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Discovery of Immense Fortifications Dating Back 4,000 Years Enclose Khaybar Oasis in Northwest Arabia
Far from the archaeological hotspots of the world like the Fertile Crescent or Italy that produce new finds every month, an incredible discovery on...
Good News in History, January 7
127 years ago today, the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil, held its first performance during the heyday of the city's rubber boom. It was...
Good News in History, January 1
174 years ago today, the world's first "Mercy" Hospital was founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland....
Good News in History, December 24
84 years ago today, beginning in the year of his election, Pope Pious XII gave a Christmas Eve radio broadcast with a passionate plea...
Good News in History, December 22
163 years ago today, Giacomo Puccini was born. Considered as the greatest composer of Italian opera in history alongside or perhaps just behind Verdi,...
Good News in History, December 19
162 years ago today, Italo Svevo, a pioneer of Italian literature, was born in Trieste. Considered alongside James Joyce as a father of the...
Exciting Clinical Trials of New Stem Cell Injection Treatment Shows Promise for Halting Multiple Sclerosis
A collaborative study involving experts in Europe and the US found the treatment of stem cells appears to protect the brains of MS patients...
Good News in History, December 2
Happy 40th Birthday to Aaron Rodgers, the sensational NFL QB best known for his consistency, accuracy, and completions in the end zone. Playing almost...
Good News in History, November 30
237 years ago today is celebrated as the first known date of the abolition of the death penalty in a Western nation-state. Commemorated today...
Bumper Snowfall to Start Early Ski Season in Europe: ‘One of the best starts I can remember’
Last week, ski resorts from the French Alps right the way down to the Dolomites are reporting over 3 feet, or a meter of...
Dominica Creates World’s First Sperm Whale Reserve–for the 200 That Call the Island Home
Sperm whales are the ocean's greatest nomads, but one island in the Caribbean is creating a permanent home for them.
A roughly 300 square mile...
Good News in History, November 16
66 years ago today, Hall of Famer Bill Russell registered the single-game record for most rebounds with 49 as the Boston Celtics beat the...
Archaeologists Find 24 Bronze Statues ‘Without Equal’ Preserved in Tuscany for 2,300 Years That ‘Rewrite History’
Whilst excavating Roman-era baths in the Tuscan hills outside Siena, archaeologists have stumbled upon what is quite simply one of the most significant discoveries...
Good News in History, November 11
202 years ago today, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow. Numerous literary critics consider him the greatest novelist in all world history. Most...
School Teaches Students on Opposite Ends of Violent Conflicts – Reconciliation Over Revenge
In Italy, a one-of-a-kind school sees Palestinians graduating alongside Israelis, Americans with Tribal origins alongside those with European origins, and Bosnian Muslims next to...
‘Secret Room’ Where Michelangelo Hid Beneath Trap Door is Covered With His Drawings–And Now Opens to Public
The walls of a “secret” underground room discovered in 1975, covered in sketches by the persecuted Michelangelo, are now being unveiled to the public...
Good News in History, November 1
67 years ago today, the Indian government passed the States Reorganization Act, something the British really should have done themselves, which redivided large swaths...
Good News in History, October 28
61 years ago today, the whole world breathed a sigh of relief as the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev...
Woman Becomes First Human to be Fitted with Nerve and Bone Fused Bionic Limb
A Swedish woman named Karin has become the first person to ever receive a below-the-elbow prosthetic that fuses bone with metal and electrodes.
An incredible...
Good News in History, October 15
26 years ago today, NASA and ESA's Cassini Mission, meant to gather data on Saturn and its moons, was launched from Cape Canaveral. The...