Technology
September 3, 2026 – September 10, 2026
Good news this week.
The most-read positive news, uplifting stories, and science breakthroughs from the past seven days on The Good Press.
Most-read this week
News
Mindfulness and Gratitude Cut Blood Pressure in 8 Weeks
New research shows mindfulness, gratitude, and optimism programs improve blood pressure, inflammation, and heart markers within just 8 to 12 weeks.
Human Achievements
Pig Kidney Keeps Man Alive for a Record 271 Days
A gene-edited pig kidney functioned inside a Massachusetts patient for 271 days, the longest xenotransplant survival ever recorded.
More good news from this week
Technology
India's EOS-05 Satellite Reaches Orbit 36,000 Km Up
ISRO's EOS-05 became India's first geosynchronous imaging satellite, succeeding on its first try after two earlier launches failed.
News
Rwanda's $49M Green Village Protects Mountain Gorillas
Rwanda broke ground on a $49M Smart Green Village for 547 families as Volcanoes National Park expands to protect mountain gorillas.
Science
190-Year-Old DNA Confirms Nepal's Pangolin as a New Species
A pangolin skin collected in Nepal in 1836 and stored at London's Natural History Museum held the answer: the Himalayan pangolin is its own distinct species, hidden in plain sight for two centuries.
Science
Chile Puts Injured Humboldt Penguins in Copper Vests
Zoo veterinarians in Chile are fitting injured, vulnerable Humboldt penguins with copper-and-zinc vests to speed healing during a brutal El Niño.
Science
10,000 Endangered Frogs Released Across California Mountains
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has returned over 10,000 mountain yellow-legged frogs to California this year — a 20-year conservation program hitting its highest single-season total.
Human Achievements
Josh Kerr Runs 3:42.66 to Shatter 27-Year Mile Record
Scottish runner Josh Kerr clocked 3:42.66 at the London Diamond League on July 18, erasing Hicham El Guerrouj's 27-year-old mile world record in front of 60,000 spectators.
Science
500 Bat Species Have a Secret Double Immune System
Scientists found 500+ vesper bat species carry two separate antibody gene sets — an immune arrangement found in no other mammal on Earth.
Technology
Offshore Wind Turbines Are Now Reefs for 11,500 Fish
Divers counted 97 fish species thriving around wind turbine foundations off Taiwan, while 54 new foundations off New York are building a matching reef.
Science
Kazakhstan Welcomes 2nd Wild Horse Foal in 200 Years
A foal born to a mare named Umbra marks the second wild Przewalski's horse birth in Kazakhstan in two weeks — and the first in 200 years.
Science
46 Lynx Later: Kittens Born in Washington's Kettle Range
Trail cameras caught Washington State's first lynx kittens in over 40 years — proof that the Colville Tribes' five-year effort to bring wápupxn home is working.
Human Achievements
Africa's New Conservation Rangers Are Flying Drones
A tech training program has placed thermal drones and connected systems in the hands of 16 conservation experts from 11 African countries.
Human Achievements
Assam Teacher's 'Each One Teach One' Reaches 6 Villages
Rajesh Bordoloi turned his geography students into daily tutors for their own mothers — and just won India's National Teachers' Award for it.
Science
New Zealand's Kākāpō Population Surges to 325
A bumper rimu berry harvest triggered New Zealand's best kākāpō breeding season on record, adding 90 chicks to the critically endangered parrot's ranks.
News
7 Endangered African Penguin Chicks Hatch at SC Aquarium
Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach welcomed five chicks in just months, bringing 2026's total to a "Lucky Seven" for a species now critically endangered.
Technology
Boy, 11, Gets Bionic Arm Days Before Starting School
Fin Lawlor, 11, lost all four limbs to meningitis as a toddler. His new myoelectric Hero PRO arm let him grip a pen and a backpack strap within an hour.
Human Achievements
Turkish Grandmother, 81, Paints 80 Works After Bob Ross
At 81, Şahinde Ermiş taught herself to paint by watching Bob Ross on TV — now she has 80 canvases and a second solo exhibition opening this month.
Science
Scientists Discover 1,121 New Marine Species in One Year
A global alliance of scientists catalogued 1,121 previously unknown ocean species in a single year — a ghost shark, glass-dwelling worms, and more.
News
Spain Proposes 23 New Marine Protected Areas
The plan would protect 22,405 square kilometers of Atlantic and Mediterranean waters that host whales, sea turtles, deep coral, and seagrass meadows.
Technology
Scotland Recycles 99.9% of Its First Wind Farm
Hagshaw Hill's 26 retired turbines were 79.5% recycled and 20.4% reused, undercutting a common argument that wind power can't be recycled.
Human Achievements
Maine's Hog Island Marks 90 Years of Conservation
A Depression-era fight to stop loggers created a 330-acre camp that has trained conservationists and launched Project Puffin for nine decades.
News
6 Species Reclaim Australia's Outback After 100 Years
Bilbies, quolls and bandicoots are breeding in the wild for the first time in a century after a decade-long rewilding project in outback New South Wales.