Gig worker rights, cervical cancer wins, and a hopeful take on human cooperation
A study of more than 100,000 people across 125 countries found that people cooperate far more than they assume other people will. Hopeful news to receive in a world that feels so divided. This week Ar...
26 Jun 21min
(Guest Interview) Hope can rise: two sisters in Gaza turning rubble into building blocks | Earth Prize 2026
Tala and Farah Mousa received thousands of messages after they won the Earth Prize. "You gave us hope we had completely lost," people wrote. "You showed us we can be seen." They were sheltering in a t...
19 Jun 17min
From a 340-year slavery law finally repealed to pancakes for cigarette butts: 10 solutions this week
A high-risk breast cancer diagnosis used to mean one thing: chemotherapy. A large UK trial just found that 68 percent of those patients could skip it safely, based on a genomic test that already exist...
12 Jun 22min
Pancreatic cancer cracked, hepatitis B cleared, and wild mice who run for joy
An oncologist cried at her desk when she read these latest trial results. Researchers put exercise wheels in empty fields and sand dunes, and wild mice found them and ran, unprompted, for no reward. A...
5 Jun 22min
David Attenborough's 100-year secret and seven other solutions this week!
Sir David Attenborough just turned 100! Arielle and Karissa cover his 10-minute secret to a long life along with seven other solutions this week — belugas who prove that their species is capable of re...
29 Mai 18min
(Guest Interview) She calls herself a mermaid now: How Swim Sista Swim Is Changing Who Belongs in the Water
Stephanie McKenzie has been swimming since she was a child. She came to Swim Sista Swim as an instructor and, as you'll hear in her voice, is a vibrant and confident woman on all counts. Yet she still...
22 Mai 33min
Gene therapy restores hearing, Gaza teens win a global prize, and eight more wins
Europe's first stadium built exclusively for women's football is going up in Brighton! And the most interesting design decision wasn't the pitch. It was the size. Arielle and Karissa cover ten solutio...
8 Mai 19min
