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🧠 May is Mental Health Awareness Month! While it’s important to celebrate and prioritize mental health every day of the year, this month serves as a catalyst to learn more, seek help, offer support, and more. Here are some ways to do that all month long!​

👏 Minnesota passed the country’s first ban on “nudification” apps, addressing one of the main sources of nonconsensual deepfakes. It passed unanimously in the Senate, and advocates are hopeful the governor will sign it into law.

🇪🇺 The European Parliament voted to ban the harmful practice of conversion therapy across its member states.

Environment

Scientists discovered that coral reefs in a remote archipelago survived a massive heatwave largely unharmed

Coral reefs located on a chain of islands off Western Australia went virtually unharmed by a prolonged, extreme heatwave in 2025 that devastated reefs in other regions.

The reefs are located across the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago, and apart from a few patches, there weren’t even signs of stress in the reef. Just a bit further north, up to 60% of corals died in the same heatwaves.

Prolonged heat stress can lead to “bleaching,” which is when corals expel the symbiotic algae that live in their tissues, which provide most of their food and their coloring.

Why is this good news? Researchers are hopeful that by studying these corals, they’ll learn more about extreme heat tolerance that could help protect reefs all over the world, which are increasingly endangered by the climate crisis and warming waters.

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​Taylor Swift’s “Spotify Clause” with Universal Music Group is now paying artists real money. One of the “most consequential clauses” she ever negotiated, the deal triggered payouts to artists off the profits from UMG’s recent sale of half of its 3% stake in Spotify.

​Strangers across the wedding industry have donated their services to nearly 300 couples with terminal illnesses. The nonprofit Wish Upon a Wedding allocates $2,000 for each wedding “wish,” working with local wedding planners, videographers, and caterers in the couple’s hometown, who often discount their services or entirely donate their time.

​Hawaiian green sea turtles are defending coral reefs from an invasive algae. They were documented for the first time actively grazing on the aggressive, invasive red algae that have spread rapidly across reefs.

​A study found that when wildlife habitats are linked, it strengthens microbiomes and helps fight disease. Researchers analyzed habitat split impacts on the skin microbiomes of frog species, detecting microbial changes that increased frog susceptibility to the chytrid pathogen, which is devastating amphibians globally.

​Illinois passed a first-in-the-nation “rewilding” law aimed at protecting wetlands. The Illinois Rewilding Law, which took effect last month, empowers the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to pursue projects that restore land to its natural state.

Mental Health

A famous 90s rock musician is now building a new kind of therapy program

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good data

Thanks to nuclear power, France has one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids

Two-thirds of electricity in France is generated by nuclear power, far more than the average across Europe, at 20%, and the entire world, which is at 9%.

A low-carbon electricity source, nuclear has given France a largely clean energy mix for decades, and the country emits significantly less greenhouse gas than neighboring countries.

Globally, the average is 472 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated — in France, it’s just 42 grams.

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More Good bits

🌦️ Your local weather forecast is getting more accurate.

💉 We must keep fighting to eliminate racism in medicine. (TikTok)

🐋 Even whale moms need a little postpartum support. (Gifted link)

🌍 Arresting climate activists just makes them more determined.

🪸 Hope they’re playing them the new Kacey Musgraves album.

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