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Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel
Materials that are both strong and lightweight can improve everything from cars to airplanes to medical equipment. Now, researchers have created an extraordinarily strong...
Good News in History, August 21
Happy 35th birthday to Robert Lewandowski, the greatest Pole to ever kick a soccer ball. He is part of a small group of elite...
Good News in History, August 18
60 years ago today, James Meredith became the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi, 2 years after his famous challenge...
500 Million Year-Old Jellyfish–Oldest Ever Found–May Have Swallowed Prey Whole
Cast the metaphorical (and metaphorically real) net back into the sea 500 million years ago and you'd pull up a variety of strange creatures...
1912 Schoolhouse Not Only Saved from Demolition—But Moved to a Tribal Reservation That Needed One–WATCH
In a neighborhood of Vancouver, a small antique schoolhouse that had looked over Maple Avenue since 1912 became slated for demolition.
But it turned out...
Good News in History, July 16
254 years ago, Father Junípero Serra, a Spanish missionary, found the Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the second such mission in The Californias. This...
Good News in History, June 25
113 years ago today, Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird premiered in Paris' Palais Garnier, bringing international acclaim to the Russian. Based on a Russian fable of...
Good News in History, June 21
Happy 40th birthday to the whistleblower Edward Snowden, a man who chose to live a life of permanent prosecution by his home government, rather...
Good News in History, June 18
100 years ago today, Checker Cab put its first taxi on the streets. Based in Chicago, The Checker, particularly the 1959 Checker sedans, became...
Another Study Shows Daily Multivitamin for People Over 60 Slows Memory Decline That Comes With Aging
People over 60 who take a daily multivitamin pill may be slowing age-related memory decline, according to a new study that amplifies similar findings...
Download a Free Native-Plant Garden Plan for Your Specific Region
Native gardening isn't only beneficial to the animals in your environment, it's also a lot less of a hassle because you don't need to...
Good News in History, May 9
637 years ago today, the Treaty of Windsor, the world's oldest international accord still in force, was signed between Great Britain and Portugal. It...
Researchers Develop Water Treatment that Zaps ‘Forever Chemicals’ for Good
There's been a lot of talk recently about so-called "forever chemicals" and how our society can use new technologies to remove these old toxins...
Refugee is Reunited With Beloved Dog After a Year Apart Since Fleeing Afghanistan
An Afghan refugee living in British Colombia was finally reunited with her dog Lucky after 10 months apart.
Sending Lucky and her cat Leo aboard...
The Fascinating and Brilliant Woman Who Mapped the Secrets of the Ocean Floor to Upend Scientific Thought
As massive a project as it would see to be now, once upon a time humanity needed to formulate the theory of...
Bioengineers Devise a Way of Growing Skin in the Shape of Hands That Can be Pulled on ‘Like a Glove’
If you’ve ever tried gift-wrapping an odd-shaped present like a teddy bear, you can appreciate the challenge that surgeons face when grafting artificial skin...
Compounds That Can Stop COVID From Infecting Human Cells Discovered in a Sea Sponge
Compounds that could stop coronavirus and flu viruses from infecting human cells have been discovered in sea sponges.
Researchers unearthed 26 such compounds found in...
How Successful Has the Endangered Species Act Been in its 5 Decades of Protection? Hint: It’s Very Good News
Reprinted via EarthTalk®, From the Editors of E - The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: The Endangered Species Act has been around for five decades. How...
How the Army Corps of Engineers Made Us Love Their 2023 Calendar: They Added Giant Cats! (And it’s Free)
Engineering might be boring to over half the country, but this government agency got creative in imagining the purr-fect way to engage everyone.
The new...
Breakthrough Obesity Treatment in Early Research Can Target Bad Fat Anywhere in the Body
Folks struggling with obesity might wonder that with all the medical miracles modern technology has produced, how come there isn't a more sure-fire way...