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Animals · ScotlandToday's good news
Here is today's good news, and the best of the last few days: positive, uplifting and happy news from every corner of the world.
It's not just feel-good news. Every story is verified at its original source (scientific studies, official bodies, trusted outlets) and comes with its impact number, because good news should have to prove itself too.
Photo: Jack Boyette, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Animals · AmphibiansFrogs wiped out by a fungus in Brazil's Atlantic Forest have bounced back, 40 years on
Photo: Fundación Azara
Education · ArchaeologyArchaeologists in Argentina will livestream a dig at an Inca city
Photo: © MICS photo/video · Mingan Island Cetacean Study
Animals · OceansSilt, a 38-year-old right whale, has her sixth calf off Quebec
Photo: Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Science · ArchaeologyScientists crack the code of a 400-year-old padlock from a shipwreck: it was ANCE
Photo: © IJF Media by Emanuele Di Feliciantonio
Sport · SenegalJudoka Matar Diop wins Senegal's first Youth Olympic medal, on home soil
Photo: Asier Gómez Olivencia / Alvar Manjón García
Science · PalaeontologyBasque cavers recover Iberia's only complete skeleton of a young cave lion
Photo: VHIO
Health · CancerNine in ten patients with advanced medullary thyroid cancer alive at three years on selpercatinib
Photo: VHIO
Health · CancerBarcelona scientists find a weak spot in liver cancer cells
Photo: Johanna Marghella / Anagrama
Wins · BooksColombian writer Margarita García Robayo wins Spain's Herralde Prize for a novel about her African roots
Photo: ICP / CSIC
Science · FarmingSpanish scientists halve aphid-spread crop viruses with a harmless decoy particle
Photo: Michael Ott / MHH
Health · Gene therapyOne-off gene fix frees patient from weekly alpha-1 infusions
Animals · Lost birds
West African forest bird unseen since 2013 photographed in Côte d'Ivoire
Animals · United States
55 zoo-raised and rescued Texas horned lizards return to the wild
Planet · Thailand
Artificial mangrove roots slow erosion on the coast near Bangkok
Science · Palaeontology
South African town's 'ancient ovens' turn out to be 400,000-year-old termite nests
Health · Personalised medicine
Barcelona hospital to build digital twins of patients to test treatments before using them
Health · Diabetes
Drug-free electronic implant lowers blood sugar in diabetic mice
Science · Palaeontology
Giant extinct bird from Flores 'hobbit' cave named after Indonesian scientist
Animals · Conservation
Kazakhstan releases its second tiger into the wild, 70 years after losing its own
Science · Archaeology
Intact Roman child's sarcophagus found in Romania, clay toys still inside
Health · Rare diseases
First gene therapy that could slow Huntington's disease gets fast-track FDA review
Planet · Circular economy
Argentine scientist turns brewery and coffee waste into a material that could replace plastic
People · Reto Pelayo Vida
Five cancer survivors set out to cross Senegal by bike and kayak
Science · Palaeontology
Seven-metre predatory dinosaur from Patagonia named after a young scientist
Questions about good news
Where can I read good news every day?
Happy News of the Day publishes positive news every day about science, health, the planet, people, animals and education from around the world. You can also follow us on Instagram at @happynewsoftheday.
Is the positive news you publish real?
Yes. Every story is checked against its original source (a study, an official body or a trusted outlet), and we link to it at the end of the piece. If it cannot be verified, we do not publish it.
What kind of good news do you cover?
Scientific and medical breakthroughs, species and ecosystems recovering, collective wins, people helping others, education, and data showing how the world is getting better.
How can I get the best good news of the week?
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