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Good News in History, May 13
65 years ago today, Ben Carlin became the world's first, and still only man, to circumnavigate the Earth in an amphibious vehicle. He traveled...
Former NBA Star Rick Fox is Manufacturing Concrete That Absorbs More CO2 Than it Creates
If someone asked you what Rick Fox was famous for, you would have to say the three NBA Championships he won with the Lakers,...
Formerly Homeless Hero Stops Runaway Baby Stroller Moments Before it Rolls into Traffic
In the town of Hesperia, California, a great aunt watched helplessly as a baby stroller was carried by a gust of wind toward a...
‘Hero’ 13-Year-old Grabs Steering Wheel and Stops School Bus After Driver Passes Out (Watch)
A 7th grader in Warren, Michigan is being hailed as a hero after his quick thinking averted a disaster aboard a school bus.
Lois E....
One of Britain’s Oldest and Greatest Oak Trees Gets $7,000 Hug from Community
In the southern Scottish town of Jedburgh, an old neighbor recently received a helping hand from the community.
A 700-1,000-year-old sessile oak, known as the...
Hero Pilot Guides Novice Aviator in Emergency Landing After He Sees Her Tire Fall Off
A young pilot is thanking her lucky stars there was someone on hand to guide her down into an emergency landing after she lost...
‘Hero’ Dogs From Rescue Operation in Turkey Get First Class Seats on Airliners Flying Them Home
When the full extent of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria became apparent, rescuers came from around the world and across political boundaries...
Heinz Looks for Man Who Survived a Month at Sea Eating Only Ketchup So They Can Buy Him a Boat
Spotting an opportunity to change someone's life and nab some pretty stunning publicity in the process, Heinz is looking to get in contact with...
Ringed Planet That Defies Known Physics Discovered in Outer Reaches of Our Solar System
It turns out that Saturn isn't the only married planet in the solar system. A European telescope has found a new dwarf planet right...
Deaths by Extreme Weather and Aviation Accidents Have Never Been Lower than Now
When a plane begins to shake from turbulence, it's hardly surprising that most people become nervous. However the last few years have been the...
Critical Discovery Highlights Weaknesses of Asteroids, Should Earth Ever Need to Destroy One
Recent surveys of the composition of an asteroid as old as our solar system has revealed a key strength that humanity must work around...
This Crew of Street Veterinarians Treat the Pets of L.A.’s Homeless Residents of Skid Row
There aren't many willing to voluntarily go out to spend the day on Skid Row, and even fewer with the goal of giving away...
Marine Archaeologists Recover Nearly 300 Artifacts from Finest Preserved Wooden Shipwreck
8 years after Arctic researchers discovered the lost wreck of HMS Erebus, the team has finally been able to see it with their own...
These Guys Make Edible Cement From Food Waste – And You Can Literally Add it to Your Gingerbread House
A pair of Japanese researchers have launched a startup that turns food waste into cement with 4-times better bending resistance.
The potential applications are endless,...
Bangladesh Farmers Digging Simple Wells Have Created an Irrigation Wonder–With Rice Overflowing
Over the last 40 years, small-holder farmers in Bangladesh have, using very simple methods, turned the dry Bengal Basin into one of the richest...
Loss of Climate-Crucial Mangrove Forests Has Slowed to Near-Negligible Amount Worldwide, Report Hails
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
They are one of the most unique and fundamental...
Jeff Bezos Just Gave $100 Million to Dolly Parton for Her Charity as the 3rd Winner of His ‘Courage & Civility Award’ Prize
At a recent event, Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos named Dolly Parton as the latest winner of his Courage and Civility Award.
The award recognizes leaders...
Researchers Found Ancient Village Remarkably-Preserved by Vesuvius Eruption, 2,000 Years Before Pompeii
2,000 years before Pompeii, an Early Bronze Age village was almost perfectly preserved— then hidden for centuries—after Mount Vesuvius erupted one autumn day.
Uncovered during...
Ms. Shackleton’s Café Boat Becomes First in 100 Years to be Christened ‘Endurance’ After Government Heard Her Surname
The great-great niece of legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton has been granted permission to name her café boat Endurance, after the ship Ernest sailed...
Patagonia Gives Away Its Entire $3 Billion Worth To Fight Climate Change
Practicing what he preaches, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard donates the entire $3 billion of his apparel company's valuation to fight climate change.
As staunch an...