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Good News in History, May 25
12 years ago, a new era of space exploration began when the SpaceX Dragon capsule became the first privately owned and manufactured spacecraft to...
Good News in History, May 23
180 years ago today, Báb, a merchant from Shiraz in Qajar, Iran, announced that he was a prophet, and, remarkably, was not murdered for...
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 12
565 years ago today, Jodhpur, the "Sun City," the "Blue City," was founded amid the stark lands of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India....
World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing is Going Up So Animals Can Walk Safely Over 8 Lanes of L.A. Traffic
Construction of the “largest wildlife crossing in the world” passed a significant milestone in April placing the first girders over an 8-lane freeway near...
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 2
60 years ago today, Shishapangma was summited for the first time as the last of Mother Earth's 14 peaks above 8,000 meters to be...
Good News in History, May 1
217 years ago today, the Slave Trade Act of 1807 entered into force in Great Britain, abolishing the British participation in the Transatlantic Slave...
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 12
467 years ago, Cuenca was founded in Ecuador, a city of such beauty that it has become known as the "Athens" of South America....
Good News in History, April 2
40 years ago today, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian ever launched into space when he rode aboard the Interkosmos Soyuz T-11 to the...
Good News in History, March 27
76 years ago today, a mere 11 days after being released from prison, jazz singer Billie Holiday played in front of a sold-out crowd...
Crime is Way Down: 2023 Recorded Likely the Largest Single-Year Drop in Homicides Across US
The FBI's most recent Quarterly Uniform Crime Report data for Q3 2023 shows that nearly all crime in the US is going down; some...
Women Get the Same Exercise Benefits As Men, But With Less Effort, Huge Study Shows
Researchers have discovered a "gender gap" between men and women when it comes to working out—and it favors women, who are not likely to...
LA Firefighters Rescue 1200-Pound Horse Named ‘Lucky’ from Backyard Sinkhole (WATCH)
In LA County, fire and rescue had a ton of work to do to lift out a 1,200-pound horse that fell into a sinkhole...
Monkeying Around? All 4 Types of Apes Have a Sense of Humor– Researchers Categorize Their Clowning in Video
Apes have a sense of humor similar to humans, suggests a new study that showed four species of great apes each playfully teasing each...
Good News in History, February 10
84 years ago today, In the Mood, by Glen Miller reached #1 on the charts in the US. It's one of those jazz tunes that...
Good News in History, February 8
Happy 92nd birthday to John Williams, the Academy Award-winning composer of some of the finest film scores in history, including Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders...
Good News in History, February 3
126 years ago, Alvar Aalto, the renowned architect and designer, was born in Finland. like Frank Lloyd Wright, Aalto would design all the interior...
Ancient Lake Sediment on Mars Builds Excitement for Evidence of Life in the Perseverance Rover Samples
An ancient lake bed found on Mars may hold evidence of life on the planet, a new study has revealed.
The Mars Perseverance rover has...