Not Bad News — 2026-05-16-13 archive

18-YEAR-OLD ZAMBIAN PHYSICIST PUBLISHING IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALCANADA CLEAN GRID PLAN WOULD HALVE HOUSEHOLD ENERGY COSTS277 DOGS BROKE A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD IN ONE AFTERNOONALGAE BIOLUMINESCENCE NOW CONTROLLABLE FOR 25 MINUTES STRAIGHTAI SORTED 3.8 MILLION WILDLIFE PHOTOS IN RECORD TIMEANDEAN COMMUNITIES EVOLVED EXTRA STARCH-DIGESTING GENESPERSIAN LEOPARDS CROSSING MINEFIELDS TO SURVIVEWINE POMACE NEARLY AS EFFECTIVE AS ANTIBIOTICS FOR CHICKENS 18-YEAR-OLD ZAMBIAN PHYSICIST PUBLISHING IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALCANADA CLEAN GRID PLAN WOULD HALVE HOUSEHOLD ENERGY COSTS277 DOGS BROKE A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD IN ONE AFTERNOONALGAE BIOLUMINESCENCE NOW CONTROLLABLE FOR 25 MINUTES STRAIGHTAI SORTED 3.8 MILLION WILDLIFE PHOTOS IN RECORD TIMEANDEAN COMMUNITIES EVOLVED EXTRA STARCH-DIGESTING GENESPERSIAN LEOPARDS CROSSING MINEFIELDS TO SURVIVEWINE POMACE NEARLY AS EFFECTIVE AS ANTIBIOTICS FOR CHICKENS

ZAMBIAN TEEN'S PHYSICS PAPER MAY TRANSFORM WEATHER FORECASTING...

Prosper Chanda, 18, taught himself algebra at 3 and is now publishing research that could improve global weather models.

— Mongabay

ALGAE ENGINEERED TO GLOW ON DEMAND, NO POWER NEEDED...

Anthropocene Magazine

CANADA PLANS TO DOUBLE CLEAN ELECTRIC GRID BY 2050...

Mongabay

ANDEAN HUMANS EVOLVED POTATO SUPERPOWER OVER MILLENNIA...

ScienceAlert

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SATELLITE ALERTS HELP ZAMBIAN FARMERS COEXIST WITH ELEPHANTS... Mongabay
PERSIAN LEOPARDS QUIETLY CROSSING WAR-TORN BORDERS... Mongabay
AI CAMERAS STOP KOALAS GETTING KILLED ON ROADS... Mongabay
ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY: WOLVES, WHALES MAKING A COMEBACK... Mongabay
MEDIEVAL LEPROSY TREATMENT SECRETS UNLOCKED FROM TEETH... Phys.org
LIGHT POLLUTION REWIRING PREDATOR-PREY BEHAVIOR IN CITIES... Mongabay
SCIENTISTS FIND NEW HIDDEN RULE INSIDE ABSTRACT ART... Phys.org
BOTTOM TRAWLING COSTS SOCIETY 90X MORE THAN IT EARNS... Mongabay
UK'S BIGGEST EVER POLLUTION CASE HITS HIGH COURT... BBC Science & Environment
INTERFAITH ART PROJECT COUNTERS NATIONALIST RALLY IN DC... Good Good Good

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ARTIST PAINTS WITH GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE STUDIO... Hyperallergic
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KIDS' BOOKS WINNING THE WAR AGAINST SUMMER SCREEN TIME... The Better India
277 DOGS THROW WORLD'S BIGGEST POOL PARTY FOR CHARITY... Good Good Good
LINGUIST REVEALS HOW 'THINKING IS WALKING' IN ENGLISH... Upworthy
INDEPENDENT ART FAIR GOES GLOBAL AT NYC WATERFRONT... Hyperallergic
NADA SKETCHED: ARTIST DRAWS WHAT HE SEES AT THE FAIR... Hyperallergic
DISNEY-STYLE TIGER RESCUE IN THAILAND'S BURNED FIELDS... Mongabay
ANNE BOLEYN'S REAL FACE RECONSTRUCTED BY ALGORITHM... BBC Science & Environment
GOOD NEWS ROUNDUP: DOULAS, ELEPHANTS, AND LIBRARIES... Good Good Good
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CIVIL RIGHTS PAINTER MARY LOVELACE O'NEAL DIES AT 84... Hyperallergic

JANE GOODALL DAY LAUNCHES AS GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION... Jane Goodall News
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HIMALAYAN WOLF-DOG HYBRIDS PUZZLE CONSERVATION BIOLOGISTS... New Scientist
FORGOTTEN DRED AND HARRIET SCOTT STORY FINALLY TOLD... Good Black News
LANDO NORRIS 2025: THE CHAMPION WHO BELIEVED FIRST... Life Beyond Numbers
FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 FACES CLIMATE HEAT WARNING... Mongabay
ALASKA MEGATSUNAMI WAS SECOND LARGEST EVER RECORDED... BBC Science & Environment
OCEAN ACCESSIBLE TO ALL IS KEY TO SAVING IT... Mongabay
OPEN CULTURE TRACKS WHAT HAPPENED TO JESUS' TWELVE DISCIPLES... Open Culture
GREENLAND MELT COULD UNLEASH ANCIENT METHANE 'FIRE ICE'... New Scientist
ARCTIC FIRES BURNING CARBON STORED FOR MILLENNIA... New Scientist
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WOMAN SPENDS YEAR OUTSOURCING LIFE TO AI, GETS SPOOKED... NPR Science