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Good News in History, April 18
80 years ago today, the inaugural hearing of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also called the World Court, was held at the Peace...
Good News in History, April 17
60 years ago today, Americans got their first glimpse of Ford's new sporty car. The Mustang first appeared in showrooms at the 1964 World...
In Time for Tax Day: 10,000 Ancient Bamboo Slats Reveal Meticulous Details of Governance from Famous Period
An ancient trove of literary records, the kind that simply does not come about in Western archeology, was found in an old well in...
Good News in History, April 14
41 years ago today, EMI released David Bowie's 15th studio album Let's Dance. The album became Bowie's greatest commercial success, with 11 million albums sold and...
Mexican Wolf Numbers Growing in U.S. for 8th Consecutive Year, Soon to Be Howling at a Reserve Near You
The wild population of Mexican wolves saw another year of growth in 2023, according to the results of the annual survey published by the...
India Approves Massive $9 Bil. Rooftop Solar Plan with Panels for 10 Million Homes
Passed in February, a massive subsidy program to help Indian households install rooftop solar panels in their homes and apartments aims to provide 30...
Good News in History, April 10
99 years ago today, one of the great American novels, The Great Gatsby was published. F. Scott Fitzgerald's work was a commercial disappointment and strangely,...
‘The Javan tiger still exists’ – DNA Found May Herald an ‘Extinct Species’ Comeback
Ripi Yanuar Fajar and his four friends say they’ll never forget the evening after Indonesia’s Independence Day celebration in 2019 when they encountered a...
British Man Finishes His Run Across Africa: 385 Marathons in 352 days
A red-headed Brit named Russ Cook claims he's become the first person ever to run across the entire length of Africa after crossing a...
Good News in History, April 9
15 years ago, Parks and Recreation, a television mockumentary debuted on NBC, and leaped right into the hearts of millions of Americans. Without being...
Good News in History, April 7
93 years ago today, perhaps the greatest American whistleblower in history, Daniel Ellsberg was born. In March of last year, Ellsberg revealed to the...
Destructive Gold Miners Work Overtime to Restore Thousands of Acres of Amazon Rainforest
In the Madre de Dios region of southern Peru, small, artisanal gold mines and the miners that work them have become a source of...
Good News in History, April 5
On this day, 26 years ago, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge opened to traffic linking the City of Kobe on the main island of Honshu, to...
Global Life Expectancy Rises by 6.2 Years After Drop in Deaths from Stroke, Diarrhea, and Respiratory Infections
Reductions in deaths from leading killers in the developing world such as as diarrhea, lower respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia, and stroke,...
Premiere of Innovative Low-Carbon Cement: Will ‘Be in That Building for Decades to Come’
Two firms in Boston have just laid the foundations of a large building using a USA-made zero-carbon cement mixture, representing one of the first...
Good News in History, April 4
60 years ago today, Beatlemania was in full bloom as the band held every one of the top five spots on the US singles...
Must-Have Travel App Offers Peace of Mind, Averting Any Crisis with Real-Time Advisories and Personal Response Team
When I was young, backpacking through Europe with my sister, we took a train into Paris completely unaware that the Seine had flooded the...
How Singapore Became an Unexpected Stronghold for a Critically Endangered Bird
From the sprawling urban city-state of Singapore comes the unlikely story of a critically endangered songbird and a dedicated group of environmentalists helping it...
Good News in History, April 3
Happy Birthday to Dame Jane Goodall who turns 90 years old today. The beloved British primatologist first observed chimpanzees creating tools in 1960 (and...
Good News in History, April 1
51 years ago today, the federal government of India, under the administration of Indira Gandhi, implemented Project Tiger, a comprehensive strategy to try and...