Five Things Going Right

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Humpback whale population in Brazil grew from 2,000 in 1986 to around 35,000 today, a 27-fold increase since; Women, disabled players and minority groups are increasingly participating in grassroots football after being; The European Union has banned the destruction of unsold fashion and footwear; companies must reuse or recycle; The NIH's 'All of Us' Research Program has become the world's largest database of integrated health and; China's Tianwen-2 probe successfully rendezvoused with asteroid Kamoʻoalewa after traveling 1 billion.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Kemp's ridley sea turtles declined by 99% by 1985 and have been recovering over 30 years; A wearable bioelectronic patch increased REM sleep in real-world trials without drugs or surgery; Microbes removed 96% of dissolved uranium from mine water; A study of hundreds of thousands of people by Cedars Sinai Medical Center found coffee is associated with; West African leopard density in Benin's Pendjari National Park rose between 2017 and 2023, with 30 individual.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Researchers developed an AI method that can uncover previously hidden signs of multiple sclerosis in routine; An eight-hour eating window helped adults maintain weight loss one year after a 12-week intermittent fasting; Researchers have designed and built the first 3D thermal cloak device that can hide objects from heat in any; Researchers discovered that bacteriophages infecting Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni remained genetically; Previous snowfall analyses underestimated total seasonal snowfall by 37% over Lake Hampta area in one winter.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Japanese scientists discovered a bacteria from a frog species that destroyed cancer tumors in one dose; A new tool called Tree Value Visions has been developed by researchers working with residents and officials; Bacteria can convert soluble uranium into a stable compound to immobilize uranium in contaminated water; Researchers at Technical University of Munich developed an autonomous drone system using laser reflectance to; Scientists at the Broad Institute developed the Blended Genome Exome (BGE) method that lowers sequencing.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A multi-institution marine monitoring network in Lower St. Lawrence detected twice as many earthquakes as the; Scientific publishing generates around 19 billion U.S. dollars annually with 40% margins, largely from; A UC Irvine study identified a DNA mechanism in Greenland sharks that helps them maintain vision over; A large international study suggests today's hip replacements may last much longer than previously thought; Oak trees continue absorbing carbon dioxide long after their annual growth has ended, suggesting forests may.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Scientists in Canada have discovered that underground rocks naturally produce hydrogen gas in large; A social enterprise called Relume in Olympia, Washington hires newly arrived refugees to make sustainable; University of Missouri researchers developed an AI model that uses variable-rate seeding to help farmers; Governments and humanitarian organizations used mobile phone and online platform data to track movements and; Older adults who received the recombinant shingles vaccine (Shingrix) had a 24% lower risk of dementia.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: US tidal wetland productivity (gross primary production) rose 6% over 2001-2020 based on satellite data; Removing invasive buckthorn and immediately seeding native grasses and wildflowers, followed by herbicide; A spray-on hydrogel can stop bleeding from deep wounds in seconds; A new review published in Frontiers suggests many adults could benefit from more protein and more exercise; Nobel Laureate Omar Yaghi is testing a material that can harvest water from the air.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Rooftop solar panels in Pakistan now contribute one-fifth of the total national power supply; External shading can reduce indoor temperatures by over 6°C in UK homes during heat waves; Japanese rice varieties cultivated on Kauaʻi using upland methods matured one month earlier than in Japan; University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers developed two techniques (PAC-MAN and AI-based prediction) to; Millions of retired EV batteries could be repurposed to help solve grid storage problems.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 performed a flyby of asteroid Torifune on July 6, 2026, coming within 800; Exercise improves joint function in aging, and avoiding activity is not beneficial for aging joints; Analysis of 5.5 million Spanish convictions (2007-2023) shows that when controlling for age and gender; Stanford researchers reversed age-related memory loss in mice by restoring gut-brain communication through; An author spent 6 months reading hundreds of poems written by teens and found they are full of hope.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Malaria transmission in Southeast Asia has fallen 67% over the last 15 years; Deaths linked to air pollution in London fell an estimated 40 percent between 2019 and 2024, according to an; CYGNSS, launched by NASA in 2016, transformed earth science by using reflected GPS signals and paved the way; Plastic bottles attached to fishing nets reduced dolphin bycatch by 88% while maintaining fish catch levels; Gray seal populations in the Wadden Sea increased to 12,497 adults and 3,385 pups during the 2025–2026 survey.