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Social supermarkets: 4 models fighting food insecurity

Food insecurity is often measured as a shortage of money, but the visible failure is more specific: a household cannot reliably obtain enough nutritious food through ordinary retail channels.

September 04, 2026 · 16 min read

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Community-led urban design: five keys to success Social Progress

Community-led urban design: five keys to success

A neighborhood can meet a formal density benchmark and still fail the people who live there. UN-Habitat has proposed at least 15,000 people per…

August 27, 2026 · 15 min read

Cash transfers vs in-kind aid: which helps more? Social Progress

Cash transfers vs in-kind aid: which helps more?

Here's a question that sounds almost insultingly simple: if someone is poor and hungry, do you hand them cash — or do you hand them a bag of rice?

August 23, 2026 · 15 min read

Best longevity diet: 5 science-backed eating habits Health & Wellbeing

Best longevity diet: 5 science-backed eating habits

The best longevity diet is not a single menu, a branded supplement stack, or an extreme fasting protocol. The strongest evidence points to a pattern…

August 16, 2026 · 14 min read

Community repair cafe setup: a practical guide Social Progress

Community repair cafe setup: a practical guide

In 2009, Martine Postma sat down in a small Amsterdam theater with a broken toaster, a handful of volunteer fixers, and a simple premise: repair…

August 14, 2026 · 10 min read

Opinion
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Opinion

A growing chorus is asking whether the traditional grant model still serves science — and as The Washington Post argues in a…

Good News Tonight
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Good News Tonight

NBC News' recurring "Good News Tonight" segment is built on a structurally simple editorial bet: that the most shareable moment…

Reforestation meaning: active vs passive methods Environmental Restoration

Reforestation meaning: active vs passive methods

Between 2021 and 2030, the United Nations has named this stretch of years the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration — a worldwide commitment to repair what…

July 10, 2026 · 10 min read

Afforestation and reforestation: 4 key differences Environmental Restoration

Afforestation and reforestation: 4 key differences

Plant the same tree species on a logged hillside and on a centuries-old grassland. The activity looks identical. The ecological outcome diverges…

July 06, 2026 · 8 min read

STEM paths that spark future careers
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STEM paths that spark future careers

The most useful STEM news this week is not a single lab result. It is a pattern: multiple outlets are pointing to new or renewed…

Buy biochar soil conditioners for organic gardens Environmental Restoration

Buy biochar soil conditioners for organic gardens

A bag of biochar can look deceptively simple: dark, crumbly carbon, quiet as ash, promising better soil with almost no drama. But for an organic…

June 30, 2026 · 14 min read

Should you book a Costa Rica turtle nesting tour? Wildlife Recovery

Should you book a Costa Rica turtle nesting tour?

When you sit down to plan your next travel experience, asking how to check if you should book a Costa Rica turtle nesting tour means the decision…

June 29, 2026 · 10 min read

Book 3 Science-Backed Longevity Retreats in 2026 Health & Wellbeing

Book 3 Science-Backed Longevity Retreats in 2026

I'm standing in a clinical suite in Lisbon, barefoot on polished concrete, when a nurse hands me a printout that essentially tells me my body is…

June 19, 2026 · 13 min read

Mission Innovation at DOE
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Mission Innovation at DOE

Mission Innovation, the multinational clean energy research push launched by the U.S. Department of Energy and its global…

Why salmon populations surge after dam removals Wildlife Recovery

Why salmon populations surge after dam removals

For more than a century, the Elwha River in Washington's Olympic Peninsula ran as two stagnant lakes held back by aging concrete. The dams, built in…

June 07, 2026 · 14 min read