upliftingnews

Hector Aubertin went on a cross-Canada roadtrip with his pet goat named Jimmy (www.cbc.ca)

Jimmy the goat was rejected by his mother, so Hector Aubertin stepped up and became his best friend […] “Everywhere we go, people are doing double takes,” Aubertin told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. “He’s probably had his picture taken easily 100 times.” […] “After the first week or so, we formed a bond. I...

It's now illegal for Minnesota libraries to ban LGBTQ+ books under this new law (www.advocate.com)

Extinct ‘mountain jewel’ plant returned to wild - in secret location (www.bbc.co.uk)

A plant picked for its beautiful flowers then wiped out in the UK mainland makes a dramatic return.

Scientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new process (www.livescience.com)

Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why (arstechnica.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15666607...

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas leaders (www.abc.net.au)

cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/12333064...

A Paradigm Shift in Social Policy: How Finland Conquered Homelessness (www.spiegel.de)

'Extraordinary' device could let paralysed people regain movement in arms and hands (news.sky.com)

For the first time since 2004, the narwhal has been designated as Not at Risk by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (www.cosewic.ca)

Munywana Conservancy in South Africa Receives Donation of 40 Southern White Rhino in First Step of Continent-wide Initiative to Rewild 2,000 Rhino (www.africanparks.org)

Dog spared being put down by animal shelter joins ranks of first responders in Prince George's (www.nbcwashington.com)

Afghanistan: Child taken by floodwaters saved by a stranger (www.bbc.com)

Teen walks at graduation after completing doctoral degree at 17 (abcnews.go.com)

Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes (apnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/20749204...

Chinese doctors treated an end-stage type 2 diabetic patient by implanting islet tissue derived in vitro from his own endoderm stem cells. The patient has been insulin-independent for 33 months. (www.nature.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15676759...

`Micropreemie' baby who weighed just over 1 pound at birth goes home from Illinois hospital (abcnews.go.com)

Belgian sex workers to get health insurance, pensions and maternity leave in world first (www.yahoo.com)

UK toddler has hearing restored in world first gene therapy trial (www.theguardian.com)

Biden Shields Millions of Acres of Alaskan Wilderness From Drilling and Mining (www.nytimes.com)

The world's biggest carbon removal factory just opened in lceland (www.fastcompany.com)

Maternal deaths have halved in the last 35 years (ourworldindata.org)

Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply (www.theguardian.com)

School bus driver on a mission to spread positivity to students (abcnews.go.com)

'Medically, I Was Gone': Two High School Students Save Their Teacher's Life (www.sunnyskyz.com)

Battery storage becomes biggest source of supply in evening peak in one of world’s biggest grids (reneweconomy.com.au)