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Amateur Paleontologists Discover Site of Epic Importance–400 Fossils from 470M Years Ago Amid Global Warming
Two amateur paleontologists have discovered a site of 'worldwide importance' in France containing nearly 400 fossils that date back 470 million years.
The exceptionally well-preserved...
Good News in History, February 4
24 years ago today, World Cancer Day was initiated on February 4th after The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of...
Good News in History, February 1
60 years ago today, the British Invasion arrived in the US after The Beatles reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with I Want...
Newly Discovered Giant Dinosaur Species May Be Closest Known Relative of T. rex
A newly discovered giant dinosaur species may be the closest relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, and could even represent the moment that the genus experimented with...
Good News in History, January 16
45 years ago today, Life on Earth debuted on BBC 2. Its gravitas at the time for British television has a parallel in our time to...
Good News in History, January 13
239 years ago today, The Times of London published its first ever broadsheet. Originally founded as The Daily Universal Register, The Times used contributions from...
Good News in History, December 30
133 years ago today, the American author, recordist, and expatriate Paul Bowles, was born. Living in Tangier, Morocco for 47 years, Bowles would publish...
Good News in History, December 27
Happy 52nd birthday to Big Duncan Ferguson, the Scottish striker who racked up over 200 appearances for Everton FC scoring 58 goals. Whether you...
Good News in History, December 15
10 years ago today, China became the third nation to land a rover on the moon with their Chang'e-3 orbiter and rover. The soft...
Ten New Species of Trilobites Discovered in Ancient Ash Reveal Missing Pieces of World Puzzle
Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of Thailand, could be the missing pieces in an...
Good News in History, November 24
On this day, 159 years ago, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born. As a post-impressionist, Toulouse-Lautrec observed and documented with great psychological insight the personalities...
Good News in History, November 23
60 years ago today, the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on the BBC. An Unearthly Child, starring William Hartnell, is set amid a...
Good News in History, November 21
This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—November 21.
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...
Good News in History, November 8
732 years ago today, the Republic of Venice passed a law confining the city's growing glassmaking industry to the island of Murano, giving birth...
A Zoo Is Fighting to Bring Lioness and Her 3 Cubs Abandoned in War-Torn Ukraine to Britain
Zoo animals are always in great danger during wartime, but the Yorkshire Wildlife Park has been working to get a lioness mother and her...
Good News in History, October 21
40 years ago today, the meter was standardized to its current form, providing grounds for all the subsequent increments such as millimeters, centimeters, and...
Wild Mushroom Harvest Helps Keep Trees Standing in Mozambique
By Ryan Truscott.
Lomwé and Macua communities in Mozambique’s Zambezia province traditionally harvest wild mushrooms to eat alongside staples like cassava. Conservationists are working with...
Good News in History, October 6
112 years ago today, Beatrix de Rijk became the first female licensed Dutch aircraft pilot. This pioneering aviator was born in Surabaya, modern-day Indonesia...
Good News in History, October 2
66 years ago today, a new island, or Ilha Novo, appeared on the edge of the westernmost island (Faial) in the Azores chain after...