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Good News in History, September 11
On this day across history, imperial aggression was resisted or rolled back by indigenous peoples in both the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest (9)...
Build Zigzag Patterns On Exterior Walls to Keep Buildings Cooler During Heat Waves
Structural engineers have discovered that if you build an apartment building with angled, shark-fin-shaped protrusions on the side where the Sun's heat is the...
Good News in History, August 21
85 years ago today, civil rights protestors quietly entered the library in Alexandria, VA to stage a sit-in. One young black man, well-dressed and...
Good News in History, August 18
86 years ago today, the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the US with Canada over the Saint Lawrence Seaway was dedicated by F.D. Roosevelt. The...
Seven-Foot Mammoth Tusk Unearthed in Mississippi Creek Belonged to Largest Species in North America
A fossil hunter in Mississippi recently unearthed an intact mammoth ivory 7 feet long.
Believing it was the tusk of a mastodon, a far more...
New Electric Bandages Heal Wounds 30% Quicker Than Conventional Dressings
A water-powered electric bandage can heal serious wounds 30% quicker than conventional treatments, according to a new study.
The inexpensive bandages use an electric field...
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
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...
Incredible Internal Cochlear Implants on the Way as Massachusetts Engineers Overcame All Obstacles
Biotech engineers have developed the first entirely internal cochlear implant that will allow users to move, exercise, swim, and enjoy a full range of...
Good News in History, June 25
68 years ago today, the renegade travel host and chef Anthony Bourdain, was born. With his food and culture show, No Reservations, and the...
Good News in History, June 21
Happy 80th Birthday to The Kinks co-founder and frontman Ray Davies. Regarded as one of the most influential British songwriters, Davies wrote the 1964...
Good News in History, June 18
Happy 82nd Birthday to Paul McCartney. The musician and composer renowned for his groundbreaking work with The Beatles has won 21 Grammy Awards and...
Good News in History, May 9
638 years ago today, the Treaty of Windsor, the world's oldest international accord still in force, was signed between Great Britain and Portugal. It...
Canada Agrees 200 Islands Belong to the Indigenous Haida Nation
In a historic "first-of-its-kind" agreement the government of British Colombia has acknowledged the aboriginal ownership of 200 islands off the west coast of Canada.
The owners...
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 12
467 years ago, Cuenca was founded in Ecuador, a city of such beauty that it has become known as the "Athens" of South America....
100,000 Salmon Spill Off a Truck in Oregon–and Most Land in a Creek and Survive
Disaster struck a truck transporting 102,000 young salmon to a hatchery in Oregon when it overturned on the road and the giant fish tank...
Good News in History, April 2
40 years ago today, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian ever launched into space when he rode aboard the Interkosmos Soyuz T-11 to the...
Good News in History, March 31
33 years ago today, the Warsaw Pact officially disbanded, ending the military build-up and stand-off between European communism and European democracy. As many of...
Good News in History, March 29
50 years ago today in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province, a group of farmers—Yang Zhifa, his five brothers, and his neighbor Wang Puzhi—were digging in...