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Good News in History, October 9
On this day, in Game 2 of the 1909 World Series, Ty Cobb stole home base. The details around this famous of all capers...
How To Love Yourself: 5 Ways to Let Go of the River Bank and Go With the Flow
The Lesson: Today's Good Talk teaches 5 ways to love yourself and be in the flow of your life using the philosophy of Lao...
Your New Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
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 26
Happy 80th Birthday to Sir Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. Born in Kent, England to a teacher and hairdresser, he’s spent more than...
Video Games Are Not Associated with Harming Brains of Preteens, According to a New Study
Showing that scientific work so often disproves intuitive rationalization, a recent study found that video games are not damaging children’s brains, but also that...
76-year-old Student Finally Graduates 50 Years After He Began His Ph.D. in Philosophy
Newly-graduated 'Doctor' Nick Axten said it took him “a long hard think” to get his doctoral dissertation in order, which is probably what most...
The Humble Pigeon Uses Same Learning Process as Artificial Intelligence, Says Iowa Study
Can a pigeon match wits with artificial intelligence? At a very basic level, yes.
In a new study, psychologists at the University of Iowa examined...
Ancient Cave Markings Finally Decoded By Amateur Scientist–A Calendar of When Animals Mated 20,000 Years Ago
An amateur scientist has decoded the meaning of cave markings used in Ice Age drawings—a communication system of early 'writing' dating back 14,000 years...
Chimpanzees Share Experiences With Each Other ‘Just Because’–A Trait Once Thought to Be Only Human (WATCH)
When you're out with your friends, how often do you want to share an experience by saying something like, ‘Wow, look at that’?
Now we...
Living Near Water as a Child is Linked to Better Mental Health and Well-being in Adulthood: Study
Using research from 18 countries, a new study concludes that adults with better mental health are more likely to report having spent time playing...
Complimenting a Stranger is What We’d Most Like to Do in Public But Don’t Have the Guts, Says Top 10 Survey
Complimenting a stranger in the street is the top thing adults would most like to do in public, but don't have the guts, according...
Their Bodies Age, But Seniors Have Higher Emotional Well-Being – Here’s Why
Written by Tim Vernimmen, this article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine, a nonprofit publication dedicated to making scientific knowledge accessible to all.
Bodies lose their...
Smartphones ‘Can Boost Memory Skills’ by Freeing Up Our Brains to Remember Other Things
Far from being dumb or making us dumb, the use of smartphones can actually boost people’s memory skills, according to a new study.
Scientists say...
Livin’ Good Currency Ep. 15: Improving Business Acumen by Embracing all Kinds of Insecurity
The Lesson: There's no place in the structure of a business where someone should be exempt from help, vulnerability, and failure. Whereas some people coach...
What Did Albert Einstein, Da Vinci, and Steve Jobs Have in Common: Dyslexia – Why They’re Top Achievers
Dyslexia has affected some of history's greatest minds—including Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, and Sir Stephen Hawking.
The list also includes billionaire entrepreneurs—like...
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...
Adventurous Play Helps Boosts Children’s Mental Health, Research Says
Children who spend more time playing adventurously have lower symptoms of anxiety and depression, and were happier over the first Covid-19 lockdown, according to...
Why Our Brains See Faces Everywhere – And Monkeys Do Too
It's so commonplace we barely give it a second thought, but human brains seem hardwired to see human faces where there are none—in objects...
Livin’ Good Currency – Ep 8: Sheetal Sheth on Uplifting Hearts and Minds Through Storytelling
The Lesson: Sheetal Sheth grew up in the middle of a 1st generation immigrant story, but as the years went by, and Indian culture became...
Constructive Feedback Is Surprisingly Welcome – So ‘Just do it’
People consistently underestimate others’ desire for constructive feedback and therefore don’t provide it, even when it could improve another person’s performance on a task,...