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Technology
India's Rooftop Solar Jumps 136% to 6.6 GW
Indian households installed more rooftop solar in six months than the entire country managed in all of 2023, driven by a government subsidy program.
Science
18 Black-Footed Ferrets Released in Arizona Wild
North America's only native ferret species, once thought extinct, is expanding into new Arizona wilderness after a record year for captive breeding.
News
Colorado's Wildlife Overpass Cuts Collisions 91%
North America's largest wildlife bridge turned a highway that killed an animal a day into one where drivers have hit just two in ten months.
Technology
Avi Davidson Controls a Bionic Arm With His Thoughts
University of Utah's thought-controlled "LUKE Arm" is now in its first home trial, letting amputee Avi Davidson feel pressure and texture through a direct nerve interface.
Science
Green Sea Turtles Recover After 80-Nation Effort
Green sea turtles are the first marine turtle species ever moved off the IUCN's endangered list, a milestone WWF credits to 50-plus years of coordinated protection.
Human Achievements
Chicago Woman Built 8 Native Gardens for Monarchs
Claudia Galeno-Sánchez turned her Pilsen family home into a monarch butterfly sanctuary, then expanded the idea into eight native-plant gardens across her Chicago neighborhood.
News
Kākāpō Population Hits 325 After Record Chick Season
New Zealand's flightless kākāpō parrot has climbed to 325 birds after 90 chicks fledged this year — the biggest single-season gain in the species' recovery.
Human Achievements
Cyclist, 66, Rides All 2,448 Miles of Route 66
Ultra-endurance cyclist Joe Barr crossed the US coast to coast in 10 days, 6 hours and 27 minutes — finishing the ride the day before he turned 67.
Technology
ICFO Solar Cell Design Could Push Efficiency to 43%
By turning a solar cell into a mirrored optical cavity, Barcelona physicists found a new way around a 90-year-old efficiency ceiling in photovoltaics.
Science
7 New Diamond Frog Species Found in Madagascar
Twelve years of fieldwork and DNA pulled from century-old museum specimens brought Madagascar's secretive Rhombophryne genus from 20 known species to 27.
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WWF: Bluefin Tuna Explode in Numbers Off UK Coast
Once nearly wiped out by overfishing, Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to British waters in force — one of several wildlife wins in WWF's new Living Planet Report.
Technology
New Vienna Clock Drifts 1 Second Per 30 Million Years
Physicists in Vienna built a prototype clock that keeps time using atomic nuclei instead of electrons — and it already rivals decades of atomic-clock engineering.
News
European Bison Return to Britain After 6,000 Years
Five bison from Kent's pioneering herd have founded a new breeding group in Cumbria, where they're using their sheer bulk to restore thousands of acres of habitat for free.
Science
World's Largest Wildlife Crossing Opens Dec. 2
A concrete bridge over 10 lanes of California's 101 Freeway will finally let isolated mountain lions reach new mates — ending a decades-long genetic bottleneck.
Human Achievements
Retired GP, 76, Regrows 120 Hectares of WA Bush
Susan Downes bought a run-down 200-hectare farm in her 60s — nearly two decades and 45,000 trees later, 120 hectares are protected forever.
Human Achievements
13-Year-Old Breaks Pole Vault World Record 3 Times
Ukrainian pole vaulter Omelyan Herasymchuk broke his own U13 world record three times in a single competition, clearing 4.70 meters in Lviv.
Technology
Wood Waste Makes Lithium Batteries 60% Longer-Lasting
Michigan State engineers turned lignin, a cheap wood byproduct, into a battery separator that resists heat three times better than plastic and extends battery life.
News
183,000 Giant Tortoises Now Outnumber Seychellois
A five-year survey of Aldabra Atoll found the giant tortoise population has climbed to nearly 183,000 — more than the entire human population of the Seychelles.
Science
57 New Species Found in Argentina's Deep-Sea Canyon
In just two weeks, scientists confirmed 57 marine species and 5 new genera in a submarine canyon off Argentina nearly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.
Human Achievements
61-Year-Old Grandmother Sets 5-Hour Plank World Record
DonnaJean Wilde, 61, held an abdominal plank for 5 hours at the World Senior Games — 30 minutes past her own previous world record.
Technology
UCF Finds Third Type of Magnetism for Future Computers
Physicists confirmed altermagnetism in a layered cobalt material, a discovery that could let future chips use electron spin instead of charge.
News
17 Snakes Spark a World-First Comeback in Australia
Conservationists confirm more than half of Australia's reintroduced Broad-headed Snakes are alive and thriving in the wild, a world-first result.
Science
India Releases First Captive-Bred Bustards Into the Wild
Two captive-bred Great Indian Bustards, part of a species-saving program of just 97 birds, took their first wild steps in Rajasthan's desert.