Not Bad News — 2026-08-02-21 archive

TOP STORY SALAMANDER TUNNELS CUT AMPHIBIAN DEATHS 80%...

A New Hampshire city builds tiny tunnels under roads — and neighboring Vermont's results are staggering.

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Featured stories Today's headline reads, beyond the lead

HEMP, BIOCHAR SCRUB FOREVER CHEMICALS FROM FARMS...

BY Anthropocene Magazine

BEAVERS BOOSTING DROUGHT RESILIENCE ACROSS UK...

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BOTTLE TRICK SLASHES DOLPHIN DEATHS BY 90%...

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More not-bad news Today's other headlines, from the rest of today's batch

PLANTS FOUND TO 'FEEL FULL' — LESS FERTILIZER NEEDED... Phys.org

AMBER STREETLIGHTS COULD SAVE MILLIONS OF INSECTS... Phys.org

SPERM COOPERATE MORE THAN THEY COMPETE, STUDY FINDS... Phys.org

MIT BUILDS RECYCLABLE ALTERNATIVE TO SPANDEX... Anthropocene Magazine

MICROBE HELPS CROPS SURVIVE SALTWATER INTRUSION... Anthropocene Magazine

PRESCRIBED FIRE DRAMATICALLY CUTS SEQUOIA MORTALITY... Anthropocene Magazine

WEBB TELESCOPE CATCHES WARPED PROTOPLANETARY DISK... Phys.org

COFFEE GROUNDS TURNED INTO BIOCHAR FUEL IN 90 SECONDS... Anthropocene Magazine

MARIGOLD EMERGES AS SURPRISE HIGH-PROTEIN FOOD SOURCE... Anthropocene Magazine

NANOPARTICLES SHIELD TOMATOES FROM SALTY SOIL... Anthropocene Magazine

BATTERY DEVICE PULLS CO2 FROM AIR USING SEAWATER... Anthropocene Magazine

MIT ACHIEVES ANGSTROM-SCALE IMAGING WITH ONE LASER... Phys.org

EATING LESS PROTEIN MAY SLOW AGING, 350-STUDY REVIEW FINDS... New Scientist

SPEED LIMIT COMPLIANCE COULD SAVE 57,000 TONS OF CO2 DAILY... Anthropocene Magazine

DC HOME WIRING COULD CUT HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE SHARPLY... Anthropocene Magazine

INJURED PEREGRINE RETURNS TO NEST IN TEARFUL REUNION... BBC Science & Environment

YOUNG FREEDIVER VOWS TO PROTECT OCEAN HE LOVES... BBC Science & Environment

MILKY WAY OBJECT ACCELERATES PROTONS BEYOND ONE QUADRILLION EV... Science Daily

MATHEMATICIANS PROVE PERFECTLY FAIR ELECTIONS IMPOSSIBLE... Science Daily

SMALL CLIMATE HABITS NEITHER HELP NOR HURT BIGGER FIGHT... Anthropocene Magazine

TARGETING HEAVIEST MEAT EATERS COULD PREVENT 60,000 DIABETES CASES... Anthropocene Magazine

ASKING PEOPLE TO USE LESS ENERGY IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE TOO... Anthropocene Magazine

ANCIENT PINK ZEBRA SEAWEED FINALLY JOINS MUSEUM COLLECTION... BBC Science & Environment

DARK MATTER'S HIDDEN FORCE DOES THE OPPOSITE OF EXPECTED... Science Daily

TINNITUS REWIRES THE BRAIN AS IT TURNS CHRONIC, SCANS SHOW... ScienceAlert

PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTS WIFE'S CANCER JOURNEY — 'LIFE BEFORE DEATH'... Upworthy

CANADA DIVER RETRIEVES WEDDING RING FROM LAKE FLOOR FOR STRANGER... Not All News Is Bad

3-YEAR-OLD RESCUES DROWNING FRIEND FROM POOL... Upworthy

TEENAGER HELPS STRANDED SEA TURTLE REACH OCEAN THE RIGHT WAY... Good Good Good

TEEN ART PRODIGY SOLD $7M OF PAINTINGS BEFORE AGE 14... Upworthy

PLASTIC BOTTLE CAP CROSSED 1,500 KM CARRYING 307 SPECIES... Anthropocene Magazine

EUROPE URGED TO LET FORESTS BURN — TO PREVENT BIGGER FIRES... New Scientist

MIDWEST STRANGER LENDS TRUCK TO STRANDED ROCK BAND... Good News Network

AI STUDY OF 77,000 STUDENTS REVEALS WHEN LEARNING PEAKS... Phys.org

SCIENCE UNLOCKS HOW MIRROR-IMAGE FLOWERS EVOLVED ASYMMETRY... Phys.org

MICROPLASTICS FOUND IN ALL 17 HUMAN ARTERY SAMPLES TESTED... ScienceAlert

WORLD'S OLDEST CAT, 31, DRINKS ONLY SPRING WATER... Good News Network

MUSICIAN ANUV JAIN BUILT 20M FANS ON AUTHENTICITY ALONE... The Better India