Five stories from the past eight days. Each one names the outlet that reported it, and the excerpt under it comes from that outlet's own feed, not from us.
Your Positive Weekly Horoscope: ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny
Good News Network, October 17.
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications.
Coral Bleaching Reversed at Record Speed Using New Stanford Method: ‘Not a Lost Cause, at All’
Good News Network, October 17.
Coral bleaching has been reversed at record speed using a new method developed at Stanford University. Corals that were ghostly white returned to full health in their lab in a mere seven weeks - the fastest documented recovery to date.
What sets Japanese sweet potatoes apart, nutritionally speaking
Optimist Daily, October 16.
If you’ve bought a Japanese sweet potato, cut into it expecting orange, and found creamy white instead, you’ve already spotted the first thing that sets it apart. The skin is reddish-purple, the flesh is ivory, and the flavor is sweeter and earthier than the orange kinds most of us grew up with.
Podcast Transcript October 16th, 2026 - Flu is already spreading: why October is the window to get vaccinated, plus nine more solutions
Optimist Daily, October 16.
Episode Description: Arielle and Karissa cover ten solutions this week, including 20,000 octopuses hiding in well-studied waters off the California coast, what Indonesian mosque loudspeakers have to do with earthquake survival, and a garden chore you now have a very good reason to skip.
Welcome to the Depolarization Project
Reasons to Be Cheerful, October 16.
If you’re anything like us, you’re not exactly in a congenial mood right now. midterm elections fewer than three weeks away, you might be feeling combat-ready.