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Slow TV: Finland’s 24/7 Newborn Puppies Livestream is Smash Hit

The idea for the show was to educate people on the first few weeks of a dog’s life and provide ‘relief from the terrible things happening in the world’.

A 24-hour Finnish TV show by the broadcaster Yle is focused exclusively on the live progress of a dog and her newborn puppies is attracting millions of viewers. As well as the non-stop webcam, Pentulive – which translates to Puppy Live – includes live evening chat sessions with the dogs’ breeder, a podcast and an instant notification service that updates followers on important moments in the puppies’ progress for eight weeks. The popularity of the 24/7 show is not a bizarre one-off, as this is the sixth season of the hit show by the broadcaster Yle, and the latest contribution to the growing Nordic cultural phenomenon of “slow TV”.

Fans say the puppies offer a relaxing break from work, and comfort from stress, loneliness and illness.

Today’s Good News

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An eclectic collection of upbeat news nuggets from around the world.

Record Breaker

After nearly four months and 900 miles, Catherine Breed has made history as the first person to swim the entire California coastline. The 33-year-old endurance athlete from the Bay Area has just completed her epic journey, averaging about 10 miles a day and finishing ahead of schedule. “It just felt emotional,” Breed told the Los Angeles Times after completing the historic swim, which she did to raise awareness for ocean conservation and inspire others to pursue their own ambitious goals. When she wasn’t in the water, Breed lived on a 52-foot sailboat with her crew, who helped her keep a safe distance from sharks and follow the rules laid out by the World Open Water Swimming Association (like not touching the boat while actively swimming) to make it into the record books.

Coconut Airways

Delicious to drink and wonderful for your skin, coconut oil already has many uses. In the future it may even power aircraft. Chemists in Japan recently conducted extensive experiments on whether it would be possible to create a sustainable aviation fuel out of coconut oil, and not only were they a success, they outperformed existing biofuels across several metrics. Compared to the intense heating required to synthesize sustainable aviation fuel out of existing biofuel options, the Japanese chemists created an aviation-compatible fuel at room temperature pressure and lower levels of heat. On the basis that global aviation accounts for around 4 percent of emissions, it’s good news that another sustainable contender has been discovered.

Mount Mabu Conservation

A Mozambique government decree has set aside 23,000 acres as the Mount Mabu Community Conservation Area. This means that one of the wettest areas in southern Africa, known as the “butterfly forest,” will be protected, as will the 200-plus butterfly species that live there. Mabu, and its isolated mountain slopes, contain very high rates of endemism: described as species found there and only there with few exceptions. Now stable and at peace, the nation is trying to rebuild its wildlife populations, but nothing could be better than protecting what already exists before there’s a need to rebuild it. The government decree describes the reserve as “dedicated to the protection, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources by local communities.”