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Long-Lost Diana of Versailles Statue Sank with the Titanic–But Was Just Found on the Ocean Floor
A two-foot-tall bronze statue of the Greek goddess Diana that once adorned the fireplace mantle onboard the Titanic was found during a recent expedition.
Described...
He was an IVF ‘Miracle Baby’ Born Just Steps Away From His Future Wife
A miracle IVF baby has tied the knot with a woman who was born steps away from him in the same hospital on the...
Good News in History, September 7
Happy 94th Birthday to Walter Sonny Rollins was born. Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians, Rollins' seven-decade career...
People Seen as Wise Share These Characteristics – All Over the World
Across different cultures and countries, people perceive the wisest members of society to be logical and reflective as well as able to consider other...
The World’s Oldest Human Gives Us the Best Advice, Before She Dies at 117 Years
"Order, tranquility, contact with nature, emotional stability, no worries, no regrets;" might these be a string of virtues that the Stoics strove to obtain...
Honey Added to Yogurt Bolsters its Bacterial Benefits–a Classic Greek Dessert Turned Medicine
A new study found that adding honey to yogurt helps the beneficial bacteria in the yogurt survive longer in the hostile environment of the...
13,000 Years Ago, These Ancient Builders Carved a Calendar into Stone to Mark Destructive Occasion
Whatever we learned in school about the earliest human civilizations, the discovery of Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey has made it all null and...
Good News in History, July 30
On this day 94 years ago, at the conclusion of the inaugural FIFA World Cup, La Celeste, or Uruguay, won the trophy. Rarely considered as favorites...
Good News in History, July 23
4 years ago today, China launched the Mission Tianwen-1, or "Heavenly Questions" to Mars, becoming the second nation to have a presence there. It...
Archaeologists Find Remarkable Marble Statue of Greek God Hermes in Ancient Sewer
Bulgarian archaeologists undertaking routine excavations found something that was anything but routine in an ancient sewer system.
A pristine marble statue of the messenger god...
22 Tennessee State Parks Provide All-Terrain Wheelchairs for Visitors to Use
Tennessee has just launched a program offering at 22 of its state parks for providing all-terrain electric wheelchairs to visitors.
These allow disabled users to...
Good News in History, July 4
20 years ago today, in quite unbelievable fashion, Greece beat Portugal 1-0 to become European champions for the first time in her history. Several...
US Returns 600 Stolen Ancient Artifacts Worth $80 Million to Italy ‘Where it belongs’
US law enforcement and consular officials recently unveiled a massive trove of stolen art and antiquities worth around €80 million set to be repatriated...
Good News in History, May 30
49 years ago today, the European Space Agency was founded by ten member states: Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden,...
Good News in History, May 28
92 years ago today, one of Europe's greatest landscape engineering projects, the Afsuiltdijk, was completed in the Netherlands, proving that newly-mechanized Man could tame...
Teen Boy Translating Ancient Texts Turned a 4,000-Year-old Scribe From Egypt into Advice for Modern Age
Michael Hoffen is a new author, and like him, the protagonist of his book is a teenager. But there's quite an age gap between...
Good News in History, May 11
120 years ago today, Salvador Dali was born. Known for his striking and bizarre images, he is one of, if not the most famous...
Good News in History, May 4
198 years ago today, Frederic Edwin Church, one of the foremost painters in the American landscape movement known as the Hudson River School, was...
Masterpieces Saved from Notre Dame Fire Now Restored and Back on View: It’s ‘Miraculous’
A collection of great historical artworks, saved from the fires of Notre-Dame, are set to be exhibited as they haven't been for over 160...
Solar Balconies Are Booming in Germany and You Can Plug in and Install Them Yourself
Solar panels are finding their way onto all sorts of surprising surfaces, and now Central Europeans are beginning to line their balcony rails with...