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Drones Find Dozens of Landmines Littering Ukraine So They Can Be Defused
When drones appeared on the scene en masse, many people saw the potential immediately—for military purposes, for breathtaking photography, even wildlife conservation, but for...
Good News in History, April 25
70 years ago today, Bell Labs finished the first functional solar cell, allowing for a panel of metal and glass to refract light and...
Good News in History, April 22
300 years ago today, Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant was born in Prussia. This revolutionary thinker saw rationality as inseparable from morality, and Kant's formulation...
Good News in History, April 7
93 years ago today, perhaps the greatest American whistleblower in history, Daniel Ellsberg was born. In March of last year, Ellsberg revealed to the...
Good News in History, April 5
On this day, 26 years ago, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge opened to traffic linking the City of Kobe on the main island of Honshu, to...
MacKenzie Scott Has Now Given Away $16.5 Billion with New Grants Announced, Since Divorcing Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
Here's a hypothetical: You want to give away $640 million, but you want to give it away to many different groups. How do you...
Good News in History, March 22
54 years ago today, native Mexican or "Chicino" residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation...
African Forest Farming Initiative Making A Difference to Thousands with Tree-Planting and Microlending
An NGO has realized that the irreplaceable value and beauty of African wilderness might be protected if, rather than pouring billions into funding park...
Good News in History, March 1
Happy 80th Birthday to Roger Daltrey, singer-songwriter for The Who. The band's co-founder put the stutter in My Generation, and the scream in Won't...
Coveted Ranch Near San Francisco to Become Sprawling New Nature Preserve with Hiking Trails
A national nonprofit has purchased a sprawling 3,654-acre ranch near San Jose, California, with plans to convert it into a new nature preserve with...
Good News in History, January 13
239 years ago today, The Times of London published its first ever broadsheet. Originally founded as The Daily Universal Register, The Times used contributions from...
In 30 Years East Palo Alto Went From ‘Murder Capital’ to Zero Homicides in 2023: A Complete Turnaround
When an American uses the phrase "murder capital" to describe a city, it tends to be cities with periods of very sad history like...
Good News in History, December 12
121 years ago today, Theodor Mommsen received the Nobel Prize for Literature, with a special mention for A History of Rome, a history so well-researched, so...
Good News in History, December 6
111 years ago today, the bust of Nefertiti was discovered in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose's workshop by German archaeologists. It has become...
Ecofriendly Tabletop Furniture is Being 3D Printed in Milan from Famous Italian Food and Drinks
Milan may be the new center of eco-chic design on the Italian Peninsula after a company "took a risk" and invested in a way...
Iowa Teen Has Donated 7,000 Pounds of Produce from Her Own Garden to Food Banks: ‘A really good feeling’
When Iowa teen Lauren Schroeder showed up to a community food drive during COVID, she didn't see a lot that actually nourished people—just a...
11th c. Monastery Gets Back Statues from Two US Museums–And Discovers Hundreds of Treasures in the Process
A Buddhist monastery in Nepal is experiencing a true renaissance following a series of museum repatriations that brought about an increased interest in the...
Oprah And Dwayne Johnson Giving $1,200 Per Month To Maui Wildfire Survivors
In the aftermath of the most destructive fires in the island state's recent memory, donations have poured in to help the thousands of affected...
Largest Ruby Ever to Come to Auction Breaks Record
Unearthed by miners in Mozambique last July, a 55.22-carat ruby has just sold for a record-breaking $34.8 million.
Dubbed the Estrela di Fura in the...
U.S. Is Giving Away Lighthouses for Free to Preserve Them As Historic Landmarks
A unique opportunity for a fixer-upper is coming by way of the US General Services Administration (GSA)—6 historic American lighthouses.
Going up this year via...