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Climate change

Salmon Have Returned to the Klamath River for the First Time in a Century — Just One Year After the Dams Came Down

In what conservationists are calling one of the most dramatic rewilding successes in American history, Chinook salmon have restored their ancient…

March 9, 2026

Medicine

Martha's Rule Has Received 10,000 Calls in 16 Months — And Changed Care for Thousands of NHS Patients

The NHS scheme that lets worried families request an urgent review of a patient's care has triggered 446 potentially life-saving interventions in…

March 9, 2026

Science

Scientists Have Flipped a Magnet With Light for the First Time — Opening the Door to Light-Controlled Electronics

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Basel have achieved a breakthrough in spintronics: using a laser beam to flip the polarity of a s…

March 9, 2026

Medicine

This Prostate Cancer Drug Had 'Unprecedented' Results — 14 Tumours in One Patient Vanished Completely

A new immunotherapy drug, VIR-5500, has produced 'stunning' early results in men with advanced prostate cancer — a disease previously considered …

March 20, 2026 · prostate cancer · immunotherapy

Climate change

EVs Are Already Cleaning the Air — Satellites Just Proved It

A landmark USC study published in The Lancet Planetary Health found that for every 200 electric vehicles added to a California neighbourhood, nit…

March 20, 2026 · electric vehicles · air quality

Medicine

Surgeons Repaired Spina Bifida Before Birth — and Added Stem Cells. All Six Babies Had Brain Abnormalities Reversed.

In the world's first in-utero stem cell therapy for spina bifida, surgeons applied a stem-cell-coated patch directly onto fetuses' exposed spinal…

March 20, 2026 · spina bifida · stem cells

Society

'Pints and Ponytails': 35 Dads Gathered at a London Pub to Learn How to Braid Their Daughters' Hair

A heartwarming TikTok showing 35 fathers sitting in a London pub with mannequin heads and beers, learning to braid their daughters' hair, went vi…

March 20, 2026 · fathers · parenting

Technology

AI Smart Glasses Win £1 Million Prize for Helping People With Dementia Live Independently

London startup CrossSense has won the £1 million Longitude Prize on Dementia for their AI-powered smart glasses that guide people with early-to-m…

March 20, 2026 · dementia · AI

Nature

Wind and Solar Beat Fossil Fuels in Europe for the First Time Ever — Generating 30% of All EU Electricity in 2025

For the first time in history, wind and solar panels generated more electricity than fossil fuels across the European Union in 2025, reaching 30%…

March 20, 2026 · renewable energy · wind power

Science

Scientists Engineered Bacteria to Turn Plastic Bottles Into a Parkinson's Disease Drug

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to convert PET plastic — the material in drinks bottles —…

March 20, 2026 · plastic recycling · Parkinson's disease

Animals

Koalas Were Losing Their Genetic Diversity. A Population Explosion Just Gave It Back.

A landmark study published in Science reveals that koalas in Victoria, which recovered from just 102 individuals to nearly 500 over 35 generation…

March 20, 2026 · koala · conservation genetics

Society

2.2 Billion More People Have Clean Water Today Than in 2000. This Sunday, the World Celebrates.

This Sunday, March 22, is World Water Day 2026 — and there is genuine good news to mark it. Since the year 2000, 2.2 billion people have gained a…

March 20, 2026 · World Water Day · clean water

Society

A London Pub Invited Dads to Learn How to Do Their Daughters' Hair. 15 Million People Watched.

What started as a simple workshop in a London pub — dads learning to braid and style their daughters' hair over a quiet pint — turned into a vira…

March 20, 2026 · pints and ponytails · dads

Science

Astronomers Confirm a Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Just 10.7 Light-Years Away

GJ 887 d, a super-Earth at least 6 times Earth's mass, has been confirmed orbiting within the habitable zone of the star GJ 887 — making it the s…

March 20, 2026 · exoplanet · GJ 887 d

Medicine

Doctors Applied Stem Cells to Babies' Spines Before Birth. The Results Are Extraordinary.

A world-first trial at UC Davis Health has shown that applying placenta-derived stem cells to a fetus's spine during in-utero surgery for spina b…

March 21, 2026 · spina bifida · stem cells

Animals

A Butterfly That Vanished from Britain 40 Years Ago Is Back — and Officially Breeding Again

The large tortoiseshell butterfly, last seen as a resident of Britain in the 1980s, has been officially declared a breeding species again by Butt…

March 21, 2026 · large tortoiseshell butterfly · Britain

Society

A Mystery Donor Left 21kg of Gold Bars at Osaka City Hall. The Note Said: Fix the Water Pipes.

In November 2025, an anonymous person walked into Osaka's Waterworks Bureau and left 21 kilograms of gold — worth $3.6 million — with one request…

March 21, 2026 · Osaka · Japan

Society

A Customer Saw a 78-Year-Old Delivering Her DoorDash. Strangers Raised Him Nearly $1 Million.

Richard Pulley was DoorDashing at 78 because his wife had lost her job and they needed to cover their bills and medication. Then a customer poste…

March 21, 2026 · Richard Pulley · DoorDash