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Good News in History, July 31
86 years ago today, a pair of remarkable treasures were uncovered in the palace called Apadana, in the ruins of the Persian capital of...
Good News in History, July 30
On this day 94 years ago, at the conclusion of the inaugural FIFA World Cup, La Celeste, or Uruguay, won the trophy. Rarely considered as favorites...
Good News in History, July 29
On this day last year, scientists discovered that a pair of ancient roundworms frozen in Siberian permafrost over 46,000 years ago, were thawed out...
Botanists Vote to Remove Apartheid Slur from Plant Species Names in Africa
Over 200 plants will have their species name changed to remove an offensive South African apartheid-era racial slur after the results of a vote...
Good News in History, July 26
6 years ago today, Civil Rights leader and Congressman John Lewis' body was carried across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma with a military...
Blood Test That Detects Sepsis in 10 Minutes by Squeezing Blood Cells – Hailed as ‘the Holy Grail’
A life-saving blood test that can detect sepsis in under ten minutes by squeezing white blood cells could be available in as many as...
Good News in History, July 25
149 years ago today, the British hunter, naturalist, and author, Jim Corbett was born. He was often hired by various Indian legislatures to hunt...
Good News in History, July 23
4 years ago today, China launched the Mission Tianwen-1, or "Heavenly Questions" to Mars, becoming the second nation to have a presence there. It...
Good News in History, July 21
14 years ago today, Turkish-American Erden Eruç became the first person to perform a human-powered circumnavigation of the world, in a journey of 41,000...
Good News in History, July 17
69 years ago today, Disneyland was dedicated and opened in Anaheim, California. It is the most visited theme park in world history with 757...
Good News in History, July 15
And, 69 years ago today, 18 Nobel laureate scientists signed the Mainau Declaration publicly decrying nuclear weapons. Within one year, 34 others—mostly chemists and...
Good News in History, July 14
On this day in 1912, Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma. The folk singer and songwriter who traveled with farmers displaced during the...
Good News in History, July 13
On this day 231 years ago, John Clare, the "peasant poet" was born. Living his whole life in the countryside of Northamptonshire, he was...
Good News in History, July 12
129 years ago, the architect, visionary, and writer Buckminster Fuller was born. Fuller developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known...
Hobbyist Restores Steam Locomotive to Pristine Condition–Puffs Down the Tracks for the First Time in 44 Years
It's easy to be romantic about trains, but that typically doesn't grow into a hobby, at least for everyone other than Iain Smith from...
Good News in History, July 11
88 years ago today, The RFK Bridge, also known as the Triborough Bridge, opened to traffic in New York City. Together, the series of...
Good News in History, July 8
Happy 80th Birthday to Jeffery Tambor, famous for staring in 4 seasons as the Bluth Family patriarch on Fox/Netflix's Arrested Development, which earned him 3...
Good News in History, July 7
41 years ago today, Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flew to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov on an...
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
Good News in History, July 5
10 years ago today, the Juno spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a mission to study Jupiter. Having now completed 42 flybys,...