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In this episode Nile talks about an amazing new Leukemia treatment, another great Indian Supreme Court ruling, advancements in the protection of the ocean a new discovery that's so great it boggles the mind and more!

Show links:

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-landmark-order-supreme-court-says-digital-access-a-fundamental-right-8292719

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-implant-lets-man-with-als-speak-and-sing-with-his-real-voice/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164381?ref=fixthenews.com

https://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/u.s-adds-8.6-gw-of-new-solar-module-manufacturing-capacity-one-of-its-strongest-quarters-of-growth-in-u.s-history/?ref=fixthenews.com

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-solar-boom-counters-power-shortages.html?ref=fixthenews.com

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/octopus-energy-launches-first-african-renewable-energy-fund/ar-AA1H3BID

https://archive.md/JVPF0#selection-711.0-1063.0

https://data.unicef.org/resources/child-labour-global-estimates-2024/

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado1782

Social Change Ecosystem Map

https://buildingmovement.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ecosystem-Roles-2020.pdf

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Happy Pride everyone! 

In this episode: super reactors, more renewable wins, need to know information for people without a life plan and some sound advice!

Links:

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/china-refuels-thorium-reactor-without shutdown/

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/research/we-are-unbelievably-blessed-first-ever-custom-crispr-therapy-saves-boy-worst-rare-genetic?ref=fixthenews.com

https://www.nathanielbullard.com/?ref=fixthenews.com

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/04/pakistans-22-gw-solar-shock-how-a-fragile-state-went-full-clean-energy/?ref=fixthenews.com

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/03/05/balcony-solar-gains-unanimous-bipartisan-support-in-utah/?ref=fixthenews.com

https://rmi.org/insight/partnerships-for-power-unlocking-scale-for-interconnected-minigrids-in-nigeria/?ref=fixthenews.com

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In this episode, still more great clean energy news, staggering progress in sub-Saharan Africa, the craziest Geek Squad call ever, the passing of an absolute LEGEND and more!

REFERENCES FROM THIS EPISODE 

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-review-2025/ 

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/04/california-leads-the-way-as-ev-charging-ports-outnumber-gas-nozzles/ 

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-clean-energy-just-put-chinas-co2-emissions-into-reverse-for-first-time/?ref=fixthenews.com

https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/2025-annual-meetings-decade-life-transforming-actions-provides-drinking-water-and-sanitation-962-million-africans-83396?ref=fixthenews.com 

https://phys.org/news/2025-05-voyager-revives-backup-thrusters.html?ref=fixthenews.com#google_vignette 

https://thebetter.news/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j71402z58o

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In this episode, Zambia energy approval, Alzheimer’s research advancements, Uganda crushes an Ebola outbreak, actual real life heroes and the first ever flashback episode!

Links:

https://list.solar/news/zambia-cuts-solar/ 

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/05/scientists-use-living-human-brain-tissue-to-model-alzheimers-to-accelerate-search-for-the-cure/

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/uganda/news/uganda-declares-end-ebola-outbreak?ref=fixthenews.com 

https://www.genengnews.com/topics/drug-discovery/psychedelics-may-reverse-effects-of-neuroimmune-interactions-that-drive-fear-responses/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/21/goldman-environmental-prize-recognises-activists-fighting-corporate-power-and-political-corruption?ref=fixthenews.com 

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In this episode I talk about huge drops in poverty in India, loads of health measures and social protections for marginalized people across the world. Plus I address some viewer/listener notes and give what I’m pretty sure is the very first book unrecommendation!

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/chad/news/health-ministers-launch-landmark-polio-vaccination-campaign-protect-83-million-children-lake-chad?ref=fixthenews.com 

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/04/a-5-blood-test-could-help-prevent-thousands-of-heart-attacks-and-strokes-study-finds/ 

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/0445391c-9b64-4e6e-ad99-617dce4f27bc 

https://www.energymonitor.ai/news/kenya-universal-electricity-iea/?cf-view

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/google-created-a-new-ai-model-for-talking-to-dolphins/?ref=fixthenews.com

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2025/04/11/eu-agrees-ban-on-hazardous-substances-in-toys_6740094_143.html?ref=fixthenews.com 

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/countries-reach-historic-who-pandemic-agreement-afp-reports-2025-04-16/?ref=fixthenews.com 

https://archive.md/QUtz1 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-structure-that-filters-consciousness-identified/ 

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/lab-grown-teeth-might-become-an-alternative-to-fillings-following-research-breakthrough 

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In this episode Nile goes through a shiny new Top Ten Good News Stories, a new entry into the Nerd of the Week cannon, a funny book and his new assistant/coach/possible best friend?

Links from the episode:

FInland ahead of schedule on coal phase out

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes 

 Wind power in Uruguay

https://prismbysugandha.substack.com/p/winds-of-change-in-uruguay?ref=fixthenews.com 

Iceland embraces 4 hour work week:

https://www.wecb.fm/iceland-embraced-a-4-day-workweek-in-2019-now-nearly-six-years-on-all-gen-z-forecasts-have-materialized/?ref=fixthenews.com

 Thailand bans corporal punishment of minors

https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Thailand-bans-corporal-punishment-of-minors-62773.html?ref=fixthenews.com

 German Wastewater fuel

https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-start-produces-climate-neutral-160826519.html 

 Stopping domestic abuse with trip to bank

https://www.hestia.org/blog/how-to-access-safe-spaces

Yemeni mobile bee hives

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/yemeni-tradition-bees-tazeeb/?utm_source=Reasons+to+be+Cheerful&utm_campaign=8cb97df68a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_09_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_89fb038efe-8cb97df68a-518379760 

 Fire resistant housing

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/04/californias-first-wildfire-resilient-neighborhood-in-escondido/ 

Dementia rates still dropping

https://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/dementia-incidence-still-dropping-birth-cohort-data-say-yes?ref=fixthenews.com 

 Antibiotics breakthrough

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-breakthrough-moment-class-antibiotics.html?ref=fixthenews.com#google_vignette 

 Thames now clean(ish)

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/wildlife-coalition-launches-5-m-mission-to-transform-the-thames/?ref=fixthenews.com 

https://80000hours.org/?int_campaign=job-board 

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In this episode Nile talks about another L for Big Oil, continued progress for Solar energy, a new breakthrough in curing substance abuse, a BUNCH of new segments and much more!

References from this episode:

10 - French lawmakers eliminated discriminatory rule

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/french-lawmakers-end-a-discriminatory-voting-rule/

9 - Cereals Killing it

https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-cereal-yields-have-increased-a-lot-but-millet-and-sorghum-lag-behind

8 - This Week in Good News Nile Doesn’t Quite Understand

https://humanprogress.org/mutated-dna-restored-to-normal-in-gene-therapy-advance/ 

7 - Armenia and Azerbaijan stop fighting

https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-says-it-is-ready-sign-peace-agreement-with-azerbaijan-2025-03-13/

6 - Another L for Big Oil

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13032025/landmark-ruling-uncontacted-indigenous-peoples-rights-ecuador-oil-industry/ 

5 - More solar baby

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/03/13/bloombergnef-expects-up-to-700-gw-of-new-solar-in-2025/ 

4 - Deep Brain stimulation

https://brain-pacer.com/ 

3 - HIV TREATMENT

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/14/1113225/annual-shot-protect-against-hiv/  

2 - Video game detects Alzheimer’s

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/can-a-video-game-detect-alzheimers-early-scientists-think-so/

1 - Who won Happiness?

https://worldhappiness.report/ 

Regrets of the Dying:

https://bronnieware.com/blog/regrets-of-the-dying/ 

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In this episode Nile covers the relentless expansion of renewable energy across the globe, Cambodia entering the final stages of clearing an entire nation of landmines and unexploded ordinance, Zimbabwe's big wins for child health, a big step forward in artificial hearts, some nerd in Austin possibly having solved one of the biggest possible crisis in the history of our planet on his off hours and more!

Cambodia almost land-mine free

https://construction-property.com/cambodia-marks-significant-milestones-in-landmine-clearance-efforts/ 

Arizona defeats 15-week abortion ban

https://azmirror.com/2025/03/05/arizonas-15-week-abortion-ban-is-now-permanently-and-forever-struck-down/ 

Australian survives 100 days with artificial heart

https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/03/australian-man-survives-100-days-with-artificial-heart-in-groundbreaking-success/ 

2025 to be a banner year for US renewables

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/u-s-solar-batteries-coal-2024

China leading the way in rewewables

https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-renewable-energy 

Did some nerds solve water security????

https://cockrell.utexas.edu/news/archive/10158-from-scraps-to-sips-everyday-biomass-produces-drinking-water-from-thin-air

Zimbabwe makes huge progress in child mortality

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/routine-immunisation-credited-drop-infant-deaths-zimbabwe 

The New Internet?

https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-google-taara-chip-internet-by-light/ 

Sub-Saharan access to power on the rise

https://globalenergyprize.org/en/2025/02/11/almost-100-million-people-in-africa-have-gained-access-to-electricity-in-recent-years/ 

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In this episode: the Brazilian government is collaborating with indigenous people to restore the Amazon, breakthroughs in quantum computing at Oxford, enzyme imaging at Stanford show promise for future technological and medical advancements, UNICEF reports significant improvements in child survival rates, education, and health and more!

Restoring the Amazon

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ambiente/2024/12/plano-de-regeneracao-da-amazonia-vai-incluir-concessao-florestal-de-areas-degradadas.shtml? 

Nerds and quantum computers

https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-computing-information-teleportation/?

Cleaning the arctic

https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/national/more-than-50k-pounds-of-trash-removed-from-the-arctic

Nerds and enzymes

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/02/quantitative-comparisons-of-enzymes-in-action-could-reshape-biochemistry? 

Great news from UNICEF

https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/10-ways-investing-childrens-well-being-changed-world 

The global south and renewables 

https://rmi.org/the-global-souths-cleantech-revolution-in-five-charts/? 

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-24/china-is-rewiring-the-global-south-with-clean-power?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MDU2NTQ3MywiZXhwIjoxNzQxMTcwMjczLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUzdKUzlUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyQUU2NkEzRDc2MzA0MkRBQjgwMzI1NDBBOTQ4OTAyOCJ9.OpUcaJxI3jWJye7u4b2cj-MQ8WFZ3lYw3VfoOMCUDiw&ref=fixthenews.com&leadSource=uverify wall

The news about news:

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/11/strain-media-overload

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli 

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In this episode Nile covers wins for trans rights from around the world, breakthroughs in cancer research, the solve for the imminent asteroid heading towards earth, new ways to find water for countries that need it and more!

Gender rights triple:

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/28/thailand-health-ministry-trans-hrt/? 

https://theleaflet.in/judicial-accountability/sanitised-toilets-in-courts-a-fundamental-right-and-not-just-a-convenience? 

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250126-marriage-no-longer-sexual-servitude-european-court-human-condemns-france-marital-duty-echr?

More diseases getting sent to the Shadow Realm:

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/a-historic-milestone!-who-verifies-niger-free-of-onchocerciasis-as-the-first-country-on-the-african-continent? 

https://www.who.int/news/item/23-01-2025-georgia-certified-malaria-free-by-who? 

https://www.who.int/news/item/29-01-2025-guinea-eliminates-human-african-trypanosomiasis-as-a-public-health-problem?

Renewable energy boom in the US

https://www.distilled.earth/p/clean-energys-boom-and-perilous-moment

Global air pollution has peaked:

https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-world-has-probably-passed-peak-air-pollution?

Cancer research progress:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fighting-cancer-without-fighting-scientists-switch-tumor-cells-back-to-healthy-ones-at-critical-moment/

Oil company surveys used to find water:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/big-oil-shares-failed-exploration-data-to-unlock-fresh-drinking-water-for-millions-of-africans/

Australia’s renewable energy progress:

https://reneweconomy.com.au/aemo-reports-surge-in-grid-registrations-for-wind-solar-and-battery-projects/?

The 2032 Meteor

https://youtu.be/eHbJ9beQc08?si=Am6FAGw3OUmsmtwh 

Changing your mood with science:

https://www.inc.com/nate-klemp/try-this-neuroscience-based-technique-to-shift-your-mindset-from-negative-to-positive-in-30-seconds.html

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