160: Stephen Hawking's Blackboard
Plus, The Hum, the science of love, uncanny valleys and caring robots, and good news on rubella, the four day work week, gray wolves in the US, and clean energy down under.
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159: Elite Mountain Rescue
Plus, micromorts, a fusion breakthrough, electric schoolbuses, TED talks, and good news on sleeping sickness, HIV in Australia, clean steel in Europe, and ocean conservation in Cuba.
Good News on Guinea Worm, Divorce, Ivory and Tigers
Plus, cancer declines in the EU, teen pregnancy falling in India, conservation wins in Costa Rica, a fur ban by Dolce & Gabbana, and 752 miles on a single charge.
158: No More Dead Butterflies
Plus, an mRNA vaccine for HIV, ten love letters to Earth, exoplanets, and good news on Guinea Worm, divorce, record clean energy investments, butterflies, and tigers.
157: Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Plus, a new kind of MRI, hiking robots, world rugby XV, and good news for the Everglades, women's rights in Pakistan and India, rewilding in Finland, and electric vehicle range anxiety.
Good News on Giraffes, Cancer, Child Marriage and Floating Wind
Plus, the 'Great Blue Wall,’ psychedelics in Canada, a long-awaited animal rights win in Italy, clean energy records Down Under, and a historic commitment to womens' rights in Kenya.
156: Immortality on the Neck of a Giraffe
Plus, sub-eight hour genetic sequencing, grumpy old men, silicon carbide body armour, and good news on cancer in the US, children's rights in the Phillipines and fin whales in Antarctica.
155: The Birth of Lightning
Plus, sea dragons, superheated plasma, gold-coated cosmic eyes, and good news on global child mortality, girls' education in Tanzania, animal rights in Italy and a game-changing new regulation on renewables in China.
99 Good News Stories From 2021
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Good News, 9th December 2021
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No 154: The things you don't see coming
Plus, coral IVF, marriage equality for Chile, animal rights in Spain, a highly effective alternative for treatment-resistant depression, sustainable glitter, a new charity partner and an update from FC HQ.
No 153: Hopepunk
Plus, phenomenal imaging resolution in a live brain, cancelling Leunig, a Glasgow half full, Mama Elephant and good news on measles, global tobacco use, prostate cancer in Canada, the Amazon of Europe and the regeneration of the Thames.
Good News, 8th November 2021
An enormous new marine park for one of the most biodiverse ocean corridors on the planet. Plus, why COP26 is going better than you think, and good news on stroke rates, war deaths, human rights in Chile, democracy in Kazakhstan, turtles, cheetahs and the end of animal testing in Mexico.
No 152: Space Tacos
Plus, ghost ancestors, the most impressive computer vision we've ever seen, good news on stroke rates, the recovery of a Saharan antelope, and conservation in the Pacific.
No 151: An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles and Stars
Plus, a guide to Glasgow, the mathematical secrets of 42, why emotions are nurture not nature, and good news on global war deaths, polio vaccine rollouts, democracy in central Asia, poaching declines in Malawi, and the return of sea turtles in Cape Verde
Good News, 16th October 2021
An incredible new weapon in the war against one of humanity's oldest and deadliest foes. Plus, good news on landmines, healthcare in India and Haiti, a coal ban in China's industrial heartland, the end of overfishing in the United States, and a massive new marine reserve in the Atlantic.
No 150: Primordial Compound Eye
Plus, neuroaesthetics, cancer-killing parasitic fungi, the Dionysus effect, and good news on public health in Haiti, a new global tax arrangement, energy storage, conservation in China, and the end of overfishing in the United States.
No. 149: If You Say The Word
Plus, farmscrapers, the first ever vaccine for a parasitic disease, plastic-eating enzymes, and good news on global landmine clearances, good governance in Indonesia, a coal ban in Guangdong, and the restoration of three national monuments in the United States
Good News, 2nd October 2021
Electric vehicles are coming WAY faster than you think. Plus, good news on coal funding from China, global cholera cases, access to electricity in Bangladesh, attitudes to race in the United States, wildlife crossings, and the largest philanthropic donation for conservation of all time.
No. 148: Rainbow Circles
Plus, a new story for the New World, why astrology matters, 3D-printed army barracks, and good news on children's rights in the Phillipines, gay marriage in Switzerland, fossil fuels divestment in Quebec, and new animal protections in Hawaii.
No. 147: Cascatelli
Plus, biblical meteor explosions, a gene-editing cure for HIV, a massive announcement on coal from China, and good news on cholera in Yemen, EVs in Germany, and the largest philanthropic donation for conservation of all time.
Good News, 17th September 2021
A landmark decision for human rights in Mexico. Plus, the sexiest electric pickup truck on the planet, and good news on the global coal pipeline, US poverty, declines in leprosy, multiple conservation wins in Australia, and the recovery of Atlantic tuna.
No. 146: E-Ute
Plus, starling murmurations, artificial kidneys, Buddhism for dogs, and good news on poverty reductions in the US, the decline of leprosy, vanishing global coal pipelines, and bandicoot recoveries in Australia.
No. 145: Fungal Intelligence
Plus, the most powerful magnetic field ever created, how a deep ocean bacteria led to a cure for brain cancer, and good news on human rights in Mexico, sanitation in India, a major divestment milestone in the US, and the recovery of tuna stocks in the Atlantic.
