US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance (apnews.com)
Japan is giving Washington 250 new cherry trees to replace those to be lost in construction work (wtop.com)
8-year-old Boy Becomes Youngest Player to Beat a Chess Grandmaster: ‘I felt amazing’ (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Redwoods are growing almost as fast in the UK as their Californian cousins (arstechnica.com)
‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat (www.theguardian.com)
The US is bringing back nature's best firefighters: beavers (lemmy.world)
Sorry, for some reason Jerboa didn’t add the url…...
Dying woman’s last wish: to pay off others’ medical debt – $15m worth (www.theguardian.com)
Pristine coral reefs discovered near Galápagos Islands are thousands of years old and teeming with life (www.livescience.com)
Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants (apnews.com)
'Cancer-killing pill' that appears to 'annihilate' solid tumours is now being tested on humans (news.sky.com)
Houston man ticketed for feeding unhoused found not guilty (www.chron.com)
FTC bans non-compete agreements, making it easier for workers to quit (www.cbsnews.com)
Researchers discover antibody capable of neutralizing venom from a wide variety of snake species across the globe; discovery may lead to universal antidote for snakebites. (www.scripps.edu)
Denver Basic Income Project for the unhoused sees the number of participants who own or rent a home increase from 5% of participants to 40% in 6 months. (drive.google.com)
There are multiple groups, the group referred to in the title received a lump sum of $6500 the first month, then $500 every month after that.
Greta’s school strikes led 30% of Swiss citizens to change habits (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from lemmy.world/post/5033710...
The Earth's projected warming by 2100 has fallen in the last ten years. (ciphernews.com)
New Solar-Powered Desalinator Keeps Producing Clean Water For 20% Cheaper Without Needing Constant Sunshine (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
How the Great Green Wall Is Holding Back the Sahara Desert (kottke.org)
THe Great Green Wall being built in Africa to halt the southern progress of the Sahara Desert is a favorite public works project of mine — it’s massive, ambitious, long-term, important, and if it works, the effect will repay the cost many times over. This video takes a quick look at some of the work being done on the wall in...
Zero Jet Aircraft Crashes: 2023 Was One Of Aviation’s Safest Years On Record (simpleflying.com)
New York City Moves to Ban Solitary Confinement, Defying Mayor Adams (www.nytimes.com)
Germany approves global minimum corporate tax (www.reuters.com)
The Kingdom Of Bhutan Becomes The First Country In The World To Achieve 100% Dog Sterilization & Vaccination (worldanimalnews.com)
Single mother with 6 kids gifted car refurbished by high school automotive tech students (www.westernmassnews.com)
Wildcats thriving in Scottish Highlands conservation project (www.bbc.co.uk)
