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Good News in History, October 26
Happy 73rd Birthday to William Collins, better known by his rather eternal moniker, "Bootsy." A bass guitar legend, Bootsy learned how to play in...
Good News in History, October 21
41 years ago today, the meter was standardized to its current form, providing grounds for all the subsequent increments such as millimeters, centimeters, and...
Surprising Sophistication of the Viking Legal Code Newly Discovered in Carved Runes
A recent reinterpretation of the oldest extant Viking legal text in Scandinavia has shed light on the surprising societal sophistication of these raiders and...
Good News in History, August 20
Happy 89th birthday to the former Congressman from Texas, Dr. Ron Paul. Before serving three terms as representative of the 22nd and 14th Congressional...
Good News in History, August 17
45 years ago today, Monty Python's Life of Brian was released in theaters. Featuring troupe leader Graham Chapman as Brian Cohen, born in the stable adjacent...
Good News in History, August 13
60 years ago today, The Beatles’ first film A Hard Day's Night, opened in theaters across America, earning rave reviews and box office success....
Historic Prisoner Swap Frees Americans Held in Russia After Years-Long, Multi-Nation Diplomacy
Just before midnight on Thursday evening, a plane touched down in the US and several Americans got to embrace their families, after they were...
Good News in History, August 2
5 years ago today, the women of Saudi Arabia were given the right to travel abroad without a male guardian, a major advance in...
Uranium Mine Leased for Years Becomes Part of National Park in Historic Win for Native Activists
In a major win for the traditional owners of Australia, the federal government has ordered the end of the land leasing program for the...
Good News in History, July 12
129 years ago, the architect, visionary, and writer Buckminster Fuller was born. Fuller developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known...
Good News in History, July 7
41 years ago today, Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flew to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov on an...
Good News in History, July 3
36 years ago today, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the Second Bosphorus Bridge was completed over the famous stretch of water...
Sand Batteries Could Be The Next Frontier In Renewable Energy–And it’s Already Heating Homes in Finland
Reprinted via EarthTalk®, From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine
Could plain old beach sand be the next frontier in renewable energy?
In the...
Good News in History, May 17
124 years ago today, L. Frank Baum's first children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in the US. The first edition was printed and...
White-Tailed Eagle Breeds in Belgium for First Time in 500 Years
White-tailed eagles nesting and breeding in Belgium has been observed for the first time since Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European...
Good News in History, April 25
70 years ago today, Bell Labs finished the first functional solar cell, allowing for a panel of metal and glass to refract light and...
Incredible 60% of Europe’s Electricity Was Powered by Clean Energy in the First Two Months of 2024
According to an energy think tank, Europe's generation of 516.5 terawatt hours of renewable electricity in January and February satisfied 60% of overall power...
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, February 23
5 years ago today, 71-year-old Roy Hodgson overtook Sir Bobby Robson as the oldest man to manage a Premier League football club when his...
The Greatest Conservation Story Ever Told Isn’t Really Being Told
This week GNN reported that for the first time in over four decades, Peruvian diving petrels have four active natural nests on Chañaral Island,...