An 8th grader challenged a teacher to a dance-off between exams and she delivered

Good News in History, October 13

A legal secretary rode the subway to work for 67 years. Nobody knew she had $9 million.

Teen’s Wish to Return Kindness She Received Sees Her Lemonade Stand Become $5 Million Charity Engine

‘Like Caring for a Pet’ – the App That Lets You Know if Your Neighborhood Tree Is Thirsty

Montana High School Softball Player Discovered Long-Lost Sister on Opposing Team

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 Mission to Launch Health Research

Helicopters dump 6,000 logs into rivers in the Pacific Northwest, fixing a decades-old mistake

First-grade teacher with 34 students tearfully explains how ‘exhausting’ teaching is

New Way to Relieve Arthritic Knees Without Drugs or Surgery by Changing Your Gait

Good News in History, October 12

Statins May Protect People From Glaucoma or Blindness By Preventing or Slowing Nerve Cell Death

Giant Tortoise Population is Thriving–Survey Finds 180,000 on One Island Chain

Family Sells 650 Acres on East Texas Lake to Become State Park, Saying Land is ‘Part of my soul’

Daughter Gets to Join Dad as Co-Pilot, With Mom Serving on Flight’s Cabin Crew: A Surprise Full Circle Moment

Sloth Bear Named By Julia Roberts is Flourishing After Rescue From Dancing Trade in India

Good News in History, October 11

Good News in History, October 10

Lost Italian Statue by Trevi Fountain Artist Discovered in Salvage Yard Among the Garden Ornaments

Australia Announces 3 New National Parks to Protect Gliders, Owls, and Other Victoria Wildlife

Aunts are a critical source of support for LGBTQ+ youth, researchers say

NASA’s Environment and Energy “Blue Marble” Awards Categories

Gen Zer tries to dub Gen X 'the worst generation.' A Millennial hilariously shut them down.

This 4-year-old’s hilarious reaction coming home from school is all of us

How to reset your gut in 30 days, according to a gastroenterologist

NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Deliver Artemis Science, Tech to Moon

People share the new subscriptions and fees they refuse to pay before they become normal

Godspeed, Artemis II!

I Am Artemis: Erik Richards

Does This Skeleton Found Beneath a Dutch Church Belong to D'Artagnan, the Man Who Inspired 'The Three Musketeers'?

Artemis II Crew’s Suits

Webb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin

NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs

NASA, Energy Department Advance New Era of Nuclear-Powered Exploration

NPR-Inspired Homework Leads Teen to Find Hidden Message a Decade After a Stranger’s Kindness

Local Opinion and Involvement Found as Key Determinant in World’s Conservation Success Stories

A Century Ago, an Extinct Crocodilian's Skull Was Found in the Rocks That Built the Sphinx. Turns Out, It Belonged to a New Species

Endangered leopard shark spotted in Samoan waters for the first time: 'Entirely unexpected'

World’s Largest ‘Glacial Archeology’ Expedition Recovers 48 Stone Age Arrowheads and Shafts

Coffee’s memory boosting effect might have nothing to do with caffeine, study suggests

Berlin mapped 900,000 street trees. Now 12,000 people water them.

Clara knows what it’s like to grow up inside a hospital. Now, she’s helping other kids find comfort.

NYC Parks Extends Late Night Soccer at 5 Fields for Night Workers–And Their Reactions Are Awesome (WATCH)

Neighbors Flock to Rescue a Wounded Owl Tangled Up in Barbed Wire

Nearly 200-year-old Tortoise Becomes First to Contribute Extraordinary Epigenome to Research on Aging

Former teacher shares the four things she couldn’t tell parents that she’s free to reveal now

NASA’s SSPICY Mission to Demonstrate In-Space Inspection Technologies

More Than 14,000 Derelict Explosives Cleared from Libyan City and Nearby Farmland

Good News in History, October 9

A Swarm of Seven Meteor Showers Will Light Up the Night Skies All October Long

Saudi Solar Park Proves Brilliant Breeding Ground for Threatened Sand Gazelles

‘You’re Walking!’ – Dad Surprises Children Having Recovered Ability to Walk After Serious Brain Injury

Good News in History, October 8

British teacher flawlessly translates everyday sayings into Victorian English, and people are hooked

Baking up a storm! TKASA community raises £750 at annual Bake Off (By Evan,13 and Isabeau,13)

Strangers Showed Up to Man’s Destroyed House to Put Up a Tarp Having Seen His Televised Plea

Researchers May Have Directly Glimpsed an Exoplanet’s Magnetic Field for the First Time, Building Hope of Peering Deeper Into Faraway Worlds

NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs

NASA’s PRIMA Spacecraft (Artist’s Concept)

Virginia Becomes Latest State to Enact ‘Clean Slate’ Law, to Help Residents Move on from Minor Offenses

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York

Nokia and NASA Team Up to Bring 4G to the Moon and Our Astronauts

Illinois Community Members Honored for Helping Save Woman in Submerged Vehicle (WATCH)

Retired Police Dog Gets Back on Her Paws with Charity Help

Lunar Grounding Challenge

Gardening Pioneer Linda Phillips Wins Top RHS Honour

The Most Chess-Obsessed Country in the World

Oldest Man in Oregon Credits Clean Diet and “Good Mind” for Reaching 108-years Young

Good News in History, October 7

Speed friending: one cafe’s answer to America’s growing friendship recession