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Virginia State Parks Install Viewfinders for Colorblind Visitors–Just in Time for Autumn Leaves
In preparation for leaf-peeping season, Virginia State Parks have equipped all 43 managed properties with special viewfinders for the colorblind.
The lenses in the viewfinders...
Good News in History, August 30
188 years ago today, the city of Melbourne was founded in southeast Australia. A traditional meeting place of several Aboriginal peoples including the Boonwurrung,...
Rare ‘Doomsday’ Fish Surfaces in California–Just the 20th Discovered in the State Since 1901
A group of what only can be described as 'brave' kayakers and snorkelers saw a giant shape floating in the water ahead of them,...
Rare Ocelot Caught on Camera in Arizona, the First Sighting in the Area for 50 Years
From Arizona comes the story of a remarkable animal sighting: an ocelot, one of the world's most well-known small wildcat species.
Mostly native to South...
Good News in History, August 15
Today is Ferragosto, one of the most important public holidays on the Italian calendar. It is a unique institution, in which working people, typically...
Student Dreams of Stadiums Harnessing Crowd Noise for Electricity–Inspired by Monsters Inc.
Have you ever been in a sports stadium when the crowd is so loud it shakes the concrete skeleton of the stands? What if...
Good News in History, August 10
179 years ago today, one of the absolute most important forerunners of the modern Kazakh nation-state was born. Abai Qunanbaiuly, known around Eurasia simply...
Remains of Ancient Papal Palace Established by Constantine Believed to Have Been Found in Rome
Woe betide anyone who plans road construction in Rome.
In late July, news headlines brought the world up to speed regarding ongoing excavations of the...
Out-of-Place ‘Devil Bird’ Wows Spectators in Maine, the First Anhinga Ever Seen in the State
In winter of 2022, Maine was accorded the honor of a visit from a Stellar's sea eagle, a truly incredible raptor with an 8-foot-wingspan...
Botanists Vote to Remove Apartheid Slur from Plant Species Names in Africa
Over 200 plants will have their species name changed to remove an offensive South African apartheid-era racial slur after the results of a vote...
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...
Giant New Species of Dinosaur Named Loki-ceratops for Horns That Look Like the Norse God
A remarkable new genus of giant horned dinosaur has been unveiled at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
First discovered in the badlands of northern...
Archaeologists Uncover 900 Ming Dynasty Artifacts From Shipwrecks in South China Sea
More than 900 artifacts have been retrieved from two ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea, the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China...
It’s Twins! Astronomers Discover Parallel Disks and Jets Erupting from a Pair of Young Stars
Astronomers were thrilled when they received the news that they were expecting twins—stars that is, after their telescopes recorded dramatic jets erupting from a...
Meet Bao Li and Qing Bao–the National Zoo’s Returning Pandas After a Panda-less Year in D.C.
In an elaborate announcement video, First Lady Jill Biden broke the news that she's expecting—the return of giant pandas to the National Zoo.
Following a...
10 Places Perfect for Remote Workers–And Some Will Pay You Thousands to Move There
2023 saw a record wave of Americans leaving big cities for smaller ones, a trend that grew out of the pandemic when millions of...
Relics Found in Egyptian Pet Cemetery: Evidence of Monkeys Imported from India and Centurion Letters of Papyrus
Classical Egypt was controlled by the Roman Empire for 600 years, and in the excavations of a pet cemetery, archaeologists from Poland are discovering...
Astronaut Training Pays Off at 90: Ed Dwight Finally Reaches Space, Making History as Oldest to Ever Do it
60 years after passing Air Force selection as a candidate to be the first African-American astronaut, Edward Dwight fulfilled that dream by blasting off...
Mushroom Hunters Stumble Upon Mysterious Stone Sculpture in Thai Forest
Three Thai villagers were out looking for mushrooms when they came across this boulder depicting a woman in breathtaking detail.
“Went mushroom hunting and found...
Good News in History, May 20
60 years ago today, Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias announced the discovery of the cosmic microwave background. A sufficiently sensitive radio telescope will...