https://brightnews.online/ A fresh pick of good news from around the world, every day. Enjoy the read! en-us Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:37:30 GMT 60 https://brightnews.online/assets/brightnews-logo.png https://brightnews.online/ https://brightnews.online/articles/en/bhp-wins-award-for-30-years-of-aftercare-at-island-copper-mine-1790962649034k9gqz5jv7.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/bhp-wins-award-for-30-years-of-aftercare-at-island-copper-mine-1790962649034k9gqz5jv7.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:37:30 GMT In British Columbia, the BC Technical Research Committee on Reclamation (TRCR) has awarded its annual Reclamation Award to BHP, the world's largest mining company, for its work at the former Island Copper Mine near Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. The mine, which operated from 1971 to 1995, featured a main pit more than 1,320 feet deep and produced copper, silver,... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/wind-turbines-on-ross-island-save-122-000-gallons-of-diesel-1790962626183fgaxwgrf0.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/wind-turbines-on-ross-island-save-122-000-gallons-of-diesel-1790962626183fgaxwgrf0.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:37:07 GMT Three wind turbines on Antarctica's Ross Island have saved approximately 122,000 gallons of diesel consumption over 15 years. The Ross Island Wind Farm, built between 2008 and 2009 by New Zealand company Meridian Energy, supplies power to the American McMurdo Station and the New Zealand Scott Base. The specially designed Enercon E33 turbines, each producing 330 kilowatts, were anchored on... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/british-national-museums-remain-free-for-foreign-visitors-1790962599697ktmscal92.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/british-national-museums-remain-free-for-foreign-visitors-1790962599697ktmscal92.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:36:42 GMT The British government has decided that the 14 national museums, including the National Gallery, the British Museum and the Natural History Museum, will remain free for international visitors. These institutions attract tens of millions of visitors combined each year. The decision follows months of consultation between government departments, the tourism sector and London museums, following an ind https://brightnews.online/articles/en/clean-energy-a-launch-and-more-research-funding-dg-20261001-science.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/clean-energy-a-launch-and-more-research-funding-dg-20261001-science.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:37:10 GMT The days around October 1, 2026 demonstrate how broad scientific progress can be: from a breakthrough in energy generation to a crew on its way to the space station and more funding for European research. Three stories, three very different scales, but all focused on what knowledge and collaboration can deliver. In China, nuclear fusion has been achieved for the first time using hydrogen-boron as https://brightnews.online/articles/en/extended-paternity-leave-improves-mother-and-baby-health-1790915745699jdltmr09h.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/extended-paternity-leave-improves-mother-and-baby-health-1790915745699jdltmr09h.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:35:46 GMT A father took several weeks of paternity leave when his second child was born. During that time, he became more confident in his role as primary caregiver and built connections with other parents in his neighbourhood. Research shows that longer leave for the parent who gave birth, combined with moderate leave for their partner, improves babies' mental health and reduces... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/retired-fbi-agent-saves-100-year-old-apple-trees-from-extinction-1790915722910dy2bhv992.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/retired-fbi-agent-saves-100-year-old-apple-trees-from-extinction-1790915722910dy2bhv992.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:35:23 GMT Since his retirement in 2012, former FBI agent Dave Benscoter from Washington has been searching for nearly extinct apple varieties in the northwestern United States. After pruning trees at a parishioner's home, he discovered unknown apple species and delved into natural studies, family recipes, and old newspaper articles from agricultural fairs. Together with Joanie Cooper and Sean Shepherd from https://brightnews.online/articles/en/sycamore-gap-tree-shows-new-shoots-over-a-meter-tall-three-years-after-felling-1790915698438o8uvk9fkv.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/sycamore-gap-tree-shows-new-shoots-over-a-meter-tall-three-years-after-felling-1790915698438o8uvk9fkv.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:35:01 GMT Three years after the illegal felling of the famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, new aerial photographs reveal that the stump is flourishing. Around the stump, a thick ring of new shoots has emerged, now reaching between two and three feet (approximately 60 to 90 centimetres) in height. Andrew Poad of the National Trust says that special... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/attention-recovery-and-return-the-good-news-of-these-days-dg-20260930-lifestyle.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/attention-recovery-and-return-the-good-news-of-these-days-dg-20260930-lifestyle.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:17:11 GMT This week, good news in Lifestyle revolves mainly around attention: for students, for animals and people who need to recover, for art that finally comes home, and for leaders who learn to listen better. Four different stories, but always the same core: those who look and listen carefully see what is needed. In Rhode Island, music lessons prove to have a surprising effect on school absenteeism. Res https://brightnews.online/articles/en/new-life-old-routes-and-a-hefty-bear-this-week-s-nature-news-dg-20260930-environment.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/new-life-old-routes-and-a-hefty-bear-this-week-s-nature-news-dg-20260930-environment.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:16:19 GMT This week shows that nature is being given space to recover, grow and be celebrated in many places around the world. From an orphaned rhinoceros in Kenya to a solar train in the Andes, and from a new snow leopard cub to a bear that won everyone's hearts: the good news is coming from every corner of the globe. In Alaska, the bear Backpack won the Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park and Reserve [4 https://brightnews.online/articles/en/spacex-launches-crew-13-to-international-space-station-1790878463725e6mq4yj0y.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/spacex-launches-crew-13-to-international-space-station-1790878463725e6mq4yj0y.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:14:24 GMT A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule 'Grace' has lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida with four crew members for NASA's Crew-13 mission to the international space station. Despite concerns about thunderstorms and strong wind gusts, the launch went smoothly. The crew consists of NASA Commander Jessica Watkins, who is making her second spaceflight,... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/bear-backpack-wins-fat-bear-week-google-celebrates-with-animation-1790878440611g98ouvpus.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/bear-backpack-wins-fat-bear-week-google-celebrates-with-animation-1790878440611g98ouvpus.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:14:01 GMT Bear Backpack has won Fat Bear Week, the annual online tournament of Katmai National Park and Reserve in Alaska that has drawn attention to conservation and viewers to the park's livestream cameras since 2014. Sixteen large brown bears competed in a knockout format, with the most popular bear advancing weekly until the „fattest" remained. On September 30, Backpack won the... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/blue-painted-turtle-pickett-regains-her-natural-color-1790878410748ijywqyc55.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/blue-painted-turtle-pickett-regains-her-natural-color-1790878410748ijywqyc55.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:13:32 GMT In Campbellsville, Kentucky, resident Venitia discovered an Eastern box turtle with a thick layer of bright blue paint on its shell in her new backyard. A neighbor revealed that the previous homeowner had deliberately painted the turtle, along with other turtles in red and white. Venitia brought the animal to Wilderness Trail Wildlife Center in London, Kentucky. There, the paint... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/orphaned-rhino-chamboi-grows-up-in-kenyan-oasis-1790878381747p9tmjsey9.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/orphaned-rhino-chamboi-grows-up-in-kenyan-oasis-1790878381747p9tmjsey9.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:13:03 GMT On September 6, 2023, rangers from Tsavo Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service found a newborn rhino calf alone in Tsavo West National Park in Kenya. The animal, just one day old and apparently born prematurely, was found hypoglycemic and shivering with no mother nearby. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust rescued him and brought him to the Kaluku Neonate Nursery. The rhino was... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/primate-sanctuary-in-mississippi-helps-veterans-and-rescued-primates-heal-1790878357707kh42aq9k0.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/primate-sanctuary-in-mississippi-helps-veterans-and-rescued-primates-heal-1790878357707kh42aq9k0.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:12:38 GMT In Mississippi, April Stewart and her husband, both veterans, have been running the Gulf Coast Primate Sanctuary since October 2024. On the 15-hectare grounds live 22 rescued primates, including spider monkeys, squirrel monkeys and kinkajous, often sourced from illegal pet trade, entertainment, zoos or laboratories. A team of primate specialists and volunteers care for them according to Animal Wel https://brightnews.online/articles/en/solar-train-revives-ancient-andes-route-in-argentina-1790878333880u4o3ppvgq.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/solar-train-revives-ancient-andes-route-in-argentina-1790878333880u4o3ppvgq.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:12:14 GMT In the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO World Heritage valley in Argentina's Jujuy province, the Tren Solar de la Quebrada has been running since June 2024 — Latin America's first solar-powered train. The train covers 42 kilometers between six villages, from Volcán to Tilcara, along a route that has been used for thousands of years, first by pre-Inca peoples and... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/stolen-greek-antiquities-returned-to-greece-after-5-000-years-1790878309480irxn5zl52.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/stolen-greek-antiquities-returned-to-greece-after-5-000-years-1790878309480irxn5zl52.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:11:50 GMT New York has returned 15 ancient Greek artworks worth millions of dollars to Greece. The pieces, including two bronze helmets, bronze breastplates, a marble bust of a Roman emperor and a terracotta vessel, were discovered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They had been smuggled and laundered through false provenance, exhibitions and museum donations, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's https://brightnews.online/articles/en/chinese-reactor-achieves-nuclear-fusion-with-hydrogen-boron-17908782798106ax9e1mse.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/chinese-reactor-achieves-nuclear-fusion-with-hydrogen-boron-17908782798106ax9e1mse.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:11:21 GMT Chinese engineers have achieved sustained nuclear fusion for the first time using hydrogen-boron as fuel, a much cleaner and more abundant alternative to the conventional deuterium-tritium mixture. The state-backed ENN Group used a laser and radio waves to generate plasma in a spherical tokamak reactor. In the process, a hydrogen proton and a boron-11 nucleus fuse into harmless helium nuclei... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/social-innovator-ken-banks-listening-makes-better-leaders-17908782525302uz6mdrsj.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/social-innovator-ken-banks-listening-makes-better-leaders-17908782525302uz6mdrsj.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:10:55 GMT Social innovator Ken Banks writes that listening is an underestimated leadership skill. After more than thirty years of work in nature conservation, international development and technology, he discovered that the best lessons did not come from offering solutions, but from realizing that the original question was wrong. During his work in East Africa, he saw that communities had often already... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/snow-leopard-cub-sarka-born-at-bronx-zoo-1790829854660zgm6ulla0.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/snow-leopard-cub-sarka-born-at-bronx-zoo-1790829854660zgm6ulla0.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:44:16 GMT A female snow leopard cub has been born at the Bronx Zoo in New York on May 31, as the daughter of parents Dariga and Moutig. The cub, named Sarka (Nepali for 'shark'), passed her medical examinations and vaccinations and is now exploring the Himalayan Highlands habitat of the zoo alongside her mother. The zoo currently houses eight snow leopards.... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/music-education-linked-to-lower-school-absenteeism-in-rhode-island-1790829805595tcerjpnfc.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/music-education-linked-to-lower-school-absenteeism-in-rhode-island-1790829805595tcerjpnfc.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:43:28 GMT A new study by Quadrant Research, commissioned by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, shows that students who take music lessons for four years are chronically absent from school less often. Among four-year music students, 25.4% were chronically absent, compared to 37.3% of students without four consecutive years of music. For arts subjects in general, the difference was... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/giving-takes-center-stage-from-diapers-to-socks-and-a-new-home-dg-20260929-lifestyle.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/giving-takes-center-stage-from-diapers-to-socks-and-a-new-home-dg-20260929-lifestyle.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:50:53 GMT The past few days show how many people are willing to do something for others, without expecting anything in return. From a media outlet raising money for a vulnerable community to a teenage girl collecting diapers and an actor making time for two dogs without a home: this week's good news keeps coming back to people looking out for each other. In Springfield, Ohio, The Bulwark held a live show on https://brightnews.online/articles/en/recovery-in-the-wild-frogs-elephants-and-turtles-get-a-second-chance-dg-20260929-environment.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/recovery-in-the-wild-frogs-elephants-and-turtles-get-a-second-chance-dg-20260929-environment.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:49:54 GMT Over the past few days, environmental news has shown one thing above all: animals are getting second chances, and people are actively helping make it happen. From a frog returning after fifty years to baby elephants being rescued from trouble, this week's stories are about recovery, patience and care. In Yosemite National Park, the red-legged frog has returned after fifty years of absence caused b https://brightnews.online/articles/en/horizon-europe-receives-500-million-extra-for-research-and-innovation-179079052264500q9jt7s6.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/horizon-europe-receives-500-million-extra-for-research-and-innovation-179079052264500q9jt7s6.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:48:44 GMT The European Commission has released an additional €500 million for Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme, for 2026 and 2027. This brings the budget for these two years to approximately €14.8 billion. The funding will go towards two new calls for proposals: €237 million for eleven projects on biodiversity and a nature-positive economy, and €260 million for sixteen... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/red-legged-frog-returns-to-yosemite-after-50-year-absence-1790790490678v6e4byyna.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/red-legged-frog-returns-to-yosemite-after-50-year-absence-1790790490678v6e4byyna.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:48:12 GMT About fifty years ago, the red-legged frog disappeared from Yosemite National Park, due in part to habitat loss, invasive American bullfrogs, and an increase in raccoons. Park staff removed the bullfrogs and restored wetlands and riverbanks. In 2016, a breeding program began at the San Francisco Zoo, where frogs are raised from wild-collected eggs until they reach one to two... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/the-bulwark-raises-over-400-000-for-haitians-in-springfield-1790790463292h7qtw4jt5.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/the-bulwark-raises-over-400-000-for-haitians-in-springfield-1790790463292h7qtw4jt5.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:47:44 GMT Media outlet The Bulwark held a live show in Springfield, Ohio on September 25, with all proceeds going to the Haitian Support Center. This nonprofit assists the Haitian community with food, transportation, legal aid and other basic needs amid large-scale ICE operations in the city. A Supreme Court ruling allowed the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for approximately... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/baby-elephant-korbessa-rescued-from-well-becomes-queen-of-kaluku-1790790432773ek5eaddeb.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/baby-elephant-korbessa-rescued-from-well-becomes-queen-of-kaluku-1790790432773ek5eaddeb.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:47:21 GMT In Meru National Park in Kenya, rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service heard trumpeting elephants near an old well in the morning. They found an elephant calf no more than a few days old that had fallen into it the night before. The rangers lifted her out of the well and waited four hours to see if her mother would... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/dolly-parton-s-imagination-library-doubles-reach-in-london-1790790404248qshlqgb5x.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/dolly-parton-s-imagination-library-doubles-reach-in-london-1790790404248qshlqgb5x.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:46:45 GMT Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which has been sending free books to children under five since 1995, is expanding in London. The programme is growing from five to ten of London's 32 boroughs, enabling 157,000 additional children to receive a free book each month. The expansion was announced less than a month after Parton's death this year. Jeff Conyers, president of... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/olive-ridley-sea-turtles-nest-for-first-time-on-us-west-coast-179079038205726bbynee2.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/olive-ridley-sea-turtles-nest-for-first-time-on-us-west-coast-179079038205726bbynee2.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:46:24 GMT For the first time, olive ridley sea turtles have been spotted nesting on the American West Coast. A female laid eggs at Seal Beach, and three days later another did the same at Huntington Beach. Scientist Lindsey Peavey Reeves called it unexpected. NOAA and Fish and Wildlife Service installed nets and barriers for protection. Due to extreme tides and hurricanes... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/sandilands-golf-course-becomes-wetland-for-rare-seabirds-1790790354505pbkwaodi3.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/sandilands-golf-course-becomes-wetland-for-rare-seabirds-1790790354505pbkwaodi3.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:45:57 GMT On the English coast, National Trust golf course Sandilands in Lincolnshire, purchased in 2020, has been transformed into a wetland nature reserve the size of 45 football pitches. No pesticides or drinking water are applied to the site anymore. Even before the official opening, curlews and oystercatchers were breeding there, and chicks of the little plover were spotted for the... https://brightnews.online/articles/en/chris-evans-helps-inseparable-dogs-greg-and-carley-find-new-home-1790790318242kc5soggtq.html https://brightnews.online/articles/en/chris-evans-helps-inseparable-dogs-greg-and-carley-find-new-home-1790790318242kc5soggtq.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:45:29 GMT Actor Chris Evans stepped in for two inseparable dogs, chihuahua Greg and golden retriever Carley, who needed to be adopted together. They were staying at the Animal Rescue League of Boston. Evans participated in 'Dream Date', a series by The Dodo in which Hollywood stars spend time with dogs looking for new homes. The series already has over 200 episodes...