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Acid mine waste turns rocks orange along Shamokin Creek in Pennsylvania.

America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it

Mine waste could power clean energy.

Good Partner – 4/27/2026

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Humans nearly vanished 800,000 years ago, revealing a quiet truth: most family lines disappear

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests.

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

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Plastic pollution in drinking water could be solved by a simple seed from a ‘Miracle Tree’

Chemicals in your tooth enamel record evidence of your diet that can last millions of years.

Ancient teeth reveal clues to the environment humans’ early ancestors evolved in millions of years ago

This wild ground bee, Andrena nothoscordi, is typically found in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast and loves false garlic flowers.

It’s OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)

Billionaire sees ‘useless’ Gobi Desert is the key to bountiful, money-saving clean energy

“This could be the new space of our civilization.”

Erik Barnes – 08/29/25

Billionaire sees ‘useless’ Gobi Desert is the key to bountiful, money-saving clean energy — Lei Zhang believes our future lies in a desolate desert.

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Scientists discover that a New York cemetery is the underground home for over 5 million bees

Erik Barnes – 4/20/2026

A monkey swipes a soda in Thailand.

City animals act in the same brazen ways around the world

Good Partner – 4/14/2026

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20 enormously funny photos of animals in the wild

GOOD Staff & Adam Albright-Hanna – 4/12/2026

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Veterinary scientists develop a daily pill that’s giving senior dog owners hope

Erik Barnes – 4/7/2026

two dolphins surfacing together

How dolphins communicate – new discoveries from a long‑term study in Sarasota, Florida

Good Partner – 4/2/2026

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Beluga whale’s jaw-dropping reaction to surprise proposal delighting millions

Adam Albright Hanna & GOOD Staff – 4/1/2026

Mathematics, Education, Explainer, Statistics, Probability, Frequency, Doing science

Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works

Good Partner – 3/31/2026

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Researchers capture sperm whales headbutting on camera, validating what sailors have said for centuries

Mark Wales – 3/27/2026