r/upliftingtrends • u/hata39 • 7d ago
r/upliftingtrends • u/dragfyre • Nov 27 '16
Welcome to /r/UpliftingTrends!
Pardon our dust as we do a little redesigning! For those of you who are new to the subreddit, /r/upliftingtrends is all about collecting trends that point to some area of the world getting better. For example:
Uplifting statistical data about: Reductions in negative indicators such as poverty, hunger, inequality, or conflict; increases in positive indicators such as life expectancy, gender equality, responsible consumption, and good governance; or improved access to things such as clean water and sanitation, high-quality education and health care, decent work, justice, or affordable clean energy.
Scientific and technological advances in: Curing disease or reducing associated mortality rates; improving people's overall health and wellness; reducing or eliminating waste and pollution; mitigating the effects of climate change; and so on.
Trends indicating increases in social cohesion, including: Cooperation and social integration between people of different ethnic, national and religious backgrounds; reconciliation between groups that have been at odds; representation of groups that have been underrepresented; and so on.
Please join us in posting your uplifting trends, and don't forget to spread the word!
r/upliftingtrends • u/mankiw • 9d ago
Humpback whales feeding within sight of the NYC skyline -- 15 years ago there were basically none
r/upliftingtrends • u/hata39 • 10d ago
Lab-grown sperm: scientists inch closer to fertility breakthrough
nature.comr/upliftingtrends • u/hata39 • 18d ago
Blind people offered fresh hope of seeing again after lab breakthrough
themercury.comr/upliftingtrends • u/hata39 • Jun 18 '26
HPV vaccine means young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death
r/upliftingtrends • u/hata39 • Jun 10 '26
World-first: therapy to make cells young again trialled in a person
nature.comr/upliftingtrends • u/hata39 • May 09 '26
Breakthrough Treatment Restores Hearing for Children Born Deaf
r/upliftingtrends • u/hata39 • May 04 '26
COA and Flatiron Health Study Finds Patients May Experience Longer Survival in Community Oncology Settings
r/upliftingtrends • u/sqy2 • Apr 22 '26
An experimental new drug for stiff person syndrome restores mobility
r/upliftingtrends • u/Crabbexx • Apr 22 '26
The Simon Abundance Index 2026
Earth was 536.4 percent more abundant in 2025 than it was in 1980. For every one percent increase in population, global resource abundance increased by 6.31 percent.
r/upliftingtrends • u/ateam1984 • Mar 28 '26
Superintendent Shawn Wightman Traveled To Guatemala To Personally Give Deported Student Alvaro Castro Velasquez His Diploma After ICE Detained Him Before Graduation
r/upliftingtrends • u/bilharris • Mar 24 '26
Fatty liver breakthrough: A common vitamin shows promise
r/upliftingtrends • u/hard2resist • Mar 24 '26
Seven Kidnapped Dogs Become Viral Sensation After They Escape Captors To Make Brave Journey Home Together
r/upliftingtrends • u/Crabbexx • Mar 21 '26
London, San Francisco and Beijing's "Remarkable Reductions" in Air Pollution
“London, San Francisco and Beijing are among 19 global cities that have achieved ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution, analysis has found, having slashed levels of two airway-aggravating pollutants by more than 20% since 2010.
The analysis found interventions such as cycle lanes, uptake of electric cars and restrictions on polluting vehicles had helped to drive the improvements.
Beijing and Warsaw topped the ranking for cleaning up fine particulate pollution (PM2.5), reducing levels by more than 45%, while Amsterdam and Rotterdam saw the greatest improvement in nitrogen dioxide (NO2), with cuts of more than 40%.
San Francisco was the only US city that cut levels of both pollutants by more than 20%, according to the analysis of nearly 100 cities around the world. China and Hong Kong are home to nine of the 19 cities, with European cities making up the rest.”
From The Guardian.
r/upliftingtrends • u/hata39 • Mar 19 '26
A liquid biopsy blood test may improve children's survival of cancer in Africa
r/upliftingtrends • u/hata39 • Mar 18 '26
Japan gives green light to first-of-their-kind stem cell therapies
r/upliftingtrends • u/culmei • Mar 12 '26
Breakthrough to Strengthen Bones Could Reverse Osteoporosis
r/upliftingtrends • u/Informal_Calendar_11 • Mar 12 '26
Vaccines reach millions left behind (+ 8 more hopeful news stories you may have missed)
r/upliftingtrends • u/ImpossibleMud11 • Feb 06 '26
Refuse to train ICE agents? We'll take it from here
r/upliftingtrends • u/Crabbexx • Feb 05 '26
Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 18 years on increased marriages
r/upliftingtrends • u/mankiw • Jan 18 '26