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Poet Decides to Use $500K Genius Grant to Send Caregivers on Vacations

For two years, Heather McHugh held on to half-million dollars. After being awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant for her poetry, she just couldn’t decide...
Elodie Ghedin, parasitologist-virologist and Macarthur fellow

Meet the 22 MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winners for 2011, From Science to Music

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Tuesday named 22 new MacArthur Fellows for 2011 who will each receive one half million dollars...

Tribute to Tender Comedic Genius Gene Wilder (1933–2016) With VIDEO

The star of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Blazing Saddles peacefully passed away today at the age of 83.
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New Crop of MacArthur Fellows Get Half Million Each to Expand on Their Genius

23 people learned recently that they had been picked to receive $500,000 each to fund their work, with no strings attached. Known as genius grants,...
Bee researcher Marla Spivak, courtesy of MacArthur Foundation

$500,000 Out of the Blue for 23 Geniuses – No Strings Attached

The 2010 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Award' recipients were announced yesterday and include a stone carver, a quantum astrophysicist, a jazz pianist, a high school...

No Drop in the Bucket: Canadian Plumber Gives $25 Mil to Hospital

That’s a lot of clogged drains — a Canadian plumber has donated $25 million dollars to a British Columbia hospital. The 82-year-old started out as...
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Urban Farmer Envisioning 5-Story Farm Named to Time’s Most Influential 100

It's hard to imagine a five-story farm in the middle of a city, but if Milwaukee urban farmer Will Allen is behind the idea,...
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Urban Farmer Sells Affordable Fruits and Veggies, Envisions Skyscraper Farms

When most people think of farms, they think flat, endless fields of corn or wheat in the heartland of America. Former professional basketball player...

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...

Boy Whose IQ is the Same as Einstein Joins Mensa to Make Some Friends

After receiving the same IQ score as Einstein and Stephen Hawking on a test, a young immigrant to the UK joined a pretty cool...

Good News in History, January 3

156 years ago today, Emperor Mutsuhito announced the formal conclusion to the Tokugawa Shogunate, and thus launched the Meiji Restoration, one of the great...

Good News in History, January 2

18 years ago today, Stardust, the NASA spacecraft flew past the comet 81P/Wild and collected samples of rock and comet dust which were returned...

Good News in History, December 23

102 years ago today, Visva-Bharati University was founded in West Bengal by the Indian poet and polymath Rabindranath Tagore. The brilliant Nobel Prize-winning humanist...

Good News in History, August 26

On this day in 1949, jazz singer Leon Redbone was born in Nicosia, British Cyprus. As American as one might perceive Redbone as being...

Good News in History, August 9

101 years ago today, Philip Larkin, the English poet and novelist was born. A beloved if somewhat polarizing figure, his poetry has been described...

Good News in History, April 14

589 years ago today, the foundation stone for the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, in Nantes, Brittany, was laid. Like many of...

Your Inspiring Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’

Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...

Good News in History, March 30

Happy 59th birthday to singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. Her debut album Tracy Champman has been certified sextuple-platinum and received 6 Grammy Award nominations. Her down low voice...

Best Childhood Memories Include School Trips, So Hyundai is Funding Excursions for 25,000 Students–Apply Today

Almost half of adults in the UK admit their fondest childhood memories include school trips. Nearly one-third even reported that their school trip had...

Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’

Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...