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Play Builds Bridges to Change in the Bedouin desert
The school playground in the Israeli Bedouin desert town of Hura is abuzz with excitement as boys and girls get their first taste...
Skiers Make Tracks on Dunes in Namibian Desert (Video)
A ski session on sand for extreme sports enthusiasts in the natural wilderness of Namibia's desert. Skiing here is unlikely to spread, though. With...
Illegal Immigrant Rescues Boy in the Desert, Jeopardizing Own Freedom
"A 9-year-old boy whose mother died in a car crash in the Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the U.S. illegally, who...
Huge Solar Power Park to Rise in Mojave Desert
California utility company PG&E Corp. said it will purchase 553 megawatts of solar power annually from a nine-square-mile, solar-power facility to be built in...
El Nino Transforms Desert into Floral Show
Wildflowers in the desert southwest have burst forth in a profusion of bloom so rare that some species have regenerated after decades of dormancy....
Author Samantha Harvey Wins 2024 Booker Award (with Help From 6 Astronauts) –A First for Space Fiction
British novelist Samantha Harvey has been awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital. Described as a "space pastoral," it was written through the...
Two Lost Cities Discovered Along the Silk Road–the Iconic Ancient Trade Route
Reprinted with permission from World at Large
A pair of lost cities in the highlands of Uzbekistan recently found by archaeologists using lidar demonstrate that...
Good News in History, October 25
23 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows XP, one of the most widely-used operating systems in the history of personal computing. Released to critical...
Man is Creating 1,500-Mile Trail Across Texas for Hikers, Bikers and Horses, Investing $10,000 to Get it Done
A philanthropic Texan is currently charting a 1,500-mile trail that covers all of his home state tip to tail.
From the bayou to El Paso,...
Period of Ancient Egypt Illuminated by Intricate Coffins for ‘The Lady of the House’
There's never a dull moment down in the land of the Nile for those with a shovel.
A recent discovery of two exquisitely detailed sarcophagi,...
Scientists Grow Tree from 1,000-year-old Seed Found in Cave–May Be Lost Medicinal Plant in the Bible
During an archaeological dig in a desert area north of Jerusalem 40 years ago, a seed was discovered which was determined to be in...
Mystery of Nazca Lines Deepens as AI Survey Doubles Number of Geoglyphs and Alters Their Meaning
It took nearly a century to locate the 430 geoglyphs hidden in the Nazca Desert of Peru, but archaeologists surveying almost the entire region...
Good News in History, October 4
200 years ago today, a new federalist constitution was signed inaugurating the First Mexican Republic. A drafting committee consisting of several representative figures led...
North Carolina Sports Come Together to Support Victims of ‘Unprecedented’ Hurricane Helene
Companies and organizations are descending on affected communities in North Carolina with donations and volunteers as they begin to dig themselves out of a...
Good News in History September 25
55 years ago today, the charter establishing the Organization of Islamic Cooperation was signed in Rabat, Morocco. The OIC consists of 47 members that...
Good News in History September 22
25 years ago today, The West Wing debuted on NBC. Created by political pop culture specialist Aaron Sorkin, it ran for 154 episodes across...
AI Used With Cold War Spy Satellites Can Detect Ancient Underground Aqueducts
Spanish technical archaeologists have identified ancient irrigation ducts in desert regions around the world using AI.
The AI was trained to pour through old spy...
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...
Good News in History, September 5
A quarter millennium ago, the First Continental Congress was organized in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, after the British Navy implemented a blockade of Boston Harbor...
Manuka Honey Reduces Breast Cancer Cell Growth by 84% in Human Cells and Mice
Honey has all manner of often-hidden medicine-like qualities, but more eyes will certainly be falling on Manuka honey after it was recently shown to...