New S.C. law lets students bring sunscreen to school without a doctor’s note (www.wistv.com)
Germany explores 4-day workweek amid labor shortage (www.dw.com)
Tacoma becomes first WA city to ban non-therapeutic cat declawing (www.seattletimes.com)
Because of innovations in LED technology, the amount of electricity used for lighting is down drastically (www.bloomberg.com)
Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains (news.ucr.edu)
Ethiopia becomes first country to ban internal combustion engines: Only EVs allowed (www.notebookcheck.net)
11-Year-Old Boy Hears For the First Time as Scientists Get Closer to Finding a Cure for Hearing Loss (www.headphonesty.com)
Plant-based filter removes up to 99.9% of microplastics from water (newatlas.com)
World’s First Electric Aircraft Flight Powered by New Liquid Hydrogen–Flew for 3 Hours (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Right to Repair Legislation (www.404media.co)
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Potentially the world's largest lithium deposit has been found in a US volcano (www.techspot.com)
Boston.com: Giant inflatable ducks are floating in a Maine harbor, and no one knows where they came from (www.boston.com)
Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington (apnews.com)
It's now illegal for Minnesota libraries to ban LGBTQ+ books under this new law (www.advocate.com)
A branch of the flu family tree has died and won't be included in future US vaccines (www.livescience.com)
Bill to Ban Hidden Fees in California Signed into Law (oag.ca.gov)
It's one of the biggest experiments in fighting global poverty. Now the results are in (www.npr.org)
It’s an unprecedented – and massive – experiment: Since 2017 the U.S.-based charity GiveDirectly has been providing thousands of villagers in Kenya what’s called a “universal basic income” – a cash grant of about $50, delivered every month, with the commitment to keep the payments coming for 12 years. It is a...
Teen walks at graduation after completing doctoral degree at 17 (abcnews.go.com)
12-year-old saves drowning man, credits CPR learned from 'Stranger Things' (abcnews.go.com)
Yousaf: Trans women will be protected under misogyny law (www.bbc.com)
Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Supreme Court blocks $6 billion opioid settlement that would have given the Sackler family immunity | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Ok, still a ways to go before celebration, but we’re trending in the right direction. So, I’m choosing optimism.
A 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farm (electrek.co)
Scientists find possible first room-temperature superconductor (arxiv.org)
Virginia college students are running a thrift store for transgender and nonbinary people (www.advocate.com)
Transgender people looking to change up their wardrobes are often met with financial barriers. At a private college in Virginia, LGBTQ+ students are working to break down those walls with a no cost food and clothing pantry....
