The man who accidentally saved an entire snail species

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Feb 20 • Jacob Simon

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You can pick the best wildlife photo of the year!

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Feb 13 • Jacob Simon

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Why did Rembrandt's $20M lion masterpiece vanish? (a surprisingly good reason)

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Feb 6 • Jacob Simon

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January 2026

The community scientist who brought the firework flower back from the dead

This firework flower was extinct for 58 years until two Beans rediscovered it.

Jan 30 • Jacob Simon

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Frog saunas, and shovels made from old guns

This week's underrated progress, solutions, and people...

Jan 23 • Jacob Simon

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Underrated heroes: replanting a forest, herding tires out of a river, rebuilding homes with war debris...

And more stories of what's still going right in the world!

Jan 16 • Jacob Simon

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For the first and only time, we've started 2026

And here's the good news so far...

Jan 9 • Jacob Simon

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December 2025

What went right in 2025?

The best good news stories from each month this year, chosen out of thousands of stories of progress...

Dec 24, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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This teacher 3D printed a working hand for his student [vol. 179]

Plus some of the best photos you've seen all year, a big court win, a potential new Nobel Prize category, and more...

Dec 19, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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This 14-year-old's origami could become a popup building in emergencies [vol. 178]

Plus 10 stories of progress from this week, from an Indigenous anime, to transforming vacant lots into flower farms...

Dec 12, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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How community scientists are tracking monarch butterflies

Plus 7 of this week's best stories of progress, from saving a dying Indigenous language, to new fungal mosquito repellant.

Dec 5, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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November 2025

What went right in November? [176]

The world's oldest park ranger, getting more offshore wind power, and 10 of the best stories from November...

Nov 28, 2025 • Jacob Simon

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