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Is No Mow May helping bees or just overgrown hype? Here’s what the experts say
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Letting your lawn grow wild in May to help bees and other pollinators? That’s the pitch behind No Mow M…
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Why experts say the hantavirus outbreak is not another COVID
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When a cluster of hantavirus cases emerged aboard the M.V. Hondius, a Dutch polar expedition vessel sai…
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NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo spacecraft atop, launched Friday, May 15, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape C…
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Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its robotic arm and p…
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Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition
Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers …
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A woolly solution to NI's peatland problems?
Could locally-sourced wool restore peatlands and reduce the carbon cost of conservation?
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Mars may have once had an ocean and this chaotic valley is a big clue
A colossal valley near Mars’s equator is revealing dramatic clues about the Red Planet’s watery and volcanic past. Stretching roughly 1,300 …
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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could reveal millions of invisible neutron stars
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could expose a vast hidden population of neutron stars lurking unseen across the Milky Way. By detecting subtle…
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Scientists discover giant “last titan” dinosaur, Southeast Asia’s largest ever
A massive new dinosaur discovered in Thailand is rewriting Southeast Asia’s prehistoric history. The newly named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis w…
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A grad student’s wild idea sparks a major aging breakthrough
A casual conversation between graduate students helped spark a breakthrough in aging research at Mayo Clinic. Researchers discovered that ti…
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Single-molecule RNA mapping may reveal how shape shifts steer health and disease
Researchers from A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GIS) have developed a new method to study individual RNA molecules and reveal …
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Researchers identify enzyme that prevents chromosome breaks during DNA copying
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) have identified how a key enzyme called ATR protects DNA from breaking when cel…
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Nanometer-scale cell sugar mapping reveals internal states, from immune activation to cancer stages
Every human cell is surrounded by a sugar coating known as the glycocalyx. It not only interacts with its environment but also reveals a gre…
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Honey-like heat flow: A new heat transport regime discovered in ultrathin semiconductors
Controlling heat flow is a major challenge for many technologies. In electronic and photonic devices, for example, heat dissipation can limi…
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Could sea squirts' nano-packaging delivery system help restore sea forests?
How do sea squirts stay attached to rocks amid crashing waves and strong currents? Recent research has revealed that sea squirts do not simp…
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NSF Announces $1.5 Billion X-Labs Initiative to Pursue Generational Breakthrough Science Efforts - The Quantum Insider
NSF Announces $1.5 Billion X-Labs Initiative to Pursue Generational Breakthrough Science Efforts The Quantum Insider
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Extraordinary Breakthrough for Physics as Scientists Put Building-Size Magnet into the Palm of Your Hand - Good News Network
Extraordinary Breakthrough for Physics as Scientists Put Building-Size Magnet into the Palm of Your Hand Good News Network
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NSF Unveils $1.5B X-Labs Program to Accelerate Breakthrough Science, Quantum Innovation - ExecutiveGov
NSF Unveils $1.5B X-Labs Program to Accelerate Breakthrough Science, Quantum Innovation ExecutiveGov
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A grad student’s wild idea sparks a major aging breakthrough - ScienceDaily
A grad student’s wild idea sparks a major aging breakthrough ScienceDaily
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Japan’s tooth regrowth breakthrough moves closer to reality - Qazinform
Japan’s tooth regrowth breakthrough moves closer to reality Qazinform
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Cells Unveil Their Inner Workings: A Scientific Breakthrough - Bioengineer.org
Cells Unveil Their Inner Workings: A Scientific Breakthrough Bioengineer.org
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Data-driven breakthrough reveals the effective doses for ADHD meds - News-Medical
Data-driven breakthrough reveals the effective doses for ADHD meds News-Medical
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Breakthrough nanoscopy reveals cell-to-cell communication - Open Access Government
Breakthrough nanoscopy reveals cell-to-cell communication Open Access Government
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Major breakthrough in male birth control - could be 'holy grail' - MSN
Major breakthrough in male birth control - could be 'holy grail' MSN
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Chinese-led team achieves breakthrough in artificial cell asymmetric division - Xinhua
Chinese-led team achieves breakthrough in artificial cell asymmetric division Xinhua
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Liver Aging Reversal Breakthrough: Scientists Restore Youthful Function With Young Gut Bacteria - Nature World News
Liver Aging Reversal Breakthrough: Scientists Restore Youthful Function With Young Gut Bacteria Nature World News
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NSF Commits $1.5B To Fund Independent Quantum Research Teams - Quantum Zeitgeist
NSF Commits $1.5B To Fund Independent Quantum Research Teams Quantum Zeitgeist
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Scientists Eye Breakthrough in Reversing Aging - Newsmax
Scientists Eye Breakthrough in Reversing Aging Newsmax
Health
Environment & Climate
Reasons to Be Cheerful
May Cause Joy: The Full-Spectrum Health Benefits of Dance
When musician David Byrne, the founder of Reasons to be Cheerful, performed at the sold-out Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles last fall, the enti…
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Uzbekistan sets new daily renewable energy generation record with 62.4mn kWh - Daryo.uz
Uzbekistan sets new daily renewable energy generation record with 62.4mn kWh Daryo.uz
Kindness & Community
Good News Network
Extraordinary Breakthrough for Physics as Scientists Put Building-Size Magnet into the Palm of Your Hand
In an extraordinary breakthrough for physics, scientists at ETH Zurich have condensed the power of a superconducting magnet as big as a smal…
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3 Teens Win Earth Prize for Asia Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics
When an Indian science team set out to try and make a solution to microplastic pollution, it’s fair to say they probably didn’t expect to fi…
Good News Network
Polish Influencer Raises $67 Million for Cancer Research During 9-day Livestream
It is understood that a recent Polish influencer recently concluded one of the highest-ever fundraisers YouTube has hosted, generating $67 m…
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Good News in History, May 15
85 years ago today, baseball’s Joe DiMaggio began his historic 56-game hitting streak - getting at least one hit in the next 56 consecutive …
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Despite All the Likes, Literallys, and Dropped G’s, English Isn’t Decaying Before Our Eyes
This article was written by Valerie M. Fridland, a professor of linguistics at the University of Nevada, Reno, for The Conversation - a nonp…
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Inside the Lab Where Scientists Are Developing a “Very Promising” Hantavirus Vaccine
This article was originally written by Filipa Gaspar for SWNS - the U.K.’s largest independent news agency, providing globally relevant orig…
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Town of Amherst Accepting Nominations for Youth Hero Awards - Amherst Indy
Town of Amherst Accepting Nominations for Youth Hero Awards Amherst Indy
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Youth to perform historical tributes honoring the legacies of heroes that shaped Fayetteville - Cumberland County - Greater Fayetteville Business Journal
Youth to perform historical tributes honoring the legacies of heroes that shaped Fayetteville - Cumberland County Greater Fayetteville Busin…
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Vin Gopal Civic Association Honors Community Leaders at Sold-Out Stone Pony Awards Reception - TAPinto
Vin Gopal Civic Association Honors Community Leaders at Sold-Out Stone Pony Awards Reception TAPinto
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The Blood Connection: Saving Lives and Meeting a Hero - WSPA 7NEWS
The Blood Connection: Saving Lives and Meeting a Hero WSPA 7NEWS
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Cyprus International Women of Today: Finding their tribe, purpose and giving back to the community - Philenews
Cyprus International Women of Today: Finding their tribe, purpose and giving back to the community Philenews
Underdog Wins
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Who is Alex Smalley? Meet the unassuming underdog contending at the PGA Championship - Golfweek
Who is Alex Smalley? Meet the unassuming underdog contending at the PGA Championship Golfweek
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Against all odds, BMU doctors save five premature babies born together - The Business Standard
Against all odds, BMU doctors save five premature babies born together The Business Standard
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Cannes, but not quite: Underdog ‘Gaali Kothon’ cuts top 4 on another stage - The Daily Star
Cannes, but not quite: Underdog ‘Gaali Kothon’ cuts top 4 on another stage The Daily Star
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Against All Odds: French-funded NGO project transforms 2,150 lives in Adamawa’s conflict zone - Vanguard News
Against All Odds: French-funded NGO project transforms 2,150 lives in Adamawa’s conflict zone Vanguard News
Tech for Good
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Sustainable chemistry: Iron substitutes noble metals in catalytic reactions
The production of many products used in everyday life and in industry, such as pharmaceuticals, plastics, and coatings, requires chemical ca…
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Implantable bacteria can now be safely contained, clearing a major hurdle for fighting infection and cancer
Researchers have long known that bacteria could potentially be used to deliver therapeutic drugs inside the human body. However, safely and …
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Physicists create hybrid light-matter particles that interact strongly enough to compute
Eighty years ago, Penn researchers J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly launched the age of electronic computing by harnessing electrons to so…
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ASU’s first human MRI enables breakthrough clinical studies - ASU News
ASU’s first human MRI enables breakthrough clinical studies ASU News
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From bottleneck to breakthrough: Student engineers unlock fully autonomous electroporation at UCLA - EurekAlert!
From bottleneck to breakthrough: Student engineers unlock fully autonomous electroporation at UCLA EurekAlert!
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New CRISPR breakthrough promises more affordable disease diagnostics - News-Medical
New CRISPR breakthrough promises more affordable disease diagnostics News-Medical
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This Solar-Powered Breakthrough Hydrogel Can Pull Safe Drinking Water From Desert Air - Food & Wine
This Solar-Powered Breakthrough Hydrogel Can Pull Safe Drinking Water From Desert Air Food & Wine
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From Biobank to Breakthrough: Activating Proteomic Data for Precision Medicine - Technology Networks
From Biobank to Breakthrough: Activating Proteomic Data for Precision Medicine Technology Networks
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KAUST scientists develop nanoscale ‘drug factory’ that produces medicine inside living cells - arabnews.jp
KAUST scientists develop nanoscale ‘drug factory’ that produces medicine inside living cells arabnews.jp
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80 times cheaper than lithium: China’s iron battery breakthrough could transform energy storage - MSN
80 times cheaper than lithium: China’s iron battery breakthrough could transform energy storage MSN
Animals
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Camera Footage Captures Rare Wild Cat in Andes Mountains, Marking a Breakthrough for Conservation Science - Indian Defence Review
Camera Footage Captures Rare Wild Cat in Andes Mountains, Marking a Breakthrough for Conservation Science Indian Defence Review
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May we suggest a 'paw-some' new companion? Adopt a WPTV Underdog! - WPTV
May we suggest a 'paw-some' new companion? Adopt a WPTV Underdog! WPTV
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Endangered Species Day 2026: Celebrating wildlife recovery stories - Earth.com
Endangered Species Day 2026: Celebrating wildlife recovery stories Earth.com
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From accelerated extinction to successful revival of species - Tehran Times
From accelerated extinction to successful revival of species Tehran Times
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Initiative boosts corncrake comeback with €4.35m of funding - Irish Examiner
Initiative boosts corncrake comeback with €4.35m of funding Irish Examiner