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Netherlands to Return Nearly 500 Looted Objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka

Two museums in the Netherlands have decided to repatriate 472 artifacts to Sri Lanka and Indonesia which the museums claim were taken under duress...

Stunning 2,000-Year-old Glass Bowl is Still Flawless After Archaeologists Dig it Up in Netherlands

The Romans were excellent glazers, and an eye-opening testament to that fact was recently unearthed in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. A blue ruffled-glass...

The ‘World’s Longest’ 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge Erected in The Netherlands

In the Netherlands, a country famous for all manner of methods for surmounting aquatic obstacles, an engineering company recently completed the world's largest 3D-printed...

He Saved a Stranger From Drowning in India, Now They’re Married in the Netherlands

In the real world, falling in love isn’t usually an adventure that literally begins with a daring ocean rescue—but sometimes that’s exactly how a...

Netherlands to Build Roads With Recycled Plastic From the Ocean

The PlasticRoad project won't just be clearing ocean pollution with their recycled roads. The roads will be more durable and easier to maintain.

Bike Path Inspired by Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Opens in Netherlands

Inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s work, "Starry Night," a new twinkling bike path evokes the color and light within the world-famous painting, while also...
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Netherlands to Close Prisons for Lack of Criminals

The Netherlands is closing eight prisons due to a decline in crime that has left many cells empty. The Dutch ministry's research department expects...

Man Discovers Attic Filled with Looted Art from Battle of Okinawa–Works with FBI to Repatriate it All to Preserve History

Last year, a Massachusetts resident and his family were going through the personal effects of a deceased grandfather and happened to come across a...

Your Horoscope for the Week – ‘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...

Precocious Child Identifies Japanese Wolf Specimen Amid Museum Collection, Encouraged to Publish Scientific Paper

From Japan's metropolitan heart comes the story of a young woman with a love for nature getting her paws in the door of a...

Good News in History, February 18

Happy 70th Birthday to John Travolta, star of such films as Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Hairspray, and Swordfish. His accolades...

Good News in History, February 6

32 years ago today, the Sámi People of Arctic Scandinavia/Russia established a day celebrating their existence. With a special delegation at the EU, the...

Single-Dose of Gene Therapy Hailed as ‘Magic Wand’ for Patients with Deadly Condition, Transforming Lives

CRISPR is at it again: this time providing a single-dose option to cure a debilitating genetic disorder called hereditary angioedema. Patients who took part in...

Good News in History, January 23

80 years ago today, the classic film Casablanca premiered on screens across the US. Beloved for the onscreen chemistry between the two lead actors,...

Apes Remember Friends Even Though They’ve Not Seen Them for 25 Years (LOOK)

Apes can recognize friends they haven’t seen for decades, reveals new research from Johns Hopkins University. The study, documenting the longest lasting non-human social memories...

Good News in History, December 5

144 years ago today, Clyde Cessna was born. Founding the Cessna Aircraft Company in the 1920s, the company was one of the highest-volume and...

Good News in History, November 25

43 years ago today, "Sugar" Ray Leonard reclaimed his WBC Welterweight world championship in New Orleans after a masterful display that famously, infamously, left...

Good News in History, November 15

6 years ago, Pakistani archeologists revealed to the world the finished excavations of the Bhamala Stupa, one of the oldest in the world, and...

Good News in History, November 12

Happy 70th birthday to Baaba Maal, the Senegalese singer and guitarist, who is one of the most important musical exports from the country. Pop...

11th c. Monastery Gets Back Statues from Two US Museums–And Discovers Hundreds of Treasures in the Process

A Buddhist monastery in Nepal is experiencing a true renaissance following a series of museum repatriations that brought about an increased interest in the...