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All the places you can find the 'rescued climate data' the Trump administration has erased
The Trump administration has shut down websites like climate.gov and other climate data projects. Academics, journalists, and nonprofit organizations are working to rebuild what has been lost.
The Spanish Town Doing Capitalism Better
There are all kinds of enormous, impressive and, frankly, noisy machines at work across the 20,000 square meters of industrial warehouses at the headquarters of Fagor Arrasate, a manufacturing company…
Australia’s biggest gun reform in 30 years kicks off this November
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Eight months after a shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach killed 15 people, Australia is following through. New South Wales starts a…
Are algae oil supplements worth taking? Here’s the evidence
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a pattern in the supplement industry that tends to repeat itself. Researchers find that people who eat foods rich in a particular nutrient…
Bamboo tiny homes survive a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. They were built for the price of a smartphone
These simple one-room homes could be a new blueprint for scalable disaster housing.
Australia is working to catch 5,000 of the world's smallest penguins to vaccinate them against bird flu
Capturing wildlife to vaccinate them is difficult, particularly because the bird flu vaccination requires they be caught twice, for two doses.
New report shows trans students thrive when their teachers support them: 'Higher grades and belonging'
Actions as simple as asking for and affirming a student’s name and pronouns can make trans students feel substantially safer and more likely to succeed in the classroom, a new…
This sea turtle had an incredible 92-day recovery. See the day she finally got her barnacles removed
Syrena made headlines last year when she was rescued from the Gulf of Mexico, barely able to swim. Now, her rescuer is sharing never-before-seen clips from her incredible recovery.
California condors are critically endangered and hard to spot in the wild. Two just photobombed a trail camera
ALERTCalifornia has over 1,200 cameras set up across the state to monitor wildfires. Two condors took an interest in one trail camera high above a mountaintop.
Startup matches college students in need of housing with boomer homeowners who have rooms to spare
Students trade their time to support retired homeowners who need a little extra help. In exchange, they have a cheap place to stay.
What We’re Reading: Should Short Flights Be Banned?
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. On track…
Rage workouts don’t calm you down, research finds. Here’s what does.
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Slamming tires with a sledgehammer, pummeling a punching bag, running yourself into the ground when you’re furious: the premise behind rage workouts is that…
Why the poo taboo has held back a killer disease, and what’s changing
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There is a disease that kills more than one million people a year, nearly half of them children under five, and it rarely breaks…
Humpback whale entanglements are on the rise. Oregon is trying innovative 'rope-free crab traps' to help
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopts new rules to enforce vessel monitoring system and to begin testing pop-up gear in state’s Dungeness crab fishery.
Two disabled cats are going viral for beating all the odds: '5.5 half legs, three claws, two crooked tails, one titanium skull'
Oliver, the cat with the “titanium” skull, is going viral on social media three years after his harrowing brain surgery.
This photographer left trail cameras in a remote Kenyan forest for months. He uncovered a hidden 'wildlife highway'
Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas initially visited Maasai Mara to study its black rhino population. Then he found an oasis for all forest species.
The Trump administration wants to scrub 'disparaging' national park history. Meet the librarians preserving it anyway
The revisions have scrubbed or softened accounts of violence, slavery, activism and lived experiences, raising questions about whose stories the government considers worth telling.
A hospice patient's last wish was to snuggle a golden retriever with 'puppy breath.' Gladdie was the girl for the job
The patient received his diagnosis at the same time as his previous dog, who had recently passed away. These strangers gave him some “golden retriever love” one last time.
The ‘Sisterhood’ Protecting Indonesia’s Coral Reefs
When she was 21, Gabriela Nathania H dove underwater with a cohort of four strangers off the coast of Gili Air. The tiny island is one of three that make…
5 phrases to teach kids that will serve them for life
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM You spend the first few years of your kid’s life repeating words back to them, hoping one will stick. “Mama.” “Dada.” “Ball.” And then…
Rooftop rainwater could break cities’ air conditioning trap
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Air conditioning is making cities hotter, and that’s not incidental. It’s the physics. Every AC unit pulls heat from inside a building and dumps…
Maine will continue providing gender-affirming care for minors, despite latest federal attempt to block it
Maine will continue providing gender-affirming care despite an announcement from the Trump administration banning Medicaid from covering hormone therapy and procedures for children under 18.
Researchers discover groundbreaking details about sea turtle migration patterns: 'Crucial to conservation'
The new research followed male sea turtles, which often do not get the same attention as female nesting turtles.
Humans used to kill lions in this African village. Now, they get health benefits in exchange for saving big cats
The nonprofit Lion Landscapes uses trail cameras to incentivize villagers to earn “points” for spotting and saving local wildlife.
Traveling Doctors Are Filling the Gaps in Rural France
At the end of 2020, Dr. Jean-Luc Bernard, a family doctor who had been caring for the community in Ajain, France, for over 40 years, finally hung up his stethoscope…
Beard dandruff remedies dermatologists swear by
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM If you’ve put real time into growing and grooming your beard, discovering a film of flakes underneath it can feel so unfair. All that…
Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Cleared tropical rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity within a single human generation, according to new research from Ecuador’s Chocó region,…
Late summer monsoon leads to 'signs of recovery' in Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef has again shown its remarkable ability to recover. But we can’t take this for granted.
Good News This Week: August 15, 2026 – Otters, Libraries, & Signs
Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating…
Researchers find reading maps is good for our brains: 'Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's'
Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of Alzheimer's, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
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Helping you feel more hopeful and do more good. Covers community stories and acts of kindness.
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Making solutions the news. Covers solutions-oriented journalism in health, science, and society.
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