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Stories About Using Technology and Innovation To Make a Difference

A photo collage of a solar farm, a whale shark swimming in the deep ocean, members of the Can't Win Victory Fund coalition, boxes and containers full of groceries for a food drive, and a forest

Good News This Week: November 8, 2025 - Mangroves, Backpacks, & Food Drives

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A laptop screen displays ChatGPT, asking "how can I help?"

5 ways artificial intelligence is actually being used for good

Across medicine, education, and culture, AI can be a tool to do more good.
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A wolf howls in the snow of Yellowstone National Park

AI is listening to the wolves of Yellowstone National Park. Experts say it could help the population rebound

“Every six kilometers, there are recorders running 24/7,” experts told Good Good Good.
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A woman with ALS, Brooke Eby, sits in a wheelchair with an oxygen tube. She holds a small, black dog on her lap

ALS made it impossible for this woman to walk her dog. Engineers invented a custom, adaptive leash just for her

All Brooke Eby wanted to do is walk her dog, Dray. Chewy worked with engineers to make it possible again.
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A woman looks at her glowing iPhone screen in a dark room

Wi-Fi apps in times of war: 'I wouldn’t be exaggerating if I said that WhatsApp can be life-saving'

Wi-Fi-based messaging apps have proven crucial as wars wage on and natural disasters hit vulnerable regions.
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Four young men with disabilities stand in front of a house

Innovative 'smart houses' give adults with disabilities freedom to live independently

The technology is designed to anticipate challenges and provide accommodations.
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A photo collage of a Halloween display featuring skeletons and pumpkins, two men carrying a sea turtle on the shoreline, a photo of Gisèle Pelicot smiling, a man painting a staircase, and a frog

Good News This Week: November 1, 2025 - Crosswalks, Turtles, & Tamale Carts

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A white iPhone with a giant "CANCELELD" circle through it. On the right, Eddy Burback, a white man with a mustache, stands with a cartoon landline in his hand. Text above says No Cell Phone

More and more people are opting for 'dumb phones' — or getting rid of them altogether

Youtuber Eddy Burback said that his life dramatically changed after he went without his iPhone for a month.
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A cockroach on a white table with a microchip on its back

Scientists are building cyborg cockroaches to create the world’s smallest search and rescue workers

Experts at the University of Queensland are redefining the future of search and rescue work.
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A pile of electronic waste sticking out a trash can

This teen has fixed and donated over 500 computers to help people in need

By the time he was 12, Sam Nadol had already repaired eight broken computers.
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