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Where cellphones help users save money, and pricey calls are now freeProgress roundup: To better connect incarcerated New Yorkers with loved ones, the state is paying for phone calls. In Africa, mobile money helps people save.
The AI crime against children in Argentina, and how Norway prevents homelessnessProgress roundup: Prevention of harm motivates judges in Argentina and officials in Norway. And in Los Angeles, students test better than they ever have.
How a city鈥檚 hardship opened eyes to wider problem-solvingProgress roundup:聽Flint, Michigan, completes pipe replacements for clean water; India鈥檚 Gujarat state pilots pollution trading and lowers emissions.
Where a women鈥檚 tax is canceled, and businesswomen鈥檚 decisions valuedProgress roundup: Malta brings free period products to schools, a study in Kenya and Senegal finds women鈥檚 decision-making superior to men鈥檚, and more.
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In California and in Poland, new laws for who belongs whereProgress roundup: A $56 million purchase doubles the Yurok tribe鈥檚 holdings along the Klamath River, and Shanghai bus riders create new routes.
Protecting homes from hurricanes, rice crops from heat, and seas from trawlingProgress roundup: Science reveals how rice crops can resist heat for better yields and quality, and how building codes work against hurricanes.
Helpful microbes: For cleaning up oil spills and helping crops growProgress roundup: Science enables Brazil to transform its economy, German researchers to find a microbe that makes detergent, and California to filter PFAS.
Citizen projects tear up pavement for plants, and keep solar panels goingChina, the largest producer and consumer of seafood, signs a safeguard against illegal fishing. And in Colombia,聽a program eases adoption of renewables.聽 聽
The surprising resilience of a smiling salamander and some old buried seedsProgress roundup: Captive-bred salamander can survive in the wild, and old fynbos seeds will germinate, sowing science鈥檚 hope for habitat restoration.
The benefits of living with bears and letting nature take its courseProgress roundup: Antarctica鈥檚 newest research base lowers fossil fuel use, a medieval Italian village welcomes its bears, and more.
How to plant a city tree, and where timber beats steel for buildingsProgress roundup: Art world wakes up to South Asian talent, a Stockholm method of planting keeps trees happy,聽and clean energy tops fossil fuels in the U.S.
How independence helps caregivers on the job and Indigenous people in ColombiaProgress roundup: Philippine island boosts incomes and mangrove forests, Colombia protects isolated tribes, and U.S. home care workers thrive in co-ops.
The right to be a society apart, in Ecuador and South AfricaProgress roundup: A startup gets closer to carbon dioxide聽emissions-free steel, Germany strategizes for pedestrians, and African penguins gain protections.
More butterflies and birds: Vulnerable species make gainsProgress roundup: Monarchs doubled in population in Mexico; less drought helped. In South Sudan, a forgotten coffee variety offers climate resilience.
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