The Latest Good News Stories

These award-winning bird photos from Chile to Colombia, Canada and the US show nature at its most beautiful and vulnerable

As habitat loss and climate change threaten birds and wildlife, photographers across the Americas capture the urgent story of conservation – and the fight to protect the places birds call home

Digital Camera World · Sep 2

FDA Adds Its Strongest Warning to a Common IV Iron Drug Over Dangerously Low Phosphate Levels

FDA added a boxed warning to Injectafer over symptomatic hypophosphatemia after finding that phosphate testing occurs in under 20% of infusions.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

For over a 100 years, diamonds were considered incapable of producing electricity — one new experiment in Hong Kong has changed that

Scientists have discovered ultrathin diamond membranes can generate electricity. This occurs when these flexible diamond films are mechanically deformed. The breakthrough challenges the long-held view of diamond's electrical properties. This finding could lead to new self-powered sensors and medical implants. Future applications may involve miniature energy harvesting systems.

The Economic Times · Sep 2

Hard and Intense Exercise May Hold the Key To Ageing Better, New Study Finds

A study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology suggests that high-intensity exercise can slow the decline in aerobic fitness among the elderly, compared to moderate exercise.

International Business Times UK · Sep 2

Meet Yanin ‘Proud’, a 17-year-old Thai student who built artificial hornbill nests from recycled plastic and won two global conservation awards

At just 17, Thai student Yanin ‘Proud’ Tangkaravakoon has turned a concern for endangered hornbills into a unique conservation project that gives discarded waste plastic a new purpose. Her initiative, ‘Homes for Hornbills’ creates artificial nests designed to provide breeding spaces for hornbills as natural tree cavities become harder to…

The Times of India · Sep 2

Think Pilates is only a core workout? I'm an instructor and these 4 lower-body exercises will challenge you as much as any squat

Work your glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, and the tiny muscles surrounding them all in one go with a good lower-body Pilates workout at home

Woman & Home · Sep 1

'You'll never need to buy onions again' – expert shows how to grow the essential ingredient using leftovers

Growing your own produce has never been easier

Woman & Home · Sep 1

Bees view the world in surprisingly different ways – understanding this could inspire new technology

One bee has long been regarded as a benchmark for visual performance: the honeybee drone.

The Conversation · Sep 1

First baby identified through Scotland’s SMA pilot has started treatment

The condition affects an average of three to four babies a year in Scotland and about 70 infants a year across the UK.

Evening Standard · Sep 1

Tandem bicycle club in Ecuador's capital leads blind riders to new adventures

Franklin Ochoa says losing his eyesight 16 years ago has led him to new adventures, thanks to a bicycle club

The Independent UK · Aug 31