All Points of Progress
Tools for new readers, from Braille Lego to a Somali phone appProgress roundup: To unlock the power of reading, Lego now sells bricks with Braille, and an app is helping 350,000 people in their native tongue.
From Netherlands to Indonesia, solutions for safer and snugger homesProgress roundup: GPS on elephants reduces conflict with humans in Indonesia, and a Dutch technology for energy retrofits is a face-lift for homes.
The power of togetherness: Sharing knowledge, and a mealProgress roundup: Science gives a woman speech synthesized from her brain signals, and a Paris arrondissement works hard to build community.
Schooling the teachers, from California to CambodiaProgress roundup: A pipeline for early childhood education teachers is boosting ranks. In Cambodia, a World Bank program impacted 450,000 students.
For safer drinking water, the ingenuity of simple solutionsProgress roundup: Researchers develop an elegantly simple filter for microplastics, and a nonprofit is giving access to potable water to millions in East Africa. 聽
Signaling what matters: Indigenous representation, free school lunchProgress roundup: Brazil鈥檚 census finds more Indigenous people with new counting methods. And Africa鈥檚 largest school meals program aims to fight hunger.
Progress WatchHotlines, foreign policy, and monkeys: Where empathy drives progressProgress roundup: Chile makes gender a part of its foreign policy, and scientists in China are using butterfly-inspired nanofilms to cool objects.聽
Solar panels get a reputation boost, and a green container ship sailsProgress roundup: A cargo ship runs on biomethanol, and solar power lowers demand on a grid, allowing the third-largest power plant in New England to be safely retired.
The power of mending, from African ecosystems to self-repairing metalsIn our roundup of progress worldwide, researchers discover metals that repair themselves, and vultures help scientists protect big cats in Africa.
Knowledge sharers: Guatemalan farms, tech firms mapping illegal fishingProgress roundup: In Guatemala, farmers go to school to teach each other. And tech firms are cooperating on open-source maps to spot illegal fishing.
Preserving hope, for juveniles in US prisons and soldiers in IsraelProgress roundup: A look at data led to new ideas for lowering the suicide rate for Israeli troops, and an end to life in prison for juveniles in three U.S. states.
Environment watch: From Indigenous lands to water recycling at the officeProgress roundup: Water recycling goes extreme and in-house for San Francisco鈥檚 biggest buildings. And worldwide, Indigenous peoples control more lands.
Children of adoption: How families from Chile to Taiwan are made wholeProgress roundup: Adults 鈥渟tolen鈥� from Chile during dictatorship are finding birth families. And in Taiwan, LGBTQ+ couples are granted adoption rights.
Snakes, bats, and rocks, anyone? New species and a deep dig into Earth.Progress roundup: Scientists delve below the ocean floor and across the terrestrial hot spots of Southeast Asia, using words like 鈥渄ream鈥� and 鈥渨onder.鈥�
Island hopping: LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean, climate funds in IndonesiaProgress roundup: More Caribbean nations decriminalize same-sex relations. And Indigenous Indonesians have new funds to take climate control into their own hands.
Fairy circles and electricity from air: Inclusive and innovative scienceProgress roundup: In Australia, a research collaboration incorporated Indigenous expertise. In the U.S., engineers found a secret to harvesting energy from air 鈥� nanopores.
For children in east Africa, the dignity of hairstyles and better healthProgress roundup: Rastafarians end hair discrimination in Malawi, and an opponent of female genital mutilation wins the Templeton Prize in Somaliland.
Greek beaches and Moroccan holidays: Two signals of acceptanceProgress roundup: In Greece, wheelchair users have an easier way to enjoy the ocean. And in Morocco, a holiday recognizes the Berbers, 40% of the population.
Boosting jobs: From coding camps to streamlining for startupsProgress roundup: From Argentina to Benin, governments and industry boost employment with free education and by smoothing the path to entrepreneurship. And, we highlight a discovery for the future of electricity
Changing views on crime, from Central Asia to the South PacificProgress roundup: From Uzbekistan to Cook Islands, evolving views on behavior and relationships yield legal protection for battered partners and gay men.
