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DATE: May 7, 2026 at 02:30PM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Platypuses Swam with Dolphins 25 Million Years Ago, Reveals ‘Exciting’ Fossil Find

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Everyone knows that the platypus is the world’s strangest mammal, obeying conventions as well as Alice Cooper or Ozzy Osbourne ever did. But an “exciting” new fossil is revealing more about this ancient lineage’s long history: namely some serious gnashers. Paleontologists made the rare discovery east of the Flinders Ranges in the remote outback of […]

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Platypuses Swam with Dolphins 25 Million Years Ago, Reveals ‘Exciting’ Fossil Find

Obdurodon insignis was an ancestor of the modern platypus lived during the late Oligocene period around 25 million years ago in the huge lakes

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Good News/Positive Science Bot 6h ago

DATE: May 7, 2026 at 11:31AM
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TITLE: Canadian Woman Gives Free Bikes and Trikes to Thousands of Kids in the Past 14 Years

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/canadian-woman-gives-free-bikes-and-trikes-to-thousands-of-kids-in-the-past-14-years/

For 14 years, a generous soul in Moncton has been collecting donated bicycles and children’s tricycles and holding regular giveaways for families who can’t afford to buy one. “The reward of seeing kids smile and ride off on their bikes is priceless,” said Krista Richard, organizer of the Bikes and Trikes for Everyone program. Richard […]

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Canadian Woman Gives Free Bikes and Trikes to Thousands of Kids in the Past 14 Years

Last year, some 400 children were on her waiting list—like Younis and Aws, who put on their best Friday clothes

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Good News/Positive Science Bot 9h ago

DATE: May 7, 2026 at 09:00AM
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TITLE: 85 Million Acres of Private Land Are Being Protected for Conservation in the US and Australia

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/85-million-acres-of-private-land-are-being-protected-for-conservation-in-the-us-and-australia/

Australia now boasts one of the world’s largest acreage of private land set aside for conservation, and the Guardian recently reported that generous and wealthy citizens are to thank for it. Leaving land to conservation purposes in wills, and making bequests of estates has made a big part in amassing 24 million acres of privately-conserved […]

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85 Million Acres of Private Land Are Being Protected for Conservation in the US and Australia

In the United States, one of the largest protected areas in the country is actually a private-public partnership called American Prairie.

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Good News/Positive Science Bot 15h ago

DATE: May 7, 2026 at 03:00AM
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TITLE: Good News in History, May 7

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events060508/

80 years ago today, the innovative electronics company, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, co-founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka, first began operations. With 20 employees, and later taking the name Sony, they built Japan’s first tape recorder. In 1955, Sony’s transistor radio cracked open the US market, launching the new industry of consumer microelectronics–with teens being […]

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Good News on This Day in History – May 7

A daily column that features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—May 7.

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Good News/Positive Science Bot 18h ago

DATE: May 7, 2026 at 12:10AM
SOURCE: THE GOOD NEWS PODCAST

TITLE: Seeds Can Hear Rain 🌱

URL: https://share.transistor.fm/s/d469549d

Seeds have little vibration detectors that help them get to growing when the rain starts falling. That's good news!

The Good News Podcast | Seeds Can Hear Rain 🌱

Seeds have little vibration detectors that help them get to growing when the rain starts falling. That's good news!Read more about the seed study here

Good News/Positive Science Bot 19h ago

DATE: May 6, 2026 at 07:00AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Seed-Sharing No Longer Illegal After Landmark Kenya Court Ruling Against Global Seed Monopolists

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/seed-sharing-no-longer-illegal-after-landmark-kenya-court-ruling-against-global-seed-monopolists/

Kenya’s highest court recently struck down as unconstitutional a law that forbade seed sharing, a long practiced traditional means of diversifying crop production and resilience. The law, whether inadvertently or by design, made Kenya another country within the network of those whose seed industry is virtually controlled by a small group of international conglomerates like […]

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Seed-Sharing No Longer Illegal After Landmark Kenya Court Ruling Against Global Seed Monopolists

Like many traditional farming cultures, Kenyan farmers exchange seeds, and over time this has led to millions of genetically distinct crops

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Good News/Positive Science Bot 1d ago

DATE: May 6, 2026 at 03:54PM
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TITLE: Sam Neill Beats Cancer After 5-Year Battle, Announces ‘It’s Time I Did Another Movie’

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sam-neill-beats-cancer-after-5-year-battle-announces-its-time-i-did-another-movie/

Jurassic Park star Sam Neill, who’s been battling lymphoma, has spoken out that he’s cancer free and that now “it’s time I did another movie.” The international A-lister from New Zealand was diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, and immediately started chemotherapy as early as March, 2022. The cancer had already progressed, and he said that […]

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Sam Neill Beats Cancer After 5-Year Battle, Announces 'It's Time I Did Another Movie'

“I’ve just had a scan just now and there is no cancer in my body, that’s an extraordinary thing," he admitted.

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Good News/Positive Science Bot 1d ago

DATE: May 6, 2026 at 03:17PM
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TITLE: New Desalination Plant Gives San Diego So Much Water it’s Helping Other States Suffering Drought

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thanks-to-desalination-plant-san-diego-has-so-much-water-its-helping-other-states-suffering-drought/

After years of suffering from drought, San Diego is using the resources it built up over that time to help neighboring states now facing their own water challenges. Arizona and Nevada are pursuing agreements with the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) to siphon off its share of the Colorado River. In exchange, the states […]

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Thanks to Desalination Plant, San Diego Has So Much Water it's Helping Other States Suffering Drought

In exchange, the states would fund the quarterly costs of running San Diego's Carlsbad Desalination Plant.

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Good News/Positive Science Bot 1d ago

DATE: May 6, 2026 at 10:01AM
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TITLE: Orphaned Otter Found on a Beach Is Now Surrogate Mother to an Orphaned Pup Found on a Beach

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/orphaned-otter-found-on-a-beach-is-now-surrogate-mother-to-an-orphaned-pup-found-on-a-beach/

When rescuers found a 2-week-old otter pup alone on Asilomar state beach on the central coast of California, they knew exactly what to do. They took the pup, named Sunny, to the Aquarium of the Pacific, where lived a maternal-aged otter named Rey—who was also found orphaned alone on a beach as a juvenile. It’s […]

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Orphaned Otter Found on a Beach Is Now Surrogate Mother to an Orphaned Pup Found on a Beach

It's a full circle moment that saw Rey adopt Sunny through a pioneering surrogate initiative run by the Monterrey Bay Aquarium (MBA).

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Good News/Positive Science Bot 1d ago

DATE: May 6, 2026 at 09:41AM
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TITLE: Students Use Makeshift Stretcher to Rescue Injured Hiker, a Skill They Had Specifically Practiced

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A high school women’s group rescued a hiker with a broken leg having trained for that exact situation. It started when the students from the Armidale’s Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC) arrived at Warrumbungle National Park for a 4-day hike. On day 3, they came across Thomas Wendland, a hiker who had broken his leg. Startled […]

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Students Use Makeshift Stretcher to Rescue Injured Hiker, a Skill They Had Specifically Practiced

Blake said to have that trick up their sleeve, and to have practiced it, provided "such a good sense of achievement."

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