Scientists in Japan discovered a simple way to recover 90% of lithium from used electric vehicle batteries
Electric vehicle sales are reaching record numbers in places all over the world — but one key driver of waste is associated with the lithium batteries required to power them.
Engineers at a Japanese recycling facility think they have found a way to recover around 90% of the lithium in used EV batteries, which could completely transform how the batteries are built and reused long into the future.
By making a simple swap in the recycling process, they turned sludgy battery waste into high-purity lithium that could immediately go into a new battery cell. The process could also cut carbon emissions by around 40%.
Why is this good news? Current recycling methods recover less than half of the lithium in an end-of-life battery — this simple substitution nearly doubles that, addressing one of the main sources of waste in the electric vehicle industry.
Retraction: New details emerge on video of ‘good Samaritans’ rescuing tortoise from pet shop dumpster
In yesterday’s newsletter, we included an article about a TikTok creator who claimed to have rescued a turtle from a pet store dumpster. After we published the story, contradictory claims emerged, and we have since retracted and updated our reporting.
Good news should be held to the same high standard of factuality as any other news, and we will always clearly and swiftly issue corrections and retractions.
More people than ever believe their communities are a good place for minorities to live
Today, more people believe that their community is “a good place” for minorities than it was 20 years ago. A new Gallup poll surveyed people from 120 countries in 2025, and found that a median of 74% reported that their community is accepting of racial and ethnic minorities — 66% for immigrants from other countries, and 40% for gay or lesbian people.
Additionally, people who believed that their community was a good place for minorities reported higher personal satisfaction. The study did emphasize that this relationship does not prove causation, as people who are happier and more engaged with those around them may naturally have a more positive view of their communities.
Even so, this pattern held across all regions of the world, in high-income and low-income countries alike.
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