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DATE: August 18, 2025 at 02:30PM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: France Sees a Doubling of Eagle Mating Pairs After Decades of Successful Work

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/france-see

51 breeding pairs of Bonelli’s eagles have been recorded in France’s Mediterranean regions, more than double the number recorded in the early 21st century. Though considered a species of least concern in the world, Bonelli’s eagle is vulnerable in Europe, and threatened in France, where it nests on cliffs and hunts small mammals. The survey […]

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Good News Network · France Sees a Doubling of Eagle Mating Pairs After Decades of Successful WorkThough considered a species of least concern in the world, Bonelli's eagle is vulnerable in Europe, and threatened in France.

Really happy to report that the food security nonprofit that I'm involved with, LifeCycles Project, has received more grant funding!
They contacted me to share that good news & are offering to hire me to do more for the organization on another contract basis! I'm super stoked about this wonderful paid opportunity! It will help me to support myself & my Mom better.

I am glowing with gratitude & appreciation ☺️

Im Rahmen meiner Good-News-Woche möchte ich euch auch tolle Projekte vorstellen.

Aula, ein von @afelia initiiertes Projekt für Schulen. Kinder und Jugendliche erlenen und erfahren dabei ganz direkt und in der Praxis demokratische Prozesse, Selbstwirksamkeit, politische Kompetenzen und übernehmen Verantwortung für sich und ihr Umfeld.

Unterstützenswert, finde ich. 👍

aula.de/

aulaStartseite | aulaaula ist ein innovatives Beteiligungskonzept, das Jugendlichen aktive Mitbestimmung im Alltag ermöglicht. Mithilfe einer Online-Plattform und didaktischer Begleitung fördert aula demokratische Praktiken und Kompetenzen.

DATE: August 18, 2025 at 11:30AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Frozen Grocery Chain to Alert Popular App Users When Products Are Marked Down, Reducing Food Waste

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/frozen-gro

Starting this month, frozen foods chain Iceland will be partnering with grocery apps to alert UK shoppers across the country every time an item gets a yellow sticker price. As part of a national food waste reduction program, 900 of Iceland’s stores will participate, with shoppers able to receive notifications on the apps Olio and […]

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Good News Network · Frozen Grocery Chain to Alert Popular App Users When Products Are Marked Down, Reducing Food WasteAs part of a national food waste reduction program shoppers will be able to receive notifications on the apps Olio and Gander. 

DATE: August 18, 2025 at 09:00AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Joy and Relief as Lotus Flowers Bloom Again in Kashmiri Lake After Three Decades

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/lotus-flow

Lotus flowers are blooming again in Kashmir’s historically largest lake, having been freed from the grasp of underwater silt that strangled them for 3 decades. The lake had already been shrunk dramatically by the conversion of shoreline and connected marshlands to agricultural areas by 1990. But in 1992, catastrophic flooding dumped thousands of tons of […]

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Good News Network · Joy and Relief as Lotus Flowers Bloom Again in Kashmiri Lake After Three Decades"Lotus stem connects our food to the land … now that it’s back, we’re preparing dishes the way our grandmothers did: slow, simple,

Im katalonischen Mataró werden in einem Pilotprojekt ~ 300 Ziegen eingesetzt, um natürliche Brandschneisen zu schaffen. Die Tiere fressen Unterholz und dornige Vegetation und verringern so die Waldbrandgefahr. Die traditionelle Viehweide wird wiederbelebt und die Hirten erhalten eine Entschädigung für ihre Arbeit. Das Projekt ist Teil eines EU-finanzierten Programms zur Bekämpfung der durch den Klimawandel zunehmenden Waldbrandgefahr in Südeuropa.
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independent.co.uk/bulletin/new

The Independent · The new technique used to prevent wildfires – and it involves goatsBy Horaci Garcia

In Bibliotheken geht es mittlerweile um sehr viel mehr als reine Bücherausleihe: Sie sind Lernraum, sozialer Treffpunkt, Erholungsort und bieten viele Aktivitaten an. In der Bezirksbibliothek Gabriel García Márquez in Barcelona gibt es beispielsweise Fake-News-Workshops und Kellerstudios, in denen Literaturpodcasts produziert werden.
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deutschlandfunkkultur.de/bibli

Innenansicht der Stuttgarter Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz.
Deutschlandfunk KulturModerne Bibliotheken: multifunktional und sozialIn Zeiten der Digitalisierung brauchen immer weniger Menschen eine reine Bücherausleihe. Dieser Wandel hat Bibliotheken völlig neue Chancen eröffnet: Sie sind zu Treffpunkten und Oasen des Verweilens geworden.

Der Verein „Laut gegen Nazis" besitzt nun die Markenrechte an dem Namen eines bekannten rechtsextremen Onlineshops.
Der Betreiber des Shops darf den Namen fortan nicht mehr verwenden. Dadurch verliert die Szene an Einnahmen und Reichweite. Der Verein hat einen neuen Shop eingerichtet, die Einnahmen gehen an Initiativen gegen Rechts.
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spiegel.de/panorama/gesellscha

DER SPIEGEL · Schlag gegen die Szene: Verein »Laut gegen Nazis« sichert sich Markenrechte an rechtsextremem ShopBy DER SPIEGEL

Laut einem FBI-Bericht sank die Gewaltkriminalität in den USA im Jahr 2024 um 4,5 %, darunter auch die Zahl der Tötungsdelikte um fast 15 %.
Auch Eigentumsdelikte gingen zurück: Fahrzeugdiebstähle um 18,6 %, Einbrüche um 8,6 % und Diebstähle um 5,5 %. Damit setzt sich der seit der COVID-19-Pandemie zu beobachtende Abwärtstrend bei der Kriminalität fort.
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stateline.org/2025/08/08/us-cr

Mit VIZZ kommt erstmals eine aceclidinbasierte Augentropfenlösung auf den Markt, die Altersweitsichtigkeit lindern soll. Die Tropfen verengen die Pupille leicht und ermöglichen bis zu zehn Stunden scharfes Sehen - ohne Lesebrille. Klinische Studien bestätigen die gute Verträglichkeit.
In den USA soll VIZZ ab Ende 2025 erhältlich sein.
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futurezone.at/science/augentro

Woman usind eyedropper...applying eye drops
futurezone.at · Neuartige Augentropfen ersetzen LesebrilleBy futurezone.at

DATE: August 18, 2025 at 07:00AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Outer Space Is the Place for Manufacturing At-Home Cancer Drugs, Startup Demonstrates with Crystal Technolgoy

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/outer-spac

A UK startup is designing new versions of established cancer drugs to be used routinely at home, saving the patient time and money, as well as floor space in the hospital’s cancer ward. The only thing is the startup’s manufacturing plant requires rather unique and limited real estate: the International Space Station. BioOrbit believes that […]

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URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/outer-spac

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Good News Network · Outer Space Is the Place for Manufacturing At-Home Cancer Drugs, Startup Demonstrates with Crystal TechnolgoyPut in extreme simplicity, the Earth's gravity interferes with crystal growth by creating defects in their delicate and complex structures.

🔬 Quantum physics meets gravity! Researchers are pushing the boundaries to solve one of physics’ biggest mysteries: how quantum mechanics and gravity fit together. From laser experiments to detecting space-time wobbles, new studies are bringing us closer to answers. Could gravity be quantum? Stay tuned! 🌌

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thedebrief.org/gravity-vs-quan

The Debrief · Gravity vs Quantum Physics: Researchers Say They are Closing in on “One of the Most Important Outstanding Problems”Science, Tech and Defense for the Rebelliously Curious.

Eine neue Studie findet Hinweise darauf, dass sich Gehirn und Körper beim Musikhören mit dieser synchronisieren und quasi verschmelzen.

Aus dieser Erkenntnis heraus ergeben sich möglicherweise unter anderem ergänzende Therapieansätze bei Erkrankungen wie Schlaganfällen, Parkinson und Depressionen. Auch bringt es bessere interkulturelle Einblicke, warum Musik uns trotz Unterschiede und Gewohnheiten weltweit verbindet.

mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/ne

NewsroomStudy suggests we don’t just hear music, but ‘become it’ An international study co-authored by McGill psychologist Caroline Palmer suggests our brains and bodies don’t just understand music, they physically resonate with it. These discoveries, based on findings in neuroscience, music, and psychology, support Neural Resonance Theory (NRT). NRT maintains that rather than relying on learned expectations or prediction, musical experiences arise from the brain’s natural oscillations that sync with rhythm, melody and harmony. This resonance shapes our sense of timing, musical pleasure and the instinct to move with the beat. “This theory suggests that music is powerful not just because we hear it, but because our brains and bodies become it,” said Palmer, Professor in the Department of Psychology at McGill and Director of the Sequence Production Lab. “That has big implications for therapy, education and technology.” The study’s publication in Nature Reviews Neuroscience marks the first time the entire NRT is being published in a single paper, she said. The theory suggests that structures like pulse and harmony reflect stable resonant patterns in the brain, shared across people independent of their musical background. According to NRT, how we hear and produce music can be explained by fundamental dynamical principles of human brain mechanisms that apply from the ear all the way to the spinal cord and limb movements. Researchers say potential applications of the theory include: Therapeutic tools for conditions like stroke, Parkinson’s and depression Emotionally intelligent AI that can respond to or generate music more like humans New learning technologies to support rhythm and pitch education Cross-cultural insight into why music connects people around the world The study was led by Edward Large (University of Connecticut) and co-authored by Caroline Palmer. About the study Musical neurodynamics by E. E. Harding, J-C Kim, A. P. Demos, I. R. Roman, P. Tichko, C. Palmer, and E. W. Large was published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Learn more about McGill’s Sequence Production Lab: mcgill.ca/spl/ The study was funded in part by a Canada Research Chair and a NSERC Discovery Grant.

Wie angekündigt, wird es diese Woche von mir ausschließlich positive Posts geben und nur positive Nachrichten und Artikel geteilt werden.

Los geht es mit den erfolgreichen Starts zweier europäischer Wettersatelliten, die sowohl die allgemeinen Wettervorhersagen, also auch Extremwettersituationen wie Sturzfluten und Wirbelstürme besser und genauer vorhersagen können.

spiegel.de/wissenschaft/techni

DER SPIEGEL · Ariane-6-Rakete: Europäischer Satellit für bessere Wettervorhersage hebt abBy DER SPIEGEL