Thailand eliminates rubella as a public health problem. The milestone, verified by the WHO, is the result of a vaccination program that began in schools in 1986 & expanded to all one-year-olds in 1993. Thailand is the 7th country in the region to achieve elimination buff.ly/JW29ZYF
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Judge Dale Drozd ruled on 16 September that the Fish and Wildlife Service broke the Endangered Species Act by inventing its own legal test to refuse critical habitat for the endangered Sierra Nevada red fox. The agency must now redo the assessment. buff.ly/DZ1IoR6
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The world’s smallest CT scanner now fits in one hand. China’s Institute of High Energy Physics built the 6 kilogram Xtomo-Cube, more than 3x lighter than the previous record holder, it runs on battery power & skips the heavy radiation shielding regular scanners need buff.ly/CL4bXK3
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Vancouver Island’s marmots have clawed back from 22 animals in 2003 to 427 today, the highest count on record. The Marmot Recovery Foundation released 41 captive-bred marmots this year, with 40 more due in 2026, an estimated 120 pups were born in the wild in 2024.
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In DRC, the government has adopted its first-ever National Forest Policy. It requires free, prior and informed consent from communities before forest is allocated, and eases the path to Local Community Forest Concessions. buff.ly/H05uWr3
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China’s clean-air campaign has cut Beijing’s smog by 70% in a decade, and cut heavily polluted days from 58 a year to just one. The effort has prevented an estimated 680,000 premature deaths since 2020 and generated $715 billion in cumulative health benefits. buff.ly/ZfRCR1q
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The global population of greater one-horned rhinos has hit a record 4,075. Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, shelters more than 2,600 of them. Poaching has fallen 86% since 2016; India, Nepal and Indonesia all recorded zero rhino killings in 2025. buff.ly/O4lKhqy
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Your brain is two organs stitched together in the womb. Stanford researchers found that the forebrain and midbrain (which handle language and reasoning) and the hindbrain (which runs breathing and heartbeat) grow from two entirely different progenitor cells. buff.ly/dSAPmhS
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Vivid numbers in this overview of Illinois’s new Net Zero carbon plan: “improvements in air quality alone would lead to between 392 & 631 fewer premature deaths per year. That translates to between $8.8 and $13.8 billion in avoided healthcare costs & increased worker productivity.” #ShareGoodNewsToo