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Good News in History, August 30
187 years ago today, the city of Melbourne was founded in southeast Australia. A traditional meeting place of several Aboriginal peoples including the Boonwurrung,...
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 19
This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—August 19.
Taylor Swift is a Hero to Food Banks Across the U.S. at Each Stop of Her Eras Tour
Economists told CNN recently that Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is becoming such a massive phenomenon that it's having demonstrable impacts on the US economy...
Good News in History, August 4
231 years ago today, Percy Shelley, one of the leading poets of the Romanticists, was born. A radical in his poetry as well as...
Good News in History, July 20
50 years ago today, Congress passed the War Powers Act, a bill aimed at reaffirming the mindset of the houses of Congress that it...
Good News in History, June 27
On this day 125 years ago, Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation in the world, amazingly, on a sailing yacht he built himself...
Good News in History, May 25
60 years ago, the Organization for African Unity (OAU) was formed in Ethiopia with 32 members. The founding Chairman was the founding father of...
See the Moon Under the “Da Vinci Glow” in the Next Three Days
There's a unique kind of crescent moon in the sky tonight (May 24th,) and possibly the next two days as well.
It's a crescent moon...
90-Year-old Tortoise Becomes a Father For the First Time With Partner of 29 Years –Triplets!
Mr. Pickles, a 90-year-old radiated tortoise and the oldest animal at the Houston Zoo, became a father for the first time last week.
Mr. Pickles...
DNA From 4 US Presidents Including George Washington Set to Blast Into Space–With DNA from Space Pioneers
Reprinted with alterations from World at Large, an independent news outlet that covers conflict, nature, travel, health and fitness, and more.
The DNA of George...
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...
First 2-Story Home to be 3D Printed in the U.S. Reaches for the Sky in Texas
“An enormous printer weighing more than 12 tons is creating what is believed to be the first 3D-printed, two-story home in the United States.”
That's...
Bats Fly Again Under the Bridge Where Rescuers Found 1,500 of Them Freezing on the Ground
There are a lot of animals far easier to love and care for than bats, but that didn't stop Houston Humane Society from rescuing...
Ukraine Girl Bereft Without Her Cat is Reunited Thanks to Kind Strangers in 5 Countries and 7,000 Miles–WATCH
A truly astonishing story of war-time goodwill to mend a 10-year-old's broken heart will bring a tear to almost anyone's eyes.
Nearly a dozen people,...
Boy With Crippling ‘Suicide Disease’ Takes First Steps in a Year After Traveling to US for Pioneering Treatment
A young boy with a crippling condition that is so painful it's dubbed the 'suicide disease' has taken his first steps in almost a...
Scientists Finally Provide Relief For Depression By Locating Exact Target for Deep Brain Stimulation
Although it was a small study on 10 patients, researchers at the University of Texas Health–Houston were able to achieve something long out of...
7 Healthy Habits Can Almost Halve Our Risk of Dying From Stroke and Protect Against Alzheimer’s
Seven healthy habits can almost halve people's risk of suffering a life-threatening stroke, according to new research.
They include being active, eating better, losing weight,...
Electric Cars Could Be Made With Plastic From Clunkers According to New Research
Electric cars could be made with plastic from old clunkers, according to new research.
Bumpers, carpets, mats, seating, seals, and door casings have been turned...
Ice May Be Hiding in Ancient Moon Volcanoes
Billions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions broke loose on the moon, blanketing hundreds of thousands of square miles of the orb's...