
Nearly 50 countries are on track to reach or surpass their current plans – and China is by far the biggest contributor. It’s not yet set an official target, but China’s goal of 1,200 GW of solar and wind capacity by 2030 – which it’s expected to surpass this year
Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: Researchers Discover Novel Way To Potentially Halt Disease Progression (scitechdaily.com)
cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/10510968...
Munywana Conservancy in South Africa Receives Donation of 40 Southern White Rhino in First Step of Continent-wide Initiative to Rewild 2,000 Rhino (www.africanparks.org)
Dog spared being put down by animal shelter joins ranks of first responders in Prince George's (www.nbcwashington.com)
Afghanistan: Child taken by floodwaters saved by a stranger (www.bbc.com)
Louisiana supreme court to rehear case on letting child sexual abuse victims sue (www.theguardian.com)
Tunde Onakoya: Nigerian attempts to break chess marathon record (www.bbc.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14461713...
Brazil’s President Lula creates two new Indigenous territories, bringing total to 10 (www.nbcnews.com)
The World Health Organization said Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out the "revolutionary" new Men5CV vaccine against meningitis. (www.reuters.com)
Last year, a 50% rise in annual cases was reported across 26 African countries regarded as meningitis hyperendemic countries.
