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Good News in History, June 9
Happy 63rd Birthday to Michael J. Fox, the Canadian actor who became famous for his appearances in Back to the Future, and for his...
Good News in History, June 6 – the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
80 years ago today, 160,000 troops from Britain, America, and Canada—along with a dozen other nations—stormed five sandy beaches along the Normandy Coast, intending...
Data from Battery-Powered Trains Shows Swapping Batteries for Diesel Saves 12 Million Tons of Emissions Every Year
Thanks to performance and operational data from their trains in Germany, the rail giant Siemens is convinced its new battery-powered trains can completely replace...
Good News in History, June 2
80 years ago today, composer Marvin Hamlisch, one of only two people to have ever won the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, along...
Good News in History, May 30
49 years ago today, the European Space Agency was founded by ten member states: Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden,...
Hitachi Rail Develops Battery Unit Set to Decarbonize Rail Travel on Retrofitted Trains
The first test trial in Britain's history of a diesel-powered train retrofitted with a battery took place last Friday.
The train's battery unit, which generates...
Good News in History, May 28
92 years ago today, one of Europe's greatest landscape engineering projects, the Afsuiltdijk, was completed in the Netherlands, proving that newly-mechanized Man could tame...
Trendy ‘Libraries of Things’ Let You Borrow All Kinds of Stuff–Rather Than Buying it
Does your two-year-old need a winter coat for a skiing holiday that they will outgrow before the following winter? What if there's a cosmic...
Good News in History, May 21
553 years ago today, Albrecht Dürer was born in Nuremberg. This incredible draftsman, engraver, printmaker, and painter was probably the most famous European creator...
‘Old age’ Starts Later Than Ever in the Eye of the Beholder And in Yourself, Study Reveals
Middle-aged and older adults believe that old age begins later in life than their peers did decades ago according to a new study.
It's enough...
Good News in History, May 9
638 years ago today, the Treaty of Windsor, the world's oldest international accord still in force, was signed between Great Britain and Portugal. It...
Good News in History, May 8
Happy 98th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough, the legendary naturalist, broadcaster and producer who created and wrote the influential documentaries Life on Earth (in...
White-Tailed Eagle Breeds in Belgium for First Time in 500 Years
White-tailed eagles nesting and breeding in Belgium has been observed for the first time since Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European...
Good News in History, May 7
18 years ago today, at the final match of Arsenal's home stadium of Highbury, their star forward Thierry Henry scored a hattrick against Wigan...
Ape Treating His Wound Using Medicinal Plant is a World First for a Wild Animal
Even though there is evidence of certain self-medication behaviors in animals, so far it has never been known that animals treat their wounds with...
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, 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 23
110 years ago today, the first-ever baseball game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Then known as Weeghman Park, its original occupants were...
Struggling Manatee Was Close to Dying but Florida Deputy Held it Afloat for 2 Hours
Despite weighing a tiny fraction of the creature's massive bulk, a determined Pinellas County deputy leaped into shallow water to save a manatee struggling...
Good News in History, April 15
136 years ago today, Corrie ten Boom was born in Haarlem. A Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, ten Boom...