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He's Spent 10 Years Chasing Down the Last Voices of World War II. He's Now Recorded 3,000.

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Kids Making a Difference

A second grader wanted to know if his pet caterpillar would remember him. His experiment shocked scientists Good Good Good

He Was Named a Pediatric Hero. Then He Raised $15,000 to Back It Up. WTRF

For the Fourth Year Running, a 7-Year-Old Set Up a Lemonade Stand to Help Shelter Dogs. WGEM

Medical Breakthroughs

A Drug Built for Spinal Injuries Just Did Something No One Expected in Alzheimer's Brains. EurekAlert

Scientists Just Mapped the Genes Behind Bone Loss. It Could Rewrite Treatment for Millions. EurekAlert

Sugar-Coated Nanoparticles Shrink Deadly Brain Tumors in Mice Science Alert

A Blood Test Can Now Identify Dementia Risk Decades Before Any Symptoms Appear. Science Alert

Environmental Victories

Millions of Fish Vanished From Maine's Rivers Decades Ago. 20 Million Just Came Back. Good News Network

A Laundry Filter Invented by One Person Is Already Keeping Tons of Microplastics Out of Waterways. Good News Network

Scientists Spent Five Years Without Finding a Single Living White Abalone. Then a Research Team Looked Down. Good News Network

Heroes Among Us

A 2-Year-Old Wasn't Breathing on the Beach. A Stranger Knew Exactly What to Do. Sunny Skyz

Her Daughter Saw 'Drunk Thugs' on the Doorbell Camera. They Were Saving Her Mother's Life. Good News Network

Acts of Kindness

A Woman Filmed a Struggling Veteran at the Airport. Strangers Gave Him $184,000. Sunny Skyz

Uplifting Videos

He Had $100,000 to Give Away. Watch What Happened. Jimmy Darts — YouTube

She Was Too Weak to Move From the Middle of the Road. Then Someone Stopped. The Dodo — YouTube

A Rescue Dog Refused to Eat — Until His Mom Made Him a Charcuterie Board. The Dodo — YouTube

Wellbeing

Scientists Just Found a Second Job for Ozempic. It Might Slow Aging Itself. Science Daily

One Stage of Sleep May Be the Key to Protecting Your Brain From Dementia. Scientists Just Identified Which One. Science Alert

Scientists Found a Way to Read Alzheimer's Risk in a Photo of Your Eye — Years Before Any Symptoms Show. Science Alert

Around the World

A 'New' Pangolin Species Was Hiding in Plain Sight for Nearly 200 Years. Good Good Good

Scientists Just Found an Entirely New Monkey Species Living in the Congo Rainforest — Hidden in Plain Sight. Science Alert

Animals & Pets

Four Baby Bobcats Were Rescued in a Single Week. Now They're Healing Together. Good News Network

Buddy Fell 65 Feet Off a Cliff and Was Missing for Four Days. Rescuers Followed a Faint Bark. CBS 17

She Went Missing for 34 Days. A Random Car Fire Is the Only Reason Anyone Found Her. GreaterGood

Wisconsin has conserved 750,000 acres since 1989. These trail cam photos show why it matters Good Good Good

Reddit

An Inheritance Came With Instructions Nobody Expected. r/MadeMeSmile

There's Still Good in Humanity. This Is Why. r/MadeMeSmile

Community Wins

Metallica Helped Fill the Shelves of a Local Food Bank During a Tour Stop. Nobody Expected It. InspireMore

After a Civil Rights Complaint, Chicago Built the Nation's Largest Air Quality Monitoring Network. Good Good Good

Science

NASA's Mars Rover Just Finished Running a Marathon. Here's What It Found Along the Way. Good News Network