A little good news to brighten your day!
The front pages are feeds dedicated to good news. The wire sections below carry the world's regular news, filtered to uplifting stories.
Oct 19, 2026 · 11:00 UTC
A mere puff of steam could be the ticket to much larger and reliable strawberry yields in California, the LA Times reported. University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) researchers have been developing boiling water vapor as an alternative to chemical fumigants for the sterilization of the soil strawberries are grown in, which are believed to
Oct 19, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
6 years ago today, the high-profile sale of a Ming Dynasty artwork brought the world not only into contact with the most remarkable painting of a stone ever made, but also the depth of the Chinese relationship with the natural world. Called Ten Views of Lingbi Rock, the painting sold for $77 million at auction, the
Oct 18, 2026 · 22:41 UTC
A new study has discovered that contact with nature may help people develop healthier eating habits. The research from Anglia Ruskin University in the UK is reportedly the first to provide evidence that exposure to natural environments can influence people’s relationship with food. The study, published in the journal Body Image, involved 500 UK adults
Oct 18, 2026 · 20:32 UTC
A high school teacher in Sandy Springs, Georgia, got an unexpected surprise on her way to work earlier this month. “It was a pretty wild story,” she told GNN—and it happened just in time to celebrate her Halloween wedding anniversary. “My husband and I were driving to pick up birthday cupcakes for my journalism students
Oct 18, 2026 · 17:19 UTC
An Oregon couple facing financial hardship can now endure the winter in comfort and with ‘peace of mind’ since a new HVAC system was installed in their home at no cost. Diane and Brian Johnsen of Beaverton received a complete heating and cooling system installed—valued at approximately $16,000—with the labor performed by local contractor Aviator
Oct 18, 2026 · 13:42 UTC
Villagers have knitted speed cameras and life-sized traffic cops to fake-out reckless motorists, in a bid to slow down drivers. The locals in Fillongley, Warwickshire, dressed the mannequins in high-visibility vests to look like traffic cops in a crafty bid to cut down on accidents. Members of the town’s Knit and Natter group created the
Oct 18, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
896 years ago today, Zhu Xi, a revolutionary Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty, was born. His shifting of the emphasis from the I Ching to the Four Books reshaped the Chinese view of the world, which is not an easy thing to do. His commentaries and perspectives formed the basis for the Chinese civil service
Oct 17, 2026 · 19:56 UTC
A 99-year-old has become the world’s oldest wing-walker—just three months after her niece saw another elderly woman do it, and the staff at her assisted-living facility urged her to try. This week, Guinness World Records officially bestowed the title on Helga Duffy, who was strapped to the top of a small plane at Rendcomb Airfield
Oct 17, 2026 · 17:20 UTC
Coral bleaching has been reversed at record speed using a new method developed at Stanford University. Corals that were ghostly white returned to full health in their lab in a mere seven weeks—the fastest documented recovery to date. It is the first time scientists have observed bleached corals on the brink of death fully recover
Oct 17, 2026 · 13:51 UTC
A massive shelter dog that weighed the same as a baby hippo has shed the pounds—and found a new home. The huge bulldog named Peggy Sue swelled to 70 pounds (32.5kg) before she was taken to the RSPCA’s West Hatch Animal Centre in England. She was so large she struggled with walking, infections, and overheating,
Oct 17, 2026 · 10:00 UTC
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia:
Oct 17, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
166 years ago today, the Open Championship, also known as the British Open, was first played in Scotland, at the Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire. The oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the four prestigious majors, it rotates between a select group of coastal UK golf courses. READ more about its history… (1860)
Oct 16, 2026 · 18:30 UTC
In March, GNN reported that North America’s largest wildlife overpass had opened in December over Interstate 25 near Larkspur, in Colorado. Now, 10 months on from its opening, data has demonstrated that the 6-lane lifeline for bears, elk, moose, and other animals is working, with 91% fewer collisions between wildlife and vehicles. Measuring 200 feet
Oct 16, 2026 · 15:30 UTC
A new textile used to cover strawberry plants more than tripled fruit yields in field tests, without negatively impacting plant health. Importantly, the technology could also significantly reduce water and pesticide usage in strawberry production. Known as Plant Armor, the carefully designed fabric is simply draped over a strawberry patch and the material’s 3-dimensional structure
Oct 16, 2026 · 13:00 UTC
It’s not just homes that collapse during an earthquake, but cell towers and the networks they maintain. On February 6th, 2023, earthquakes devastated southern Türkiye and northern Syria. When they were needed most, the miracles of modern instantaneous communications were absent as cellular and internet infrastructure was damaged or destroyed. Seeing that, a high school
Oct 16, 2026 · 11:00 UTC
As autumn descends upon the Great Plains of North America, the largest private land conservation project in the country is ringing in an inspirational milestone. The resident herd of relatively free-roaming bison now numbers 4 digits for the first time since the organization’s founding more than 20 years ago. American Prairie is a conservation nonprofit
Oct 16, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
57 years ago today, New York’s underdog baseball crew ‘The Miracle Mets’ won the World Series in just 5 games, a romantic triumph over a heavily-favored Orioles team. In the seven previous seasons, the Mets had never finished higher than ninth place and consistently lost one hundred games. Yet, starting in May, the Mets delivered
Oct 15, 2026 · 17:30 UTC
A new crocodilian species has been identified from fossils recovered from a rock layer harvested by ancient Egyptians to build the Sphinx And funnily enough, just like the iconic Egyptian landmark, this fossilized reptile is missing the tip of its snout. In the 1920s, several fossils were recovered from the 45-million-year-old Mokattam Formation in Egypt.
Oct 15, 2026 · 15:30 UTC
20 years after a Washington state dam was slated for demolition, 1,100 acres of ecosystem along the Lower Elwha River is recovering, having lain muddy and dormant under the dam’s engorged reservoir for more than a century. And now, 171 years after the land left their hands, and 114 years after it was flooded, the
Oct 15, 2026 · 13:00 UTC
Two weeks after launching, the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel 3C satellite has returned its first images of our world in sumptuous color. This first set of images includes stunning views of Italy, the Canadian Arctic, and the Caribbean from the satellite’s ocean and land color instrument, as well as measurements of the height of
Oct 15, 2026 · 11:00 UTC
A sister turned her personal tragedy into a brilliant emergency safety product. Simple yet vital, the Roth ID Tag is an adhesive designed to stick forever on the fabric of a child’s car seat. If that child needs to be rushed to the hospital, the tear-off tab sees the sticker become a hospital bracelet, with
Oct 15, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
29 years ago today, NASA and ESA’s Cassini Mission, meant to gather data on Saturn and its moons, was launched from Cape Canaveral. The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA’s Cassini space probe and ESA’s Huygens lander, which landed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Cassini was active in space for nearly 20 years, with 13
Oct 14, 2026 · 18:30 UTC
Continuing GNN’s coverage of youth nonprofit leaders, the Pedal Forward Foundation in Georgia has distributed hundreds of bicycles to low income families, and taught hundreds of children how to ride them. It’s founder, Jonathan Thai, was inspired to step up and serve his community after the local REI closed down a community bike-riding workshop. At
Oct 14, 2026 · 15:30 UTC
Residents of Pittsburgh with outstanding debt on their water utilities can see it forgiven over a 24-month period. Instituted by Pittsburgh’s water authority, certain customers have already been enrolled as of September, and need only keep up with monthly payments to see pre-September outstanding debt gradually forgiven. Called the Arrearage Forgiveness Program, Pittsburgh Water recently
Oct 14, 2026 · 13:00 UTC
Along a series of Roman fortifications cutting across Germany just north of Frankfurt, archeological excavations have revealed extensive floorplans belonging to a temple, a military camp, and craft center. The discovery, lying in wait just a few inches beneath the soil of the forest, provides extensive insight into what life was like along this frontier,
Oct 14, 2026 · 11:00 UTC
This seismic squash was just certified as the largest ever grown by a man at a recent British competition. When volunteers at the Wargrave Nursery Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off finally hoisted the specimen onto the scale, the reading was simply incredible—2,856.8lbs (1,295.8kg) It’s heavier than a white rhino, heavier than a Volkswagen Beetle, and when compared
Oct 14, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
And, 136 years ago today, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th US President and Commander of the European Allied Forces in WWII, was born in Texas. Nicknamed “Ike”, he was voted Gallup’s most admired man twelve times, achieving widespread popular esteem both in and out of office as one of the greatest US presidents. WATCH a short
Oct 13, 2026 · 18:30 UTC
Deep in the forests of southwest China, scientists have discovered a ‘fungal giant’ that challenges our understanding of how large fungi can become. The newly described species, Dianjunus rex, or “King of Dian,” named for an ancient Chinese kingdom, produces vertical fruiting bodies up to 20 inches high and weighing up to 5 pounds. Scientists
Oct 13, 2026 · 15:30 UTC
A European energy developer has switched on a major biomethane plant in southern Italy that will save some 9,000 tons of CO2 annually by producing a natural gas substitute with agricultural waste. Located in Grottole, in the ‘instep’ of the Italian Peninsula, the plant will ultimately produce 45 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy a year for
Oct 13, 2026 · 13:00 UTC
Barbie has released a signature edition doll of none other than tennis legend Serena Williams. The release came in tandem with news that Williams officially joined Team Barbie, a group of powerful female athletes and role models who inspire and uplift as women, as leaders, and as the iconic dolls. Introduced to tennis by her
Oct 13, 2026 · 11:00 UTC
It’s becoming something of a trend: young people encountering elders working long past retirement age and raising thousands for them to finally take a rest. GNN has covered such stories on multiple occasions, and now another instance comes from Maryville, Tennessee, where an elderly theater worker was surprised with $146,000. Raised through GoFundMe, it all
Oct 13, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
95 years ago today, Cristo Redentor, or Christ the Redeemer, opened to the public in the hills above Rio de Janeiro. Standing 98 feet high, and with arms stretching 92 feet wide, the statue was built on top of Mount Corcovado by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa. Christ the Redeemer differs considerably from its original
Oct 12, 2026 · 18:30 UTC
A softball diamond in Montana was the scene of a larger-than-life family reunion. Like something out of Field of Dreams, a teen softball player had lined up against an out-of-state team for an August match—and her long-lost biological sister was on the opposite roster. Samantha Rensvold was adopted as an infant. It’s something she’s long known of,
Oct 12, 2026 · 15:30 UTC
An open-source app has thousands of Berliners adopting and watering city trees as if they were their pets, helping keep the city green amid repeated summer heatwaves. Gieß den Kiez translates to “water your neighborhood,” and offers users a map of the city with each one of the roughly 900,000 street trees of Berlin accessible as
Oct 12, 2026 · 12:30 UTC
When summer’s heat becomes too much to bear, a glass of iced lemonade is a welcome relief, but what tens of thousands across Ohio have learned is that lemonade can provide a different sort of relief as well. For 8 years, children’s lemonade stands pop up all over the city in July as part of
Oct 12, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
81 years ago today, Desmond Doss became the only conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor after saving an estimated 75 men during the Battle of Hacksaw Ridge in the invasion of Okinawa. Doss refused to carry a weapon into combat because of his personal beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist against killing. He consequently
Oct 12, 2026 · 06:21 UTC
A “gem” of a landscape in eastern Texas has been sold by its multigenerational owners for the purpose of becoming a state park. The property is the longest remaining, contiguous piece of land on Lake Palestine’s shore, and contains pine woods, short bluffs, wetlands, and a pecan orchard that will all soon be open for
Oct 11, 2026 · 22:18 UTC
Scientists are reporting that a simple adjustment to how people walk can relieve knee arthritis pain as effectively as prescription drugs—while also slowing the deterioration of cartilage. Nearly a quarter of people over the age of 40 experience painful osteoarthritis, due to degrading joint-cushioning cartilage—and there is currently no way of reversing this damage. The
Oct 11, 2026 · 16:11 UTC
A landmark survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed the once-endangered species is now thriving. The latest count of tortoises on the Seychelles atoll of Aldabra revealed that there are approximately 180,000 living on the islands. This is the highest figure ever recorded for the species and far exceeds the human
Oct 11, 2026 · 15:20 UTC
Statins may be protecting people from more than just cholesterol, suggests new research from the University of California in San Diego. Patients with glaucoma who take the cholesterol-busting pills appear less likely to need surgery—and have a reduced chance of the condition worsening, according to the findings. Called the “silent thief of sight” because the
Oct 11, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
51 years ago today, Saturday Night Live premiered on NBC with George Carlin as host. The seminal comedy television program in American history, SNL has launched the careers of dozens of talented writers, comics, and actors. Broadcast from Studio 8H at NBC’s headquarters in the Comcast Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, SNL has aired 1,011
Oct 10, 2026 · 19:57 UTC
A sloth bear that made headlines when it was given a name by Julia Roberts after being saved from abuse is now flourishing, according to a rescue charity. The Hollywood star was filming Eat, Pray, Love in India in 2009 when the bear was rescued from people who forced it to dance for tourists and
Oct 10, 2026 · 15:25 UTC
A young pilot flew a commercial jet alongside her father as captain for the first time—while her mother worked in the cabin crew on the same flight. 22-year-old Zoë took to the skies with both her parents aboard the Dutch airline KLM flying out of Amsterdam. The unique family’s work shift came as a surprise,
Oct 10, 2026 · 13:46 UTC
A Roman artifact from the Italian sculptor responsible for the Trevi Fountain was discovered in a reclamation yard for a mere 300 British pounds ($400). The 27-inch-tall (68cm) model was fashioned by Pietro Bracci as a pitch for a giant bronze sculpture of Pope Clement XII, which was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate
Oct 10, 2026 · 10:00 UTC
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Enlightenment for Rebels: Celebrating Our Wild and Sacred Earthly Selves, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia:
Oct 10, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
63 years ago today, the second, and often considered best film starring James Bond, was released as From Russia With Love. In the film, Bond, played by Sean Connery, is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where SPECTRE plans to avenge Bond’s killing of Dr. No. by using
Oct 09, 2026 · 18:30 UTC
From Seattle’s chapter of National Public Radio comes the remarkable story of the kindness of strangers immortalized in an origami crane. Published through KUOW’s “My Unsung Hero” series, the story begins with a 7-year-old in Japan who had just gotten a new bike. Young Rika Matsuda was at first very excited because the bike was
Oct 09, 2026 · 15:30 UTC
More than 250 square miles of forests at the center of Victoria state in Australia have become new national parks. Parliament passed the law to create the parks back in November 2025, and this week they take effect, creating Mount Buangor National Park, Pyrenees National Park, and the largest: Wombat-Lerderderg National Park. The Victoria National
Oct 09, 2026 · 13:00 UTC
Scientists seeking out why some endangered animals or ecosystems are thriving while others are in decline have made an encouraging determination. Across a worldwide, cross-section of conservation success stories, they found it wasn’t a question of money, but of the actions of the locals, that determined whether nature flourished or foundered. Traversing coral reefs in
Oct 09, 2026 · 11:00 UTC
In a mountainous region of southern Norway, scientists are in their 20th year of surveying glaciers for ancient artifacts entombed therein. The most recent chapter of this long-running saga was the recovery of 48 arrow heads and shafts from different eras and made from different materials, some of which appear like they could have been
Oct 19, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
An experiment is helping a Somerset community see its landscape through the eyes of wildlife – and plot a 30-year route to change it
Oct 16, 2026 · 05:00 UTC
Indonesia’s plummeting poverty rate, America’s largest wildlife bridge, and ‘a new era’ for the River Thames, plus more
Oct 15, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
A Ukrainian city is preparing to hold a repair festival in an underground shelter, giving new meaning to the act of fixing broken things
Oct 14, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
This year’s competition has attracted a record-breaking number of entries
Oct 13, 2026 · 09:25 UTC
Rebecca Howard’s paintings capture a wilder Britain in the making. Her exhibition celebrates nine projects restoring nature
Oct 12, 2026 · 09:55 UTC
Ten million people will benefit from a more biodiverse capital, say the organisers of an ambitious project to reconnect its wilder spaces
Oct 09, 2026 · 12:45 UTC
We often talk about the impact journalism has on democracy and how we understand the world. But what about its impact on how we feel?
Oct 09, 2026 · 07:00 UTC
From cognitive function to reinforcing family bonds, the benefits of making time for good, whole foods in the morning are plentiful
Oct 09, 2026 · 05:09 UTC
A pivotal moment for climate justice in Australia, the Nobel prize winners, and a promising drug for Parkinson’s, plus more
Oct 08, 2026 · 11:27 UTC
The free, how-to resource shows people how to build resilience in their communities
Oct 19, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
In August, videos of bulldozers ripping up the mouth of the iconic Santa Elena Canyon in Texas’ Big Bend went viral, propelling one of the country’s most remote national parks into the national spotlight. Construction crews were hard at work in the early stages of cutting a brand-new “patrol road”...
Oct 16, 2026 · 08:30 UTC
Just as President Joe Biden was showing signs of cognitive decline so conspicuous that he was compelled to drop out of the presidential race in 2024, my own father’s dementia was worsening. He lived with us, and yet he lived in another reality entirely. One where he no longer understood...
Oct 16, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
If you’re anything like us, you’re not exactly in a congenial mood right now. With the U.S. midterm elections fewer than three weeks away, you might be feeling combat-ready. And who could blame you? Seemingly on the ballot: the very future of the republic, steered by leaders who will shape...
Oct 15, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
This story was originally published in the Daily Yonder. For more rural reporting and small-town stories visit dailyyonder.com. For Michael Sayen, visiting the local library after hours is a great way to get work done, or seek respite from the weather, regardless of what day it is. “We just had Labor...
Oct 14, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
When students in Singapore looked around their school cafeteria, they could see a problem shared all over the world: Single-use Styrofoam was ubiquitous. They soon learned that the school’s 2,000 students used 72,000 pieces of Styrofoam and other types of plastic every year. To find a solution, they joined the...
Oct 13, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
In his first year at the University of California, Davis, Liam commuted three hours a day from his family’s home in the Bay Area to campus and back again. The round-trip train tickets were expensive, but not as pricey as renting an apartment in the Central Valley college town. Then,...
Oct 12, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
“I’m worried if I use an em dash they’ll think it’s A.I.,” I told my mom from where I sat at the kitchen counter, trying to work on one of my college essays. Despite her reassurances to the contrary, I wasn’t convinced. All I could think about was last spring...
Oct 09, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
In early August, a freight truck pulled up to an OhioHealth facility in Columbus and took roughly 30,000 pounds of N95 masks and hot-and-cold packs, all boxed, sealed and stamped with expiration dates still a year or two out. Left alone, the estimated $250,000 worth of medical supplies would eventually...
Oct 08, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
There were three clear reasons why Leslie Gomez Rivera avoided the cafeteria at her high school in Brooklyn: She didn’t like the food, the room felt hectic and there was a stigma attached to eating school meals. She preferred the library, where she could talk with friends, although sometimes that...
Oct 07, 2026 · 08:00 UTC
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. Sunny outlook Last year, Contributing Editor Peter Yeung reported on the game-changing potential of balcony solar — that is, small solar arrays...
Oct 19, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM An Australian device that splits rooftop solar power across an entire apartment building just won the country’s top design honor. Melbourne-based Allume Energy took the 2026 Australian Good Design Award of the Year for its SolShare system, which its creators describe as a “traffic controller for solar.” The device
Oct 19, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Hungary’s parliament voted last Tuesday to repeal the 2021 Child Protection Law that banned the portrayal or promotion of homosexuality and transgender identities in schools and media. Within minutes, the EU announced it was releasing €4.2 billion (approximately $4.6 billion) in funds frozen over rule-of-law violations, a connection Budapest
Oct 16, 2026 · 16:30 UTC
Episode Description: Arielle and Karissa cover ten solutions this week, including 20,000 octopuses hiding in well-studied waters off the California coast, what Indonesian mosque loudspeakers have to do with earthquake survival, and a garden chore you now have a very good reason to skip. If you have questions, comments, feedback, suggestions, or just want to
Oct 16, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Every fall there’s a pull to tidy things up. Cut back the perennials, rake the leaves, clear the beds, put the garden to rest. It feels satisfying, honestly, and spring does seem to start from a cleaner place. The thing is, all that leaf litter, those hollow stems, those
Oct 16, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM If you’ve bought a Japanese sweet potato, cut into it expecting orange, and found creamy white instead, you’ve already spotted the first thing that sets it apart. The skin is reddish-purple, the flesh is ivory, and the flavor is sweeter and earthier than the orange kinds most of us
Oct 15, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a half-second every time you finish a carton of eggs. The lid flops open, the last two slots are empty, and you’re already reaching for the recycling bin. Before you do: cardboard egg cartons are more useful than they get credit for, and once you’ve used one as
Oct 15, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The hardest part of any early warning system isn’t the science. It’s finding infrastructure that reaches everyone, holds up under pressure, and gets maintained over years by the people who depend on it. In Indonesia, a team of Japanese and Indonesian researchers think that infrastructure already exists. It broadcasts
Oct 14, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Flu season usually builds in late fall, but this year it’s getting a jump start. During the week ending September 26, 3.4 percent of respiratory samples tested by clinical labs came back positive for flu, according to CDC data. That’s roughly seven times the rate at the same point
Oct 14, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Most of the deep seafloor is cold, dark, and barely mapped. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary covers more than 6,000 square miles of ocean along California’s central coast and is better studied than most of it. Even there, researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute somehow missed
Oct 13, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a particular kind of Sunday evening spiral that happens when you’ve spent twenty minutes reading about an ingredient you’ve never heard of, and you’re now convinced your entire routine is wrong. Skin care has never been better at making us feel behind. Five board-certified dermatologists, when asked which
Oct 18, 2026 · 23:15 UTC
They slipped a handwritten note under the door, triggering an incredible chain of events that made their childhood dream come true.
Oct 18, 2026 · 20:15 UTC
Refined corn has no place in a cave.
Oct 18, 2026 · 17:04 UTC
He even followed up with a heartwarming e-mail.
Oct 18, 2026 · 17:04 UTC
You should see how many potatoes he got out of this experiment.
Oct 18, 2026 · 17:04 UTC
It goes all the way back to the days of ancient Greece.
Oct 18, 2026 · 17:04 UTC
The federal minimum wage is still less than this.
Oct 17, 2026 · 23:15 UTC
Sixty years later, Linus still inspires.
Oct 17, 2026 · 21:15 UTC
They say parrots are on par with 5-year-old humans and, honestly, that tracks.
Oct 17, 2026 · 19:00 UTC
He recognized him immediately.
Oct 17, 2026 · 17:05 UTC
Now we want a "Mummy 4."
Oct 19, 2026 · 09:38 UTC
Musk's announcement comes after Anthropic pledged to create a public benefit fund ahead of its blockbuster stock market listing.
Oct 16, 2026 · 18:11 UTC
The Australian government hopes to protect social media users from being served content they don't want to see.
Oct 18, 2026 · 11:09 UTC
The Pope's first event since his lung cancer diagnosis and surgery saw him recite the traditional Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace.
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Oct 19, 2026 · 05:56 UTC
GDP growth picks up from Q2 amid AI-driven boom in exports.
Oct 19, 2026 · 04:42 UTC
Pope Leo pledges a gradual return to duties in an address to the Catholic faithful in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Oct 18, 2026 · 19:00 UTC
In his new book 'Penelope,' author Paul Bochner recounts 'one of the greatest loves I have ever known.'
Oct 18, 2026 · 15:12 UTC
A chance Instagram post led to a big discovery in Colombia.
Oct 17, 2026 · 14:17 UTC
The calf was transported over 800 miles to safety—without becoming a snack.
Oct 17, 2026 · 12:05 UTC
From elegant poodles to playful corgis.
Oct 16, 2026 · 19:16 UTC
The latest designations are located in Alaska all the way to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Oct 16, 2026 · 17:00 UTC
A fungal disease has wiped out up to 97 percent of northern long-eared bats in North America.
Oct 16, 2026 · 13:00 UTC
Chert and Pumice have moves.
Oct 14, 2026 · 15:00 UTC
And it challenges 50 years of chaos theory in the process.
Oct 14, 2026 · 12:25 UTC
By integrating refurbished clothing and bags directly into Patagonia.com, the company hopes to further normalize used gear and keep more garments in circulation.
Oct 13, 2026 · 18:01 UTC
Multiple livestreams offer a glimpse at polar bears, the northern lights, and more.
Oct 13, 2026 · 16:01 UTC
The six-wheeled laboratory has traveled over 28 miles and will keep trucking until at least 2028.
Oct 13, 2026 · 15:06 UTC
Cornstarch to the rescue.
Oct 12, 2026 · 13:00 UTC
Pacific pocket mice are about the size of a human thumb.
Oct 11, 2026 · 17:09 UTC
A biologist came upon the scene in Puerto Rico.
Oct 11, 2026 · 15:17 UTC
Hint: They have a 12-foot-wide wingspan and can weigh up to 1,100 pounds.
Oct 10, 2026 · 14:10 UTC
‘This little one, surprisingly, had an earthy tone of autumn.’
Oct 09, 2026 · 19:45 UTC
Embrace the ocean’s own wavy aesthetic.
Oct 09, 2026 · 12:06 UTC
About 183,000 individual Aldabra giant tortoises are living on the African atoll, after their numbers dwindled to only 1,000.
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