Antibiotic breakthrough, Four Day Work Weeks and Laws of Stupidity

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Nile goes through a shiny new Top Ten Good News Stories, a new entry into the Nerd of the Week cannon, a funny book and his new assistant/coach/possible best friend?Links from the episode:FInland ahead of schedule on coal phase outhttps://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes  Wind power in Uruguayhttps://prismbysugandha.substack.com/p/winds-of-change-in-uruguay?ref=fixthenews.com Iceland embraces 4 hour work week:https://www.wecb.fm/iceland-embraced-a-4-day-workweek-in-2019-now-nearly-six-years-on-all-gen-z-forecasts-have-materialized/?ref=fixthenews.com Thailand bans corporal punishment of minorshttps://www.asianews.it/news-en/Thailand-bans-corporal-punishment-of-minors-62773.html?ref=fixthenews.com German Wastewater fuelhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/german-start-produces-climate-neutral-160826519.html  Stopping domestic abuse with trip to bankhttps://www.hestia.org/blog/how-to-access-safe-spacesYemeni mobile bee hiveshttps://reasonstobecheerful.world/yemeni-tradition-bees-tazeeb/?utm_source=Reasons+to+be+Cheerful&utm_campaign=8cb97df68a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_09_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_89fb038efe-8cb97df68a-518379760  Fire resistant housinghttps://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/04/californias-first-wildfire-resilient-neighborhood-in-escondido/ Dementia rates still droppinghttps://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/dementia-incidence-still-dropping-birth-cohort-data-say-yes?ref=fixthenews.com  Antibiotics breakthroughhttps://phys.org/news/2025-03-breakthrough-moment-class-antibiotics.html?ref=fixthenews.com#google_vignette  Thames now clean(ish)https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/wildlife-coalition-launches-5-m-mission-to-transform-the-thames/?ref=fixthenews.com https://80000hours.org/?int_campaign=job-board Thanks so much for listening! Here’s all of my socials. Give me a follow if you want to stay in the good news loop.Or better yet support me directly via my Buy Me a Coffee Page.