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Monarch Butterflies Use Medicinal Plants to Treat Offspring for Disease
Monarch butterflies appear to use medicinal plants to treat their offspring for disease, research by biologists at Emory University shows. Their findings were published...
Mexico Invests to Protect Monarch Butterflies
Mexico's president pledged $4.6 million to protect the forested nesting grounds which are the winter home for millions of monarch butterflies. (Nat'l Geographic )...
Father-Son Were Trying to Find Roman Road But Found a Shovelful of 16th C. Silver Coins Instead
In the Polish forests north of Warsaw, a father and son were out with a local historical society when they found 17 pre-modern coins...
Jordan Recognized as First in the World to Eradicate Leprosy
It is a disease that has been plaguing commoners and kings alike for millennia (as well as armadillos), but for the first time in...
Good News in History, November 3
119 years ago today, the prolific African-American painter Lois Mailou Jones was born. With her best works exhibited in a half-dozen fine arts museums...
Hoard of 1,000-yo Coins Unearthed in Farmer’s Field Nets Millions for Metal Detecting Friends–and Treasure for UK
The largest coin hoard ever found from the period of turmoil immediately following the Norman Conquest has been bought by the British government on...
Sicily Will be Reachable Via World’s Longest Suspension Bridge That Italians Have Wanted for Centuries
Dreamt of since the Roman Empire, the men and women, taxpayers and taxspenders of the Italian Peninsula are preparing for an engineering project unrivaled...
Good News in History, October 20
51 years ago, the Sydney Opera House was officially opened by then-monarch Elizabeth II. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, it is widely regarded...
Good News in History, October 9
On this day, in Game 2 of the 1909 World Series, Ty Cobb stole home base. The details around this famous of all capers...
Good News in History, October 5
Happy 66th Birthday to popular science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. Born in the Big Apple without a star in the sky to look up...
Good News in History, August 31
144 years ago today, Wilhelmina Maria, Queen of the Netherlands, was born. The longest-reigning female monarch outside Great Britain, and the longest-reigning monarch in...
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....
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 28
30 years ago today, Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers pitched the MLB's 14th Perfect Game which also registered as the first and only one...
Good News in History, July 26
6 years ago today, Civil Rights leader and Congressman John Lewis' body was carried across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma with a military...
Good News in History, July 24
6 years ago today, the 10 millionth MINI automobile was sold; in the year of its 60th anniversary no less. To celebrate the milestone,...
Man Builds an Electricity-Generating Windmill in His Own Garden
Often called windmills out of habit, wind turbines generate electricity kinetically from the force of the wind.
However an Englishman has further complicated things by...
Good News in History, July 17
69 years ago today, Disneyland was dedicated and opened in Anaheim, California. It is the most visited theme park in world history with 757...
Good News in History, July 11
88 years ago today, The RFK Bridge, also known as the Triborough Bridge, opened to traffic in New York City. Together, the series of...
Good News in History, June 17
66 years ago today, Things Fall Apart, believed to be the most read, best-selling African novel ever written, was published. Nigerian author Chinua Achebe depicts...