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UCLA is Launching the World’s First Research Institute on the Science of Kindness
The UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute is set to support kindness research and create opportunities to translate that research into real-world practices.
UCLA Surgeons Develop Simple Spray Gel to Super-Charge Immunity and Prevent Cancer From Returning
A team of researchers have developed a spray-on gel that could prevent cancer from returning to plague a patient after surgery.
Many people who are...
‘Big Bang Theory’ Funds Science Scholarships to UCLA
With this “Big Bang” comes the creation of a new generation of scientists.
The cast and creative minds behind their hit TV show have announced...
UCLA Summer Academy Steers Foster Children Toward College
For foster children, the prospect of ever completing college is remote: fewer than 3% of all kids in foster care ever earn a degree....
Thousands of UCLA Students Fan Out Across City for Day of Service (w/ Video)
An army of 5,000 college freshman dressed in blue tee shirts boarded 100 buses on their first day at UCLA, fanning out across...
UCLA Scientists Make Paralyzed Rats Walk Again After Spinal Cord Injury
UCLA researchers have discovered that a combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and regular exercise can enable paralyzed rats to walk and even run...
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...
60 of Rock’s Greatest Icons Play on New Charity Song–Answering Mark Knopfler’s Call to Help Teens w Cancer
In a heartwarming display of camaraderie, dozens of guitar gods and rock music icons answered the call to produce a charity single to benefit...
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...
Deaf Children Are First Humans to Have Hearing Pathway Restored in Dramatic Demonstration of New Gene Therapy
In China, a true medical breakthrough has been achieved in a human trial that had as many as 10 children born deaf have their...
Good News in History, June 17
90 years ago today, Harry Browne, among the first men to introduce Libertarianism to a national audience, was born in New York. Browne was...
Small Acts of Kindness Are Universal: Global Study Finds People Help Each Other Every 2 Minutes
An international study of people on five continents has found that humans help each other with small things about every 2 minutes, and acquiesce...
Breakthrough Might Finally Destroy the Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Our Water
FAS, a group of manufactured chemicals commonly used since the 1940s, are called ‘forever chemicals’ for a reason. Bacteria can’t eat them; fire can’t...
Snacking on Grapes May Add 4-5 Years to Lifespans of Those Who Regularly Eat Fast Food
New research suggests that snacking on grapes might combat the effects of consuming a junk food diet—flushing out the refined fats and sugars of...
Going to Festivals Can Connect You to Humanity, Make You More Likely to Help Strangers for 6 Months: Yale
Going to a festival can leave you more connected to humanity and more willing to help strangers for at least six months afterwards, a...
65 Different Species of Animals Laugh, Says a New Study
Human laughter is common, but it’s a somewhat mysterious part of our evolution. It’s clear to evolutionary scholars that we laugh as a part...
Listen to Millions of Monarch Butterflies Make One of the Rarest Sounds on Earth: ‘Just like a waterfall’
Monarch butterflies, fluttering in their millions on 3,000-mile journeys, as luminous as stained glass. Seeing them mass migrate is one of the world's great...
Professor Develops Technology That Cools People Down – Without Electricity or AC
If in mid-summer you went onto the top of the Grocery Outlet supermarket in Stockton, California, and placed your hand on the strange, glossy...
Deeply Empathetic People Process Music Differently in Their Brains
People with who deeply feel the pain or happiness of others differ in the way their brains process music, according to one study.
The researchers...