Gavin Haines, Author at Positive News

What went right this week: how AI might save your life, plus more

Gavin Haines — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:00:09 +0000

Trees offered a ‘climate surprise’, AI boosted cancer detection rates, and a bird fluttered back from the brink, plus more

Gavin Haines — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 05:00:51 +0000

Indonesia slashed its poverty rate, China supercharged renewables, and the ‘world’s most joyful museum’ won a top award, plus more

Gavin Haines — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 19:11:09 +0000

The ‘most liveable’ cities were revealed, a test improved cancer care for kids, and Europe smashed renewables records, plus more

Gavin Haines — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:00:53 +0000

Scientists showed how to avoid a sixth mass extinction, humanity became ‘less negative’, and Sierra Leone banned child marriage, plus more

Gavin Haines — Tue, 21 May 2024 09:03:39 +0000

Politicians often double down on bad ideas, but changing your mind can be a strength. What have you shifted your stance on?

Gavin Haines — Fri, 17 May 2024 05:00:56 +0000

There was progress on cancer, bison helped fix the climate, and TikTok got teens reading, plus more

Gavin Haines — Mon, 06 May 2024 10:00:48 +0000

A scheme that trains hairdressers across west Africa in counselling is shifting the narrative around mental health one braid at a time

Gavin Haines — Fri, 03 May 2024 05:00:45 +0000

Conservation was shown to work, a ‘gamechanger’ cancer jab moved closer, and a Dutch city wiped people’s debt, plus more

Gavin Haines — Thu, 02 May 2024 13:49:27 +0000

How much difference can one person make? Just ask these grassroots ecologists, who’ve won an award for saving species

Gavin Haines — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:29:47 +0000

An Indian woman’s pioneering trauma-informed programme is helping to change the life trajectory of children raised in Delhi’s slums