See what stories caught our attention this week, including habitat connectivity across the Rockies and new tech for saving whales. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-building-wildlife-corridor-rockies/
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A top analyst breaks down the country’s historic drop in homicides — and explains why it might persist. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/americas-second-great-crime-decline/
America’s Second ‘Great Crime Decline’ Could Already Be Here
A top analyst breaks down the country’s historic drop in homicides — and explains why it might persist.
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By finding evidence that no human can detect, trained “super sniffer” dogs are cracking tough poaching cases. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/india-super-sniffer-dogs-poaching/
Meet India's Four-Legged Wildlife Detectives
By finding evidence that no human can detect, trained “super sniffer” dogs are cracking tough poaching cases.
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At a jail in Topeka, Kansas, a women-led effort is redefining care during and after incarceration. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/they-take-your-brokenness-and-put-it-together/
'They Take Your Brokenness and Put It Together'
At a jail in Topeka, Kansas, a women-led effort is redefining care during and after incarceration.
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More than 90,000 people in the U.S. are on the waitlist for a kidney transplant. How many of their lives could be saved by strangers? https://reasonstobecheerful.world/kidney-exchange-chains/
The 'Domino Chains' Transforming Kidney Donation
More than 90,000 people in the U.S. are on the waitlist for a kidney transplant. How many of their lives could be saved by a stranger?
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See what stories caught our attention this week, including more expansive ways to support older adults and rainwater reuse for data centers. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-aging-in-community/
The Bièvre was once completely covered over with concrete. Now, stretches of the river are being revealed and revitalized. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/bievre-river/
Unearthing Paris' Mythical Second River
The Bièvre was once completely buried in concrete. Now, stretches of the river are being revealed and revitalized.
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North Carolinians seeking addiction medicine can now get it from a source they already trust: their primary care doctor. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/hub-and-spoke-addiction-treatment/
When It Comes to Addiction Treatment, 'Any Door Should Be the Right Door'
North Carolinians seeking addiction medicine can now get it from a source they already trust: their primary care doctor.
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Life after incarceration shouldn’t feel like a continuation of punishment. Step inside another possibility: the safe, calm space of the Mobile Refuge Room. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/mobile-refuge-room-transitional-housing/
What It Means to Shape Your Own Space After Prison
Life after incarceration shouldn’t feel like a continuation of punishment. Step inside another possibility: the safe, calm space of the Mobile Refuge Room.
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See what stories caught our attention this week, including a Japanese tree relocation technique and a novel way to fight microplastics. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-reading-saving-trees-japan/
What We’re Reading: Saving One Centuries-Old Tree at a Time
See what stories caught our attention this week, including a Japanese tree relocation technique and a novel way to fight microplastics.
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Once among the most polluted cities in the world, Beijing has made a massive U-turn on air quality — thanks, in part, to EVs. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/electric-vehicles-air-quality-health/
Are Electric Cars Making Us Healthier?
Once among the most polluted cities in the world, Beijing has made a massive U-turn on air quality — thanks, in part, to EVs.
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Instead of asking what should be built, Barbara Buser asks what can be saved. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-if-we-never-built-another-new-building/
What If We Never Built Another New Building?
Instead of asking what should be built, Barbara Buser asks what can be saved.
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Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories. Read the story behind this stat here: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/menstrual-blood-medical-possibilities/
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Menstrual blood is usually treated as waste. But it could be key to helping scientists understand how our bodies heal. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/menstrual-blood-medical-possibilities/
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Specially tailored, home-delivered meals can help keep those with diet-linked conditions like diabetes and heart disease out of the hospital. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/food-is-medicine-study/
'Food Really Is Medicine'
Specially tailored, home-delivered meals can help keep those with diet-linked conditions like diabetes and heart disease out of the hospital.
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