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Gates Gives $120 million to Help Poor Farmers Boost Output
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it will donate a total of $120 million in a bid to boost agricultural production, marketing...
Odd Science Projects Get $100K From Bill Gates
Can tomatoes be taught to make antiviral drugs for people who eat them? Would zapping your skin with a laser make your...
Gates Donates $20M to Help Rice Farmers
Bill Gates, the world's richest man, is to donate nearly 20 million dollars for research into helping rice farmers deal with global warming, the...
Gates Foundation Gives $9.7 Million to Pediatric AIDS Research
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to give $9.7 million to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The grant will allow for clinical...
Gates Foundation Gives $7.1M to Support Gulf Coast Housing
"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said Thursday it would give $7.1 million to Gulf Coast organizations to help the people whose homes were...
Gates Foundation Gives $23M to Fight HIV in India
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it will be investing $23 million over the next three years to enhance management of...
Gates, Rockefeller Charities Take Aim at African Hunger
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation have teamed up to tackle hunger in Africa, starting with a $150 million endowment....
Japan: Producing Electricity from Train Station Ticket Gates
The East Japan Railway Company, as part of research aimed at developing more environmentally friendly train stations, is testing an experimental system...
Gates Spends $287M on New AIDS Vaccine Push
Bill Gates' Foundation announced $287 million in grants on Wednesday to create an international cooperative of 16 labs working together to find a vaccine...
Good News in History, November 9
48 years ago today, Gary Kasparov won his first Chess World Championship after overcoming his opponent Anatoly Karpov whom he faced inconclusively the year...
Good News in History, October 31
On this day, 74 years ago, the British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid was born. Described as the "Queen of Curves," who "liberated architectural geometry, giving...
‘We Didn’t Think Our Little Boy Would Survive’ – Now He’s Saving Lives in English Waters
This is Daniel Kinsella, a 16-year-old Liverpudlian who recently rescued three separate groups of paddleboarders in the family's dinghy.
North Wales Live in the UK...
Good News in History, October 23
Happy 70th Birthday to Ang Lee, the filmmaker who was a stay-at-home dad before gaining fame for directing the Oscar-winning films Brokeback Mountain and...
Like Indiana Jones, Archaeologists Find a Tomb with a Grail Underneath the Treasury at Petra
Even at the foot of one of the most visited ancient monuments on Earth, there are discoveries waiting to be made.
Doubling as the film...
Medieval Organization for UK Army Veterans Welcomes First Female ‘Brother’ in 450-year History
An Elizabethan order that has been a home for senior or infirm army veterans since the 1500s just welcomed its first female ‘Brother.’
450 years...
Good News in History September 30
161 years ago, George Bizet's famous opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles, The Pearl Fishermen, debuted at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Set in ancient...
Original US Constitution Found in a Cabinet While Family Was Moving After 7 Generations–Now at Auction
An incredible piece of US history has been found, and is expected to bring $20 million at auction.
In the lead-up to the Constitutional Convention...
Good News in History September 17
Happy 80th Birthday to the greatest mountaineer of all time, Reinhold Messner. An Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South...
Your Next Vacation May Be a Lifesaver, Say Researchers Studying Travel, Aging and Health
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness.
As July and August come around...
Good News in History, August 21
85 years ago today, civil rights protestors quietly entered the library in Alexandria, VA to stage a sit-in. One young black man, well-dressed and...