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🧴Great news for people who hate needles and have diabetes: in the future, insulin might be applied in a cream, rather than an injection.
www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough...
www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough...
Breakthrough Diabetes Treatment May Deliver Insulin Through a Skin Cream
A breakthrough in insulin delivery could one day spell an end to the invasive needles on which many people with diabetes rely.
www.sciencealert.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
🧴Great news for people who hate needles and have diabetes: in the future, insulin might be applied in a cream, rather than an injection.
www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough...
www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough...
"As we approach the holidays, my message to parents is simple: DO NOT GIVE YOUR CHILDREN ANY AI COMPANIONS OR TOYS," writes TPN member @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social with Zach Rausch.
www.afterbabel.com/p/dont-give-...
www.afterbabel.com/p/dont-give-...
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"As we approach the holidays, my message to parents is simple: DO NOT GIVE YOUR CHILDREN ANY AI COMPANIONS OR TOYS," writes TPN member @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social with Zach Rausch.
www.afterbabel.com/p/dont-give-...
www.afterbabel.com/p/dont-give-...
In the words of the great philosopher Taylor Swift, "You need to calm down."
That’s coming straight from our founder, Zachary Karabell, who’s advocating a different approach to meeting our current political moment.
That’s coming straight from our founder, Zachary Karabell, who’s advocating a different approach to meeting our current political moment.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In the words of the great philosopher Taylor Swift, "You need to calm down."
That’s coming straight from our founder, Zachary Karabell, who’s advocating a different approach to meeting our current political moment.
That’s coming straight from our founder, Zachary Karabell, who’s advocating a different approach to meeting our current political moment.
📉London has recorded the lowest number of murders in 2025 since monthly records began!
😮That number represents a fall of almost 60% compared to 2003.
😮That number represents a fall of almost 60% compared to 2003.
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
📉London has recorded the lowest number of murders in 2025 since monthly records began!
😮That number represents a fall of almost 60% compared to 2003.
😮That number represents a fall of almost 60% compared to 2003.
💉🌍The Daily Dose via Gavi 💉🌍
An estimated 1.4 million lives have been saved by HPV vaccines in lower-income countries since 2023.
The Gavi HPV vaccine program has also helped protect an estimated 86 million girls in the world’s highest-risk countries from cervical cancer.
An estimated 1.4 million lives have been saved by HPV vaccines in lower-income countries since 2023.
The Gavi HPV vaccine program has also helped protect an estimated 86 million girls in the world’s highest-risk countries from cervical cancer.
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
💉🌍The Daily Dose via Gavi 💉🌍
An estimated 1.4 million lives have been saved by HPV vaccines in lower-income countries since 2023.
The Gavi HPV vaccine program has also helped protect an estimated 86 million girls in the world’s highest-risk countries from cervical cancer.
An estimated 1.4 million lives have been saved by HPV vaccines in lower-income countries since 2023.
The Gavi HPV vaccine program has also helped protect an estimated 86 million girls in the world’s highest-risk countries from cervical cancer.
🚗The federal Transportation Department has approved the first female crash test dummy THOR-05F to replace Hybrid III which is based on an average American man from the 1970s, who was 5ft 9in and 170 pounds.
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🚗The federal Transportation Department has approved the first female crash test dummy THOR-05F to replace Hybrid III which is based on an average American man from the 1970s, who was 5ft 9in and 170 pounds.
🫛On the week of Thanksgiving, let's talk about the mighty cowpea.
🌍These cousins to black-eyed peas are eaten all over the world.
🌍These cousins to black-eyed peas are eaten all over the world.
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🫛On the week of Thanksgiving, let's talk about the mighty cowpea.
🌍These cousins to black-eyed peas are eaten all over the world.
🌍These cousins to black-eyed peas are eaten all over the world.
🐟More than 50 US fish stocks have rebounded from collapse or are on track to—and commercial fishing jobs are up nearly 40%—after environmental activists and fishermen found a win-win solution that netted fewer fish but earned more for fishermen.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🐟More than 50 US fish stocks have rebounded from collapse or are on track to—and commercial fishing jobs are up nearly 40%—after environmental activists and fishermen found a win-win solution that netted fewer fish but earned more for fishermen.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
🇦🇷📉The Daily Dose via @gzeromedia.com 🇦🇷📉
Last October, Argentina's inflation rate was 193%.
This October, it is now at 31%.
Last October, Argentina's inflation rate was 193%.
This October, it is now at 31%.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🇦🇷📉The Daily Dose via @gzeromedia.com 🇦🇷📉
Last October, Argentina's inflation rate was 193%.
This October, it is now at 31%.
Last October, Argentina's inflation rate was 193%.
This October, it is now at 31%.
Thank you for the shoutout, @hookcity.bsky.social !
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thank you for the shoutout, @hookcity.bsky.social !
"We tend to believe that to be happier, we need to become bigger in our own mind, and in the minds of others. But that’s wrong," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"We tend to believe that to be happier, we need to become bigger in our own mind, and in the minds of others. But that’s wrong," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
😎3 Things That Went Right This Week😎
🇦🇷Argentina’s inflation rate is now 31%, down from 193% in October 2024.
🇪🇬Egypt eliminated trachoma.
🐷Scientists have figured out how to stop the body from rejecting a donor pig kidney.
theprogressnetwork.org/gene-editing...
🇦🇷Argentina’s inflation rate is now 31%, down from 193% in October 2024.
🇪🇬Egypt eliminated trachoma.
🐷Scientists have figured out how to stop the body from rejecting a donor pig kidney.
theprogressnetwork.org/gene-editing...
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
😎3 Things That Went Right This Week😎
🇦🇷Argentina’s inflation rate is now 31%, down from 193% in October 2024.
🇪🇬Egypt eliminated trachoma.
🐷Scientists have figured out how to stop the body from rejecting a donor pig kidney.
theprogressnetwork.org/gene-editing...
🇦🇷Argentina’s inflation rate is now 31%, down from 193% in October 2024.
🇪🇬Egypt eliminated trachoma.
🐷Scientists have figured out how to stop the body from rejecting a donor pig kidney.
theprogressnetwork.org/gene-editing...
📉🌍The Daily Dose via the United Nations 📉🌍
Between 2015 and 2024, tuberculosis deaths have dropped by 46% in Africa!
Between 2015 and 2024, tuberculosis deaths have dropped by 46% in Africa!
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📉🌍The Daily Dose via the United Nations 📉🌍
Between 2015 and 2024, tuberculosis deaths have dropped by 46% in Africa!
Between 2015 and 2024, tuberculosis deaths have dropped by 46% in Africa!
👏The HPV vaccine is nearly 100% effective at preventing cervical cancer.
🇦🇺Several countries may eliminate it by the 2030s and 40s, but Australia is on track to get there first.
🇦🇺Several countries may eliminate it by the 2030s and 40s, but Australia is on track to get there first.
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
👏The HPV vaccine is nearly 100% effective at preventing cervical cancer.
🇦🇺Several countries may eliminate it by the 2030s and 40s, but Australia is on track to get there first.
🇦🇺Several countries may eliminate it by the 2030s and 40s, but Australia is on track to get there first.
"If you're an AI doomsayer...and believe that we're going to be in some dystopian conglomeration of the Matrix and the Terminator in the next 5 years. The reality is if you actually believe that, we're screwed anyway," says TPN founder Zachary Karabell to Mordy Hackel on Ventures and Visionaries.
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"If you're an AI doomsayer...and believe that we're going to be in some dystopian conglomeration of the Matrix and the Terminator in the next 5 years. The reality is if you actually believe that, we're screwed anyway," says TPN founder Zachary Karabell to Mordy Hackel on Ventures and Visionaries.
😮This week in the What Could Go Right? newsletter we are talking about one infant’s experimental rescue that inspired a new framework to fast-track gene editing therapies.
What Could Go Right? - The Baby Who Got His Own Cure
One infant’s experimental rescue inspired a new framework to fast-track gene editing therapies.
theprogressnetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
😮This week in the What Could Go Right? newsletter we are talking about one infant’s experimental rescue that inspired a new framework to fast-track gene editing therapies.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🐙Do MPAs work?
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🐙Do MPAs work?
🧪In 2023, Iowa City conducted an experiment.
🚌What would happen if they made their buses free for two years using Covid-19 relief funds to pay for it?
🤓The results are now in:
🚌What would happen if they made their buses free for two years using Covid-19 relief funds to pay for it?
🤓The results are now in:
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🧪In 2023, Iowa City conducted an experiment.
🚌What would happen if they made their buses free for two years using Covid-19 relief funds to pay for it?
🤓The results are now in:
🚌What would happen if they made their buses free for two years using Covid-19 relief funds to pay for it?
🤓The results are now in:
🥳We've won Bronze!
🙏Thank you to the Anthem Awards for recognizing the What Could Go Right? podcast in the Sustainability, Environment & Climate: Podcast or Audio category
🥰And, of course, thank you so much to all who voted!
🙏Thank you to the Anthem Awards for recognizing the What Could Go Right? podcast in the Sustainability, Environment & Climate: Podcast or Audio category
🥰And, of course, thank you so much to all who voted!
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🥳We've won Bronze!
🙏Thank you to the Anthem Awards for recognizing the What Could Go Right? podcast in the Sustainability, Environment & Climate: Podcast or Audio category
🥰And, of course, thank you so much to all who voted!
🙏Thank you to the Anthem Awards for recognizing the What Could Go Right? podcast in the Sustainability, Environment & Climate: Podcast or Audio category
🥰And, of course, thank you so much to all who voted!
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🔦Scientists have taught bumblebees a kind of simplified Morse code, using different patterns of light.
🍯They rewarded them with sugary treats whenever they chose correctly.
👏Most of the bees chose the right pattern even when there was no reward.
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-h...
🍯They rewarded them with sugary treats whenever they chose correctly.
👏Most of the bees chose the right pattern even when there was no reward.
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-h...
Scientists Have Trained Bumblebees to Understand a Form of Morse Code
In the latest test of the tiny workings of bumblebee minds, scientists have taught the fuzzy insects to tell the difference between patterns of light – a kind of simplified Morse code – to find a suga...
www.sciencealert.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🔦Scientists have taught bumblebees a kind of simplified Morse code, using different patterns of light.
🍯They rewarded them with sugary treats whenever they chose correctly.
👏Most of the bees chose the right pattern even when there was no reward.
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-h...
🍯They rewarded them with sugary treats whenever they chose correctly.
👏Most of the bees chose the right pattern even when there was no reward.
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-h...
"What keeps people in love is not what makes them fall in love in the first place," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
"Understanding this might just keep your partnership intact until you are 64—and beyond."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Understanding this might just keep your partnership intact until you are 64—and beyond."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Three Rules for a Lasting Happy Marriage
To keep the flame alive, put love at the center of your life.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"What keeps people in love is not what makes them fall in love in the first place," writes TPN member Arthur Brooks.
"Understanding this might just keep your partnership intact until you are 64—and beyond."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Understanding this might just keep your partnership intact until you are 64—and beyond."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🇰🇷South Korea has pledged to phase out coal!
👏They are the second Asian nation to do so after Singapore.
🏭By 2040, the country will close all 40 of its existing coal-fired plants.
(H/T @sclif3124.bsky.social )
👏They are the second Asian nation to do so after Singapore.
🏭By 2040, the country will close all 40 of its existing coal-fired plants.
(H/T @sclif3124.bsky.social )
Korea pledges to phase out coal plants - The Korea Times
Korea on Monday announced that it has joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), committing to close 40 coal-fired power plants by 2040. The an...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🇰🇷South Korea has pledged to phase out coal!
👏They are the second Asian nation to do so after Singapore.
🏭By 2040, the country will close all 40 of its existing coal-fired plants.
(H/T @sclif3124.bsky.social )
👏They are the second Asian nation to do so after Singapore.
🏭By 2040, the country will close all 40 of its existing coal-fired plants.
(H/T @sclif3124.bsky.social )
🏦📈The Daily Dose via the World Bank 🏦📈
In 2014, only 50% of women who lived in low- and middle-income countries had a financial account.
That rate is now up to 73%!
In 2014, only 50% of women who lived in low- and middle-income countries had a financial account.
That rate is now up to 73%!
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🏦📈The Daily Dose via the World Bank 🏦📈
In 2014, only 50% of women who lived in low- and middle-income countries had a financial account.
That rate is now up to 73%!
In 2014, only 50% of women who lived in low- and middle-income countries had a financial account.
That rate is now up to 73%!