Two national smoking surveys in the UK and the US which both concluded last October show that smoking rates are among the lowest ever observed. The national smoking rates in the US based on a survey of 1.77 million people and 54,000 households are falling across the board, with the largest declines seen in America's youth. Is this good news?

A man who visited Mount Everest Base Camp to install a defibrillator as part of his advocacy work has revealed the device saved a woman's life just three weeks after he left Nepal. David Sullivan is the founder of Code Blue CPR, an organization that trains defibrillator use and CPR skills at home and around the world. Earlier this year, the 62-year-old from Surrey ventured to the Himalayas where he installed what he says is the world's highest defibrillator. Climbers die on Everest all the time—not always of cardiac arrest—but certainly sometimes, and the use of a defibrillator within the first 3 minutes of a heart attack can improve survival rates from 8% to over 50%. Is this good news?

A new specially-designed twin cot is bringing comfort and connection to families in the neonatal unit at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children—allowing preemie twins to sleep safely side-by-side. SWNS news agency reported this week that premature twins Macie and Marcus Lee were given 'no chance' of survival but have now stunned everyone with their remarkable recovery—after being cared for in the revolutionary co-sleeping cot. Their parents Jennifer Prior and Darren Lee were told to expect the worst at their 20-week scan. They were warned their babies would be so premature that they would likely be stillborn. Little Macie was born weighing 2lbs and her brother Marcus just 1lb 3oz, but they made such incredible progress in the neonatal ward that they were able to go home after 12 weeks. Is this good news?

While less than 1,000 Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild, community members in Laos have released ten of the rare animals into a local wetlands to boost the population. While crocodiles are not hunted, the species (Crocodylus siamensis) is ranked as Critically-Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because of the threats of entanglement in fishing nets, the clearance of wetlands, and seasonal draining of habitat to expand dry-season rice cultivation. Unlike many of its other aggressive cousins, the Siamese crocodile is not a threat to humans. Communities that reside close to the species' habitat hold the crocodiles in high regard spiritually believing they bring good luck. Is this restoration program good news?

Self-described as merely "someone from a small village in a small European country" young Adam Kovalčík won the top prize in America's most prestigious science fair with his invention of a quicker, cheaper method of making a popular antiviral drug out of corn husk. Reducing the cost per gram from $75.00 to just $12.00, and the production time per batch from 9 days to just 5, it could dramatically increase the supply of galidesivir, used to treat RNA viruses Ebola, Marburg, Zitka, and SARS CoV-2. The 19-year-old from Dulovce, Slovakia, flew to Ohio to attend the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, the world's largest pre-college science and engineering competition, hosted by the Society for Science. Do you think this is good news?