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THAILAND JUST KNOCKED RUBELLA OFF THE PUBLIC-HEALTH LIST
Decades of vaccination and surveillance turned a dangerous pregnancy infection into a preventable public-health victory.
7,500 ACRES JUST SWITCHED SIDES
An English grouse-and-sheep estate is being reworked around peat, wildlife and long-term restoration instead.
ONE WEIRD BIRD HELPED BUILD 19 NATURE RESERVES
A bird nobody had scientifically recorded helped trigger a conservation network protecting habitat across Ecuador.
THE GLOWWORMS CAME BACK. A GARDEN SHED WAS INVOLVED
After a century away, tiny green lights are blinking again in North Yorkshire.
THEY BUILT A HIGH-RISE OUT OF STONE. LIKE, STRUCTURALLY
The future of lower-carbon construction might involve a material humans have been stacking for thousands of years.
RICK STEVES BOUGHT HIS HOMETOWN MOVIE THEATER SO IT WOULDN’T DIE
A century-old neighborhood movie house just got a very determined new owner.
THE BABY RATTLESNAKES ARE CUDDLING. PLEASE ADJUST YOUR WORLDVIEW
Livestream cameras in California, Colorado and Pennsylvania captured live rattlesnake births, dozens of newborns and baby snakes cuddling adults for protection. Apparently even rattlesnakes have a snuggle phase.
WE DRAINED THE SWAMP. NOW WE’RE UN-DRAINING IT
A 23-square-mile tract of drained North Carolina peatland is being rewetted, replanted and restored to hold water, reduce fire risk, rebuild habitat and stop releasing so much stored carbon. Sometimes progress is admitting the ditch was a bad idea.
THE WARBLERS HAVE BACKPACKS NOW
Researchers are fitting tiny songbirds with Tic Tac-sized geolocator backpacks that record light and atmospheric pressure across entire migrations. Serious science has once again required an extremely small backpack.
A WHOLE REGION JUST KNOCKED TRACHOMA OFF THE PUBLIC-HEALTH LIST
WHO has validated Timor-Leste’s elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. Because it was the last country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region where the disease was still suspected to be a public-health problem, the entire region has now cleared that threshold.
THE INTERNET GAVE THE BABY PORCUPINE AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT LOG
Point Defiance Zoo welcomed its first prehensile-tailed porcupine baby in 121 years. Then the internet spotted the tiny porcupette clutching a log and named it an “emotional support log.” For once, the comments improved the story.
SPAIN HIRED TINY COWS TO FIGHT WILDFIRES
In Galicia, small, agile Cachena cattle and other grazers are being used to chew down fire-prone vegetation. A regional pilot is even using GPS virtual fencing to steer cattle toward areas that need clearing. Cow-based infrastructure has entered the chat.
BHUTAN JUST KICKED DOG-TRANSMITTED RABIES OFF THE PUBLIC-HEALTH LIST
WHO has validated Bhutan’s elimination of dog-transmitted human rabies as a public-health problem — the first country in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to reach the milestone. Bhutan has gone more than two years without a human death from dog-transmitted rabies. Vaccines, surveillance and people showing up worked.