All Points of Progress
Fairy circles and electricity from air: Inclusive and innovative scienceProgress roundup: In Australia, a research collaboration incorporated Indigenous expertise. In the U.S., engineers found a secret to harvesting energy from air – nanopores.
For children in east Africa, the dignity of hairstyles and better healthProgress roundup: Rastafarians end hair discrimination in Malawi, and an opponent of female genital mutilation wins the Templeton Prize in Somaliland.
Greek beaches and Moroccan holidays: Two signals of acceptanceProgress roundup: In Greece, wheelchair users have an easier way to enjoy the ocean. And in Morocco, a holiday recognizes the Berbers, 40% of the population.
Boosting jobs: From coding camps to streamlining for startupsProgress roundup: From Argentina to Benin, governments and industry boost employment with free education and by smoothing the path to entrepreneurship. And, we highlight a discovery for the future of electricity
Changing views on crime, from Central Asia to the South PacificProgress roundup: From Uzbekistan to Cook Islands, evolving views on behavior and relationships yield legal protection for battered partners and gay men.
Damage control: How the World Bank reformed and Brazil curbs illegal goldProgress roundup: Efforts to protect people with less power include Brazil's testing to identify illegal gold, and the World Bank's 30-year-old reforms.
Bright spots: Dark sky in China, and TV lessons for Afghan girlsProgress roundup: The BBC creates educational TV shows for Afghan girls stuck at home; a Chinese community gets certified by the Dark-Sky Association.
Reunited: Stolen art goes home, and why lonely habitats need companyProgress roundup: New York's Antiquities Traffic Unit returns hundreds of objects, the Amazon's isolated habitats grow stronger when linked, and more.
Meeting unique needs: From sign language TV to teen pregnancy preventionProgress roundup: Meeting the needs of different sectors of society requires unique solutions, in Liberia, the UK, and a new U.S. national monument.
Keeping it wild: Tokyo farms and Europe’s last undammed riverProgress roundup: There's balance in growing food among skyscrapers, keeping Europe's last wild river unbounded, and bringing back an endangered feline.
Double lives: From glass back to sand, and how solar panels can save waterProgress roundup: Tests show recycled glass aids Louisiana marshlands, floating PV panels slow evaporation, non-invasive imaging uncovers mysteries in Giza.
Erasing stigmas: Women workers’ unique right, and an inclusive censusProgress roundup: Spain passes Europe’s first menstrual leave law, Chile’s fishers sacrifice catch for marine refuges, Singapore makes a High Line.
From bird hunting in EU to poaching of pangolins, curbs on harmProgress roundup: Lead shot is banned near EU wetlands, a broad new program to save pangolins, and women's firsts in Bolivia and the Navajo Nation.
Laws with teeth: Slowing shark loss and new coal minesProgress roundup: Quotas boost ranks of female legislators, more shark protections in Costa Rica, and how a law averted a new coal mine in Australia.
Burn to preserve, and other forest practices, from Ecuador to CaliforniaProgress roundup: Indigenous peoples and governments are working together to preserve forests with controlled burns, protection from logging, and more.
Library thrives in a Pakistan gun town; and the olfactory superpower of AIProgress roundup: Books inspire readers in a village known for black-market guns, AI and a desert bug combine for a powerful nose, and more.
Gaming as serious work for students, and trees that celebrate girlsProgress roundup: Gaming sparks kids’ civic interest, an Indian village that greened spaces to honor girls, Sierra Leone’s new laws elevate women.
Cargo ships’ new age of sail, and rats trained to find bombsProgress roundup: Animals learn to detect bombs, shipping companies turn to wind energy, and Bolivians cooperate to protect their water, upstream and down.
New harvests: Skinny trees in the Amazon, tomatoes instead of riceProgress roundup: Land use adaptations produce results. Timber harvests coexist with restoration, and farmers are finding good yields in former paddies.
Protecting urban oysters and Canadian wildsProgress roundup: Hong Kongers are protecting reefs, Indigenous Canadians are conserving millions of acres of land and water, and more.
