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An elderly couple place their hands on the shoulders and back of the head of a girl aged around 4 years-old.

This state just made it possible for grandparents to get free child care

While 21 states offer some form of access to child care assistance, this state offers the most comprehensive plan yet.
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People plan to plant 1 trillion trees this decade. A new project aims to ensure these forests survive

Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change and reduce biodiversity loss. But ecology experts have one important message for them.
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Kamala Harris in a pink suit talking with Soledad O'Brien in a blue belted blazer

New global study finds that most people actually want a gender-balanced government

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley polled 17,000 people in a dozen countries across Europe, the Pacific, and the Americas.
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Book display of assorted paperbacks and hardback books.

BookTok hits like 'Fourth Wing' and 'Sunrise at the Reaping' are saving brick-and-mortar bookstores across the country

BookTok is an online community that is predominantly made up of women. And they have had a real-world impact on bookstores.
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A sea turtle hatchling poking its head and arms out of a shell

Over 4,000 sea turtle eggs were at risk of being bulldozed. These volunteers came to their rescue

Since March, volunteers and trained personnel have moved 3,984 eggs from 44 leatherback nests and 122 eggs from a single loggerhead nest.
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Famed primatologist Jane Goodall sits in a chair in a lush backyard, mid-conversation.

Jane Goodall has advice for everyone this Earth Day, in rare, never-before-seen interview

In a previously unaired interview, Dr. Jane Goodall talked to environmentalist Dax Dasilva about the importance of small actions and never losing hope.
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A baby sea turtle crawls against the sand.

Luxury resort saves over 600 injured sea turtles and helps hatch 120,000 more

The Brando luxury resort demonstrates that science-driven, sustainable tourism can successfully restore marine ecosystems and protect endangered sea turtles.
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A photo collage of a dad and his two children with their backs behind the camera, two men on a road while holding construction tools, a macaw perched on a metal screen, Randall Lane standing on the TED stage, and two people doing a science experiment on a table

Good News This Week: April 18, 2026 - Polar Bears, Websites, & Macaws

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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A bird sits on a tree branch

Five 'missing' bird species were rediscovered in 2025, offering hope to conservationists

With the new changes, the overall number of “lost” birds, as defined in a 2022 study, dropped to 120 from the 163 listed when the list was first published.
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An elderly womans hand is at the top of the frame as she mixes paint colors on a wooden palette

Their homes burned down in the LA fires. She's bringing them back — one brushstroke at a time

In 2025, the 72-year-old artist began volunteering with Homes in Memoriam in the wake of the Palisades Fire.
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Forbes headline over a stylized halftone face background, with two circular black-and-white portraits: MacKenzie Scott on the left outlined in blue with an upward arrow, and Elon Musk on the right outlined in orange with a looping downward arrow above him

Forbes announces 'True Net Worth' to track how much billionaires give away

The editor of the Forbes Billionaires List introduced a new method to track wealth: How much money the world’s richest people are giving away.
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A 13-year-old White boy cooks behind a diner counter, serving up burgers.

This 13-year-old has earned nearly half a million followers by cooking meals for his unhoused neighbors

The 13-year-old has joined the likes of Chef José Andrés and Dr. Bernice A. King as a community “builder.”
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