Five Things Going Right is a daily five-minute podcast covering real, verifiable progress in science, medicine, technology, and the environment. Every weekday, hosts Grace and Josh walk through five stories that actually happened, each checked against the original reporting from sources like the WHO, the IEA, Nature, and university research. A calm, fact-grounded start to your day. New episodes every weekday morning.
Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: US homicide rates fell sharply, and the Council on Criminal Justice's survey of nearly 50 crime scholars; Floating PVC-and-mesh shades over 20 brain coral colonies in the lower Florida Keys in August 2024 helped the; Unplastify, a Latin American social enterprise funded by the National Geographic Society, reports that over; A University of Liverpool two-year trial found water had no clear weight-loss advantage over diet drinks, and; Grazing two sheep per hectare around solar arrays raised abundance of wild bees, honey bees and lady beetles.
Stan Berteloot (https://www.linkedin.com/in/berteloot/) is a French-American journalist, marketing strategist, and AI expert based in Princeton, New Jersey. A University of Maryland journalism graduate, he navigates the intersection of storytelling, technology, and culture.
As Head of Strategy and CTO at Nytro Marketing (https://www.nytromarketing.com/), he pioneered AI-driven content creation, launching the AI in Marketing podcast. He also hosts Back in America, a podcast exploring American identity through in-depth conversations on race, misinformation, and AI ethics.
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📚 Sources:
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/national-homicide-rates-drop-explained (https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/national-homicide-rates-drop-explained)
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/how-a-floating-shade-can-help-coral-survive-a-marine-heatwave/ (https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/how-a-floating-shade-can-help-coral-survive-a-marine-heatwave/)
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/teenagers-worldwide-are-tackling-the-plastics-crisis/ (https://reasonstobecheerful.world/teenagers-worldwide-are-tackling-the-plastics-crisis/)
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-tested-diet-drinks-for-2-years-the-results-may-surprise-you/ (https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-tested-diet-drinks-for-2-years-the-results-may-surprise-you/)
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-sheep-grazing-solar-fields-farmers.html (https://phys.org/news/2026-10-sheep-grazing-solar-fields-farmers.html)
14 Oct 2026
Five Things Going Right: October 14, 2026
Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Blocking an immune attack in Alzheimer's-model mice preserved more brain tissue and improved memory-test; About 11,000 of the world's heaviest insect have been released into the wild, and the species is now breeding; In an 80-week trial, the investigational weekly injection retatrutide helped adults with obesity and type 2; Young adults are running low-cost, youth-operated housing for unhoused peers, such as UC Davis's Aggie House; Scientists at the Kunming Institute of Botany described a new species, Dianjunus rex, whose fruiting bodies.
Stan Berteloot (https://www.linkedin.com/in/berteloot/) is a French-American journalist, marketing strategist, and AI expert based in Princeton, New Jersey. A University of Maryland journalism graduate, he navigates the intersection of storytelling, technology, and culture.
As Head of Strategy and CTO at Nytro Marketing (https://www.nytromarketing.com/), he pioneered AI-driven content creation, launching the AI in Marketing podcast. He also hosts Back in America, a podcast exploring American identity through in-depth conversations on race, misinformation, and AI ethics.
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📚 Sources:
https://scitechdaily.com/alzheimers-breakthrough-scientists-protect-brain-cells-without-removing-toxic-tau/ (https://scitechdaily.com/alzheimers-breakthrough-scientists-protect-brain-cells-without-removing-toxic-tau/)
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/the-worlds-heaviest-insect-was-almost-wiped-out-now-its-breeding-in-the-wild-again/ (https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/the-worlds-heaviest-insect-was-almost-wiped-out-now-its-breeding-in-the-wild-again/)
https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-ozempic-new-weight-loss-drug-shows-stunning-results-in-major-clinical-trial/ (https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-ozempic-new-weight-loss-drug-shows-stunning-results-in-major-clinical-trial/)
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/young-adults-are-building-safe-spaces-for-unhoused-peers/ (https://reasonstobecheerful.world/young-adults-are-building-safe-spaces-for-unhoused-peers/)
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-scientists-d-rex-giant-fungus.html (https://phys.org/news/2026-10-scientists-d-rex-giant-fungus.html)
13 Oct 2026
Five Things Going Right: October 13, 2026
Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A low-calorie diet and exercise program helped over half of participants with early-onset type 2 diabetes; Two new trials found that the experimental drug aficamten improved exercise capacity and self-reported health; On Saturday, September 22, solar and wind met 80.4 percent of demand on Australia's national electricity; Scientists report that a simple change in walking gait relieves knee osteoarthritis pain as effectively as; UC San Diego researchers report that glaucoma patients taking statins appear less likely to need surgery and.
Stan Berteloot (https://www.linkedin.com/in/berteloot/) is a French-American journalist, marketing strategist, and AI expert based in Princeton, New Jersey. A University of Maryland journalism graduate, he navigates the intersection of storytelling, technology, and culture.
As Head of Strategy and CTO at Nytro Marketing (https://www.nytromarketing.com/), he pioneered AI-driven content creation, launching the AI in Marketing podcast. He also hosts Back in America, a podcast exploring American identity through in-depth conversations on race, misinformation, and AI ethics.
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📚 Sources:
https://scitechdaily.com/a-powerful-diet-and-exercise-combination-sends-type-2-diabetes-into-remission/ (https://scitechdaily.com/a-powerful-diet-and-exercise-combination-sends-type-2-diabetes-into-remission/)
https://scitechdaily.com/experimental-heart-drug-helps-patients-exercise-more-and-feel-better/ (https://scitechdaily.com/experimental-heart-drug-helps-patients-exercise-more-and-feel-better/)
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/australia-sets-a-new-renewable-energy-record-with-rooftop-solar-leading-the-way/ (https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/australia-sets-a-new-renewable-energy-record-with-rooftop-solar-leading-the-way/)
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-way-to-relieve-arthritic-knees-without-drugs-or-surgery-by-changing-your-gait/ (https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-way-to-relieve-arthritic-knees-without-drugs-or-surgery-by-changing-your-gait/)
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/statin-drugs-may-protect-people-from-glaucoma/ (https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/statin-drugs-may-protect-people-from-glaucoma/)
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