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Good News in History, May 15
627 years ago today, one of the most august figures in East Asian history was born—Sejong the Great—scientist, reformer, and engineer of the Korean...
Good News in History, May 5
121 years ago today, one of the most influential chefs in American history, James Beard, was born in Portland. His towering success led to...
Good News in History, May 3
71 years ago today, two men were rescued from a semitrailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it fell...
Fossilized Dino Footprint Points to One of the Largest Raptors Ever Discovered
An apex predator can be any size really, from the raccoon-sized quolls of Australia to the Bengal tiger: and this is exactly the sort...
11-Year-old Uncovers Giant Ichthyosaur Fossil – The Largest Marine Reptile Ever Found
While these fossils may not look like much, they are part of the jawbone of what is now believed to be the largest marine...
Contest Gives Children Chance to Win the Field Trip of a Lifetime to Famous Landmarks–Celebrating America’s 250th
An organization wants to take 75 of the nation's school kids on the field trip of a lifetime; to a dozen of America's most...
Good News in History, April 16
106 years ago today, Xuan Hua, also known by the dharma name An Tzu, was born. Xuan Hua founded The Dharma Realm Buddhist Association,...
How Singapore Became an Unexpected Stronghold for a Critically Endangered Bird
From the sprawling urban city-state of Singapore comes the unlikely story of a critically endangered songbird and a dedicated group of environmentalists helping it...
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...
Swedish Maidens’ Choir Sings in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Elvish Language to the Delight of LotR Fans
A choir of cosplaying elves in Sweden sings and performs lyrical works written in Elvish by J.R.R. Tolkien in the ultimate expression of Lord...
Scientists Reveal Incredible Image of Magnetic Fields Spiraling from Supermassive Black Hole
As part of humanity's continued attempts to image a black hole, a telescope array recently captured the swirling magnetic fields around two of the...
Man Discovers Attic Filled with Looted Art from Battle of Okinawa–Works with FBI to Repatriate it All to Preserve History
Last year, a Massachusetts resident and his family were going through the personal effects of a deceased grandfather and happened to come across a...
1,000 year old Viking Sword Fished out of an Oxfordshire River with a Magnet
A "magnet fisherman" trawling his local river had spent several rainy hours pulling out scaffolding components. But deciding not to go home under these...
Good News in History, March 16
184 years ago today, Shibusawa Eiichi was born in Japan. Known as "The Father of Japanese Capitalism" this economist and industrialist introduced Western free...
High School Student Invents an A.I. Powered Trap That Zaps Invasive Lanternflies
A New Jersey high school senior has won a place as a finalist in the nation's most prestigious science fair with a clever new...
Wasabi Can Be Used as Ecofriendly Preservation Tool for the Ancient Knowledge Contained on Papyrus
Papyrus was the premier writing material of the ancients, and an international team of researchers has discovered that wasabi, the spicy green goop you...
Tube of Red Lipstick 4,000 Years Old Unearthed in Iran Bears ‘Striking Resemblance’ to Modern Ingredients
While the ancient Egyptians may have made eyeliner famous, a stunningly detailed archaeological find shows that ancient Iranians may have held the first patents...
Deep Sea Octopus Nursery With 4 New Species Confirmed by Marine Biologists
The Schmidt Ocean Institute recently announced a set of absolutely incredible results from one of their expeditions 2 miles below the seas of Costa...
Images of Mars Eclipse Sparks Amusement Because it Looks Like a Googly Eye
The Perseverance rover on Mars recorded the potato-shaped moon of Phobos crossing in front of the Sun last week—a Martian eclipse.
The rover was able...
Good News in History, February 15
33 years ago today, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary created the Visegrád Group, a cooperation agreement to reorient their nations away from communism and toward...