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Good News in History, April 3
Happy Birthday to Dame Jane Goodall who turns 90 years old today. The beloved British primatologist first observed chimpanzees creating tools in 1960 (and...
NASA to Send ‘Message in a Bottle’ Into Space Designed to Communicate With Extraterrestrials
In 1977 it was a golden record, now scientists are sending a "message in a bottle" into space to communicate with aliens.
NASA's Europa Clipper...
Good News in History, February 27
5 years ago today, the smallest baby boy ever born that would survive to leave the hospital went home in Tokyo with his mom,...
Good News in History, February 21
196 years ago today, the first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix was published using the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah. Sequoyah, also known as...
Cicadas Are Coming: Rare ‘Dual Emergence’ Could Awaken a Trillion Bugs of 2 Species – First Time in 221 yrs
No one alive today will see it again—the convergence of two cicada broods that will practically shake the Midwest with their chirping.
The appearance of...
Uber Driver Returns $8,000 to Teen Who Left the Christmas Cash in His Car: ‘Do Something Good’
An Alabama Uber driver should be on track for a stellar 2024 after doing "something good" and returning $8,000 cash a hopeful teenager had...
Boy Who Started Food Bank in his Shed Now Opens Holiday ‘Gift Bank’ for Hundreds of Poor Kids
Last year, GNN reported on the kind heart of 11-year-old Isaac Winfield, who opened a food bank in his garden shed to help the...
NASA Sends Data Over 10 Million Miles for the First Time Using a Laser
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment has succeeded in sending and receiving communications via laserbeam, and is now set to transform how spaceships...
Increasing Steps by 3,000 Per Day Can Lower Blood Pressure in Older Adults
Researchers were excited to find that a simple lifestyle intervention can be just as effective as structured exercise and some medications.
An estimated 80% of...
Woman Wrote ‘Please write me’ on an Egg in 1951–Someone Finally Did
We've all heard stories about people finding messages in bottles, but I'll bet you've never heard about someone finding a message in an egg...
Company Devises Ingenious Method of Repurposing Old Wind Turbines: ‘The perfect time’
With the first generation of wind turbines well into a period of decommissioning, questions about what to do with the massive fiberglass blades is...
Dream Vacation Alert: Hotel Will Pay Family $15,000 to Uncover Best State Fair in the Midwest–Plus Expenses
Summer's most coveted family travel gig is back with a $15,000 payday, endless funnel cake, and blue ribbons.
Summertime officially marks the return of the...
First of its Kind Brain Surgery on Baby Inside the Womb has Successfully Prevented Heart Failure
Brain surgery has been performed on a baby still inside the womb in order to fix potentially deadly damage to vessels and saved the...
Cemetery Posts Personal Ad for Lonely Goose Whose Mate Died–and they Find a Match
A cemetery manager played Valentine's Day matchmaker to a lonely widowed goose whose mate passed away.
Blossom and Bud lived together for years in the...
76-year-old Student Finally Graduates 50 Years After He Began His Ph.D. in Philosophy
Newly-graduated 'Doctor' Nick Axten said it took him “a long hard think” to get his doctoral dissertation in order, which is probably what most...
World’s First Vaccine for Declining Honeybees Approved By the US for Conditional Use
A biotech company announced this week that the USDA (Department of Agriculture) granted them a conditional license for their honeybee vaccine.
The vaccine boosts the...
Blind Dog Saved from Puppy Farm and Euthanasia Blossoming in New Home
A woman who needed help fostering a blind dog named Beau ended up finding both it, and a forever home for him after the...
14-yo Crowned ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’ for Headphones That Treat Ear Infections With Blue Light
A 14-year-old in San Diego, California, was named the grand prize winner of this year's 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation's premier middle school...
Young Man Makes Wrong Turn, Then Saves Sleeping Family From Fire: ‘They’re safe because of him’
A driver who took a wrong turn was able to save the lives of four people after miraculously driving down their street and seeing...
Virginia Joins 20 Other States Banning Ticket Quotas For Traffic Cops
Last month, rookie Republican governor of Virginia may have quashed any partisan quarrelling in his state following his unexpected election. How? By abolishing traffic...