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Poet Decides to Use $500K Genius Grant to Send Caregivers on Vacations
For two years, Heather McHugh held on to half-million dollars.
After being awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant for her poetry, she just couldn’t decide...
Meet the 22 MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winners for 2011, From Science to Music
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Tuesday named 22 new MacArthur Fellows for 2011 who will each receive one half million dollars...
Tribute to Tender Comedic Genius Gene Wilder (1933–2016) With VIDEO
The star of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Blazing Saddles peacefully passed away today at the age of 83.
New Crop of MacArthur Fellows Get Half Million Each to Expand on Their Genius
23 people learned recently that they had been picked to receive $500,000 each to fund their work, with no strings attached.
Known as genius grants,...
$500,000 Out of the Blue for 23 Geniuses – No Strings Attached
The 2010 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Award' recipients were announced yesterday and include a stone carver, a quantum astrophysicist, a jazz pianist, a high school...
No Drop in the Bucket: Canadian Plumber Gives $25 Mil to Hospital
That’s a lot of clogged drains — a Canadian plumber has donated $25 million dollars to a British Columbia hospital.
The 82-year-old started out as...
Urban Farmer Envisioning 5-Story Farm Named to Time’s Most Influential 100
It's hard to imagine a five-story farm in the middle of a city, but if Milwaukee urban farmer Will Allen is behind the idea,...
Urban Farmer Sells Affordable Fruits and Veggies, Envisions Skyscraper Farms
When most people think of farms, they think flat, endless fields of corn or wheat in the heartland of America. Former professional basketball player...
AI Safety System Stops Train After Detecting Elephants Crossing the Tracks Ahead
In India's wildlife capital of Assam State, the driver of a train was alerted to the presence of a herd of elephants crossing the...
Charles Barkley Keeps $1M Promise After 2 New Orleans Students Solve Pythagorean Theorem
NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has donated $1 million to an academy in New Orleans that just produced two groundbreaking young mathematicians.
The story...
Good News in History, August 26
233 years ago today, John Fitch was granted a US patent for a boat propelled by steam power which used mechanical paddles to propel...
Good News in History, August 9
Happy Birthday to Sam Elliott, who turns 80 today. The actor’s lanky physique, thick handlebar mustache, and deep, resonant West Texas drawl have led...
Good News in History, July 16
20 years ago today, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard...
Good News in History, April 14
41 years ago today, EMI released David Bowie's 15th studio album Let's Dance. The album became Bowie's greatest commercial success, with 11 million albums sold and...
Good News in History, April 9
15 years ago, Parks and Recreation, a television mockumentary debuted on NBC, and leaped right into the hearts of millions of Americans. Without being...
Good News in History, March 30
Happy 60th Birthday to singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. Her debut album Tracy Champman has been certified sextuple-platinum and received 6 Grammy Award nominations. Her down low...
Good News in History, February 3
126 years ago, Alvar Aalto, the renowned architect and designer, was born in Finland. like Frank Lloyd Wright, Aalto would design all the interior...
Boy Whose IQ is the Same as Einstein Joins Mensa to Make Some Friends
After receiving the same IQ score as Einstein and Stephen Hawking on a test, a young immigrant to the UK joined a pretty cool...
Good News in History, January 3
156 years ago today, Emperor Mutsuhito announced the formal conclusion to the Tokugawa Shogunate, and thus launched the Meiji Restoration, one of the great...
Good News in History, January 2
18 years ago today, Stardust, the NASA spacecraft flew past the comet 81P/Wild and collected samples of rock and comet dust which were returned...