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Paris: Bike City, Repeat
An episode from the archive where Colleen and Neil talk about Paris' new bike lanes. We were so naïve about the length of the lockdown... As an update, seems like Paris still has a bunch of their impromptu bike lanes and people are biking more than ever!
Un-mined Diamonds
The world's largest jewelry company is switching to recycled metals and lab-grown diamonds. That's great news!
Child Chess Champ
Everyone loves a child prodigy story!
Prancer the Demon Doggy
Prancer the unadoptable dog has been... adopted!
Nationale Bijentelling
A bee count with good news!
Pooch Room Service
Now you can get dog room service too! (Honestly, these items sound great.)
Families Who Bowl Together, Stay Together
A special way to memorialize a bowler's father.
Three Just Things
Three pieces of good news about justice and changing public opinion in the US.
Mars Helicopter and Irish Period Products
Updates and expansions of two TGNP topics: the Mars Ingenuity helicopter and efforts to reduce period poverty.
Paint Power
Paint can (help to) save the world!
Three Pieces of Goodness
Three short pieces of goodness, greatness, and groodness!
Las Vegas Going Un-green
New rules in Vegas might mean more cactus and less mowing.
Shaq-cellence
Shaq likes to make people smile!
Cat Metal
Heavy Metal + Cat + Charity = CATTERA
Fievel Goes Up, Repeat
A repeat about a record breaking mouse and some 90s pop culture.
Recycled Olympic Medals, Repeat
A repeat from August of 2019, it seems like the the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are ON. The torch is on its way, and a reminder that the medals for the 2020 (now 2021) Olympics are very cool!
Online Louvre
Nearly half a MIIIILLLLION pieces of art are now online.
Rabbit Researchers
Rabbits on a small island have been doing some rough and tumble archaeological work.
Apophis Armageddon Averted
Looks like Earth is in the clear for the next hundred years- from asteroids at least! (No promises about aliens.)
International Space Cheese
Have you ever wondered what cheese they eat on the ISS? Me too!
Cadbury Easter Pooch, repeat
From last year, to get in the spring mood, let's remember the Easter pooch!
3 Good Snippets
Three snippets of goodness!
3 Quick Bits
Three short pieces of good news!
Names as Colors and Colors of Names, repeat
A repeat from last year, exploring Synesthesia. Synesthesia.me is still up and worth a visit!
Navajo Words on Mars
A neat Navajo naming convention for Martian points of interest.
Remote Deliveries
Vaccines delivered by... DRONES!
WikiAfrica
Another project broadening the horizons of everyone's favorite crowdsourced encyclopedia!
Minnesota Plows
A fleet of plows gets named by the internet and it pretty much goes exactly as expected.
An Old Bird
An albatross hits two major milestones.
Orange Energy is Green
Seville has an orange problem that might turn the city green.