All Points of Progress
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.
Damage control: How the World Bank reformed and Brazil curbs illegal goldProgress roundup: Efforts to protect people with less power include Brazil's testing to identify illegal gold, and the World Bank's 30-year-old reforms.
Bright spots: Dark sky in China, and TV lessons for Afghan girlsProgress roundup: The BBC creates educational TV shows for Afghan girls stuck at home; a Chinese community gets certified by the Dark-Sky Association.
Reunited: Stolen art goes home, and why lonely habitats need companyProgress roundup: New York's Antiquities Traffic Unit returns hundreds of objects, the Amazon's isolated habitats grow stronger when linked, and more.
Meeting unique needs: From sign language TV to teen pregnancy preventionProgress roundup: Meeting the needs of different sectors of society requires unique solutions, in Liberia, the UK, and a new U.S. national monument.
Keeping it wild: Tokyo farms and Europe鈥檚 last undammed riverProgress roundup: There's balance in growing food among skyscrapers, keeping Europe's last wild river unbounded, and bringing back an endangered feline.
Double lives: From glass back to sand, and how solar panels can save waterProgress roundup: Tests show recycled glass aids Louisiana marshlands, floating PV panels slow evaporation, non-invasive imaging uncovers mysteries in Giza.
Erasing stigmas: Women workers鈥� unique right, and an inclusive censusProgress roundup: Spain passes Europe鈥檚 first menstrual leave law, Chile鈥檚 fishers sacrifice catch for marine refuges, Singapore makes a High Line.聽
From bird hunting in EU to poaching of pangolins, curbs on harmProgress roundup: Lead shot is banned near EU wetlands, a broad new program to save pangolins, and women's firsts in Bolivia and the Navajo Nation.
Laws with teeth: Slowing shark loss and new coal minesProgress roundup: Quotas boost ranks of female legislators, more shark protections in Costa Rica, and how a law averted a new coal mine in Australia.
Burn to preserve, and other forest practices, from Ecuador to CaliforniaProgress roundup: Indigenous peoples and governments are working together to preserve forests with controlled burns, protection from logging, and more.
