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Good News in History, November 8

61 years ago today, the ironically-named Murder Act of 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty...

Mayor Uses AirTag to Catch Capstone Thief who was Stealing 18th-Century Stones Across the Countryside

An English mayor-turned-detective solved the case of a thief who was looting $9,000 worth of historic capstones from a 3...

Good News This Week: November 7, 2026 - Forests, Sinks, & Elections

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating......

Adventurer Finally Hugs Mom After 28-Year Walk Around the World From Home in UK

A British adventurer who has walked around the world on a 28-year hike has finally reunited with his tearful mother. Kar...

Good News in History, November 7

17 years ago today, Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan became the first in professional basketball history to win 1,000 games w...

Man Spends 12 Days Returning Lost Cash a Laborer Needed for His Daughter

A man in southern Brazil was surprised to find a wad of cash on the ground in a public plaza with no one around looking ...

Good News in History, November 6

809 years ago today, the Charter of the Forest was signed in England by King Henry III. This law document is sometimes d...

Next Week’s New Moon Is Perfect Backdrop to the Blazing Tails of the Taurid Meteor Shower

A meteor shower famous for its fireballs will be visible around the world next week. Though the Northern Taurid Meteor S...

Got Bad Breath? Get Free Dental Care at This Store

At a small store in Stockholm, there's a discount if you pay with bad breath. In fact, they'll give you everything you n...

Good News in History, November 5

71 years ago, the Vienna State Opera reopened having been destroyed during World War II. Few cities have contributed mor...

The butterfly effect: a brighter way to make paint?

Researchers are looking to butterflies in the search for coatings without harmful, chemical-based pigments...

Woman Becomes First Person to Swim the Entire California Coastline

Long-distance swimmer Catherine Breed has become the first person to swim the length of the entire Californian coastline...

Who needs a golden ticket? The race to future-proof chocolate

A student has made chocolate from cocoa grown in England, where new varieties could help with climate change...

Brazil Expands Protected Area for ‘One of the Richest and Most Sensitive Biomes on the Planet’

Brazilian environmental authorities have increased the size of a key national park by more than 25% of its original size...

Italy Sees Collapse in its Homicide Rate to 3rd Lowest in the EU

2023 saw Italy register the lowest homicide rate in the EU, and the 3rd lowest age-standardized homicide rate. These mil...

Good News in History, November 4

102 years ago today, "Silent" Calvin Coolidge was elected to serve as the 30th President of the United States. Undoubted...

Loch Ness Is About to Welcome a New Monster Not Seen There in 500 Years–the Beaver!

Loch Ness is about to welcome a new monster. This beastie is not to be trifled with: it has razor-sharp teeth and can ea...

Good News in History, November 3

70 years ago today, The Wizard of Oz was televised for the first time, and was so successful—with 53% of US television v...

Good News in History, November 2

This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—November 2....

The women’s boxing nights helping abuse survivors

A series of all-female fight nights aims to fund free boxing classes that help women rebuild their confidence after abus...

Good News in History, November 1

69 years ago today, the Mackinac Bridge opened to connect the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan over the Straits of...

The 16 good news stories you loved most in October 2026

October 2026’s best good news, ranked by 5 million Instagram views. See the top 16, led by a bill that would ban Flock c...

Retirees Who Lost Spouses Fall in Love Again at 88, After Meeting in the Gym

A pair of retirees who both lost their partners have fallen in love again at age 88—after meeting among the barbells at ...

B-Vitamin Supplement Can Treat Psoriasis, a Skin Condition with No Cure 

New research suggests a common skin disease with no cure could be treated with nutritional supplements. The B vitamin de...

Good News This Week: October 31, 2026 - Bees, Costumes, & Sea Otters

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Your Halloween Horoscope Advice: ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, ...

Good News in History, October 31

On this day, 76 years ago, the British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid was born. Described as the "Queen of Curves," who "lib...

Best Spud Harvest in a Decade Clears the Gloom of Crops Failing from Scorching Summer

Amid a summer of crop failures, a spud-tacular potato harvest in Japan showed that banner years are still in the almanac...

Rare 'microbat' discovered 400 miles from its last known location: 'The more we know, the better we can protect them'

The creature flies so fast and so high that it has only been recorded a handful of times....

Good News in History, October 30

53 years ago today, the Bosporus Bridge was completed, linking mainland Europe with Anatolia over the Bosporus Straits f...

JoyDrops: Short Films Big on Inspiration and Bigger Awards Aspirations

JoyDrops: Short Films With Big Hearts and Even Bigger Ambitions Good News Network and Switchboard Magazine have joined f...

Good News in History, October 29

61 years ago, The Who released their iconic single "My Generation." The hit was ranked #11 on Rolling Stone magazine’s l...

Bereaved Parents Ask Court to Consider ‘Lightest Possible Sentence’ for Driver Who Killed Their Son

"If the court is able to consider it, we respectfully request that she receive the lightest possible sentence." These un...

Romans Made Color-Changing Glass–and We’ve Just Replicated After 1,600 Years

The Romans were incredible materials scientists, having famously invented self-healing concrete that allowed their struc...

Researchers find honey bee hives have their own 'immune system'

Findings suggest that the ecological complexity of the landscape surrounding a hive may also shape the hive's ability to...

Netherlands pledges $500 million to help conserve tropical forests

The Netherlands pledged $500 million over 10 years to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, boosting efforts to conserve...

Positive News launches new video podcast exploring what’s going right in the world

The What Went Right series is expanding to YouTube and other podcast platforms, bringing its weekly roundup of progress ...

Dolores Huerta, who coined 'Sí se puede,' dies at 96. She spent 70 years fighting for farmworkers

Dolores Huerta, who rose to national prominence as the co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association and was known...

Etsy Cracks Down on AI-Generated Content to Protect Buyers from Barrage of Slop

For the world's largest online e-commerce market for handicrafts, the impact of AI generated media was always going to l...

Bizarre Rescue Sees Divers Save Kangaroo That Found Itself Over a Mile from Dry Land

In a story too 'Australiana' to believe, a scuba diver and his crew rescued a kangaroo over one and a half miles out to ...

Good News in History, October 28

61 years ago today, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri was completed. Clad in stainless steel and standing 630 feet...

Cream of the crop: one brand’s quiet quest to reinvent the dairy industry

Regenerative agriculture is being explored as a way to make dairy farming more resilient. But what does it mean? We find...

Good News in History, October 27

64 years ago today, one man in the right place, at the right time, did the right thing, saving the world from probably n...

Free tool helps young men to take responsibility for sexual harm

Young men are using a digital tool designed to help them reflect on their sexual behaviour – offering an alternative to ...

Good News in History, October 26

201 years ago today, the Erie Canal opened a passageway from New York to the Great Lakes. The canal was built to create ...

Stunning New Opera House Opens With a Gravity-Defying Grand Staircase (LOOK)

Despite its curtain raising rather late in the year, Shanghai's new opera house has elbowed its way to the front row of ...

Good News in History, October 25

145 years ago, the visionary artist Pablo Picasso was born. A Spanish painter and sculptor, he had trouble getting out o...

Flood Worries? Tape Can Block 99% of Water Compared to Expensive Sandbags That Break Your Back

Homes at risk of flooding could be better protected in an emergency using widely available and affordable tape rather th...

LIVE Webcam Brings You Inside Cheetah Den With 5 Tiny Cubs Tended By Mom (WATCH and LISTEN)

On October 5, a cheetah named Zura gave birth to five adorable cubs at the Smithsonian’s Conservation Institute in Virgi...

A Chance Meeting in a Chinese Restaurant Saved a Man’s Life – As Everything Happens for a Reason

Everything happens for a reason. Every small choice can create lasting change—and even save a life. That's what David Co...

Your Positive Weekly Horoscope: ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, ...

Star Clusters in Van Gogh’s Starry Night Matches Taurus Sky From July 1889, Shows Study

The sky painted by Vincent Van Gogh in The Starry Night matches the sky in July of 1889, the year he immortalized the Fr...

New U.S. National Park Preserves ‘Land of Standing-Up Rocks’ and its Apache Culture in Arizona

The U.S. has designated a new National Park in Arizona, preserving the distinctive landscape known as Chiricahua, the la...

Good News This Week: October 24, 2026 - Mangroves, Hornbills, & Nurses

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating......

Vines Produce Bigger, Healthier Wine Grapes When Grown Under Solar Panels

Solar panels grown above grapevines substantially increased the development and fruit production of the crop—all while g...

3 Italian ‘Hobbits’ Searched for Irishman’s ‘Precious’ Wedding Ring for Days Before Bringing it to His Home

A man's misfortunate on vacation turned into a story fit for a fantasy novel, as complete strangers came to his rescue i...

Good News in History, October 23

Happy 50th Birthday to Ryan Reynolds, the always-handsome and hilarious Canadian actor who first starred in the sitcom T...

The farmer growing a future under Ghana’s trees

Cocoa farmer Susana Afrifa Ankrah is helping show how protecting forests can sustain livelihoods and build resilience to...

Good News in History, October 22

51 years ago today, Venera 9, the Soviet Union orbiter-lander spacecraft, became the first mission to enter orbit around...

Coconut Oil Could Make Great Sustainable Jet Fuel, Pioneering Experiments Demonstrate

Great for frying, perfect for your skin, and irreplicable in a ketogenic diet, coconut oil is a wonderful product. In th...

Historic win: Nurses fought to secure the nation's first countywide 12-week paid parental leave policy

After watching parents return to work while their babies were still in intensive care, Pittsburgh nurses gained a histor...

‘World’s Largest Deforestation Project’ Halted Early, Saving Potentially 4 Million Acres

Indonesian authorities have paused, and perhaps ended, the "world's largest deforestation project." Having achieved self...

Major Supermarket Begins Wide-Scale Tests to Bring Heritage Apple Varieties to Market

See these apples here? They rank among the most consumed worldwide—and one of Europe's largest supermarkets would like t...

‘Writing is a way of dealing with things’

Scottish author Ian Rankin talks about making sense of difficult experiences through fiction, and giving away a share of...

Scientists Discover a Simple, Low-Energy Way to Recycle Acrylic Glass into Brand-New Material

Researchers at ETH Zurich have found a practical new method that breaks down acrylic glass—known by the brand name Plexi...

Japan Successfully Launches Mission to Bring Home the First-Ever Martian Moon Samples 

In a stellar step forward for planetary science, Japan successfully launched a spacecraft on October 19th, headed for th...

Good News in History, October 20

76 years ago today, Tom Petty, was born in Gainesville, Florida. As an 11-year-old he met Elvis Presley, which sparked h...

Isle of Jersey Expands Marine Protections to Cover 21% of Territorial Waters

The self-governing British Isle of Jersey announced in late August it would increase its percentage of protected waters ...

Texas Man Finds More Than $128,000 on Top of a Bank’s ATM–and Returns Every Dollar

A man and a woman stopping at a Texas ATM noticed a bag lying atop the machine. Every inch of the bag was stuffed with m...

Man Proposes to His Girlfriend After They Were Struck by Lightning–She Restarted His Heart Twice

Nick Broderick describes the moment he decided to marry his girlfriend Eva as electric: it was as if he were struck by l...

Brazil Ends Long Tradition of 6-Day Workweek via Constitutional Amendment

With Brazil's senate voting 75 to 1 in favor, one wonders what took them so long? The nation was one of the richest in t...

Good News in History, October 19

6 years ago today, the high-profile sale of a Ming Dynasty artwork brought the world not only into contact with the most...

Simple ‘Soil Steaming’ Found as Effective Replacement for Chemicals in Organic Strawberry Farming

A mere puff of steam could be the ticket to much larger and reliable strawberry yields in California, the LA Times repor...

Contact With Nature is Linked to Healthy Eating, Shows Encouraging New Study

A new study has discovered that contact with nature may help people develop healthier eating habits. The research from A...

Good News in History, October 18

896 years ago today, Zhu Xi, a revolutionary Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty, was born. His shifting of the emphas...

Retired Couple Surprised With New HVAC System Worth $16k in a ‘Feel the Love’ Program That’s Aided 3100 Folks

An Oregon couple facing financial hardship can now endure the winter in comfort and with ‘peace of mind’ since a new HVA...

Good News This Week: October 17, 2026 - Trees, Diapers, & Prosthetic Paws

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating......

Good News in History, October 17

166 years ago today, the Open Championship, also known as the British Open, was first played in Scotland, at the Prestwi...

99-yo Woman Snags ‘World’s Oldest Wing-Walker’ Title – 3 Months After Another Gran Did It (LOOK)

A 99-year-old has become the world's oldest wing-walker—just three months after her niece saw another elderly woman do i...

Your Positive Weekly Horoscope: ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, ...

Good News in History, October 16

57 years ago today, New York’s underdog baseball crew ‘The Miracle Mets’ won the World Series in just 5 games, a romanti...

Largest Private Conservation Project in the US Hits Major Milestone as Free-Roaming Bison Pass 1,000

As autumn descends upon the Great Plains of North America, the largest private land conservation project in the country ...

New study finds remote work brought teams closer, not further apart

Today, roughly 36% of American workers do at least some of their work from home....

Good News in History, October 15

29 years ago today, NASA and ESA's Cassini Mission, meant to gather data on Saturn and its moons, was launched from Cape...

Tribe Just a Signature Away from Recovering 1,100 Ancestral Acres Along Undammed Elwha River

20 years after a Washington state dam was slated for demolition, 1,100 acres of ecosystem along the Lower Elwha River is...

ESA’s New Sentinel 3C Satellite Makes its Debut with Sumptuous Images of Italy and the Arctic

Two weeks after launching, the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel 3C satellite has returned its first images of...

World’s Heaviest Pumpkin Sets Incredible New Record at 2,856 lbs.

This seismic squash was just certified as the largest ever grown by a man at a recent British competition. When voluntee...

Inches Below the Forest Floor, Archeologists in Germany Unearthed a Roman Temple to the War God

Along a series of Roman fortifications cutting across Germany just north of Frankfurt, archeological excavations have re...

Good News in History, October 14

And, 136 years ago today, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th US President and Commander of the European Allied Forces in WWI...

Pittsburgh Water Launches Debt Forgiveness Program to Help Families with Rising Costs

Residents of Pittsburgh with outstanding debt on their water utilities can see it forgiven over a 24-month period. Insti...

The ‘in awe’ artist painting a wilder Britain

Rebecca Howard’s paintings capture a wilder Britain in the making. Her exhibition celebrates nine projects restoring nat...

Elderly Theater Worker Surprised by $146,000 for Her Retirement Crowdfunded by Young Moviegoer

It's becoming something of a trend: young people encountering elders working long past retirement age and raising thousa...

Good News in History, October 13

95 years ago today, Cristo Redentor, or Christ the Redeemer, opened to the public in the hills above Rio de Janeiro. Sta...

Italian Bio-methane Plant Comes Online, Providing Renewable Gas to Over 3,000 Homes

A European energy developer has switched on a major biomethane plant in southern Italy that will save some 9,000 tons of...

Barbie Honors Serena Williams with New Signature Doll to Serve Inspiration to Next Generation of Women

Barbie has released a signature edition doll of none other than tennis legend Serena Williams. The release came in tande...

Putting a ring on it: the plan to green London’s beloved edges

Ten million people will benefit from a more biodiverse capital, say the organisers of an ambitious project to reconnect ...

Good News in History, October 12

81 years ago today, Desmond Doss became the only conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor after saving an estima...

Good News in History, October 11

51 years ago today, Saturday Night Live premiered on NBC with George Carlin as host. The seminal comedy television progr...

Good News This Week: October 10, 2026 - Swans, Games, & Carports

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating......

Meet the first bear to ever receive a prosthetic paw: 'We do whatever it takes to help'

Baloo from “The Jungle Book” was inspired by the sloth bears of India....

Lost Italian Statue by Trevi Fountain Artist Discovered in Salvage Yard Among the Garden Ornaments

A Roman artifact from the Italian sculptor responsible for the Trevi Fountain was discovered in a reclamation yard for a...

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, ...

‘I can breathe again’. Readers share their experiences of a more balanced media diet

We often talk about the impact journalism has on democracy and how we understand the world. But what about its impact on...

World’s Largest ‘Glacial Archeology’ Expedition Recovers 48 Stone Age Arrowheads and Shafts

In a mountainous region of southern Norway, scientists are in their 20th year of surveying glaciers for ancient artifact...

Good News in History, October 9

On this day, in Game 2 of the 1909 World Series, Ty Cobb stole home base. The details around this famous of all capers a...

Prince William launches kit to help communities prepare for emergencies

The free, how-to resource shows people how to build resilience in their communities...

Good News in History, October 8

81 years ago toady, the microwave oven was patented by Percy Spencer. The self-taught engineer from Howland, Maine, empl...

A baby swan got hooked by a fishing rod. Watch a man calmly untangle the chick while keeping its parents at bay

Graham Porter was unflappable as swans circled him during his latest rescue....

‘You’re Walking!’ – Dad Surprises Children Having Recovered Ability to Walk After Serious Brain Injury

After 3 years of recovery from a brain injury sustained in a car accident, a father surprised his children by walking in...

Strangers Showed Up to Man’s Destroyed House to Put Up a Tarp Having Seen His Televised Plea

After a storm dumped a silver maple tree down through his roof, Kansas resident Gilbert Kirk told local news that he was...

A future worth building. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine

From future-focused projects to secret schools, the people in this issue are choosing to act for a world they may never ...

A Swarm of Seven Meteor Showers Will Light Up the Night Skies All October Long

October will feature nothing less than 7 separate meteor showers, but in terms of activity, one above all others merits ...

Trail cameras capture once-in-a-decade footage of jaguar nearing Guatemala-Honduras border

Panthera's Allison Devlin and Barbara Escobar-Anleu said the moment signals real signs of progress in jaguar recovery fo...

Nokia and NASA Team Up to Bring 4G to the Moon and Our Astronauts

Children of astronauts may soon be able to video call their parents in space, as NASA wants to bring terrestrial 4G to t...

Good News in History, October 6

115 years ago today, Beatrix de Rijk became the first female licensed Dutch aircraft pilot. This pioneering aviator was ...

Virginia Becomes Latest State to Enact ‘Clean Slate’ Law, to Help Residents Move on from Minor Offenses

Virginia's new Clean Slate law came into effect last Thursday, meaning that thousands of misdemeanor offenses will be au...

At 17, this student is helping children understand cancer through a Pokémon-inspired card game

He learned card games at his grandmother’s side. After losing her to cancer at age nine, he designed one to help other k...

Oldest Man in Oregon Credits Clean Diet and “Good Mind” for Reaching 108-years Young

  A man who's believed to be the oldest individual in the state of Oregon recently rung in 108-years-young with a c...

Formerly incarcerated men try new approach to prison reform: 'We saw changes in guys in just nine weeks'

Frank Davis and Aaron Hicks created ECHO: Every Choice Holds an Opportunity....

Orphaned, Rescued, and Rewilded, Female Gorilla Becomes a Mother in Historic Conservation Success

One of the first-ever eastern lowland gorillas to be successfully returned to the wild gave birth on May 21st in her new...

Fighting Wildfires from Prison, A New Law Gives Ex-Cons Route to California Fire Dept. Jobs on Release

Rather than being stuck on the chain gang, California prisoners are often on the bucket brigade. Roughly half of all Cal...

Good News in History, October 4

22 years ago today, SpaceShipOne, funded by Microsoft’s Paul Allen, became the first private manned spacecraft to fly in...

AI Chatbots Will Never Replace Advice From Elders, Say Seven of 10 in New Poll

More than seven in 10 Brits believe AI will never replace advice from their elders. A study of 2,000 adults found while ...

Underwater Umbrellas Could Protect Coral Reefs From Heat Damage

Underwater umbrellas could protect coral reefs from heat—and even partly reverse the bleaching, according to a new study...

Good News This Week: October 3, 2026 - Rhinos, Books, & EVs

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating......

Fan ‘Storms Out’ as Team Loses on TV, Only to Become Hero for Woman Stuck in Mud Chest-high

Just after Alastair Cass stormed out of his house because his football team lost he become a hero for a woman in dire ne...

Good News in History, October 3

4,483 years ago today, or so it's said, the sky above the Korean Peninsula opened and Hwanung, the mythical progenitor o...

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, ...

Ancient Christian Complex Reopens in Syria After 14 Years, a War, and an Earthquake

A 5th-century Christian heritage site has reopened to visitors in Aleppo, Syria, after rehabilitation, restoration, and ...

Trump cut their climate jobs. This secretive network found them new ones

Climate Reserve is quietly building a lifeline for America's lost climate workforce, one job at a time....

Hunter-Gatherers Don’t Have Trouble Sleeping: Why? and What Can We Learn from Them?

The BBC recently spoke with a sleep scientist who's spent much of his career studying the sleeping habits of the last re...

Good News in History, October 2

69 years ago today, a new island, or Ilha Novo, appeared on the edge of the westernmost island (Faial) in the Azores cha...

30 Years of Clean-Up and Monitoring Work at Closed Copper Mine Wins Honors for World’s Top Miner

In British Columbia, a small award ceremony was held to commend mine operators who continue to monitor and spend on mine...

UK’s National Museums to Continue 25-Year Policy of Free Entry for Foreign Visitors

After months of discussions between UK ministries, the tourism sector, and London's museums, the government has decided ...

Rangers saved this giraffe's life when she was just one week old. 5 years later, she surprised them with a heartwarming reunion

Just days after she was born, Twiggy was found hiding amongst a herd of zebras for protection....

Antarctica’s Wind Farm Saves 122,000 Gallons of Diesel Over 15 Years Powering McMurdo Station

As they near the end of their productive lives, the 3 wind turbines spinning on Antarctica's Ross Island have made an en...

Good News in History, October 1

102 years ago today, former President Jimmy Carter was born The 39th president of the United States from 1977–1981, is o...

Why good leaders listen

Listening is often overlooked as a leadership skill, but it can challenge assumptions and lead to better decisions...

A retired FBI agent has spent 20-plus years tracking down 100-year-old apple trees to save them from extinction

In 2012, Dave Benscoter was trimming trees in a friend’s backyard when he came across an apple he had never encountered ...

Stunning Collection of Stolen Greek Artifacts Spanning 5,000 Years Were Just Returned to Greece

Millions of dollars in ancient Greek artifacts were recently repatriated to their mother country by New York authorities...

Chinese Commercial Reactor Achieves Nuclear Fusion with Clean Hydrogen-Boron Fuel

In a world first, Chinese engineers have achieved brief nuclear fusion with a much cleaner and abundant fuel supply in w...

‘Flourishing’ Sycamore Gap Tree Has Ring of New Shoots Already 3-Feet Tall

3 years on from the illegal felling of Britain's famous Sycamore Gap tree, new aerial images reveal how the stump is flo...

Monkeys rescued from the illegal pet trade now thriving in a Mississippi sanctuary run by veterans

The Gulf Coast Primate Sanctuary gives once-domesticated monkeys and U.S. veterans alike a safe haven....

Fat Bear Week just crowned its winner. Google is celebrating with a viral animation

The 12th annual Fat Bear Week has come to a close, and Google added a fun interactive surprise for the occasion....

Good News in History September 30

163 years ago, George Bizet's famous opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles, The Pearl Fishermen, debuted at the Théâtre Lyrique i...

I stopped reading bad news for 48 hours. Here’s what happened

What changes when you swap the daily doomscroll for journalism that asks not just what’s wrong, but what’s working? Oliv...

Norway’s Newest Marine Protected Area Shelters Rich Marine Habitat, Whales, and Seabirds

On September 18th, the Norwegian government established a new marine protected area covering approximately 714 square mi...

New California law targets expensive 'ghost tickets' to concerts and sporting events

A new California law prohibits people from selling concert and sports tickets that they don’t own....

Good News in History September 29

30 years ago today, the Nintendo 64 video game console was released in North America. Critically acclaimed as "quite sim...

‘The forest is life’: how Indigenous communities in Peru are preventing wildfires

Forest fires have ravaged Peru in recent years, but some Indigenous communities are seeing a decline. Meet the forest pr...

Can affordable ethical fashion scale up?

With a focus on living wages, better fabrics and sustainability, one clothing brand is pushing to transform the fashion ...

Resilient French Farmers Use Warming Climate to Grow the Country’s Own Tropical Fruit

  This is a typical image of the south of France; now the home to an assortment very a-typical European fruit: the ...

Researchers Unearth a Clay Tablet Inscribed With the World’s Oldest Peace Treaty

Look, the order fixed for eternity which the Sun God and the God of the Tempest have created for the country of Egypt an...

Good News in History September 28

39 years ago today, Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted on syndicated TV. Spanning 178 episodes over seven seasons, i...

Newly Identified Frog-like Creature Named by Student Scientists After Their Moms

A newly identified frog-like creature that lived before the dinosaurs has been named by the student scientists who disco...

Noise cameras are spreading across America

Noise cameras are popping up in at least 10 U.S. cities, using microphones and license plate readers to catch loud vehic...

Good News in History September 27

Happy 50th Birthday to Il Capitano—Francesco Totti. The most iconic Italian football forward of the 21st century, Totti ...

CA Researchers Identify Odors That Repel Honeybees From Pesticides

In a win for pollinator conservation, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have identified chemical c...

Extreme heat makes warm cities even hotter. Rooftop sprinklers could be the answer

Researchers have designed a model to simulate how widely distributed rooftop rainwater collection tanks combined with sm...

A group of formerly incarcerated women sued to get air conditioning in every Texas prison — and won

A group led by formerly incarcerated women spent years advocating for those trapped inside prison walls during Texas’ ho...

Good News This Week: September 26, 2026 - Bricks, Elephants, & Tip Lines

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating......

Good News in History September 26

Happy 81st Birthday to singer-songwriter Bryan Ferry whose "elegant, seductive croon" and Mod stylings influenced a gene...

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, ...

Dolly Parton fans celebrate the first '9 to 5' day by honoring her love of literacy

September 25 marked the first official Dolly Parton Day — a playful nod to the late country singer’s world-renowned hit....

After 20 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit, this man found freedom. Now, he's helping others like him

The Innocence Center will take cases in Idaho to try and free people incarcerated for crimes they didn’t commit....

Africa Will Soon Have A New Tallest Building – But Probably Not Where You’d Imagine

By New Years Eve, Africa will see the completion of the continent's newest tallest building—and probably not where you'd...

A baby rhino and baby zebra bonded after they lost their mothers to the same fate: 'They've been inseparable ever since'

Local rangers found Tytan and Notty before a pack of hyenas and lions could find them first....

Millions Channeled to Irrigation Improvements, Leak Repairs Along Colorado River by Corporate Coalition

On Monday, e-commerce giant Amazon announced a $20 million investment to conserve water in the Colorado River Basin that...

This Canadian national park is home to the world's largest beaver dam: 'The size of 1600 hockey rinks'

Beaver dams provide habitats for the mammals while slowing floodwaters and filtering pollutants from water....

Teens Set World Record for Most Sports Balls Recycled in One Day, Diverting 2,675 Pounds from Landfills

In March, GNN reported on the attempt by teens to set a Guinness World Record for the most racquet sport balls recycled ...

New data centers in Oregon will be charged for all costs associated with growing energy need

The state’s monopoly electric utilities must create a separate rate class for data centers to ensure other customers are...

Good News in History September 24

72 years ago today, the London street scene was made all the more iconic with the introduction of the Routemaster 8 (RM8...

Gen-Zer quits corporate job and moves to Yellowstone, where she pays $96 a month in rent

Zoe De La Paz packed up her life in Chicago and became a seamstress at one of the most beautiful parks in the country....

Long-Lost Gertrude Abercrombie Painting Bought by a Bargain Hunter for $30 Could Fetch $250,000

At a Michigan estate sale in July, a "treasure hunter" noticed an undisturbed painting hanging in a hallway depicting a ...

Life after… a diagnosis for panic disorder

Molly Lambert went viral discussing OCD, helping others recognise frightening experiences they’d been too scared to shar...

Flagship Restoration Project in Brazil’s Cerrado Savannah Working to Restore 4.4 Million Acres

A Brazilian ecosystem-scale restoration program was honored at a recent UN conference as one of the 3 most ambitious and...

Good News in History September 23

165 years ago today, Robert Bosch, founder of the corporation Robert Bosch GmbH, was born in Ulm. One of the most import...

Scientists Pioneer Chemical Bath Method to Restore Aging EV Batteries Without Breaking Them Down

What if instead of investing billions into battery recycling plants, you could simply take your aging electric vehicle b...

Good News in History September 22

25 years ago today, 35 American TV networks and cable channels simultaneously aired ‘A Tribute to Heroes’, a live commer...

Exceptional Detection Rates of Bladder Cancer Recorded in Study of Simple, Yet State-of-the-Art Test

An observational study in the UK has just produced substantially positive results for a new, non-invasive, genetic urine...

Trump cancelled a $7B solar energy grant program. A judge just ordered its revival

Biden-era incentives for residential rooftop panels remain uncertain as plaintiffs await federal appeal....

Save a Life Day is September 24. Organizers are forging ahead despite the Trump administration's new limits on resources

The annual event distributes free naloxone and provides overdose-reversal education....

Good News in History September 21

45 years ago today, Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female Supreme Court Justice. She was approved in the ...

The race to get more young people in the UK into work, education or training

The UK has one of the highest NEET rates for young adults in Europe. New figures offer some encouragement...

Wild horses are back in Kazakhstan after disappearing more than 200 years ago

Two Przewalski’s horse foals were born in a reintroduction center in the grasslands of central Kazakhstan in late August...

Cavemen Used Mammoth Tusk Patterns to Create Unique Art, Reveals New Research

[Stephen Beech | SWNS news] Cavemen used mammoth tusk patterns to create unique art, reveals new research. Intricat...

165-Mile Bike Trail Through Minnesota Finally Completed After 30 years, One of the Longest in America

After more than 30 years of planning, construction, and fundraising, a paved bike trail ambling through 165 miles of Min...

Good News in History September 20

46 years ago today, Blizzard of Ozz, the debut solo album of the great and lately deceased metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, w...

Fox Left For Dead After Being Run Over is Now Recovering Thanks to Swimming Lessons

A fox cub that was left for dead after being hit by a car is making a miracle recovery thanks to hydrotherapy swimming s...

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Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Numbers See Encouraging Bounceback in New Survey

Conservationists working to turn the tide on declining numbers of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay, found some good news...

Good News This Week: September 19, 2026 - Salmon, Potholes, & Waterways

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Good News in History, September 18

188 years ago today, the Anti-Corn Law League was established in England by the economics-savvy liberals who understood ...

Company’s Textile Dyes Work Through Magnetism, Cutting Fashion’s Water-Use, Energy, and Pollution

Hoping to tackle the 50% of textile emissions associated with the dyeing process, a vaunted French startup has created n...

Exclusive: Portland coffee shop reveals plan to build free cafe in Gaza called 'The Department of Peace'

Portland business owner Josh White is joining the Humanite Peace Collective to honor his friend, Malak Mesleh, and milli...

Unsealed for the First Time, This 600-yo Tomb in Peru Was Just Declared the ‘Discovery of the Decade’

An unspoiled, undiscovered tomb containing the remains of an elite society belong to a major Andean civilization has bee...

Good News in History September 17

Happy 41st birthday to The Great 8, Alexander Ovechkin. Playing left wing for the Washington Capitals since 2004, he is ...

Chinese Scientists Develop New Oil Refining Method That Cuts Energy Use by 90%

Rather than bringing crude oil to boiling point over and over again as is done in traditional distillation refining, Chi...

51 ways to get the planet tipping the right way

Researchers have identified 51 environmental solutions to save the planet. Here are five of the most promising...

Scientists Solve Mystery Behind Snowfall That Dropped 695 Billion Tons of Ice on Antarctica

A warming pool of tropical ocean water has been shown to be the cause of immense snowstorms over East Antarctica which c...

More goats, sheep, and cattle are being used as wildfire prevention heroes: 'A tried-and-true strategy'

Can livestock grazing on grass and plants actually reduce wildfire risk?...

What happened when I stopped filling the silence

Angela Garwood swapped conversation for stillness at a device-free silent retreat, hoping to discover what lies beneath ...

10 Pounds of Viking Silver Found in Finland Extend Incredible Year for Scandinavian Treasure Hunts

Metal detectors have had a banner year in Scandinavia, where records for the largest recovered Viking silver hoards have...

Mexico Reintroduced Bison into Precious Desert Ecosystem After Century-Long Absence

A series of reintroductions have seen the bison return to a landscape in Mexico's Chihuahua Desert after a 200 year abse...

Wind Turbines Provide Half of Rancher’s Income Since He Decided to Invite Them on His Land

In 2006, the largest wind power project in Kansas was turned on among the Flint Hills. Today, the royalties it has gener...

Good News in History September 15

Many happy returns to a brilliant Brit, Tom Hardy, who turns 49 years old today. The London actor got his start in Ridle...

UK Runner Makes Improbable Comeback to Conquer the Grueling Trail Run That Nearly Killed Him

A runner whose improbable resurrection from the frigid fells of north England saw his heart stopped for hours, has retur...

$1,000 Bonus for Every Year of Work: Casino Employees Shocked at Company’s 50th Anniversary

When thousands of employees at Station Casinos arrived at one of the company's resorts to celebrate its 50th anniversary...

What if giving away a day’s revenue was the best day of your year?

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, BGC Group has managed to turn tragedy into a day with purpose...

Christian Bale Opens Long-Dreamed of Foster Care Village Aimed at Keeping Siblings Together

The personal passion project of Hollywood A-lister Christian Bale has finally come to fruition, as the Welsh actor cut t...

Hamster-sized 'burramys' had to cross a major roadway during mating season. So scientists built them a 'tunnel of love'

A tiny four-inch marsupial is getting an extra nudge from researchers hoping to connect two isolated communities....

Researchers find collecting garbage less often could actually help people recycle more

Optimizing curbside waste collection could improve the public's recycling habits...

She couldn't afford to live near work. Now she saves on rent and watches Jeopardy with her 77-year-old roommate

31-year-old Kayla Mazza has been living with 77-year-old Honey Donegan for over three years....

Scientists figured out a way to map the planet's melting permafrost in real time

Disappearing lakes and artificial intelligence are helping researchers gather data to map the thawing of permafrost acro...

How ‘housing first’ is helping people leave rough sleeping behind

A housing model that gives people a permanent home before asking them to tackle their other problems has achieved striki...

Good News in History September 14

41 years ago today, the Penang Bridge officially opened connecting the Malay Peninsula with the island of Penang. Stretc...

She ‘Asked for a Sign’ and Suddenly a Kingfisher Darts Up and Sits in Her Hand for 10 Minutes

A woman in England had just “asked for a sign” when a kingfisher streaked in, and even landed on her hand—staying there ...

Researchers Use Math to Ensure a Wordle Win 99% of the Time

Millions of people playing their daily Wordle games will be eager to hear about this new research. Using information the...

Good News in History September 12

2,516 years ago today was one of two days in the ancient era of world history that, if events had gone a different way, ...

The Blackout of ‘65 Left 800K Trapped in NYC Subway – 6 Hours Later People Were Inspired by Each Other

In November of 1965 a great blackout spread across the northeastern United States and parts of Canada. 30 million people...

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Good News This Week: September 12, 2026 - Turtles, Trees, & Exoskeletons

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What went right this week: the good news that matters

Solutions to save the planet, protecting childhood from algorithms, and the new world map, plus more...

Luxurious Bath Complex Used by Roman Emperor Found in Serbia

From Serbia comes the story of a technically-impressive and luxurious Roman bath complex discovered for the first time. ...

Farmers pivot to planting crops under solar panels: 'It's growing well for the first time'

The additional shade reduces evaporation and stress on the plants, all while generating clean electricity....

First Permit to Clean Up Old Mine Waste Issued for WA State Under 2024 ‘Good Samaritan Act’

The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved the first permit under the its new "Good Samaritan" law to remediate...

Scientists are studying how caterpillars hear without ears. It could change how humans make hearing aids

This line of research into how insects hear sounds using specialized, microscopic hairs could inspire a new generation o...

Indie Comic Creator Sells Out Thanks to Viral Visit from Reviewer Who Stopped When Others Didn’t

It's so tempting to dismiss social media as all doom scrolling through AI-generated slop and political arguments, but it...

Humanity’s 3rd Visit to Mercury Kicks Off with the Successful Arrival of BepiColombo Mission

Reprinted with permission from World at Large. On September 3rd, the European Space Agency marked the successful arrival...

Good News in History, September 10

35 years ago today, Nirvana's single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released in the US. The unexpected success of the Sea...

91-yo ‘Greybeard’ Becomes Oldest Person to Hike the Appalachian Trial After 359 Days and 71 Falls

Not long ago on a lonely peak in Maine, a 91-year-old grey-bearded man stood taking in the sights, as he observed the se...

A Hungry Cleaning Lady Bit into an Apple and Solved the Case of Legendary Diamond Heist

It's a beautiful stone no, the Grand Condé diamond? Its presence in the public eye was almost lost 100 years ago, but th...

Arthritis Drug Demonstrates Substantial Hair Regrowth in 1,400 Alopecia Patients

An arthritis drug of all things was recently found in a study to restore up to 100% of hair in patients with severe alop...

Beaver dams store millions of gallons of water. Could the rodents help prevent droughts?

Water backs up behind beaver dams, spills across the valley bottom, and soaks into the surrounding soil....

Yard Work Reveals Largest Trove of Viking Silver Ever Discovered in Denmark

When a man in Denmark broke ground in his backyard on home improvement work, it was a new terrace that he was looking fo...

‘In war, children lose control over their lives, play can bring some of that back’

With nearly 50 million children displaced by conflict, charities are finding ways to give young people something often l...

Good News in History, September 9

On this day in history, two masters of early ocean exploration returned to their prospective homes—Vasco da Gama 527 yea...

FDA Immediately Approves Drug That’s Doubling Lifespan for Late Pancreatic Cancer Patients

Pancreatic cancer has long been a death sentence, and a rapid one at that, but a new two-a-day pill has seen patients li...

24 ways to thoughtfully celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in 2026

Hispanic Heritage Month (or Latino Heritage Month) is a month-long celebration that kicks off on September 15th. We’ve p...

They’re resilient, low-effort and beautiful: how to plant a rubble garden

Forward-thinking gardeners are using leftover builders’ waste to create gardens that are drought-tolerant and full of bi...

Armless Racing Driver Hits 110 mph Steering with His Feet–Aims to Make History at Le Mans

Meet the world’s only armless racing driver who uses his feet to steer. 23-year-old Callum Smith was born without arms b...

Good News in History, September 8

60 years ago, the first episode of Star Trek, featuring “Space: the final frontier” and the USS Enterprise, began its th...

Firm Buys Texas Coal Plant to Leverage its Grid Connections for New Massive Solar Project

Coal power has a huge role still to play in the American energy mix—by turning over its substantial grid infrastructure ...

We’re likely to breach 1.5C. What happens next is still in our hands

Crossing the climate threshold now looks unavoidable, but temperatures are still shaped by the choices we make now...

22-yo with Down Syndrome Becomes Certified Fitness Instructor, Leads Class of 60 at Local Gym

A 22-year-old Utahan with Down Syndrome has just become a certified fitness instructor for the popular fitness program U...

Fitted with a Berlin Heart, Little Macs Is ‘Absolutely Thriving’ While He Waits for a Heart Transplant

From the UK comes the story of a baby called Macs, who seemed poised for final-stage heart failure, but who has been sav...

This group has given domestic violence survivors cash with no strings attached for 10 years. It's working

FreeFrom has invested $10 million into direct cash transfers for survivors of gender-based violence since 2016. They say...

Chance Encounter Between 2 Indiana Graduates Rescues Former College Ball Star from Homelessness

See that red backpack there? Sampson James used it to carry around his meager possessions during a stint of homelessness...

Labor Day's 'radical roots' show the power and potential of organized labor

Labor Day’s founders included skilled craft workers, immigrant laborers, and revolutionary anarchists....

Good News in History, September 6

31 years ago today, Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s baseball record when he played in his 2,131st consecutive game. On...

Astronomers Create Gallery of 16 ‘Cosmic Gems’ to Show Variety of Shapes a Galaxy Can Be

Space scientists have put together a photo gallery of ‘cosmic gems’ to showcase the variety of sizes, shapes, and high-e...

Stuck in Debt, Single Mom Pays Off $25K in 5 Months by Decluttering 410 Items

A British mom who racked up £23,000 in debt ($31K) has paid back $25,000 (£19,000) in just five months by decluttering a...

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

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Good News in History, September 5

252 years ago today, the First Continental Congress was organized in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, after the British N...

84 metric tons of humanitarian aid arrive in Nepal in the wake of deadly floods

This represents just one aid intervention amid countless international organizations mobilizing to help....

A Terrier Rescued After Spending 2 Days Underground Lost in a Badger Warren

A very English story of peril and rescue comes to us now from Nottinghamshire, where a man's terrier was stuck undergrou...

Good News in History, September 3

Happy Birthday to Shaun White, the three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding, who turns 40 today. He wa...

A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5° climate target. But hope is not lost

For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer possible, according to a...

Climate change is messing with sports. Here are 10 ways athletes and fans can take action

From snowless ski slopes to dangerously hot conditions at the World Cup, climate change is changing the sports and recre...

This vineyard adopted a clever alternative to using pesticides: Let 1,000 ducks roam free instead

Wine farmers in South Africa are borrowing inspiration from a centuries-old practice in Indonesia....

Indian Home Stays Cool Without A/C Through Clever Clay Architecture

Every summer it seems there's a part of the world experiencing record temperatures, so perhaps it's time for architects ...

Black bears were nearly hunted to extinction in the US South. Decades later, they're finally rebounding

The Mississippi Alluvial Valley was once the ‘bread basket’ of black bears....

Good News in History September 2

Happy 62nd Birthday to Keanu Reeves, the actor who might be called one of the nicest guys in show business. The Canadian...

Original Picasso Stolen 8 Years Ago Found Hanging in Vacant Apartment by Milwaukee Landlord

Whether it's cleaning out an attic or a Wisconsin apartment, in one landlord's case, finding an original Pablo Picasso w...

A UK prison offers carpentry classes. The inmates used their new skills to make 'hedgehog boxes'

Other vocational programs at the prison have led to incarcerated individuals refurbishing bikes, restoring memorial benc...

What Brazil’s supercentenarians can teach us about living to 120

Why does Brazil have so many supercentenarians? Researchers are trying to find out – and the early findings are in...

Amid scrutiny, Texas agencies are blocked from spending on Flock: 'Stop turning Texas into a surveillance state'

The order came as The Texas Tribune was preparing to publish an investigation detailing how a state agency has devoted a...

Manatee with collapsed lung gets airlifted back into the sea after months of specialized care

Citron was released after being rescued not once, but twice, in Florida waters....

GoFundMe launches hub of verified Nepal flooding relief fundraisers

The death toll has reached over 1,000 in the wake of devastating flash floods in Nepal....

A breathtaking new museum dedicated to whales is shaped like a breaching humpback. It will open next year in Norway

Located about 190 miles from the Arctic Circle, the museum touts rooftop viewpoints and under-the-sea journeys....

Good News in History, September 1

881 years ago today, Ibn Jubayir was born in Moorish Spain. This pilgrim and talented writer went on the Hajj to Mecca i...

In London, Children’s Lungs Grow Faster as Traffic Pollution Falls

A visceral reminder of the dangers of air pollution comes now...

Good News in History, August 31

New Mexico's electricity prices are some of the lowest in the country. Solar is to thank

Abundant sunshine and smart policy have made New Mexico’s grid far more climate-friendly....

The unlikely rise of the sea shanty band

Sea shanties became an online craze, but these old working songs are doing more than filling dancefloors: they're connec...

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Survives Attempted Budget Cuts to Launch 9 Months Early

Reprinted with permission from World at Large. 9 months ahead of schedule, and surviving attempts in both Trump Administ...

US Cities Are Terminating Flock Camera Contracts at Record Pace After Nationwide Pushback

In April, millions of readers came to GNN for the scoop on Maryland's first-in-the-nation ban on "surveillance pricing" ...

Good News in History, August 30

Happy 96th Birthday to Warren Buffett, the "Oracle of Omaha." He rose from working in his father’s store and delivering ...

Deep Sleep Brain Waves Offer Protection Against Alzheimer’s, Shows New Research

Poor sleep quality has been linked to cognitive decline, neuro-degeneration and Alzheimer’s disease in seniors—but it ma...

Good News This Week: August 29, 2026 - Cookies, Playgrounds, & Seahorses

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Self-Taught Artist Carves Logs into Amazing Sculptures Using a Chainsaw

An artist is carving out a living by making amazingly-realistic wooden sculptures—after teaching himself how to use a ch...

New NJ law requires data centers to report water and energy use: 'They will not operate in the shadows'

The law requires operators to disclose total energy consumption, energy used for cooling and IT equipment, peak daily wa...

How journalists are winning back the trust of marginalized communities

Trust in journalism was displaced long before the rise of digital and social media. Here's how individual reporters are ...

World’s Oldest Person Celebrates 117 Years of a ‘Nonconfrontational’ Approach to Life

The world's oldest person as acknowledged by the Guinness World Records turned 117 last Friday Ethel Caterham was born i...

Abu Dhabi Ice Cream Entrepreneur Uses Her National Crop to Make Healthier Soft Serve

An Arab entrepreneur has turned her country's national crop into creative new ice cream recipes. It needed several years...

Renter Is Shocked When Landlord Gives Her a Home After 20 Years Being a Good Tenant There

Landlords get a bad rap, often unfairly, but now from Melbourne comes the story of one who gave a long-term tenant the h...

Amid Europe's record-breaking heat and drought, solar power made it possible to cope

Europe’s solar panels produced 17% more power during the summer’s heat waves than they normally do, stabilizing the grid...

Frogs Produce a Protein That May Be an Antidote for Deadly Shellfish Toxin in Humans

He's no poison-arrow frog, but that doesn't mean the American bullfrog doesn't understand poison—far from it, according ...

‘Wood Foam’ Startup Uses Logging Waste as Substitute for Plastic, Producing 400 Pounds Daily

The University of British Columbia has taken low value timber waste and turned it into "wood foam" to replace plastic in...

Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch answers elementary schoolers' burning questions

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch spoke with two dozen elementary schoolers in North Carol...

This veteran is exposing the sexism women face in the military: 'Women have been serving and loving America long before America loved her'

Sergeant Cassandra Taylor served in the United States Army for 28 years....

Good News in History, August 27

Happy 87th Birthday to Osage-American travel writer William Least Heat-Moon. His debut novel, Blue Highways, (1982) is a...

Man Saves Baby Otter with CPR: ‘A life’s a life, no matter what it is’

It takes a village to raise a child they say. Well a story comes to us now from Alert Bay in British Columbia, where it ...

Putting slugs on the map: farmers pioneer precision crop protection


A new mapping tool pinpoints where slugs are likely to strike, helping farmers cut pesticide use while protecting crops...

Maryland's newest state park opens this week: '55K acres free to the public'

Savage Highlands State Park was a former privately held woodland resort in Garrett County. Now, it's home to yurts, cabi...

Poet Susan Griffin believed environmentalism was synonymous with feminism: 'We are air, we are flame, we are oyster and pearl'

Griffin inspired women to embrace environmentalism as interchangeable with women’s rights....

Petfinder rescue flights relocate 100+ pets from overcrowded shelters to adoption-ready homes

In honor of the online pet adoption platform’s 30th anniversary, more pets are getting their shot at finding a loving ho...

Scientists and Volunteers Take Big Step Towards Saving Rare ‘Cryptic’ Australian Orchid

There are many orchids at risk of extinction in Australia alone, few more than this rosella spider orchid. Thanks to a d...

Resurrecting Plant Inspires ‘Fridge Free’ Vaccines That Could Save the Millions of Doses Wasted Annually

A new 'fridge free' production method for vaccines could create far more reliable immunizations for low and middle incom...

Good News in History, August 26

235 years ago today, John Fitch was granted a US patent for a boat propelled by steam power which used mechanical paddle...

Amtrak's sleeker, cleaner new trains are pulling into the station this fall

The $8-billion Airo fleet promises cleaner, more reliable service as passenger rail enjoys record ridership....

Good News in History, August 25

110 years ago today, the National Park Service was created in the US. Guardians of 64 extraordinary places which documen...

Art attack: five habits to help you get (back) into art

Here are five simple ways to reconnect with your artistic side and make art part of everyday life...

First Bluefin Tuna Caught in North Sea in 60 Years Is Sign of Healthy Ecosystem

Jack Gardner couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the behemoth hooked on his fishing line. If he and his crew aboard Do...

US Approves First Drug That Targets Root Cause of Narcolepsy Rather Than its Symptoms

A Japanese pharma company has developed a drug that treats the root cause of a leading form of narcolepsy, and is celebr...

How rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires

Why rewilding is one of the best solutions we have to the concerning rise of wildfires...

Voting is now open for the first-ever Fat Marmot Week. The ccompetition supports scientists affected by Trump cuts

“OnlyMarms” skyrocketed them to global fame. Now scientists in Colorado hope an online contest will keep momentum going ...

Good News in History, August 24

10 years ago today, the European Southern Observatory confirmed the existence of Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplan...

Ethiopian Farmers Save Thousands by Switching to Solar Irrigation–While Cutting Emissions

Farmers in Ethiopia are slashing their growing costs, increasing food production, and protecting the environment thanks ...

New season of 'Ted Lasso' drives 5,000% spike in Google searches for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

After a three-year hiatus, the much-anticipated return of “Ted Lasso” came with an unexpected cameo....

Inventor Envisioned a Waterless Toilet for Astronauts, Realized it Could Solve a Global Sanitation Crisis Instead

An inventor and serial entrepreneur has created a non-flushing, waterless toilet that's already making sanitation safer ...

Gary, Indiana has been without power for 12 days. A food influencer and NBA player are coming to the rescue

Keith Lee and Tyrese Haliburton are hosting a supply drive for Gary, Indiana residents on Monday....

Zebra Sharks the First Ever to Be Rewilded After 82 Pups Released by Dedicated ‘Shark Nannies’

Out in the wild waters of Indonesia, zebra sharks are extremely rare. Overhunted, these striped bottom dwellers were at ...

Smoking rates reach historic low among youth in the United States

The use of nicotine vapes, or e-cigarettes, also fell to in 2025, the lowest it’s been since its peak in 2019....

Good News in History, August 23

3 years ago today, the chief of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) exclaimed "India is on the Moon!" after th...

Good-Humored Scientists Create ‘OnlyMarms’ Page to Boost Marmot Conservation and Donations

Desperate times call for desperate measures. With traditional funding sources facing cuts, The Rocky Mountain Biological...

Good News This Week: August 22, 2026 - Tigers, Turtles, & Wheelchairs

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Gas Station Goes Viral For Offering a Discount For Dance Moves – And Then Posts a Video

A New York gas station encouraged patrons to “pump it up” last month, and they weren't talking about fuel. Instead, the ...

After being rescued from traffickers, this orangutan has become a mother in the wild: 'A glimmer of hope'

Indonesia’s forestry minister named the baby Badar, a Malay word with Arabic origin meaning “full moon.” The mother’s na...

French Firm Switches On Africa’s Largest Renewable Energy/Storage Plant to Power 200K Houses

French energy supermajor TotalEnergies recently inaugurated the largest hybrid renewable energy project in Africa that w...

Roblox shares AI child-safety tools parents should know

Roblox is sharing AI safety models that detect online grooming, personal information requests and voice chat violations ...

Good News in History, August 21

Happy 40th birthday to the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt. The Jamaican superstar sprinter who retired in 2017 is a wor...

All the places you can find the 'rescued climate data' the Trump administration has erased

The Trump administration has shut down websites like climate.gov and other climate data projects. Academics, journalists...

Archaeologists Triple the Scale of an Ancient Amazonian Civilization We Know Almost Nothing About

Hundreds of geometric earthworks were recently found in the southwestern Amazon, evidence that a monument-building, prec...

California's new 'tire efficiency' rules aim to save drivers $1B a year, reduce 2M tons of carbon emissions

The nation’s first tire efficiency standards target an overlooked drag on fuel economy that can cost drivers more at the...

Latin America's first solar-powered train travels through a stunning 10,000-year-old canyon

The Tren Solar de la Quebrada travels through a UNESCO World Heritage Site....

Experimental Drug Generates Immune Response Against Pancreatic Cancer in People at High Risk

Researchers at Johns Hopkins report that an experimental drug targeting one of the most common genetic drivers of pancre...

AI firefighting drones take aim at wildfires

CAL FIRE tested Seneca's autonomous suppression drones in California, while XPRIZE finalists faced field challenges in A...

Man Rescued Alive After Being Trapped in Underwater Cave for 15 Days Without Food or Light

A harrowing story of survival and perseverance comes to us from Mexico, where a fisherman was rescued after spending 15 ...

The mobile library bringing books to rural Syria

A converted bus is bringing books, puppets and art workshops to children who have grown up with war...

Internet Showers DoorDash Driver and Fiancé with Wedding Gifts Thanks to Note he Left in the Bag

When a TikTok influencer and NYT bestselling author received her DoorDash meal in early August, a hand-scrawled note in ...

How to forge meaningful human connections – according to you

We asked: how do you nurture meaningful human connections in a busy, disconnected world? This is what you said...

Bamboo tiny homes survive a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. They were built for the price of a smartphone

These simple one-room homes could be a new blueprint for scalable disaster housing....

Italian Police Recover Stolen Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Artworks Worth Millions

From the Italian police's crack art crimes team comes the news that 3 stolen paintings by famous French artists were rec...

Mystery voicemail scam can hit without your phone ever ringing

Silent voicemails from rotating numbers flood one man's phone every 20 minutes, raising questions about ringless voicema...

Robot performs 26 cataract surgeries with surgeon control

ForSight Robotics says its JASPER platform completed 26 fully robotic-assisted cataract surgeries without ever convertin...

Good News in History, August 18

88 years ago today, the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the US with Canada over the Saint Lawrence Seaway was dedicat...

SignalTrace can link device signals to your car

SignalTrace by Leonardo detects wireless signals from your devices and links them to license plate data, creating electr...

In Memorium: Zhu Rongji, the Leader Who Defied Mao and Opened China to the World

Former Premier of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Rongji, passed away on last week at the age of 97, with the countr...

'The Odyssey' streaming scam could steal your bank info

Fake streaming sites promise free access to Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" but steal credit card details through bogu...

Cement Kilns Could Become Carbon Negative if Run on Clean Energy as Limestone Absorbs CO2

The production of cement ranks as one of the world’s largest industrial sources of CO2, but now a new study shows how in...

Company Aims for ‘Moonshot’ Replacement for Trees in Paper Products with Humble Desert Plant

From the Wall Street Journal comes the story of a goldilocks discovery: a potential replacement for wood fiber that goes...

270,000 Square Miles Around Easter Island to Become Indigenous-Managed Ocean Reserve

As one of the most isolated landmasses on Earth, residents of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, rely on the bounty of the ocea...

Garbage Workers in Italy Help Woman Find Her Million Jackpot

After winning a million euros, a woman mistakenly tossed the lucky lottery ticket into a trash bin. But the local sanita...

Robot learns to dismantle broken machines

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology researchers built a robotic disassembly system that adapts when screws get stuck or pa...

‘We like breaking the rules’: the radical farm that yields results

An Italian farm is using biomimicry and agroecological technology to ensure their crops can handle the heat...

Boyfriend Secretly Trains For Two Months To Surprise Girlfriend and Run Alongside Her in Dreaded First Half-Marathon

As Emma Kessler headed to her first half marathon, her boyfriend’s running shoes were in the trunk, and a surprise was i...

Wendy’s Worker is Going To Yale After His Bosses Fund Scholarship for the Immigrant Who Survived Violence

A powerful portion of ‘the American dream’ was served by a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to h...

Late summer monsoon leads to 'signs of recovery' in Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef has again shown its remarkable ability to recover. But we can’t take this for granted....

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Good News in History, August 15

108 years ago today, American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the first long-form animation film, the Sinking of the Lu...

Beating the Heat With a Million Blooming Sunflowers in Breezy Scotland (LOOK)

The month of August heralded the return of 14 acres of golden sunflowers topping the landscape in Scotland. Open to visi...

A Real Rockin’ Horse: Music Tames a Rescue Foal Who Learns to ‘Play’ Instruments for Album Debut

The video starts normal enough, but a surprise is waiting somewhere near the chorus. Mikayla Khramov is strumming guitar...

Good News This Week: August 15, 2026 - Otters, Libraries, & Signs

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Researchers find reading maps is good for our brains: 'Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's'

Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of Alzheimer's, sometimes surfacing before...

New Radiation-Free Lung Scan Can Spot Disease Sooner in Children – And it’s Much Safer

For caregivers of children living with chronic or rare lung diseases, monitoring their condition presents an uncomfortab...

Good News in History, August 14

85 years ago today, US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the joint declar...

MouthPad lets your tongue control a computer

The MouthPad is a custom-fit hands-free touchpad that sits inside your mouth, letting you control a cursor with your ton...

Bringing the thrill of live music to deaf audiences – with the help of air guitar

Luke Holdsworth was born deaf and is now one of the UK’s most respected BSL interpreters at live concerts...

New Jersey's new 'big tech' law aims to regulate kids' social media use: 'Worse than big tobacco'

The new law limits data gathering and bars some algorithmic recommendations....

Ospreys Recover Thanks to ‘Pioneering Pairs’ Who Nest Away From Main Population

Ospreys are recovering in Britain thanks to “pioneering pairs” who prefer to nest away from the main population, accordi...

Scientists are using spider webs to develop materials that treat burn wounds, reverse nerve damage

Spiders produce silk from a specialized gland and use it to build incredible web structures. Scientists are figuring out...

Antiviral Chewing Gum Cuts Risk of Certain Head and Neck Cancers to Almost Zero in New Study

Research from the University of Pennsylvania shows that antiviral and antibacterial chewing gums reduce the levels of th...

John Oliver has beef with Buc-ee's. It's led him to raise $500K to end hunger

The “Last Week Tonight” host has gone after the convenience store chain’s tendency to sue small businesses by opening hi...

Good News in History, August 12

45 years ago today, the first IBM PC, one of the early personal computers, was released. The development team broke all ...

Back on track: Matt Haig on finding acceptance

At 50 years old and with the release of his new book The Midnight Train, Matt Haig explains why acceptance has descended...

Plant’s First Flower is a ‘Death Bloom’ So Tall the Greenhouse Had to Remove Ceiling Panels

A ten-year-old plant has finally burst into flower for the first time after a decade of care by professional horticultur...

Pro Women’s Baseball Resumes for First Time Since 1954: A League of Their Own is BACK!

Almost eight decades after she last played baseball, Maybelle Blair returned to the diamond—in a wheelchair—to inaugurat...

Great Barrier Reef’s Recovery From Bleaching is Aided by Monsoon

The world’s largest coral system, the Great Barrier Reef, suffered six mass ‘bleaching events’ between 2016 and 2025, du...

Data center proposals keep coming to Pennsylvania. A 41,000-person Facebook group leads the fight against them

In response to souring public opinion on data centers, Pennsylvanians have flocked to grassroots Facebook groups....

GoFundMe launches hub of verified Colombia earthquake relief fundraisers

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Colombia on Monday....

How birdwatching has become an unexpected hit with Gen Z

A new wave of young birders is helping to turn one of Britain’s oldest pastimes into one of its fastest-growing hobbies...

Researchers are holding the first-ever 'Fat Marmot Week' to raise awareness for funding cuts. See the contenders

After creating the first OnlyFans dedicated to yellow-bellied marmots, Colorado researchers are taking inspiration from ...

Rare footage of silver bear cub captured in national park livestream. Is it a pizzly bear?

Viewers were quick to question whether the bear was a grizzly-polar bear mix....

Good News in History, August 10

180 years ago today, the Smithsonian Institution was first chartered, and named after the British scientist, James Smith...

Voyager 2 was Running Low on Power Until NASA Engineered a ‘Big Bang’ to Buy Another Year

NASA engineers found a way to free up power aboard Voyager 2, helping the nearly 50-year-old spacecraft continue its sci...

Solar just eclipsed all other electricity sources for the first time ever in Utah

The state used to run on coal, relying on it for as much as 78 percent of its power a decade ago. But now renewables are...

Blind Dressage Horse Wins Competitions By Using ‘Equine Braille’

Despite going blind, a remarkable horse is still on his way to becoming a dressage champion after adopting an extraordin...

Intricate Carvings in Ostrich Eggshells are 60,000 Years Old – and Reveal ‘Remarkable’ Human Thinking

Dating back more than 60,000 years ago, humans in southern Africa were engraving ostrich eggshells with intricate geomet...

Trail cameras capture rare photo of an elusive lynx in the Himalayas: 'First confirmed evidence'

The sighting challenges the perception that high-altitude rangelands are empty and barren, and even suggests a full pred...

Good News in History, August 9

90 years ago today, track and field star Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics—a first for any Am...

Bride Calls for Metal Detector Mid-Wedding After Losing Ring Swatting a Bee on the Beach

A bride and groom were forced to find someone with a metal detector during their own wedding—after the engagement ring f...

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

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Good News This Week: August 8, 2026 - Eggs, Firefighters, & Rhinos

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Good News in History, August 8

450 years ago today, the keystone of Europe's first modern astronomical observatory—the Uraniborg designed by Tycho Brah...

Good News in History, August 7

10 years ago today, Ichiro Suzuki joined the "3,000 Club" of collecting 3,000 hits across an MLB career in style, hittin...

Louisiana is sinking. So this business is using the state's glass bottles to restore the coastline

Roughly a football field of Louisiana is lost to the sea every hour. Glass Half Full is slowing the erosion down....

Japanese Team Develops ‘Eco-Fireworks’ with Water-Soluble Shells to Cut Back on Debris

When a man who loves things that go 'boom' met a men who loves things that go 'bloom,' they realized there was much to g...

Good News in History, August 6

100 years ago today, American Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Called “The Que...

Life lessons: Joe Newman on what life so far has taught him

The British singer-songwriter and frontman of alt-J on capturing creative sparks and the rise of the far-right...

Rescued as poaching victims, 6 rhinos defy all odds by giving birth to calves in the wild

Six orphaned rhinos spent years being rehabilitated. Now back in the wild, they are shocking conservationists with even ...

New study shows that cougars cut deadly car accidents from crossing deer by up to 76%

The research centered on traffic accidents in the Olympic Peninsula....

Amid Spokane fires, local bootmaker turns headquarters into refuge for firefighters, distributes new shoes for free

As fires burn across the Pacific Northwest, one local business is doing its part to help frontline workers....

These 3 states are the first to ban 'surveillance pricing' that uses personal data to charge more

Surveillance pricing uses personal data such as browsing history or shopping habits to set individualized prices on good...

West Virginia University researchers turn polluted mine water into critical rare earth minerals

A solution to America’s dependence on foreign rare earth minerals may be coming from an unlikely place: polluted water l...

Locals Succeed in Tripling Protected Seascapes Along 300 Miles of Turkiye’s Breathtaking Coastline

From Turkiye's Mediterranean shore comes the remarkable story of how a group of unsupported conservationists and fisherm...

Good News in History, August 5

120 years ago today, American actor, director, and screenwriter John Huston, was born. He also wrote the screenplays for...

Single Fossil Shows a Pterosaur Eaten by an Ichthyosaur Eaten by a Pliosaur: ‘A 3-Way Chompfest’

In what must rank as one of the rarer fossil assemblages ever discovered, an incredible moment where the whole top-third...

As climate change worsens flooding, some places are becoming 'sponge cities'

Across the continental U.S., intense single-day precipitation events are growing more frequent, fueled by warming air th...

Self-Healing Contact Lenses Repair Scratches with Just 1 Hour of UV Light Exposure

A major, early-stage advancement in vision technology comes to us now from South Korea, where researchers created a cont...

Indian families living in slums given opportunity to transform one-room shacks into their dream homes

The Sanjaynagar Redevelopment Project engaged residents in solving their own housing crisis....

Good News in History, August 4

125 years ago today, the beloved American jazz trumpeter, composer, and singer Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans. ...

Visible mending: Why you should give your clothes a second life — and show off the repairs

Extending a garment’s life by just nine more months can reduce its carbon, water, and waste footprints by up to 20%....

Today’s children could be the first generation since the 1970s to do better than their parents, new studies suggest

Demographers say today’s small children have a brighter future economically than any generation since the surge of Baby ...

Will regeneratively grown food become mainstream?

At Groundswell, experts debated how to get more nature-friendly foods on shelves. Here are three key takeaways...

Virginia Gov. Spanberger restores voting rights to 66,000 people with past felony convictions

The announcement comes ahead of the November referendum that would make rights restoration automatic after release from ...

Canada’s Newest Nickel Mine Will Store 1.5 Millions Tons of Carbon Every Year During Operation

On July 31st, mine developer Canada Nickel Company announced it had received final permitting approval from the Ontario ...

Okefenokee Swamp Clinches World Heritage Status, Joining Ranks of Top Natural Wonders

Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp is the latest wild wonder of the USA to make UNESCO's hallowed World Heritage Site list. It j...

The musicians turning bat calls into club music

A new album made from the echolocation calls of bats is inviting listeners to hear the misunderstood mammals differently...

NASA opens first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years at Virginia facility

NASA opened its first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years Friday, marking a milestone for future aviation and sp...

Mars Rover Discovers Mysterious Field of Honeycomb Textures on Red Planet: ‘Took Our Breath Away’

As NASA’s Curiosity rover ascended the Martian valley named Valle Grande back in June, it sent back images of a landscap...

Good News in History, August 2

83 years ago today, in combat with the Japanese during the Solomon Islands Campaign in World War II, Patrol torpedo boat...

Stranger Gives His Truck to Rock Band to Finish Their Tour, Driving 500 Miles and Back Again (WATCH)

A touring heavy metal band almost met disaster in the middle of nowhere, until a 60-year-old stranger reminded them that...

16-yo Rookie Lifeguard Leads Heroic Ocean Rescue–With Viral Video of Harrowing Effort

The rookie lifeguard didn’t flinch. A giant wave slammed into the California shore and a 10-year-old boy was instantly s...

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

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Good News This Week: August 1, 2026 - Bearcats, Tattoos, & Bug Hunts

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Blowing Bubbles Allows Sperm Whales to Sleep Soundly Beneath the Waves, Reveals Study

New research shows that blowing bubbles helps sperm whales to sleep soundly, hidden beneath the waves. It actually stops...

Good News in History, July 31

240 years ago today, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect by Robert Burns, the National Poet of Scotland, was publishe...

Scientists Develop Enzyme to Limit Environmental Impact of Mine Waste, Testing Underway

Arizona State University researchers are testing ways to neutralize mining’s biggest environmental liabilities. At prese...

Kentucky asked 40 people to figure out what to do about childcare. They just achieved bipartisan reform

Recent legislation boosts provider benefits, raises subsidy reimbursement rates, and removes obstacles for childcare pro...

Organizations Rally to Reunite Lost Pets with Owners Following Earthquake in Japan

An inspiring story of solidarity between pet owners comes from Japan, recently rattled by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. In...

Miracle as All 11 Onboard Survive Harrowing Seaplane Crash and Fire in Puget Sound’s Frigid Water

Miraculously, all 11 souls walked away with their lives after a seaplane both crashed and caught fire in the Puget Sound...

Climate-Friendly Heat Pumps Are Becoming Dominant Home HVAC System in America

The rapid adoption of heat pumps in the United States is becoming little short of a revolution, such that these clever H...

Global Hunger Falls Below 8% for the First Time Since the Pandemic

For the 3rd consecutive year, global hunger as measured by malnourishment among continental populations has fallen. It's...

Spreading Crushed Rock on Newly-Planted Forests Boosts Carbon Storing and Nutrients

A sprinkle of crushed basalt rock has turned out to be the fairy dust that newly planted forests need to develop faster ...

Did a tourist tax save Magaluf?

As Edinburgh introduces a visitor levy, we look at what a decade of tourist tax-funded investment has done for one of Eu...

Good News in History, July 30

On this day 96 years ago, at the conclusion of the inaugural FIFA World Cup, La Celeste, or Uruguay, won the trophy. Rar...

This year, the EU will prohibit the sale of products linked to deforestation. These coffee farmers aren't worried

At the end of this year, the European Union Deforestation Regulation is set to go into force, prohibiting products linke...

As her ex's 'double life' dominates the news, Jen Hamilton raises over $100K for women rebuilding their lives

“One thing I love to do is take something terrible that is happening and turn it into something good for other people,” ...

The World’s First Giant Anteater Reintroduction Appears to Be Succeeding in Brazil

It's been almost 20 years since Argentina launched what was at the time the world's first attempt at reintroducing the g...

Woman’s Viral Video Raises More Than $174K for Disabled Veteran She Spotted Working at Airport

A woman was able to help a partially disabled airport worker retire after she witnessed him hobbling across the tarmac o...

Glen Hansard, celebrated musician, dies at 56. His annual 'Christmas Eve busk' raised millions for the homeless

For years, Hansard invited some of Ireland’s biggest stars to busk with him on the streets of Dublin....

Funding for scientific research is at an all-time low. So conservationists turned to OnlyFans to save their marmot study

And don’t worry — their OnlyFans page is G-rated....

Africa’s Wildfire Season Is Actually Getting Shorter, Scientists Think They Know Why

A changing climate seems to be shortening Africa's dry season, resulting in less land scorched during the wildfire seaso...

A new measure of courage: how Maasai warriors became lion guardians

In east Africa, Maasai men are redefining what it means to be brave by helping people and lions co-exist...

Good News in History, July 29

On this day in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created. The US Congress was spurred t...

Montana Teen Uses Rodeo Lasso to Rescue Drowning Man on Yellowstone River

From Big Sky Country comes a rescue story so cliche that even Hollywood scriptwriters would pass it over. A 14-year-old ...

American Indian Schools Achieve Highest Graduation Rates in the Nation’s History

High schools funded and/or managed by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) have achieved the highest average graduation ...

Good News in History, July 28

133 years ago today, the Vizcaya Bridge, Spain's only UNESCO World Heritage Site of industrial heritage was completed. S...

Crime is on a historic decline, with homicide rates approaching century lows in cities across the US

Homicides fell 18% in the first half of 2026 across a sample of 30 U.S. cities....

Graffiti transformed into interactive mural depicting success stories of people who have overcome homelessness

“I wanted to give these case studies a voice,” the muralist said....

This new subsidized apartment complex in Berlin was made exclusively for lesbians and bisexual women

The 72 units are joined by an LGBTQ+ cultural center, neighborhood cafe, and event spaces....

Internet Access Soars, Costs Plummet on Island Following the End its Federal Telecom Monopoly

Internet access has increased 20-fold and broadband costs have fallen by 99% on the archipelago of Micronesia thanks to ...

Odd Texas Ranch ‘Raises’ Telescopes to Provide Dark Sky Viewing for Stargazers in Cities Remotely

Submitted By Jeff G. Rottman About 80 miles east of San Angelo, Texas, a young astrophotographer named Bray Falls is run...

This state now requires employers to disclose salaries in job postings: 'Close those pay gaps'

There are now at least 14 states across the country with pay transparency laws....

Good News in History, July 27

86 years ago today, Bugs Bunny, the wisecracking Warner Bros cartoon character, first debuted in an animated short entit...

Senior Who Only Learned to Swim After Retiring Saves Drowning Man Half Her Age

From China's Anhui Province comes a story that reminds us it's never too late to learn. 71-year-old Liu Defang remembers...

Did Scientists Just Detect the First Known ‘Exo-Moon’?

As soon as Aleksander Wolszczan confirmed the observation of the first planet outside of our solar system, he immediatel...

Pancake, one of the world's rarest sea turtles, is swimming free again after nearly freezing to death

Pancake was one of hundreds of sea turtles that were rescued from a mass cold-stunning event off of Cape Cod last year....

Hyundai Partners with Healthy Seas to Turn Scourge ‘GhostNets’ into Floor Mats for Cars

Off the coast of Catalina Island for 15 years, the fishing vessel Midnight Hour has sat on the ocean floor—its sunken wr...

Good News in History, July 26

134 years ago today, Dadabhai Naoroji was elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain. A merchant, schol...

Heatwave Reveals ‘Lost’ 17th Century Garden Design Under Parched Grass

The outline of a 'lost' 17th century garden has been revealed at a stately British home following the record heatwave an...

Europe’s Air Quality Dramatically Improves in 10 Years, With 39-59% Drop in Industrial and Road Toxins

Air quality continues to improve across Europe, with emissions from most of the major pollutants declining by significan...

Good News in History, July 25

61 years ago today, the 60s folk singer Bob Dylan walked onstage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in his Fender Str...

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

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Good News This Week: July 25, 2026 - Kangaroos, Gorillas, & Turtles

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Tax Breaks for Data Centers Are Ending, With More States Revoking Them

As the AI infrastructure build-out continues to meet headwinds from concerned citizens, three states recently signed law...

The Real Way to Save Bees During a Drought: Expert Corrects Sugar–Water Myth

A British bee scientist recently explained that setting up 'hydration stations' for bees doesn't work, as the commonly-p...

A fisherman caught a baby manatee in his net. When he realized it was too young to be released, he nursed it himself

Local fisherman Goué André Clotaire Gbagou found the baby manatee as he was fishing in the Sassandra Riverbed of the Ivo...

Jimothy the raccoon survived against the odds. According to a neuroscientist, thanks to sophisticated brain and devoted mother

Even though the odds were stacked against Jimothy from the day of his birth, he persevered....

Czech Woman Hacks Her Way into the Record Books at World Lumberjack Games in Wisconsin

As Karolina Urbanova broke the log of white pine she was standing on in half with her axe, she notched the 2nd world rec...

Beatles Tour Bus Pulls Alongside Paul McCartney–While He was on Video Call With Ringo

Dozens of Beatles fans were left stunned after Paul McCartney pulled up alongside their Fab Four-themed tour bus. The Be...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 lineup adds three choices

Samsung's three new foldable phones run Android 17 with One UI 9 and Galaxy AI, but each targets a very different user w...

There are more women running for governor across the US than ever before

There are 85 women major-party candidates running for governor across 36 states this year....

The upside of the global energy crisis

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has brought renewed urgency to the climate solutions campaigners have long champione...

Tom Holland chokes up after discovering the impact he had on a man's sobriety mid-'Odyssey' interview

Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, and Tom Holland were visibly moved when a journalist took the time to pass along a personal m...

This kitten couldn't walk on his own. So a vet made him a custom wheelchair out of Hot Wheels

Because a kitten named Gelato deserves to feel like a Transformer, too....

4 Beluga Whales from Shuttered Canadian Park Arrive at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium After Rescue (LOOK)

When GNN reported last week that Canadian and US authorities approved the emergency transfer of some 30 beluga whales fr...

Faith communities become 'sanctuary people' for Haitian immigrants facing uncertainty

The broader understanding of sanctuary is rooted in Catholic social teaching, especially the idea of accompaniment, whic...

Maiden Rocket Launch ‘a Grand Success’ for India’s First Private Spaceflight Company

In 2022, India beat long-time spacefarers Russia to become the 3rd nation to see a privately designed and built rocket s...

Good News in History, July 23

Happy 55th Birthday to the amazing musician and singer Alison Krauss, who has won more Grammys than almost anyone. A tee...

A Rich Rainfall is Set to End Mexico’s 6-Year Drought

According to current predictions, Mexico may be free from a multi-year drought at the end of its current rainy season. R...

A Greek island that inspired 'The Odyssey' is at risk of offshore drilling. Local artists are fighting back

The goal of the public art display is to “connect humanity’s earliest forms of survival with contemporary resource extra...

New England invested in solar. It saved residents millions in electricity costs during a heat wave this month

A new report found that solar arrays saved $39 million to $54 million in a single day of a recent heat wave....

Good News in History, July 22

30 years ago today, The Daily Show began satirizing and skewering politicians and broadcasters on cable TV’s Comedy Cent...

‘A place of hope and solutions’: the building promising a better future

A bold new building in the Netherlands promises to showcase solutions to global problems – and encourage positive action...

British Runner ‘Calls His Shot’ and Breaks World Record in the Mile–After it Stood for 27 Years

Scottish runner Josh Kerr just put in the fastest mile time in human history, breaking a record that had stood for 27 ye...

DIY off-roaders race in public lands trash pickup contest. They ended this year with 5M pounds cleaned

Gambler 500 participants are “a disorganized group of people who like to drive bad cars, go camping, and pick up trash o...

Coral Reef Long Presumed Dead Is Rediscovered ‘Teeming with Life’ Off Coast of Africa

A coral reef long presumed dead has been rediscovered "teeming with life" off the coast of West Africa. Surveys conducte...

Good News in History, July 21

36 years ago today, Roger Waters performed The Wall in Berlin for 350,000 fans to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wal...

Good News in History, July 20

57 years ago today, men first stepped on the moon during NASA’s Apollo 11 mission; Neil Armstrong first, at 10:56pm EST,...

Biotech Startup Breeds Blight Tolerant American Chestnut Without Any Genetic Defects

At the intersection of big data, forestry, and genomics, a biotech startup has birthed a generation of "elite" blight-re...

The underground fridge that keeps food cool – even in a heatwave

Inspired by olden days ice houses, this underground fridge uses the earth’s stable temperature to keep food cool...

Longest Undersea Road Tunnel to Shorten Travel Times by 5 Hours and Feature ‘Great Hall of Lights’

1,000 feet below the North Sea, blast after blast brings Norwegian engineers closer and closer to completion of the long...

Good News in History, July 19

50 years ago today, Sagarmatha National Park was established in Nepal as the country's first National Park. Enshrining t...

Meet the women protecting the last remaining gorillas in Nigeria: 'Our men have failed to stop the threats'

The successes of the pioneering women’s collectives have inspired the formation of similar initiatives in other villages...

Pharaoh’s Daughters Were Skilled at Archery 4,000 Years ago, Reveals New Research

For decades, experts have disputed whether weapons found in ancient burial chambers of Egyptian princesses were actually...

Good News in History, July 18

58 years ago today, the Intel Corporation was founded in Mountain View, California. One of the largest manufacturers of ...

Others Dreamed of His Basketball Career But He Wanted to Help People–He’s Now a Texas Police Officer

Although everyone urged the giant man to pursue a basketball career as a 7-foot-3-inch athlete, but that was never his d...

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

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Good News This Week: July 18, 2026 - Vaccines, Mosquitoes, & Red Wolves

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Drug May Repair DNA at Earliest Stages of Alzheimer’s – And it’s Already Passed Safety Trials

A drug, that has previously been shown to be safe and tolerated by humans, reduces multiple disease-linked features of A...

Good News in History, July 17

70 years ago today, the MGM musical comedy High Society was released. Starring Bing Crosby and a young Frank Sinatra, it...

Chinese-Russian Biologists Release Nearly 500,000 Young Sturgeon into the Amur River

When the BBC visited China's frigid northeastern province of Heilongjiang (Black Dragon River) in 2008 hoping to catch a...

Homegrown Catnip Lotion Proves to Be An Effective Mosquito Repellent in Rural Uganda

Homegrown catnip plants have proven to be as effective as DEET for repelling mosquitoes in rural Uganda. Presented at an...

7 ways to help people displaced by Ontario wildfires

The wildfires in Northern Ontario have burned over 6.8 million acres of land and displaced thousands of people. Here’s h...

Meet the ‘Firefighting’ Donkeys of Spain, Chowing Down on Grass and Fire Risk from Dawn to Dusk

During the recent heat dome over Europe, multiple regions of Spain were scorched by wildfires. But in the idyllic Iberia...

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child, But This Lonely 4-yo First Had to Raise His Neighborhood (WATCH)

  There's an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. That was true for this lonely 4-year-old in North...

25-year-old reporter buys his hometown newspaper to save it from corporate ownership

Evan Newton is now one of the youngest newspaper owners in the country....

How a farming programme in Sierra Leone helps amputees rebuild lives

An empowering initiative teaches people with limb loss how to farm sustainably, enabling many to start businesses...

Japanese Engineers Help Modernize India’s Massive Railway, Launching Her First Bullet Train

For the most train-dependent transportation system in the world, the debut of its first high-speed or "bullet" train, is...

Would You Like Sugar With Your Stars? Sugar Detected in Interstellar Space for the First Time

Scientists have detected a simple sugar found in raspberries within the gas and dust at the center of the Milky Way. It'...

Maine Counts Over 20 Million River Herring During Annual Run, the Highest in Decades

A beloved local fish staple that was illegal to harvest as recently as 2012 has seen an incredible recovery in Maine's r...

30 Beluga Whales are Finally Being Rescued After 2 Years Waiting in Shuttered Theme Park

The US and Canadian governments recently approved a plan for the transfer of captive beluga whales which have been stran...

Good News in History, July 16

1404 years ago today, the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (PBUH), journeyed with his followers from Mecca to Medina. As an ev...

Good News in History, July 15

71 years ago today, 18 Nobel laureate scientists signed the Mainau Declaration publicly decrying nuclear weapons. Within...

3,200-yo Tomb Discovered in Luxor from the Era of Ramses

Another month, another big discovery in Luxor—this time of a tomb with preserved interior frescoes dating back around 3,...

South Carolina Restaurant Owner Finds $12,000 in Old Cabinet and Returns it to Former Owner

A restauranteur who found $12,000 in cash got in touch with the rightful owner live on the news to explain he wanted to ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul establishes the nation's first statewide moratorium on new AI data centers

Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing the development of hyperscale AI data centers on Tuesday....

Raising Rice and Fish Together Cuts Disease From Snails While Boosting Crop Yields by 25%

The chronic disease schistosomiasis wreaks havoc on more than 220 million people around the world, with the vast majorit...

Good News in History, July 14

11 years ago today, Earth's scientists completed the first survey of our solar system as the New Horizons spacecraft com...

What positive change have you seen unfold over many years?

Share the stories of change you’ve witnessed that took patience, persistence and time...

Good News in History, July 13

Happy Birthday to Sir Patrick Stewart who turns 86 years old today. The English actor of stage and film grew up poor, ye...

15-yo Creates App for Reporting Potholes to the Government, and Uses AI to Help with Follow-up

A 15-year-old in the Indian capital of New Delhi created an AI-powered app that allows citizens to report potholes, grad...

Young Man Interviews 3,000 World War II Vets Over 10-year Project–Preserving Their Stories

A decade ago, a young American began recording interviews with World War II combat veterans to satisfy his curiosity abo...

Do sea turtles only hatch during a full moon? Your top 5 questions about sea turtles, answered by an expert

Marine biologist Katherine Sayler answers the internet’s top questions about sea turtles....

Firm Breaks Ground on First Next-Gen Nuclear Reactor in America to Power Data Centers for Less

A nuclear energy firm has broke ground on the first advanced nuclear reactor plant in the country, in Oak Ridge, Tenness...

This Extraordinary Desert Mouse Defies Aging–and it Could Change Human Longevity

A protein associated with longevity in humans has recently been found at high concentrations in an extraordinarily long-...

My Dad Just Walked the Equivalent of Earth’s Circumference – It Took Him 14 Years and 49 Pairs of New Balance

An Indiana man accomplished the unimaginable after setting an audacious goal fourteen years ago: to walk the Earth's cir...

Good News in History, July 12

131 years ago, the architect, visionary, and writer Buckminster Fuller was born. Fuller developed numerous inventions, m...

Roman ‘Genius’ Spirit Statue Buried 1,600 Years Ago Found by Hadrian’s Wall

A perfectly preserved Roman statue which was deliberately buried 1,600 years ago has been unearthed near Hadrian’s Wall....

Good News This Week: July 11, 2026 - Snails, Poems, & Leopards

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Facing Bankruptcy, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Set to Live on After Sale to Nonprofit Journalism Institute

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This cafe is run by robots. They're operated by actual disabled humans working from home — not AI

The concept was created by a robotics engineer who was stuck at home for years due to illness....

California is releasing 500,000 mosquitoes. Here's why that's a good thing

The sterile insect technique has been adopted worldwide for nearly 70 years....

This food mobile provides free meals to hundreds of kids who would otherwise go without all summer

The New Carlisle mobile route passed out about 150 food boxes last Wednesday....

Quebec Firm Pioneers Cyanide-Free Gold Extraction and Arsenic-Capture to Clean up Mining Industry

A Quebec chemical firm has developed a cyanide-free, and generally non-toxic method to extract gold from mineral ores—an...

Children are overwhelmingly positive for the future, says survey

Young people are not just optimistic about the world, but full of ideas for making it kinder, fairer and greener, resear...

Red and blue states alike pass laws to protect access to contraception amid Trump admin rollbacks

At least four states in recent months have enacted new laws....

Good News in History, July 9

Happy 70th Birthday to actor Tom Hanks. Known for both his dramatic and comedic roles (Big, A League of Their Own, Sleep...

Meet the women who saved the country's climate data after the Trump administration took it offline

After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister, and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a pivotal resou...

Hidden Artworks in Gold Surprise Conservators Renovating America’s Oldest Basilica (LOOK)

Renovators recently washing an arch high up on the ceiling of St. Mary's Basilica in Minneapolis were left stunned when ...

Scientists Identify Gene at the Center of Muscular Aging – And How Exercise Defeats it

Respect cardiologist Dr. Benjamin Levine said last year in an interview that exercise "needs to be part of your personal...

A Streetside Panting Salvaged for its Frame Returned After Honest Man Realized its Enormous Value

A man from Murcia in Spain couldn't believe his luck when a gallery told him the painting he found propped up against a ...

Canada Successfully Exploring for ‘White’ Hydrogen Gas, a Clean Power Source Beneath Existing Mines

Reprinted with permission from World at Large Scientists in Canada have discovered that ancient underground rocks are na...

England Fan Who Spent Life Savings on World Cup Trip with Granddad Gets Money Gifted Back

An England fan who used his life savings to take his grandad to the World Cup has been left stunned after a company insp...

Good News in History, July 8

250 years ago, the Liberty Bell was rung in Philadelphia to call citizens to hear the newly-signed Declaration of Indepe...

Reclaiming the game. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine

Editor Tom Pattinson introduces the new issue of Positive News magazine, which is out now...

Firefighters free raccoon trapped under sewer grate in 'jaws of life' rescue mission

After the first responders had completed the job, the masked critter ran back to its natural habitat....

11-year-old ‘Wasn’t Going to Let a Man Die’ When He Alone Dove in to Rescue Drowning Man

An 11-year old in Kentucky is credited with saving a man who fell unconscious in an apartment swimming pool last week. S...

Ugandan Coffee Growers Shrug Off Drought Thanks to Regenerative Agriculture

Among the rolling hills of Uganda's Masaka region, robusta coffee plants are producing larger, tastier yields thanks to ...

Woman Rower Breaks Men’s Record for Fastest Solo Voyage from California to Hawaii

As America celebrated its 250th Birthday, Kelsey Pflendler celebrated her own significant milestone—becoming the first A...

New Indonesia roadmap aims to protect Indigenous knowledge for biodiversity

Indonesia is developing a roadmap to recognize and protect Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ traditional knowle...

How the ancient art of candle making is creating a brighter future for refugees

In the US, refugees are being hired to make candles, helping them earn money, practise English and build a CV...

This champion soccer team teaches fans about climate change and DEI. They've sold out every game

Vermont Green FC has sold out stadiums and built a devoted fan base around an ambitious goal: becoming a climate-friendl...

Good News in History, July 7

36 years ago today, The Three Tenors performed live for the first time at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. The recording ...

Porcupines are disappearing in Oregon. Libraries are loaning trail cameras out to locals who want to help save them

To access a trail camera, locals must be signed up to participate in one of the state’s citizen science studies....

Switzerland has turned its train tracks into solar power plants

The patented solar panels use existing unused space to generate clean electricity — without getting in the way of a sing...

Shell’s New Concept EV Designed to Charge in Under 10 Minutes and Run at 6 miles per kWh

Shell have unveiled an all-electric concept car to inspire the next generation of European-made mass-market EVs by focus...

Rooftop Solar Gave Power to Pakistan When Fossil Fuels Failed– it’s Now Called a Boom

Battered by energy shocks, private Pakistani investment in rooftop solar panels has skyrocketed to the point that they n...

€12 Million Portrait of Picasso’s ‘Golden Muse’ Recovered from Thieves After Paris Theft

A police raid on suspected drug dealers turned up a stolen painting by Pablo Picasso worth tens of millions of dollars. ...

The national dance company opening doors for young performers

A national youth dance programme is bringing together 16–24-year-olds from across England to perform on major stages...

Good News in History, July 6

Happy 91st birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Born in Taktser, China, and named at a young age to be the 14th Dala...

Blind People Offered Hope of Seeing Again After Stem Cell Breakthrough Remakes Retinal Blood Vessels

Blind people have been offered fresh hope of seeing again after lab-grown cells restored retinal function in mice. When ...

Surprise Audio Played at Wedding Shocks Everyone When Bride Accurately Predicts Husband’s Name as a 4-Year-old

The surprise was waiting at the wedding reception. Max Creamer and Jordan Rosenberg met at a Halloween party about ten y...

I spent 6 months reading hundreds of poems written by teens. I was shocked to discover that they are full of hope

Young people are facing a future shaped by climate anxiety, political extremism, economic instability, and chronic lonel...

Good News in History, July 5

32 years ago today, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in the garage of his home in Bellevue, Washington. Originally founded as "...

NASA's Chandra telescope reveals Milky Way's outer reaches may stretch farther than previously known

A team of astronomers discovered that the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy may stretch farther out into space than wa...

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Good News This Week: July 4, 2026 - Pets, Cameras, & Rainforests

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Good News in History, July 4

Happy Birthday to the United States of America. On this day 250 years ago, the leaders of the Continental Congress of th...

Voice Changes Measured by Phone Can Predict Asthma Flare-Ups 3 Days in Advance

Voice changes measured with a mobile phone can detect an oncoming potentially-deadly asthma attack up to three days in a...

250 Reasons to Love America On Her 250th Birthday

From purple mountain majesties to amber waves of grain, America’s 4 million square miles of jaw-dropping landscapes is m...

Kelsey Pfendler becomes fastest person of any gender to row solo from California to Hawaii

She finished in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. The American is also the youngest woman to row the route solo....

Giant Gorilla Maze Celebrates Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday

One of Britain's biggest mazes is celebrating Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday by creating a spectacular design i...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Donate $26 Million to Charities in Honor of Their Wedding

A representative for America's favorite showgirl said that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have made donations totaling $2...

Simply Add Water to Diesel Fuel to Cut Engine Pollution by 67%–with No Loss in Efficiency

You can reduce your diesel engine's emissions by 60% with THIS surprisingly simple solution—just add water. In all serio...

The Majestic ‘Gloucester Tree’ Reopens to Climbers in Australia After 3 Years of Repair

In one of Australia's premier wine regions, a woody tourist icon closed for 3 years has reopened to the relief of locals...

Yet More Scrolls Burned by Vesuvius Are Decoded by AI–Revealing Insights by Unknown Stoic Philosopher

More insights into Classical literature have been recovered from the burned papyrus scrolls destroyed in the same erupti...

Good News in History, July 3

251 years ago today, George Washington assumed command as "General and Commander in Chief of the army of the United Colo...

Good News in History, July 2

On this day, 250 years ago, a dying patriot rode all night through a storm so America could be born. Caesar Rodney, a de...

New Solar Tech Makes Desalinating Seawater Cheaper Than Producing Bottled Water

A team of materials scientists in China have developed a solar-powered device that can produce freshwater from seawater ...

July Fireworks Include 2 Separate Meteor Showers to Light up the Night Sky Late in the Month

With plenty to see across the firmament this month, one event surely stands out for stargazers: when 2 meteor showers bo...

3-Year-old Rescued After 6 Days Beneath Rubble in Venezuela as Rescuers Arrive in Droves to Help the Country

A week after two magnitude 7 earthquakes struck Venezuela's capital of Caracas, search and rescue teams from around the ...

Can provocative climate messaging on OnlyFans cut through social media’s noise?

A climate narrator is using OnlyFans to reach new audiences in unlikely places. It turns out, people listen...

Southeast Asia Nears Malaria Elimination, Down Two-Thirds Since 2010

Early in June, international experts joined leaders from Southeast Asia for a summit in Laos, where they discussed the "...

Love unplugged: What happened when I swapped apps for dating in real life

Burnt out by the apps, Angela Garwood took her quest for love offline. Here’s how she got...

Good News in History, July 1

123 years ago today, the starting pistol rang out for the first Tour de France, the most prestigious cycling competition...

Parts of the US are about to see the hottest temps in over a decade. Here's how to stay safe

Know the warning signs of heat stroke — and how to prevent overheating in general — to protect yourself this summer....

Scientists Have Found Climate-Resistant Coral Reefs Around the World Totaling the Size of Wisconsin

A sophisticated AI-powered examination of coral reef resistance extrapolated into the future found that there're about 6...

From One Surviving Male Bison, Azerbaijan Now Has 25 Calves Born Wild in 7-Year Success Story

It was 7 years ago that the heavy wooden doors of transport crates slid open, and 12 European bison who had grown up in ...

New Jersey makes it illegal to interfere with reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare

The law makes it a fourth-degree crime to harass or harm patients and healthcare providers, staff, or volunteers or bloc...

Largest and Most Detailed Picture Taken of Milky Way’s Center–With Millions of Stars and Thousands of Worlds

It took a new and special space telescope to parse out each one of these individual stars gleaming in a dizzying mass at...

12 Best Ways To Celebrate Disability Pride Month

July is Disability Pride Month — a time for all disabled people to unapologetically celebrate our bodies as they are. Wh...

Motorcyclist Reunites with Strangers Who Lifted a 3,300-Lb. Car Off His Body

In Queensland, a father of 2 is alive to see his daughters again thanks to a horde of Good Samaritans who rushed to his ...

With America's 250th around the corner, it's important to know the difference between patriotism and nationalism

There's a difference. And it's not just important to scholars, but all citizens....

Good News in History, June 30

On this day 71 years ago, The Johnny Carson Show debuted on CBS television. The prime-time variety show was a traditiona...

Good News in History, June 29

70 years ago today, the Interstate Highway System was established in the US to create a national road grid that today to...

Record Low Child Mortality Rates Recorded in Both India and China

Across Asia, children are living past their 1st birthday at record rates that underscore just how successful the region ...

Biggest Change to English Farming Policy Since WWII Aims to Make Agriculture Profitable and Resilient

From the halls of Westminster comes the news that English farmers may finally be covered under a national agriculture po...

Billion-Dollar Program Connects 50 Million People to the Power Grid Across Africa

50 million Africans living in 40 countries now have access to electricity for the first time thanks to a $15 billion dev...

Why Ukraine is rewilding in the heat of war

The environment usually takes a backseat in times of conflict. But in Ukraine a rewilding project is sowing seeds for a ...

Two ‘Super-Puff’ Planets Lighter Than Candy Candy Discovered by Researchers

Two ‘super-puff’ planets lighter than candy candy have been discovered by scientists—and they’re bigger than Jupiter. Th...

Fireworks can torment veterans and gun violence survivors. Here's how to celebrate with respect this 4th of July

For people with PTSD, the sound of fireworks — reminiscent of gunfire, a thunderstorm, or a car crash — can cause a pani...

Intrigue From 17th C. Shipwreck Carrying Moroccan Gold Coins is Solved After 30 Years

A shipwreck off the British coast, including a treasure of hundreds of gold coins, has finally been identified after 30 ...

High Tech Jacket Prototype Pulls Drinking Water From Thin Air – Up to 1.5 Pints Per Day

A new high tech jacket developed by engineers at the University of Texas can pull drinking water from thin air. With the...

Good News in History, June 28

Happy 100th Birthday to Mel Brooks, the comic and writer who became the legendary director of comedies like Blazing Sadd...

Two Garden Ornaments Thought to be ‘Worthless Concrete’ Turn Out to be Italian Marble Busts Worth Thousands

Two “worthless” garden statues thought to be made of cheap concrete were discovered to be rare 18th-century Italian marb...

Good News in History, June 27

176 years ago today, a hero of the Japanese nation was born on the Greek island of Lefkada. Scarcely could one find a li...

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An influencer filled her pool with 50K pickles to break a world record. Then she did something even better

“Anyone that swims in his pool is just going to smell a little garlicky.”...

370,000 Acres of Rainforest and Granite Peaks Now Protected in French Guiana

As part of new wildlands protection law, the French Government has announced the creation of a new nature reserve in Fre...

Italy’s Forests Larger Than Agriculture Land for the First Time Since the Middle Ages

For the first time since the Middle Ages, Italy has more woodland than agricultural land. Forests now stretch across 60,...

‘Step aside, humans’: how beavers solved a flooding problem in west London

A London council was facing a big bill to solve a flooding problem – then beavers came along and fixed it for free...

After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation's largest air monitoring network

As extreme heat reshapes air quality, the network of 227 monitors is expected to help identify localized pollution hot s...

Good News in History, June 26

29 years ago today, the first installment of the Harry Potter book series – Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Sto...

Six nostalgic gadgets to spark kids’ curiosity this summer

From an instant camera to a pocket microscope, here are six examples of low-tech hardware with a touch of nostalgia for ...

Good News in History, June 25

70 years ago today, the renegade travel host and chef Anthony Bourdain, was born. With his food and culture show, No Res...

Musée d’Orsay Opens Gallery Dedicated to Still-Unclaimed Artworks Stolen by Nazis in WWII

The world-famous Musée d’Orsay has opened the doors to a very unique gallery—its dream would be to get rid of all the pa...

USA’s Largest Renewable Project Comes Online–With More Power Than the Hoover Dam

The largest renewable energy infrastructure project in US history is fully operational. The SunZia project is expected t...

Imagine the US without human-imposed borders. Here's how nature would draw the map

For the country's 250th anniversary, Smithsonian curators draw different kinds of maps that tell a story beyond state li...

In the 1970s, there were no workplace protections for LGBTQ+ people. This company paved the way

In the 1970s there were no legal protections for LGBTQ workers outside of a handful of cities. If a company found out yo...

Island conservationists celebrate 80X increase in nesting loggerhead turtles

Globally, the loggerhead population has decreased by 47% over the past three generations....

After rewilding success, trail cameras captured the return of one of the Pacific Northwest’s most elusive mammals

A rare ringtail was seen passing through a 405-acre property in Ashland, Oregon....

Minnesota Artist’s ‘Mini Art Vending Machine’ Has Sold Nearly 3,000 Pieces of One-Dollar Art

A Minnesota artist who wanted to do more to help her peers built and installed a "Mini Art Vending Machine" at a local b...

The blind football team opening up the world for women in Mexico

As World Cup fever grips Mexico, one team is helping blind women find confidence, friendship and ambition on the pitch...

Gallery: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026

Splashing seals, smiling whales and rusty shipwrecks – these subaquatic shots are among the winners of this year’s award...

Good News in History, June 23

139 years ago today, The Rocky Mountains Park Act passed Canadian parliament, establishing Banff National Park, the nati...

Study Finds Many Older Adults Will Improve Over Time–Depending on Their Mindset

A new study by scientists at Yale University suggests that older individuals can and do 'improve,' in all the senses of ...

With Plasma, Solar, Magnets, EU Aims to Help Decarbonize Industrial Heat Generation

Most industrial processes need heat, and most heat comes from burning fossil fuels, but armed with €400 million in grant...

Humanoid robots just got a workplace safety system

NVIDIA introduces Halos for Robotics, which it calls the industry's first full-stack safety system for physical AI and r...

Can volunteering abroad build the next generation of global citizens?

Overseas volunteering offer a practical route into global citizenship – one built through classrooms, communities and cu...

A ‘Stonehenge Prototype’ Aligned with the Solstices Is a Once in a Lifetime Find for These Archaeologists

It was essentially two post holes in the ground and a couple of trash dumps: but it's still one of the greatest finds of...

Man Enjoys ‘Accidental Time Capsule’ After Recovering a Wallet He Doesn’t Remember Losing

An English sports reporter has been reunited with a wallet that he never knew he'd lost more than 30 years ago. Among th...

How to stop scam texts from targeting aging parents

Learn how to protect elderly parents with dementia from scam texts by using iPhone Screen Time limits, carrier tools and...

Activist Wins 10-Year Battle to Ensure That Child Abuse Is Considered Above All Else in NY Custody Trials

New legislation that will compel New York judges to consider domestic violence or child abuse charges and risks—above al...

UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil – Maybe Your Garden Will Power Your Home Some Day

British startup Bactery says its battery, powered by bacteria, uses nature’s microbes to generate an unending trickle of...

A Golden-Ringed Jewel: Britain’s Longest Dragonfly Hitches Ride on Woman’s Thumb (LOOK and LEARN)

A woman was stunned when Britain's longest dragonfly stopped to hitch a ride—on her thumb. Sarah Hawkes came across the ...

Good News in History, June 21

Happy 59th Birthday to eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. The computer geek entrepreneur became a billionaire at age 31 when t...

Thawing Permafrost Not Only Emits CO2, It Absorbs it Too, Shows Landmark Study

Thawing permafrost is considered a growing source of greenhouse gases as our climate warms and releases ancient carbon o...

Thousands of Flamingo Chicks Hatch in Major Comeback From Climate Disaster in Turkiye (WATCH)

In a triumph for conservation, thousands of flamingo chicks have hatched at one of the world's key flamingo breeding gro...

Good News This Week: June 20, 2026 - Sharks, Groceries, & Girl Dads

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Good News in History, June 20

31 years years ago today, Greenpeace activists bolstered by international pressure forced Shell Oil of the UK into a dra...

Mushrooms Used to Clean E. Coli from Rivers and Immediately Implemented in England

An awesome study that could help clean up rivers world-wide at negligible cost leveraged fungi as a pollution control fi...

Good News in History, June 19

123 years ago today, Lou Gehrig was born. Playing first baseman across 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New Y...

Heat pumps offer energy-efficient heating and cooling. Window-mounted units are making them even more affordable

Heating and cooling buildings consumes 35% of all the energy used in the United States each year. Electric-powered heat ...

Why people eat smoked meats, potato salad, and watermelon to celebrate Juneteenth

It's all about celebrating the way food was wielded as a tool of resistance and a symbol of freedom during and after sla...

Stunning Video of the Southern Lights Dancing Across the Earth Captured by a NASA Astronaut–WATCH

From the SpaceX Dragon capsule high above the Earth, astronaut Jessica Meir was left stunned and moved by what she was w...

No Outstanding Coal Mining Applications Left in the UK After Council Refusal in Carmarthenshire

After a Welsh council rejected plans to dig for 85,000 tons of coal, the UK has no outstanding proposals for coal mining...

Just By Mowing a Lawn, Social Media Star Raises $685,000 for Bereaved Senior Who Fell Behind on Rent

Who knew so much power lay behind the simple act of mowing the lawn. That's what Spencer from SB Mowing, the prolific so...

Conservationists 'ecstatic:' Trail cameras spot one of the world's rarest mammals — with a baby in its pouch

Conservationists in Queensland, Australia “turned to mush upon seeing the images.”...

‘A Little Hero’ Saves Her Friend from Both Drowning AND a Seizure

A 12-year-old was labeled a hero after saving her friend from drowning with nothing more than a fistful of her hair to h...

At this mennonite house in Manhattan, rent is less than $900 a month. It's surprisingly LGBTQ+ inclusive

Amid surging rent prices, some are opting for a unique alternative....

Japanese Fans Cleaned the Stadium After World Cup Match While the Players Cleaned Locker Room

The simple act of cleaning up after yourself. It's the sign of a good house guest or well-raised children, but what abou...

Ireland is now paying artists a basic income. Will the idea catch on?

Artists boost the economy and enrich society, yet many struggle to make ends meet. Enter Ireland's basic income scheme...

Sweden’s Breathtaking New Train Ride to Oslo Passes By Best of Country’s Landscape

It's easy to be romantic about train travel, and hard not to when you're onboard Sweden's latest new route to Oslo. On J...

Good News in History, June 16

14 years and 63 years ago today, two ladies became the first women to enter space for their respective nations. 63 years...

Three mentorship schemes that help youth develop skills

These initiatives are empowering young people to discover their potential and shape their futures...

27 Ways To Thoughtfully Celebrate Juneteenth

Your guide on celebrating and honoring Juneteenth — on June 19th, and all year long....

Colorado’s ‘Tamales Act’ Restores Citizens’ Freedom to Buy and Sell Homecooked Food

Colorado's government has restored the freedom of its people to prepare and sell homecooked food to one another. Provide...

'Girl dads' are talking periods and hairstyles over beers at the pub: 'It's not a mom topic, it's a parenting topic'

An ugly remark from Andrew Tate about the pub events drew condemnation and emboldened podcast hosts Matt Carter and Lawr...

Scientists Map Underground Fungal Networks and Find They Cover 62 Quadrillion Miles

Some years ago, scientists dedicated to including the kingdom Fungi into modern conservation set out to measure the tota...

Wasteful Fisherman Turns into Underwater Garbage Man, Pulls Tons of Tires from Canadian Harbors

From being part of the problem to being part of the solution, a reformed litterer and fisherman now spends his days divi...

‘Less scrolling, more play’: UK to ban social media for kids

In a landmark move, the UK government has joined Australia in outlawing social media for under-16s. Will it work?...

Good News in History, June 15

On this day 811 years ago, England’s King John put his seal to the Magna Carta. The historic document established the fo...

African Continent Gains 10 Years of Life Expectancy Since 2000 Despite Wars, Famine, and Instability

You can measure human progress by GDP, by employment rates, home-ownership, or average national income, but when you're ...

EV Popularity in China Accounts for 262,000 Fewer Deaths from Air Pollution

More than a quarter million people are still alive thanks to improvements in air quality linked to "new energy" vehicles...

Good News in History, June 14

80 years ago today, sumptuous singer Nat King Cole recorded The Christmas Song, written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells, for ...

An Almost Incomparable ‘Princely’ Tomb of Ancient Celtic Noble Found in Germany

A "princely grave" with Celtic connections has been found during construction in Germany. Found in Bad Camburg in the Ge...

Signs of Breast Cancer Could Be Spotted 3-6 Years Before Diagnosis Using AI Screening, Shows Massive Study

Early warning signs of breast cancer could have been spotted years in advance using AI, suggests a new study that analyz...

French Polynesia Protects Biodiverse Ocean Area Twice the Size of Arizona Teeming with Life

The French Polynesian government recently announced it will fully protect 200,000 square miles of ocean, an area about t...

Good News This Week: June 13, 2026 - Bees, Mangroves, & Pride Parades

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Good News in History, June 13

16 years ago today, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, which it lande...

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

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Father and Son Break Three World Records in 18,000 Mile Cycle Around the World

A father and son broke 3 world records after spending a year cycling around the world. George Kohler and his 23-year-old...

Divers on a marine litter mission shocked by 'insane' great white shark encounter: 'It was pretty special'

Diver Derk Remmers said most people have a better chance of winning the lottery than swimming with sharks in the Mediter...

In pictures: the circus artists rewriting the rules of ageing

‘There’s something radical about seeing people reclaim play later in life,’ say those behind an over-50s circus...

Girls in South Africa often use newspapers as menstrual pads. These activists put the issue on the front page

A campaign led by the MENstruation Foundation put a spotlight on the 8 million South African women who can’t afford sani...

After Wandering Field All Day He Discovers 16th C. Diamond Ring Using his Metal Detector

At the end of a long day, a metal detector enthusiast in England unearthed a 16th-century ring with eight diamonds. Stua...

Good News in History, June 12

250 years ago today, Virginia's colonial legislature became the first to adopt a Bill of Rights. Known as the "Virginia ...

She took out her AirPods to talk to a stranger on the subway. The conversation changed both of their lives

Molly Selin was looking forward to a quiet subway ride home. Then a stranger asked her a question that would change the ...

Inventor’s Microfiber Laundry Filter Is Already Keeping Tons of Fossil-Fuel Fibers Out of the Environment

An English inventor has partnered with home appliance giant Bosch to produce a laundry machine filter for artificial mic...

Shipwreck ‘Almost Beyond Belief’ Stunned Archaeologists with its Cargo of Intact Porcelain

A private citizen in Norway with a passion for underwater exploration has turned up an astonishing find in the nation's ...

This Pride Month, people are grateful for 'Heated Rivalry.' Here's why the show matters, even months later

Harrison Browne, a professional trans hockey player and actor in “Heated Rivalry,” joins others in singing the show’s pr...

Corporate courage: how cross-sector talent is powering renewables innovation

Clean energy is being reshaped by cross-industry thinkers, from aerospace engineers to banking boffins, and beyond...

One of the world's oldest 'art galleries' lives on the rock faces of this Australian cultural site. These people have sworn to protect it

The songlines at Murujuga hold ancient lessons from Indigenous communities that occupied the land centuries ago....

New study: For every dollar invested in public parks, cities see $3 in benefits

Your local park really is bringing in the green....

Two musicians are paving the way for queer representation in Portuguese Fado music

Lila Fadista and João Caçador are pushing new boundaries in the Fado music scene....

Ahead of the World Cup, athletes raised funds for climate-ravaged soccer fields. They beat a Guinness World Record in the process

More than 5,000 people across 50 cities broke a Guinness World Record on June 6. But the cause they were highlighting wa...

Vermont turned a copper mine into a 20,000-panel solar farm. Noah Kahan made it an Easter egg in his new album

The “Great Divide” singer references the Elizabeth Mine project in Strafford, Vermont in his new song, “Haircut.”...

Good News in History, June 9

On this day 111 years ago, the musician and innovator Les Paul was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. A natural engineer and p...

Staggering Results Show HIV-Transmission Reduced 100% with Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir Injection

A 2-stage trial testing a new and acclaimed HIV-prevention drug has shown almost unthinkable results of no new infection...

'No Kings' nationwide protest is back for Trump's 80th birthday. You can vote for funny protest signs for a chance to win $1,000

We the People is a nationwide contest, a roast, and an online game show all rolled into one....

Dutch Ocean Cleanup Folks Are Clearing LA’s Rivers of Trash in Time for 2028 Olympics

Seeking to preen and pamper its beaches ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics, authorities in 2 Los Angeles districts needed...

Astronomers Open ‘New Window’ on Exoplanets After Landmark First Detection of Magnetospheres

For a planet to be habitable, it's generally considered to need liquid water. To have liquid water, a planet needs an at...

Mangrove Loss Worldwide Is Now Reversing—with More, Denser Forests Than 20 Years Ago

In what is both literally and figuratively a "landmark" study, research has shown that mangrove forest destruction has n...

Striped Rock Dismissed as Natural in 1928 Reclassified as UK’s Oldest Cave Painting

It was a case of better late than never for the Guardian: editors issued something of a correction 98 years after the pa...

The Commonwealth Games relay taking aim at ocean plastic

A new campaign is using sport’s global reach to stop one million pieces of plastic reaching seas and rivers...

Good News in History, June 8

Also, 120 years ago today, President Teddy Roosevelt signed into law the Antiquities Act. The Act was intended to allow ...

Good News in History, June 7

18 years ago today, Iceland enshrined the area surrounding Vatnajökull glacier as a national park, the second-largest in...

Cancer Vaccine Produces 49% Melanoma Reduction in Patients Five Years Later

The combination of a vaccine and a drug, which both harness the immune system to attack cancer cells, has proven success...

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Orcas Returning to UK Coast in Numbers Rarely Seen–With an Acrobatic Flip for Excited Tourists (Watch)

Orca sightings in the North Sea are creating excitement for tourists and fishermen—some of whom can't remember ever seei...

Man Doubles His Jackpot After Accidentally Buying 2 Winning Lottery Tickets: ‘Best mistake I ever made’

A lucky retiree doubled his money when he accidentally bought two lottery tickets—and won nearly a million dollars. The ...

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Nature’s Beauty is Restored After Farmer Obliterated Shoreline of Important Salmon Run

Before-and-after photos from Herefordshire, England, show how nature’s beauty has returned to a riverside previously obl...

Banner Avocado Harvest Ends with 15,000 lb. Dish of Guacamole–a Guinness World Record

After a record avocado harvest, over 1,000 growers in the Mexican state of Michoacan sat down to set another one: the la...

'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' is officially on YouTube — including its very first episode from 1967

The channel includes iconic full-length episodes from the show’s 33-year run....

Good news: With gas prices on the rise, more people are choosing public transit

Mass transit systems are seeing more riders as fuel prices rise, but experts say most Americans still have little choice...

Tennessee Joins States Requiring Data Center Owners to Pay Full Electricity, Infrastructure Costs

A new law passed in Tennessee will protect residents from incurring rising electricity costs from nearby data centers' d...

Radical change can lead to a fairer and greener world, says new report

Rising living standards, shorter working hours and a liveable climate are achievable, say the authors of a new study...

Good News in History, June 4

86 years ago today, the British Army completed the "Miracle of Dunkirk" by evacuating 338,226 Allied troops from France...

The best advice that you received as a child

‘Always take time to stop and smell the flowers’ – plus other advice that readers received as kids...

Judd Apatow and Maria Bamford on their new documentary 'Paralyzed by Hope' (Exclusive)

Maria Bamford has been grappling with depression and OCD since she was a child. In her stand-up sets, she transforms tha...

NASA Reveals Details of its ‘Moon Base’ Program to Prepare Humanity for Next Chapter of Exploration

NASA recently announced details of its first three missions of the Moon Base program, a series of landings on the Lunar ...

Papua New Guinea Sets Up Protected Ocean the Size of UK–Over 77,000 Square Miles

In the legendary Coral Triangle, where the Pacific and Indian Oceans meet, 200,000 square kilometers of tropical seas wi...

Shipwrecks from the Age of the Real ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Found–and Filmed–for the First Time

In the real Caribbean, there were once real pirates, and now a team of archaeologists and filmmakers has discovered the ...

Lyft offers driver 'gender preference' feature for all women riders — cisgender, transgender, and non-binary

Since the feature first launched in February 2024, it has continued to roll out to different regions across the U.S....

After oyster farmers saved a seal pup in need, they followed up by sending her rescue a cooler full of clams and crab: 'It takes a village'

A premature seal pup was found stranded on an island in British Columbia. Then oyster farmers came to her rescue....

Good News in History, June 3

245 years ago today, farmer and politician Jack Jouett began his successful midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson, the ...

An innovative backpack aims to save farmworkers from extreme heat. It only costs $20

A nurse and professor borrowed the idea from the military – and now it’s being tested in North Carolina’s scorching fiel...

See Our Two Brightest Planets Form a Triple Alignment with the Moon After Sunset

Three bright planets will conjoin in the June sky early this month before the Moon jumps in on the 16th. The conjunction...

Dutch kids declared the world’s happiest (again). Here’s why

Dutch children are consistently ranked the happiest in the developed world. What is the Netherlands getting right?...

Good News in History, June 2

On this day 80 years ago, the Italian Republic was born out of the monarchy of King Umberto II. The day is celebrated as...

Wisconsin Trooper Has a New Pawtner–a Kitten He Saved After it Was Hurled Out of a Moving Car

When a Wisconsin state trooper arrived to help a motorist who had stopped on a ramp up to I-90, he never could have imag...

This man went viral online after calmly let a bee sting him and 'unwind' its stinger: 'I had no idea they could survive this'

Chris Park said that honey bees can unwind their sting “if we give them safety, time, apology and love.”...

This activist refuses to let intersex people be erased: 'We're not exotic, but we are exhausted'

Alicia Roth Weigel has been fighting outdated societal standards since 2017....

Conductor Blown Away After Guy in Audience Steps in for Pianist During La La Land Concert Mishap–WATCH

From a beam of limelight in Sydney comes the story of a young man fulfilling something of a dream as he stepped in to pe...

See these ‘crusty green’ sea turtles after two months of rehabilitation: ‘The difference is remarkable’

Sir Barksalot, Shih Tzu, Cavalier, Boykin, and Rottweiler were all rescued sea turtles dubbed the “Crusty Greens."...

What do you do to actively forge human connections?

How do you nurture meaningful human connections in a disconnected world? We want to know...

Greenland sheds new light on underwater carbon sink

New research suggests vast underwater seaweed forests could play a much bigger role in slowing climate change...

Ecosystem of Pansies Thrives on Soil Contaminated by Lead Mining–Turning it into Clean Organic Compounds

For areas contaminated by lead and zinc mining across Europe, a class of plants known as "metallophytes" are helping enr...

How Japanese Fish Printing Grew from Documenting Day’s Catch to Acclaimed Artform

From its humble origins as a method of documenting noteworthy catches, for sale or for record setting, the art of fish p...

3 Teens Win Global Earth Prize for Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics

In mid-May, GNN reported that 3 teens from India had won a major continental science prize for their brilliant use of an...

Good News in History, June 1

100 years ago today, the great American television personality Andy Griffith was born in North Carolina. He is fondly re...

No, everyone is not trans all of a sudden: Debunking 5 harmful myths about LGTBQ+ people

A guide for LGBTQ+ people who are often faced with questions that question their very existence....

Good News in History, May 31

100 years ago today, Kruger National Park was established in Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa. One of...

Grieving Mother Finds 3-Carat Gem at Crater of Diamonds State Park After Son and Father Die

A grieving mother discovered a 3.09-carat white gem at Crater of Diamonds State Park, catching a wave of emotional relea...

Britain’s First Furniture Orchard Grows Chairs Right on the Trees (WATCH)

A British couple has spent 20 years perfecting the practice of sculpting trees to grow into the shapes of ready-made sea...

Batteries That Use Sodium Instead of Lithium Could Be Low-Cost Rival to Tesla’s

A new study shows that a low-cost sodium-ion battery currently used in cars and large-scale energy storage systems in Ch...

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This newscaster is making LGBTQ+ history in Mexican television by delivering the news in drag

Guillermo Barraza hosts “La Verdrag,” a news program “where minorities turn into a majority.”...

Good News in History, May 30

51 years ago today, the European Space Agency was founded by ten member states: Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, ...

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This drag queen offers strangers $1 to ask her anything. Some pray for her; others ask for makeup advice

Jessica L’Whor’s “Ask A Queen Anything” segment has taken the internet — and the streets of Denver, Colorado — by storm....

A New York Cemetery Was Hiding Over 5 Million Burrowing Bees, One of the World’s Largest Concentrations

At roughly 5.5 million, a colony of ground-nesting bees that scientists discovered under a New York cemetery may be one ...

Welcome to the Gas Giant Planet Where Clouds Turn to Stone

Welcome to WASP 94A b, where clouds made of rock melt every morning like the June gloom in Southern California. Powered ...

Bruce Springsteen Celebrates His New Center for American Music Opening Soon with All-Star Concert for the Ages

A New Jersey university is now the proud address of the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music—set for...

Good News in History, May 29

261 years ago today, former Virginia governor and revolutionary Patrick Henry was not only born, but used his 29th Birth...

All-Electric Truck Completes Milestone Canberra-to-Sydney Haul, Cutting 84% in Fuel Costs

A green-geared milestone was just set in Australia as a company saw its all-electric haul truck go from the capital of C...

LGBTQ+ media representation is getting better, according to GLAAD study

In a study, GLAAD tracked the metrics of LGBTQ+ representation in films released by Hollywood’s 10 biggest film distribu...

Good News in History, May 28

94 years ago today, one of Europe's greatest landscape engineering projects, the Afsuiltdijk, was completed in the Nethe...

A public library in Oklahoma is offering affordable housing right upstairs. It’s a statewide first

The new mixed-use building may be a first for the state, but it's far from a first for the country....

My morning at a sober breakfast rave – and what I got out of it

A new ecstatic dance craze fuses spirituality, physicality and fun. Sarah LaBrecque joined 100 ravers one Sunday morning...

9 Books By Trans And Nonbinary Authors To Read This Pride Month

It is more important than ever to learn directly from trans and nonbinary writers. Here’s a reading list to get you star...

Chance That King Arthur Manuscript with 126 Sumptuous Illustrations Soon Enters Public Collection

A stunning manuscript containing the full extent of the King Arthur legend, embossed with sumptuous illustrations, is go...

The English restaurant turning hospitality on its head

At a pay-as-you-can restaurant in Stroud, radical hospitality and good food are bringing strangers together...

70% Drop in Levels of Forever Chemicals Observed in Seabird Eggs Tracks Regulatory Success

Content of several "forever chemicals" in seabird eggs were found to have sharply decreased over the last 55 years by a ...

Samsung Strikes Deal with Workers for Profit Sharing in Company’s Trillion Dollar Slice of the AI Pie

Following eye-watering Q1 performance, some 48,000 of Samsung's semiconductor division workers are set to receive a new ...

An overlooked aspect of gender-affirming care, voice lessons help empower trans people

A trans person’s voice is a core aspect of their identity. Just ask Bernie Wagenblast....

Italy Unifies its Historic Pilgrimage Trails to Offer Slower, More Intimate Tourism

With Europe more choked with tourists than ever amid year after year of record-setting summer heat, Italy is looking to ...

It's tradition for married Thai women to sport high buns. These 'bun helmets' accommodate their hair without compromising their safety

For too long, married Thai women had to choose between safety or tradition — because there wasn’t a helmet that accommod...

Fragments of Achilles Mural, Exquisite Bronze Statues Point to Wealthy Roman Society in Far Northern France

Fragments of a life-sized mural depicting a larger-than-life figure of the Iliad has been found in the remains of a Roma...

Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 10 Human Cases Reported in 2025

Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancien...

Five practical ways to feel better and make a difference

Dr Mark Williamson, director of Action for Happiness, shares five small changes that really can make a difference to you...

New study: Most people are not actually worried about trans women in women's bathrooms

The data shows that most people are not actually complaining about trans women using “women-only spaces.”...

English Pony Found Unharmed Having Been Trapped Entirely Inside a Tractor Tire

A wild rescue story with a mystery comes from Stoke-on-Trent, where a pony was found entirely trapped inside a tractor t...

Good News in History, May 25

40 years ago today, the Hands Across America fundraising event was held, hoping to create a human chain across the entir...

The world’s largest museum of illustration is about to open its doors

British illustrator Quentin Blake has established a new museum dedicated solely to his craft, aiming to uplift other art...

108-year-old Delaware Woman Renews Her Driver’s License to 2033, Works Out Thrice a Week

"I grow old gracefully," said Susan Young Browne, who just received permission to keep driving until 115 years old. That...

Good News in History, May 24

Happy 85th Birthday to Bob Dylan, the Bard of our ‘(Forever) Young’ generation. Born Robert Zimmerman in Minnesota, Dyla...

This fund gives Black mothers $1,000 a month for one year. It’s the longest-running guaranteed income program in the US

Magnolia Mother’s Trust is the first income program to target extremely low-income families led by Black mothers....

Good News in History, May 23

213 years ago today, South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar entered Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela...

Good News This Week: May 23, 2026 - Puffins, Teabags, & Jaguars

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The best books and documentaries about national parks and public lands

Nearly 40% of the United States is public land — equating to more than 600 million acres of land and water. It’s time yo...

Police Deputy Praised After ‘Run-of-the-Mill’ Call Turns into Emergency Baby Delivery

A call about suspicious activity saw a California police officer race to save a newborn's life. A woman was sitting betw...

Britain’s Largest Iron Age Hoard on Display for the First Time Includes Evidence of First 4-Horse Carriage

5 years after its discovery and 2 years after preservation, the largest collection of Iron age artifacts ever found in B...

To host the World Cup Kansas City built a whole new transit system

Kansas City, the smallest World Cup host city, is preparing for residents to be outnumbered by visitors this June. Effor...

New campaign challenges men to confront childhood trauma and break generational cycles of domestic violence

Taimalelagi Mataio Faafetai Brown and his wife, Sarah, are creating a new path forward for men who grew up as victims of...

Phone Case Brand Designs Autonomous Floating Plastic Collection Platform to Combat Ocean Waste

In a stunning act of corporate responsibility, one of the world's largest makers of smartphone cases has designed and bu...

Ebola American Doctor Peter Stafford

As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers

About 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Now they're being reintroduced as little cli...

San Francisco Symphony Elim Chan Music Director

Louvre Announces Mona Lisa Will Have Her Own Building in Major Redesign to Ease Tourist Scrum

The world's most visited museum has made the wise decision to move the world's most famous painting to a separate wing, ...

A nondescript brick building used to be public housing in Chicago. Now, it's a first-of-its-kind museum

Despite most public housing residences closing in the 1960s and 70s, this one has been preserved for the future....

Jane Goodall's grandson keeps her conservation work alive: 'Hope is rooted in action'

Goodall's grandson, Merlin Van Lawick, has been working in the field in Tanzania for years, now supporting science and c...

Good News in History, May 21

55 years ago today, Marvin Gaye released What's Going On, a landmark LP in pop music history. The concept album flowed w...

Meet Splash, the country's first 'search and recovery' otter, who can find missing people underwater

The otter can hold his breath underwater for five minutes and has brilliant odor-tracking skills....

India’s New ‘Good Samaritan Laws’ Reward Any Citizen Who Stops to Help with Traffic Injuries

In India, where more people are injured or killed on the roads than almost anywhere else, a recently created program is ...

Why we're craving utopian fiction, from the hope of 'Project Hail Mary,' to the wholesomeness of 'Ted Lasso'

For a new crop of novelists, optimism is not just a character trait — it’s the whole point....

Florida Man Spends Days Searching for Owner of Lost $30,000 He Found: ‘it wasn’t mine to take’

From Riviera Beach in Florida comes the story of a man returning $30,000 to a poor soul who'd misplaced it, saying "it w...

The young traders reviving Britain’s market stalls

As job vacancies vanish, young entrepreneurs are pitching up at markets, discovering new opportunities in an old trade...

Trump called climate change a 'con job,' but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are still trying to protect the planet

Trump’s stance on climate change has led to some of the largest deregulatory actions in the nation’s history. But there’...

Good News in History, May 20

Happy Birthday to Cher, who turns 80 today. The actress, dancer, and singer has sold over 100 million records. The ‘Godd...

A new approach to fostering is taking shape in England

It takes a village to raise a child, or so the proverb goes. A new approach to fostering is embracing that idea...

Prince William is Selling 20% of His Duchy Landholdings to Build Affordable Housing and Restore Nature

Prince William is selling 20% of the Duchy of Cornwell estate to fund affordable housing and nature projects over the ne...

This is what happened when artists received $1K a month, no strings attached

In New York, 2,400 creatives recently participated in the largest basic income program for artists in U.S. history....

Salt Water Restores Native Queensland Ecosystems After Dozens of Tidal Gates Removed

From Queensland, Australia, comes the story of how a little salt can go a long way to restoring an ecosystem. Near the a...

Jaguars were pushed to the brink of extinction in Argentina 70 years ago. Now conservationists are celebrating their return

A wild jaguar sighting sparked excitement during a recent visit in Argentina’s Iberá Park....

Finance App Analyzes Your Jewelry and Puts it in a Digital Portfolio Where You can Track it Like a Stock

Since 2023, the price of gold has more than doubled, turning people's spare jewelry or heirlooms into valuable assets—in...

Life lessons: Arlo Parks on what life so far has taught her

The British singer-songwriter on road rage, kicking an apple juice addiction, and the importance of “controlling the con...

This real-life 'good news' story inspired Pixar animators to make 'Hoppers'

Animation director Daniel Chong found inspiration for “Hoppers” from an unlikely place....

Good News in History, May 19

115 years ago today, the world's first national park department, Parks Canada, was established, 5 years before its count...

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' ends this week. Here are 5 reasons why his satire is some of the best in US history

The best satirists do more than entertain. They influence public discourse and leave lasting marks on political life....

Good News in History, May 18

25 years ago today, the computer-animated blockbuster Shrek premiered in the US. In the story, a runaway donkey (voiced ...

Over 200 Volunteers Lead Largest-Ever Oyster Reef Restoration Off England’s Portsmouth

Last week, volunteers dumped 20,000 oysters into English waters to recreate historic, biodiverse oyster reefs. 260 peopl...

Good News in History, May 17

20 years ago, the US Navy created what would become known as "The Great Carrier Reef," after the USS Oriskany, a long-un...

Cursive is a dying art. These volunteers are deciphering it for future generations

Many archival documents written in cursive are seen as a way to preserve the writing and communications of women....

Celebrating 15 Years of Matching Disabled Youth with College Athletes–Over 4,500 Kids Discover the Power of Belonging

Since 2011, a Boston-based nonprofit Team IMPACT has matched more than 4,500 children facing serious illness and disabil...

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Artsy Types May Age Better: Music and Museums Act as Exercise, Slowing Age By 4% Says Study

Culture vultures who regularly take part in arts activities—such as listening to music, visiting a museum, or reading—ma...

Good News in History, May 16

60 years ago today, The Beach Boys released their iconic album Pet Sounds. Widely praised as one of the most influential...

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Extraordinary Breakthrough for Physics as Scientists Put Building-Size Magnet into the Palm of Your Hand

In an extraordinary breakthrough for physics, scientists at ETH Zurich have condensed the power of a superconducting mag...

Good News in History, May 15

85 years ago today, baseball’s Joe DiMaggio began his historic 56-game hitting streak—getting at least one hit in the ne...

Oklahoma is now the 17th US state to ban child marriage

The new bill sets the minimum marriage age at 18 — ending legal exceptions for minors....

3 Teens Win Earth Prize for Asia Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics

When an Indian science team set out to try and make a solution to microplastic pollution, it's fair to say they probably...

This new museum is the first of its kind in the world. It wants to give away its entire collection

The interactive museum features 250 looted cultural objects submitted by 46 countries....

Iraq Embarks on Preservation Work for the Ziggurat of Ur Using Bricks of Identical Material to 5,000-yo Original

Iraq has undertaken substantial preservation work on the ancient Ziggurat of Ur to protect it from the elements of a cha...

Good News in History, May 14

Happy Birthday to director-screenwriter George Lucas who turns 81. Receiving 5 Oscar nominations (including Best Picture...

Since the 1950s, these Benedictine sisters have painstakingly transformed their monastery's land into a 170-acre oasis

Decades ago, the sanctuary was just 40 acres, consisting of farmland cleared in the early 1900s....

They turned an old convent into an all-women apartment complex: 'It's about taking control of our lives'

New Ground Cohousing is a model for aging women everywhere....

Dad and daughter duo drive 600 miles across the country to rescue two baby cows in life-saving mission

The dairy industry has no use for boy cows. So Joanna Zelman and her father drove across the country to save two of them...

New study: Solar and wind power are actually cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil fuels

The new data was backed by additional multi-agency reporting from the United Nations....

From mushroom caskets to coral cremations, these eco-friendly burials are gaining popularity

The green burial industry is expected to surpass $1 billion by the end of 2030....

Life after: confronting a killer

Thanks to a restorative justice programme, Joan Scourfield is sharing a stage with the man who killed her son to talk ab...

Butterfly That Went Extinct in Britain a Century Ago Set for Return to Famous Rewilded Estate Land

As GNN has reported before, Britain loves her butterflies, and this black-veined beauty is getting special attention as ...

Orphaned sloths are paired together for comfort after abandonment. These two are named Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

A two-fingered sloth was found orphaned in the wild last November. That’s when The Sloth Institute of Costa Rica stepped...

Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Powers an Onboard Data Center, While the Sea Disperses the Heat

An offshore wind power firm has developed a prototype turbine that hosts a 12-megawatt data center within its ballast ta...

Erin Brockovich is still fighting for clean drinking water 26 years later: 'The hope is when people know better, they do better'

In 2000, Brockovich’s story was adapted for film, with Julia Roberts leading the cast....

Good News in History, May 12

475 years ago today, the National University of San Marcos was founded in Lima, Peru. It is considered the most prestigi...

Jamaica Celebrates 40% Drop in Murders Driven by 94% Increase in Police Tip-Offs

After a major drop in violent crime, Jamaicans should be set to earn something of a "peace dividend" said the island's M...

‘It’s so full of love’, the festival for young carers

For one weekend a year, the Young Carers Festival helps them swap adult responsibilities for the simple joy of being a c...

44 Miles of Major Balkan River Freed from Wartime Concrete Obstruction – LOOK

In a small slice of good news from a far corner of Europe, native fish are swimming freely on an important river after c...

Life lessons: Ellie Simmonds on what life so far has taught her

Paralympic gold medallist Ellie Simmonds OBE reflects on the lessons that carried her from the pool to life beyond elite...

Over 6 trillion cigarette butts are tossed each year. Scientists are recycling them into sustainable bricks

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology discovered a novel approach to creating bricks....

Good News in History, May 11

122 years ago today, Salvador Dali was born. Known for his striking and bizarre images, he is one of, if not the most fa...

Dancer with ALS Performs on Stage Again Through Digital Avatar–WATCH

Brain interface technology allowed a dancer suffering from ALS to project her imagination onto the stage in the form of ...

South Korea deploys new ferry that cleans up oil spills while people ride

A new solar-powered boat created by Korean startup Ecopeace cleans up waterways while commuters are aboard....

Vet constructs custom contraption to save tortoise run over by a car

The right side of the tortoise's carapace, or shell, was completely shattered....

Man Re-Mortgages Home to Buy Favorite Pub And Save 100 Years of History: ‘Pete’s always been a legend’

Sometimes you just need a place to go where everybody knows your name. Peter Manfield had a place like that, but it was ...

New study: Americans care more about future generations than we think

Researchers found that Americans, on average, extended at least some moral concern about 28 generations into the future,...

Garish Parcel Locker Plunked in Cul-de-sac is Removed After Residents’ Complaints, CEO Admits it was ‘Wholly Unsuitable’

A bright green parcel locker plunked right in the middle of a quiet cul-de-sac has been removed after less than a month ...

Good News in History, May 10

Happy 80th Birthday to the Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known by the single name, Donovan. He recorded a ...

Mom Gets to Touch Daughter’s Hand Again in Emotional Meeting With the Grateful Transplant Recipient

A mother shared some moving moments with the transplant recipient who received her daughter's hand—and was “over the moo...

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Over 500 billion disposable coffee cups are trashed everywhere. This 'seaweed cup' hopes to change that

Traditional cups contain plastic linings that make them difficult to recycle — so Notpla is using seaweed instead....

Good News in History, May 9

Happy 80th Birthday to actress Candice Bergen, perhaps best known as TV's Murphy Brown, a comedic role for which she won...

Good News This Week: May 9, 2026 - Whales, Fountains, & Livestreams

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In a Thrilling Comeback Victory Cherrie DeVaux Becomes First Female Trainer to Win Kentucky Derby (WATCH)

The buzzer rang, the gates opened, and before the first turn, the horse that would help make history at the Kentucky Der...

15 of the best quotes from Sir David Attenborough

On his 100th birthday, we share some of our favourite quotes from the broadcaster and natural historian...

64 Inspiring Quotes from David Attenborough — On Nature and Saving Our Planet

His messages remind us that we are not apart from nature, but a part of it, and that the stewardship of this planet is n...

Catch Stunning Views of Venus and Jupiter as They Align with the Crescent Moon in Mid-May

Jupiter and Venus will appear in a line with the waning crescent Moon in mid-May, providing a perfect opportunity for so...

She was the first female CEO of an Afghan tech company. Now she teaches girls under Taliban rule in secret classrooms

Roya Mahboob has been making waves in Afghanistan for years, even from half a world away....

85 Million Acres of Private Land Are Being Protected for Conservation in the US and Australia

Australia now boasts one of the world's largest acreage of private land set aside for conservation, and the Guardian rec...

Young inventor plans to stop 90% of floating sea plastic by 2040

A Dutch nonprofit is developing river-based technology that could dramatically cut ocean plastic within decades...

From ancient goddesses to peace activists, this is the real reason we should be celebrating Mother's Day

The consumerist emphasis on Mother's Day has long been criticized — including by the holiday’s founder....

‘Exciting’ Fossil Find Reveals That Platypuses Swam with Dolphins 25 Million Years Ago

Everyone knows that the platypus is the world's strangest mammal, obeying conventions as well as Alice Cooper or Ozzy Os...

Good News in History, May 7

80 years ago today, the innovative electronics company, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, co-founded by Akio Morita ...

Over half of US states are considering laws allowing balcony solar. It could save you hundreds every year

In Europe, plug-in solar installations have been legal for more than a decade....

Why one Pennsylvania jail gives inmates a cash deposit every month

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is experimenting with a policy that has drawn national attention and local skepticism: p...

Orphaned Otter Found on a Beach Is Now Surrogate Mother to an Orphaned Pup Found on a Beach

When rescuers found a 2-week-old otter pup alone on Asilomar state beach on the central coast of California, they knew e...

New Desalination Plant Gives San Diego So Much Water it’s Helping Other States Suffering Drought

After years of suffering from drought, San Diego is using the resources it built up over that time to help neighboring s...

‘Almost life-saving’, Moby on the healing power of sound

Electronic pioneer Moby explains how sound brings him calm after a lifelong battle with anxiety...

Good News in History, May 6

Happy 65th Birthday to George Clooney, the actor, director, screenwriter, and producer who’s won two Academy Awards, fou...

Sam Neill Beats Cancer After 5-Year Battle, Announces ‘It’s Time I Did Another Movie’

Jurassic Park star Sam Neill, who's been battling lymphoma, has spoken out that he's cancer free and that now "it’s time...

Seed-Sharing No Longer Illegal After Landmark Kenya Court Ruling Against Global Seed Monopolists

Kenya's highest court recently struck down as unconstitutional a law that forbade seed sharing, a long practiced traditi...

Good News in History, May 5

105 years ago today, Coco Chanel debuted her No. 5 perfume, as revolutionary a fashion-fragrance as was every made. Smel...

Papyrus Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Found in 1600–Year-old Mummy is First Time Literature is Discovered in a Burial

A 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy was discovered buried with a fragment of papyrus that contained a short passage from Hom...

Second act: the pioneers giving green tech a new spin

Forward-thinking clean-tech leaders are giving yesterday’s hardware a second life – turning it into tomorrow’s power...

Mama polar bear adopts cub in a rare case caught on camera. Now, you can track their journey

Rarely seen in the wild, scientists confirmed a case of adoption among a group of polar bears in Manitoba....

Tow Truck Driver Tells Customers to Wait Until He Finishes Moose Rescue: ‘Oh, that’s fine…’ (WATCH)

For a Saskatchewan tow truck driver with work still to be done last Saturday, it was immediately clear what took priorit...

Woodland walks cut anxiety, study finds

Research shows self-led woodland trails can cut anxiety and strengthen people’s connection...

USPS unveils 10 new Barbie stamps for all your summer snail mail

The famous doll will soon adorn envelopes mailed across the country....

Bach to the future at iconic jazz venue

Ronnie Scott’s embraces classical with new weekly orchestral performances in its refurbished upstairs venue...

Seeds from ‘Miracle Tree’ Can Filter More Than 98% of Microplastics from Tap Water

A tree known for its medicinal properties for thousands of years may also be able to help humanity tackle the problem of...

Job training program gives formerly incarcerated a fresh start as solar installers

The program, created by Black United Fund of Texas, is called “Vulnerable to Vibrant.”...

Women DJs over 60 Take Stage at German Music Festival Rocking the Crowd, ‘It Was Fantastic’ (WATCH)

Forever Fresh, a group of female DJs all over the age of 60 has been turning up the volume after a pop festival in Colog...

Oak Trees Will Delay Sprouting Leaves to Avoid Hungry Caterpillars That Devoured the Trees in Previous Year: Study

New research reveals oak trees deliberately delay sprouting their leaves by three days to avoid being infested by hungry...

The ‘Magical’ Moment Subway Passengers Start Applauding a London Marathon Runner (WATCH)

This is the ‘magical’ moment subway station passengers broke out into a spontaneous round of applause for a London Marat...

Good News in History, May 3

73 years ago today, two men were rescued from a semitrailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it...

Scientists Unveil Hemp Alternative to Plastic That Can Withstand Boiling Water and Stretch to 1,600% its Size

A surprisingly robust, yet green, alternative to plastic packaging has been developed from the hemp plant–an age-old for...

Good News This Week: May 2, 2026 - Hotlines, Dolls, & Miracle Trees

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Medieval Floor Tiles Returned to Monastery 60 Years After Boy Steals Them, Goaded by his Father

A man who stole 700-year-old floor tiles from a Medieval monastery when he was a child has finally returned them to Engl...

American Hockey Fans Finish the Canadian Anthem After Singer’s Mic Goes Out (WATCH)

During Game 5 of the Stanley Cup playoff series in Buffalo, New York, it wasn’t the winning play on the ice that stole o...

Good News in History, May 2

81 years ago today, the Third Reich surrendered Berlin, the Wehrmacht surrendered in mass, and World War II ended in the...

Company’s 2 Million lbs. Excavator Has a Green Trick: Fully-Electric Drive Mode

Mining is heavy business, and this giant Komatsu excavator is too. It weighs 2 million pounds, but comes standard with f...

Good News in History, May 1

219 years ago today, the Slave Trade Act of 1807 entered into force in Great Britain, abolishing the British participati...

Norway’s Largest-Ever Trove of Viking Age Coins Is ‘Historic Find’ By Metal Detectors

More than 3,150 medieval coins dating back to the Viking Age were found in a field in Norway, the largest such discovery...

What went right this week: the good news that matters

A law boosting renters rights came into force, the kiwi made a comeback, and the ‘return to coal’ myth was debunked, plu...

40 Years of Work Returning 900 Wild Horses to China’s Steppes is Celebrated in Year of the Horse 2026

In China, whether on Earth or in the Heavens, it's the Year of the Horse. This year is the 40th anniversary of one of th...

Toy Story Character Talks with Deaf Girl in Heartwarming ASL Moment That Went Viral

If you've ever wondered who's underneath the costumes at Disneyland and what kind of person takes that job, one TikToker...

Good News in History, April 30

129 years ago today, J. J. Thomson announced his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times sma...

Your local weather forecast is likely based on conditions miles away. These meteorologists are making it more accurate

Meteorologists are working to ensure everyone living in the U.S. is no further than 20 miles from the nearest weather st...

Record Number of Humpbacks Observed Feeding in ‘Supergroup’ Near South Africa

Two photographers recently set a world record for the number of individual baleen whales seen in a single group at 304. ...

Phone-Free Social Events Grew by 567% Led by the Generations Who Didn’t Have Them Until Adulthood

Members of Gen Z and Millennials are attending phone-free experiences 567% more often across the globe, signaling a majo...

Judicial Overhaul in India Decriminalizes Hundreds of Offenses That Previously Landed You in Prison

  In one of India's largest-ever legislative reviews, 717 offenses that might have come with a steep fine or even j...

Boston Marathon Runners Praised for Stopping to Help Injured Competitor Cross Finish Line (WATCH)

Two runners at the Boston Marathon stopped mid-race to help a fellow competitor who had collapsed due to severe leg cram...

Good News in History, April 29

5 years ago today, the world's longest pedestrian footbridge opened for public use in recreation. The Arouca 516 spans t...

‘Having poetry in a public space transports us, even if we don’t understand it’

Forty years after poems first appeared on London’s Underground, the project continues to shape the daily journeys of mil...

These 'bicycle mayors' are chosen with one task in mind: Make cities safer for cycling

There is now a special leader appointed to get more people on bikes in over 150 cities across 34 countries worldwide....

Sub-2-Hour Marathon Finally Breached in Official Race as Sabastian Sawe Makes History in London

The under-2-hour marathon mark has been broken officially for the first time—twice—by a pair of African runners at this ...

Coral reefs are secretly connected across oceans. Scientists think it's key to their survival

A new study study used ocean circulation models to tracking the movement of coral larvae across 850 reefs. Here's what i...

Good News in History, April 28

100 years ago today, Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, was born. During the two and a half years spent wr...

A new approach to ending gender-based violence against women is putting pressure on men to step up

White Ribbon Day is an annual campaign dedicated to ending violence against women and girls, and they’ve discovered a no...

Motoring Madmen Drive Across Africa in Famously Unreliable Three-Wheeled Car (WATCH)

Two men recently completed an unimaginable voyage across the continent of Africa driving a Reliant Robin. Their journey ...

‘Lightning in a Bottle’ Transforms Methane into High-Demand Methanol Through Breakthrough Process

By harnessing tiny bursts of plasma—or "mini lightning bolts"—in glass tubes submerged in water, chemists have discovere...

Good News in History, April 27

70 years ago today, Rocky Marciano retired as an undefeated boxing champ at age 32, becoming the only person to hold the...

Release the Kraken: 60-foot Octopuses Predators 100 Million Years Ago, Fossils Shows

The kraken: a giant squid or octopus of myth, seems to have swam in the Cretaceous oceans, a Japanese study shows. Recov...

Only 16% of girls in rural Pakistan use pads due to high costs. Now this lawyer is fighting her country's 'period tax' in court

Mahnoor Omer, a 25-year-old lawyer from Rawalpindi, wants to ensure that every student in Pakistan has access to period ...

New Prince Song “With This Tear” Released to Mark 10 Years Since Superstar’s Death

Prince has dropped a new track on the anniversary of his death 10 years ago last Tuesday. The Prince official YouTube ch...

Developers create video game to help teens choose a birth control method

Developers are creating a mobile game called "What’s My Method?" to see if it will lead to more positive birth control d...

Scientists Discover How the Iconic ‘Twelve Apostles’ Rock Formations Were Created in Australia

Research from the University of Melbourne for the first time has confirmed the ancient impetus that formed the iconic Tw...

Good News in History, April 26

106 years ago today, the Smithsonian Museums in the nation's capital held the first of its Great Debate series, with the...

Once Extinct in the Wild, Bandicoot Marsupial to be Released Across Australia After Being Bred For Survival (LOOK)

In Australia, the eastern barred bandicoot was declared extinct in the wild in 1991, after the population dwindled to ju...

Good News This Week: April 25, 2026 - Libraries, Rainforests, & Turtles

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Good News in History, April 25

72 years ago today, Bell Labs finished the first functional solar cell, allowing for a panel of metal and glass to refra...

Mystery of the ‘Golden Orb’ Found Two Miles Deep on Ocean Floor is Finally Resolved

The mystery of the ‘golden orb’ found at the bottom of the ocean has been solved by scientists after two-and-a-half year...

What went right this week: a triumph of people power, plus more

Eco ‘champions’ were honoured, the world hit a major energy milestone, and science beat a type of blindness, plus more...

Fossil From 289M Years Ago Reveals ‘Mummified’ Skin, Scales, Proteins–And Earliest Known Lung Function

Every breath you take is part of a very ancient story, a remarkably preserved reptile that died in an Oklahoma cave abou...

'Native' American Girl dolls are historically inaccurate. So this artist reimagined them for her daughter

Artist Cara Romero has been creating “First” American Girl dolls since 2018....

400+ independent bookstores opened in 2025, triumphing against big business

Independent bookstores have grown in the United States by 70% from 2020, signaling a major comeback....

Good News in History, April 24

On this day 37 years ago, the famed Hubble Space Telescope was launched into low Earth orbit by the Space Shuttle Discov...

New global study finds that most people actually want a gender-balanced government

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley polled 17,000 people in a dozen countries across Europe, the Pac...

250 Millionth Tree Planted! Eco-Loving Search Engine Ecosia Hits Milestone For Earth Day

Reaching a stellar milestone just before Earth Day, Ecosia, the nonprofit search engine, is celebrating 250 million tree...

The surprise pushback against America’s junk food culture

The US government has unexpectedly urged Americans to ditch ultra-processed food. Its new dietary guidelines have some m...

This state just made it possible for grandparents to get free child care

While 21 states offer some form of access to child care assistance, this state offers the most comprehensive plan yet....

Seeds Can ‘Hear’ the Rain–And the Sound Waves Make Them Grow Faster Shows MIT Study

Seeds may come alive to the soothing sound of rainfall, sensing the drops while they are still beneath the surface, sugg...

Good News in History, April 23

112 years ago today, the first-ever baseball game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Then known as Weeghman Park, i...

People plan to plant 1 trillion trees this decade. A new project aims to ensure these forests survive

Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate cha...

73 Inspirational Earth Day Quotes on Hope & Action

As we celebrate Earth Day this year, may we reflect on the wise words of environmentalists, climate activists, faith lea...

Why this weekend’s London Marathon will impact more than just knees

Sunday’s race will provide a major boost to charities – including one dedicated to helping children with cancer...

Good News in History, April 21

60 years ago marked the first Groundation Day, now celebrated every year on April 21st, when hundreds of thousands of Ra...

33 Ideas To Meaningfully Celebrate Earth Day

Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd. We’ve put together the best ideas and activities to help you meaningfu...

NASA shuts off Voyager 1 instrument to save power 15B miles from Earth

NASA shut down one of Voyager 1’s science instruments to conserve dwindling power and keep the nearly 49-year-old spacec...

Ready to take charge: three innovative types of energy storage

From mammoth molten salt-filled thermal storage units to systems that use liquid air, here’s the latest in energy storag...

7 Ideas To Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day This Weekend

April 25 is Independent Bookstore Day — a celebration of indie bookshops across the United States! Here are some ways to...

What can you, as an individual, actually do about climate change? Meet the woman who will help you figure it out

“Climate Wayfinding,” Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson’s new book, aims to give everyday people the tools they need to save th...

2 Litters of Kittens Discovered Living Atop a Shelf at Lowe’s – Soon Ready to Be Adopted

Employees at a Lowe's in Pennsylvania were shocked after they went to retrieve a pallet high on a shelf and heard a chor...

Evidence from Pompeii Reveals Roman ‘Automatic’ Weapon Used More Than 2,000 Years Ago

2,100 years ago, famed Roman general and one-time dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla laid siege to a rebellious Pompeii dur...

US Again Wins Battle on Wake Atoll–Against Invasive Rats Depleting the Seabird Populations

For most people, Wake Atoll will remind them of a battle, not an island. Well now, 81 years later, another battle has be...

Good News in History, April 20

40 years ago today, Vladimir Horowitz, one of the world's greatest pianists, returned to his Russian homeland, after 61 ...

Canada has banned employers from ghosting job candidates

A new law requires employers to respond to interviewees in a move that could reshape hiring practices...

‘Landmark’ Antitrust Ruling Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Operating as Exploitative Monopoly

A jury recently decided unanimously that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster were operating as a monopoly, and t...

Good News in History, April 19

251 years ago today, a shot rang out in Lexington, Massachusetts, that's often called the one "heard round the world." I...

Woman Braves Frigid Water to Rescue Seagull Trapped and Hooked by Fishing Line

A woman was dubbed a heroine after she rescued an injured seagull that had been stuck in fishing line for more than five...

Watch London DJ Lead a Fabulous ‘Day Rave’ at Senior Center to Combat Loneliness

A spunky video captured a popular entertainer leading a ‘day rave’ inside a London senior center—on a mission to combat ...

Maryland to Become First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing That Charges More After Mining Personal Data

Maryland is set to become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail grocery stores, after the legislature...

Good News This Week: April 18, 2026 - Polar Bears, Websites, & Macaws

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Good News in History, April 18

251 years ago, Paul Revere, who was 40 years old at the time, a respected craftsman and father of 16 children, rode with...

Providing shelter isn’t enough to fix homelessness — here's what actually helps

These nonprofits are helping people move beyond homelessness....

First Female Leader of Japan was a Drummer in ‘Deep Purple’ Cover Band–Watch her Welcome Their Tour

“I can't believe Deep Purple are here,” swooned the hard-rock drummer Sanae Takaichi, whom readers may know from her oth...

Forbes announces 'True Net Worth' to track how much billionaires give away

The editor of the Forbes Billionaires List introduced a new method to track wealth: How much money the world’s richest p...

World’s Largest Battery Maker to ‘Spare No Effort’ in Electrifying Marine Cargo Industry

A Chinese conglomerate that controls 37% of global market for EV batteries has recently said it will "spare no effort" t...

10 science-backed ways to feel more 'at home' in your own house

From avoiding high-contrast colors to redesigning your space to better fit your social life, these are 10 expert-backed ...

Their homes burned down in the LA fires. She's bringing them back — one brushstroke at a time

In 2025, the 72-year-old artist began volunteering with Homes in Memoriam in the wake of the Palisades Fire....

Researchers Turn Car Battery Acid and Plastic Waste into Clean Hydrogen and New Plastic

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste – such as drinks...

Good News in History, April 15

79 years ago today, years before the Civil Rights Movement gained prominence in the news, Jackie Robinson broke baseball...

Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities in the US Declined More Last Year Than in Any Since Data was Counted

Though overall levels remain high, the number of pedestrians killed by motorists in the US fell nearly 11% over the firs...

Work in progress. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine

Editor Tom Pattinson introduces the new issue of Positive News magazine, which is out now...

Malala shares the 3 steps she follows to keep fighting for change — even when hope feels lost

Malala just gave her first TED Talk — and she’s giving us all a pep talk in fighting for change....

New Girl Scouts data: 85% of girls say they admire people for what they can do — not how they look

A new study from the Girl Scouts of the USA surveyed girls between the ages of 5 and 13....

Nearby Star Seen ‘Blowing Bubbles’ for the First Time in New Image from Chandra Telescope

For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astro...

Another African Country Has Cleared its Debt to the International Monetary Fund

  Without any fanfare from either party, it was recently revealed that Mozambique cleared its entire $701 million d...

Good News in History, April 14

87 years ago today, John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath was published, a story he wrote af...

Restaurant Owner Shelves Easter Plans to Fulfill Dying Man’s Last Wish to Feed His Hospice Nurses

From New York comes the story of a restaurant owner who shelved his Easter plans to fulfill a dying man's last wish. Jok...

Alabama 'hurricane-prepped' the roofs of 53,000 homes. Here's how they measured up during an actual hurricane

Since 2016, the Strengthen Alabama Homes program has installed fortified roofs on more than 53,000 homes in the state....

April’s Lyrid Meteor Shower to Streak Across Moonless Sky for a Perfect Stargazing Show

With the Earth having welcomed the month of April with a full Moon, several celestial events will follow that promise to...

Archaeologists Stumble Upon a Roman Villa When Expecting to Find Nothing at Their Project Site

Preparatory archaeology work at an English wind farm development site has turned up two incredible discoveries. The firs...

Priceless Golden Helmet from 2,500 Years Ago Recovered After it Was Stolen from Museum in January

A golden helmet belonging to an ancient Romanian culture holding "inestimable value" was recovered after it was stolen i...

Fleet of ‘Flying Ferries’ Will Provide Zero-Emission, Silent EV Boats for Travelers Along Norway’s Busy Coast

Tourists and commuters along Norway’s stunning coastline will soon travel aboard “flying” electric ferries—quietly whizz...

Good News in History, April 12

Happy 79th birthday to David Letterman, who on February 1st, 1982, took the reins of NBC's Late Night and kept them for ...

NASA's Artemis follow-up mission 'right around the corner' after successful lunar flight

The world may still be captivated by the breathtaking views, record-setting distance and emotional homecoming of Artemis...

Some polar bears are showing unprecedented resilience to climate change

Polar bears in Svalbard are better off than researchers anticipated....

Unique Honeybees Found Only in Southern California Can Fend Off Deadly Varroa Mites

‘Southern California is home to a black-and-yellow flying treasure’, wrote scientists giddy over good news about bee pop...

Good News This Week: April 11, 2026 - Rhinos, Playdates, & Churches

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Urine From Music Festival Toilets is Fertilizing a New Biodiverse Forest With Odor-Free Nutrients

In a UK first, a new forest is set to be grown with fertilized nutrients recovered from urine collected from music festi...

Loyal Pet Lovebird Won’t Leave the Side of Her Parrot Companion After He Dies (Video)

A devoted pet lovebird lived up to her name when she wouldn’t leave the side of her companion after it died at the owner...

Good News in History, April 11

Happy 35th Birthday to the midfield maestro, Thiago Alcântara, one of the finest and cultured passers of the ball seen i...

Artemis II astronauts splash down after first moon mission in more than 50 years

The four Artemis II astronauts splashed down off the coast of San Diego Friday evening following a 10-day mission that m...

Mongabay launches 'Solutions Desk,' sharing good news about what works for the planet

Mongabay has long stood as a trusted independent media organization reporting on nature and climate change, and now, it'...

Coalition Pushed for Cycling Lanes and Better Buses and Got Them, Transforming Manila in the Process

For decades, 98% of transportation-related funding and infrastructure went to the 6% of people in the Philippines who ow...

Good News in History, April 10

59 years ago today, Marvin Gaye finished recording "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," one of the hottest singles in Mot...

What went right this week: a ‘global milestone’ for ocean conservation, plus more

A ‘global milestone’ for people and planet, plummeting terrorism rates, and the dawn of round-the-clock solar, plus more...

In Memorium: First American to Climb Everest Dies at 97 After a Lifetime of Climbing with His Brother

America doffs its hat to one of its greatest modern outdoorsmen: the first among our countrymen to conquer the two highe...

Artifacts from 2,000-yo Shipwreck at Bottom of Swiss Lake Include Roman Chariot Pieces (LOOK)

In November 2024, an exceptional shipwreck was discovered at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It contained an ...

New Railway Between Europe and China Will Shave a Week Off Delivery Times, Boost Kyrgyzstan Economy

Construction of a "transformational" new railway line linking China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan will allow goods to tran...

Planting 30,000 Trees Surpasses Goal for Regenerating a Rainforest on the Isle of Man

3 years ago this month, GNN reported that a UK land trust had set the goal of reforesting a 70 acre "celtic rainforest" ...

Applebee’s Worker Praised for Sheltering 50 People as Tornado Barreled Towards Them in Michigan

An Applebee's manager whose been afraid of storms since she was a child nevertheless stepped up to rapidly lead her staf...

Good News in History, April 9

161 years ago today, the American Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Ge...

5 citizen science projects that have actually made a real difference for the environment

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve ...

Virginia megachurch donates $1M to wipe out rent for 300+ families and keep them from being evicted

Alfred Street Baptist Church stepped up for Alexandria residents who were facing eviction....

Cambodia Honors Minesweeping Hero Rat with Memorial Statue After He Cleared 100 Landmines

Cambodian artists and authorities have unveiled the statue of a four-footed hero to the nation, never to be forgotten. D...

Good News in History, April 8

Happy Birthday to actress Robin Wright, who turns 60 years old today. Known for her film portrayals as Buttercup, in The...

(UPDATE) Aging Pizza Delivery Driver Gets $100K Tip After Conscientious Effort Goes Viral

On the last day in March, GNN reported that the conscientious efforts of a 70-year-old delivery driver left an Idaho man...

Visitors Can Now Watch the Restoring of a Masterpiece Bellini in Venice (Check out the Video)

When Venetian conservators were preparing for another round of conservation work on a monumental, 500-year-old masterpie...

In California, 'green house calls' offer free energy efficiency and water conservation services

Services include LED light bulbs, power strips, weather stripping products, and water-saving devices....

Finally, a website where you can rate your landlord (and look them up before signing a new lease)

WhoseYourLandlord has introduced the first-ever Resident Trust Index to improve the quality of housing for renters natio...

Pinch of Gold Dust May Be Secret to Bringing Longer Lasting and Safer Batteries to Market

A nano-scale pinch of gold dust may be enough to transform a previously-ineffective battery technology into a new indust...

Humanity’s Long-Awaited Return to Lunar Space Captured with Brilliant Photographs Aboard Artemis II

Americans and Canadians been delighted with images of the Moon and Earth taken from onboard the Orion capsule as it took...

Five ways to turn eco-anxiety into something positive

Feeling stuck in climate anxiety? These five small actions can help you feel more grounded, connected, and purposeful...

Good News in History, April 7

25 years ago today, NASA launched the "2001 Odyssey" probe to Mars. Named after Kubrick's classic sci-fi film, its missi...

A study of 38,000 people across the world found that a connection to nature improves well‑being

Across countries as diverse as Brazil, Japan, Nigeria, Germany, and Indonesia, researchers saw a clear pattern: People w...

Scotland’s Largest Greenhouse Set to Be Preserved as ‘Living Ruin’ and New Event Space

A historic greenhouse in Glasgow is set to finally be revived after 40 years of dereliction. $1.5 million will help a tr...