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What's right: Zanzibar succesful in transplanting coral reefs

Zanzibar has found a way to restore the near-dead coral reef that surrounds the Island of Mnemba by creating underwater nurseries where coral fragments are grown to be replanted on the coral reefs.

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tags: Coral reefs, transplant, &Beyond, Africa Foundation, Mnemba Island, fish diversity, rainforests of the sea
categories: News
Tuesday 06.25.24
Posted by Guest User
 

What's right: half a million people to receive US citizenship

US President Joe Biden has announced a new bill that will allow people who are residing in the US illegally but have been married to a legitimate citizen and have been in the country for more than ten years, to become US citizens. It will put an end to fears and uncertainty for 500.000 people.

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tags: illegal, US citizens, immigration, mexico
categories: News
Thursday 06.20.24
Posted by Guest User
 

What's right: ‘Digital twin’ of Earth to predict future of climate change

The complex computer model, DestinE(arth), takes into account weather and climate systems as well as our impact on the planet and will be used to help Europe respond to natural disasters more effectively, adapt to climate change, and assess the potential socioeconomic and policy impacts of such events.

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tags: climate change, scientific research, planet impact, digital twin
categories: News
Wednesday 06.12.24
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What's right: planet-friendly diet has huge benefits for personal health.

Closely following the planet-friendly diet of mostly fruits, vegetables and whole grains is not only a much better future option for our planet but can also reduce the risk of premature death by one-third in people.

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tags: Environmental sustainability, personal well-being, cadiovascular disease, cancer, climate
categories: News
Tuesday 06.11.24
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What's right: Skydiver releases 100 million seeds over Amazon forest.

Guinness World Record Holder, Luigi Cani has executed a groundbreaking eco-activism stunt by skydiving over the Amazon rainforest and releasing 100 million native seeds that should cover around 120 km2 of deforested land.

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tags: deforestation, restore ecosystem, native seedas, amazon forest
categories: News
Friday 06.07.24
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What's right: Feel the energy of sports

Since April, football fans with hearing loss in Newcastle get to experience the atmosphere at St James' Park in a more intense way. The Premier League club Newcastle United offers special shirts for fans who are deaf or have hearing loss. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the world".

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tags: good news, What's right with the world, Positive news, sports, football, disabilities, inclusion
categories: News
Wednesday 06.05.24
Posted by Franziska Peschel
 

What's right: AI hopes to find a mate for world's loneliest plant

A research project is scouring thousands of acres of forest in South Africa using drowns, in the hope of finding the female partner of the Encephalartos woodii, otherwise known as the world's loneliest plant.

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tags: encephalagos woodii, endangered organisms, extinct plants, AI
categories: News
Thursday 05.30.24
Posted by Guest User
 

What's right: 5-year-old youngest to receive bionic arm

The young boy is believed to be the youngest person in the world to have a bionic Hero arm. The custom-made, 3D-printed prosthetic was produced by UK-based company Open Bionics.

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tags: bionic arm, prosthetic, children's prosthetics, Super heroes
categories: News
Wednesday 05.29.24
Posted by Guest User
 

What's right: cat heaven on the Japanese island Tashirojima

The island boasts that there are no cars, no petrol stations and no public transport. Everything is built to the comfort of the cats on this island that is home to 100 cats and only 50 humans.

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tags: cat island, cat heaven, Japan, myths
categories: News
Tuesday 05.28.24
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What's right: Is the rare grey whale back?

Scientists have spotted the rare grey whale that has been thought to be extinct for 200 years. The grey whale, which can weigh up to 27.215 kilograms showed up in the Atlantic Ocean, even though its natural habitat is the Pacific Ocean.

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tags: rare grey whale, extinct species, climate change
categories: News
Monday 05.27.24
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What's right: toddler becomes youngest artist in the world

One-and-a-half year old Ace-Liam from Ghana has been named the youngest artist of the world by the Guinness World Records after having exhibited and sold his art work. He was even commissioned by Ghana's First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo.

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tags: Ghana, Accra, commissioned art, youngest artist, Guinness World Record
categories: News
Friday 05.24.24
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What's right: gut bacteria can enhance cancer immunotherapy.

A specific strain of gut bacteria, Ruminococcus Gnavus, can enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. Tumors in mice shrank once researchers introduced Ruminococcus Gnavus to mice.

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tags: immunotherapy, cancer treatment, gut microbiome
categories: News
Thursday 05.23.24
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What's right: bisons aid in the fight against climate change.

It's the combination of grazing grasslands, recycling nutrients which fertilises the soil and dispersing seeds that compacts the soil to prevent carbon from being released.

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tags: climate change, bison, rewilding, carbon capturing
categories: News, Nature, Sustainability
Wednesday 05.22.24
Posted by Guest User
 

What's right: married 73 years after they first met

An 88-year-old woman recently married her first high-school crush that she met 73 years ago. They never dated when they were young, but had a mutual crush and upon meeting each other at their school's 50th reunion, they discovered there was still a spark.

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tags: love, old love, wedding, married, wedding dress
categories: News
Wednesday 05.22.24
Posted by Guest User
 

What's right: one year cancer-free after personally developed treatment.

An Australian doctor has remained brain cancer-free for a year after being the first patient to undergo a type of immunotherapy treatment that he himself developed.

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tags: cancer treatment, brain tumor, immunotherapy
categories: News
Friday 05.17.24
Posted by Guest User
 

What's right: China succesful in curbing kids' sedentary behaviour.

Measures in China to curb sedentary behaviour in children have proven successful. Shifting the responsibility for lack of physical activities to gaming companies, schools and private tutoring companies is paying off in less sedentary children.

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tags: Regulation, China, sedentary children, curb screen time
categories: News
Thursday 05.16.24
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What's right: Children in Ukraine able to go to a safe school.

In the second largest city of Ukraine, Kharkiv, the first underground, or bunker school has opened. Despite the awful background for this, it is positive news as it is making children very happy to go back to school, in actual classrooms, with teachers and school friends.

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tags: primary school, underground, bunker, back to school
categories: News
Wednesday 05.15.24
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What's right: the world has passed the 30% renewables milestone.

According to a report by energy think tank Ember, for the first time, 30% of our energy comes from other sources than fossil fuels. Europe is well ahead of global average with 44% of our electricity coming from renewables.

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tags: renewable energy, solar energy, wind energy, fossil fuels
categories: News
Friday 05.10.24
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What's right: AI to help identify thousand of Holocaust victims.

Researchers in Israel have turned to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to comb through piles of records to try to identify hundreds of thousands of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust, whose names are missing from official memorials.

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tags: Holocaust, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Yad Vashem
categories: News
Wednesday 05.08.24
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What's right: China is offering more flexible jobs for women.

China's population has fallen for a second consecutive year last year and births touched a record low. To counter this, China has started to offer more flexible jobs for women after childbirth.

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tags: work life balance, flexible jobs, mama posts, China
categories: News
Tuesday 05.07.24
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