Sometimes We Can Have Nice Things: Our 10 Favorite Feel-Good Stories of 2023 (www.scientificamerican.com)
Here’s the best, most inspiring and coolest science we encountered this year
Court victory for activists who disrupted Israel's weapons trade (electronicintifada.net)
Thailand sends 3 orangutans rescued from illicit wildlife trade back to Indonesia (apnews.com)
Long thought to be extinct in Kenya, giant pangolins are now being helped back from the brink (www.theguardian.com)
Canadians in mental health crisis can now call 988 (www.cbc.ca)
Wellington celebrates first kiwi chicks in the wild in 150 years (www.rnz.co.nz)
Two kiwi chicks have been born in the wild in Wellington, the first in more than 150 years....
Sea turtle nests break records on Florida, US beaches (www.cbsnews.com)
Jobs, not jail: A judge was sick of sending kids to prison, so he found a better way (www.usatoday.com)
Superior Court Judge John Phillips remembers the day 23 years ago like it was yesterday....
Why Turkey, Eggs and Air Travel Just Got Cheaper (www.thebignewsletter.com)
Hedgehog’s spine, anteater’s snout: Long-lost mammal rediscovered in Indonesia (www.cnn.com)
Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet of a mole, in Indonesia’s Cyclops Mountains more than 60 years after it was last recorded....
Resc-ewed: Britain's loneliest sheep saved from shoreline (www.bbc.co.uk)
A Sydney aquarium is helping endangered zebra sharks bounce back in Indonesia (www.abc.net.au)
The End of Norway's Sole Norwegian-Owned Coal Power Plant (www.highnorthnews.com)
North Atlantic right whale population has steadied, scientists say (www.cbc.ca)
The annular solar eclipse will cross over North America on Saturday, Oct. 14. How to make a DIY annular solar eclipse viewer using paper, scissors, tape, foil, and a shoe box or cereal box. (kfor.com)
[USA, Nespelem, WA] 23 Buffalo Released on the Colville Reservation. These herds preserve the ecosystems that sustain both bison and tribal communities. (www.tribaltribune.com)
These herds preserve the ecosystems that sustain both bison and tribal communities.
‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup (www.geekwire.com)
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10,000 Wild Oysters Released Onto Human-Made Reef off Coast of England (www.ecowatch.com)
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Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier elected in Manitoba (www.theguardian.com)
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LeVar Burton to Lead 2023 Banned Books Week [October 1–7, 2023] as Honorary Chair | Banned Books Week (bannedbooksweek.org)
A new era for Arecibo: legendary observatory begins next phase (www.nature.com)
White Rhino Population Rebounds for the First Time in a Decade (abcnews.go.com)
Scientists successfully maneuver robot through living lung tissue | Science Daily (www.sciencedaily.com)
Switch in fishing methods saves thousands of dolphins (tribune.com.pk)
Pakistan’s territorial waters are home to 25 kinds of dolphins, notably spinner, bottlenose and tropical dolphins – and these endangered creatures were falling prey to the nets in massive numbers....
First Baby Beaver in 160 Years Seen in S.F. Bay Area Exciting Scientists with Possibility of Recovery (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
