15 psychological ‘cheat codes’ people swear ‘work every time’ for social situations

Mom breaks down in tears after another parent called her about her daughter’s lunch

Teacher explains how ’90s kids never had water bottles in school and ‘somehow’ survived

Surprise Audio Played at Wedding Shocks Everyone When Bride Accurately Predicts Husband’s Name as a 4-Year-old

Crow Takes to Teaching a Starving Orphan Bird How to Eat (Watch)

The ‘Buy Nothing Rebellion’ is growing as more people opt out of modern consumerism

Giant Gorilla Maze Celebrates Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday

Voice Changes Measured by Phone Can Predict Asthma Flare-Ups 3 Days in Advance

50 emotions that don’t exist in the English language, but we all have experienced

More movement, more energy burned: new study challenges metabolism myth

Good News in History, July 1

Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways Project Celebrates Student Innovation Through ROADS from Earth to Venus National Challenge

Feeding the soul: Teaching the food truck business

Ontario teen says he’ll live in ‘modular home’ invention for a year to prove it can end homelessness

High Tech Jacket Prototype Pulls Drinking Water From Thin Air – Up to 1.5 Pints Per Day

Hospital Opens Roof Garden Where Critical Care Patients Can Enjoy the Outdoors for Hours With Full Care

Frugal people share 20 smart financial decisions that saved them $10,000 or more

6 party ideas that actually make it easier to invite people over

From senior class to senior home: over 50 classmates from Austin High School now live together

Good News in History, June 24

Study Finds Many Older Adults Will Improve Over Time–Depending on Their Mindset

18-year-old took her college savings and bought the restaurant where she was a dishwasher

40 years after grade school, Gen X friends reunited. Their shared childhood crush was the only guy there.

A Golden-Ringed Jewel: Britain’s Longest Dragonfly Hitches Ride on Woman’s Thumb (LOOK and LEARN)

How the act of learning to read rewires the brain and changes the way you hear

A teacher helped a woman plant trees in the desert. She found him 27 years later.

Every December, a school in Ireland ditches homework and does ‘kindness’ assignments instead

B&Q Volunteers Transform Hampshire Centre Supporting Older People

NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base

Florida teacher says she’s quitting her job because of school’s ‘course recovery’ shortcut

Help for a desperate mom who couldn’t find size 23 shoes for her teenage son

6-Year-old Finds Ancient Viking Sword on School Field Trip, Buried for 1,300 Years

What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8)

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York

New Solar Method Turns Ocean Into Drinking Water, While Extracting Valuable Lithium Without Waste

Therapy Donkeys Prove Such a Balm of Calm to Psychiatric Hospital That Organizers Look to Expand

Good News in History, June 11

Mouse with Severed Spinal Cord Recovers ‘Normal’ Movement After Potentially Revolutionary Treatment

'Adults' are honestly confused by these 15 strange things the younger generations do

People rally behind an older woman who refused to train her 25-year-old replacement

Struggle Sleeping? These 3 Sleep Habits Are Tied to Signs of Brain Aging, Study Finds

Woman gets shamed at CVS for 'son's' unusual name. The reality has people rolling.

27 English words people have a hard time enunciating properly, even native speakers

Boyfriend shows up with flowers after being ‘ignored.’ When the door opened, his heart stopped.

Teachers share the tell-tale signs they know a parent truly cares about their kid

Astronomy Activation Ambassadors: Embracing Multiple Perspectives

No Vaccine No Problem: Papua New Guinea Malaria Deaths Fall by 92%

A fun personality test determines 'how you love' based on your animal archetype

How Japanese Fish Printing Grew from Documenting Day’s Catch to Acclaimed Artform

Britain’s First Furniture Orchard Grows Chairs Right on the Trees (WATCH)

Fourth grade teacher beautifully explains what grief is to her students using a vase

Welcome to the Gas Giant Planet Where Clouds Turn to Stone

Bruce Springsteen Celebrates His New Center for American Music Opening Soon with All-Star Concert for the Ages

A New York Cemetery Was Hiding Over 5 Million Burrowing Bees, One of the World’s Largest Concentrations

Happiness researcher explains how making a 'reverse bucket list' can change your life

Girl Scouts Event Brings Space Science to the Next Generation

Americans share 31 awesome things that can only be found here in the States

Helping Children Laugh Can Make Their Brains More Resilient and Learning Easier

Mom shares controversial take on why she limited her kids' college major choices

For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds

Rooftop Solar Gave Power to Pakistan When Fossil Fuels Failed– it’s Now Called a Boom

Blind People Offered Hope of Seeing Again After Stem Cell Breakthrough Remakes Retinal Blood Vessels

The 8-Year-Old Behind Artemis II’s Moon Mascot

Tumorous sea turtle makes 4-month recovery after being saved from fishing line: 'I seriously did not think she was going to make it'

Likely Kicked by a Kangaroo, This Dingo Healed a Millennium Ago Thanks to Help From an Aboriginal Community That Continued to Honor It for 500 Years

Nicholas Houghton: Engineering Crew Safety for NASA’s Artemis Missions

Neighbors Pull Grandma Out of Burning Home But Looked Like ‘Drunk Thugs’ in Doorbell Camera Alert Sent to Daughter

Rare 1776 Declaration of Independence Discovered by National Archives in UK–One of Only 11 Known to Survive

Good News in History, July 5

Dutch grocery store add slow lane for elderly customers who want to chat

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Good News in History, July 4

Walking Football Scheme Helps Hundreds Living With Parkinson’s After First Year

Near Philadelphia’s New Green Spaces, a Dramatic Reduction in Crime

250 Reasons to Love America On Her 250th Birthday

This World Cup is about so much more than soccer. These are the best good news from off the pitch

31 Ideas To Take Action & Celebrate Pride Month

Are fire-loving fungi mother nature’s first responders after wildfires?

The Majestic ‘Gloucester Tree’ Reopens to Climbers in Australia After 3 Years of Repair

Simply Add Water to Diesel Fuel to Cut Engine Pollution by 67%–with No Loss in Efficiency

Good News in History, July 3

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Donate $26 Million to Charities in Honor of Their Wedding

Yet More Scrolls Burned by Vesuvius Are Decoded by AI–Revealing Insights by Unknown Stoic Philosopher

Millennial asks Gen Zers what they do for fun, and the answers are surprisingly different

Tenant got a $2,500 check in the mail from an ex-landlord who sold the house.The note that came with it is something else.

Community Comes Together for Life-Saving Cause at Blood Bikes Event

Turning Surplus into Support: Charity Doubles Impact in New Appeal

New Solar Tech Makes Desalinating Seawater Cheaper Than Producing Bottled Water

July Fireworks Include 2 Separate Meteor Showers to Light up the Night Sky Late in the Month

Good News in History, July 2

Dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms show — with 98% accuracy

Southeast Asia Nears Malaria Elimination, Down Two-Thirds Since 2010

3-Year-old Rescued After 6 Days Beneath Rubble in Venezuela as Rescuers Arrive in Droves to Help the Country

Manchester’s ‘dress rehearsal’ for life is getting homeless men back to work

New UK Charity Launches Free Mental Health Platform for Neurodivergent People

A Foster Kid Came for Surgery. He Left With a Family

NASA’s Webb Studies How Planet Survived Death of its Star

NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Planetary System in New Way

Twin NASA Control Rooms Support Artemis Safety, Success

Scientists Have Found Climate-Resistant Coral Reefs Around the World Totaling the Size of Wisconsin

From One Surviving Male Bison, Azerbaijan Now Has 25 Calves Born Wild in 7-Year Success Story

New Law Will Protect Kids’ Lemonade Stands After State Employees Were Caught Demanding Fees

Largest and Most Detailed Picture Taken of Milky Way’s Center–With Millions of Stars and Thousands of Worlds

Going Low and Slow in Testing

Divorced dad shares beautiful, final bedtime routine with 11-year-old son

Herculean Effort to Restore Mozambique’s Rhino Population Succeeds with 61 Animals Moved There

Dad Gave Up His Old Mustang to Raise 6 Kids. Decades Later, His Son Got it Back

Good News in History, June 30

NASA’s TESS Mission Reveals the “Puffiest” Planets Ever Found

How blocking one protein regenerates knee cartilage in aging mice and human tissue

Great Smokey Mountains Will Soon Get Even Greater – Thanks to Nonprofit’s Land Purchase

Motorcyclist Reunites with Strangers Who Lifted a 3,300-Lb. Car Off His Body

Sharks in the Bahamas Test Positive for Drugs, Including Cocaine and Painkillers, in a New Study

NASA Tech and Science Bound for Low Earth Orbit on Commercial Launch

Her dog wouldn’t stop sniffing her breath. She thought it was weird but it saved her life.

NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Preps for Spacewalk

Billion-Dollar Program Connects 50 Million People to the Power Grid Across Africa

'I Want To Mow Your Lawn:' Veteran provides free lawn care to neighbors in need

Minnesota artist uses vending machine to sell tiny $1 art. It’s already made $3,000.

Biggest Change to English Farming Policy Since WWII Aims to Make Agriculture Profitable and Resilient

Record Low Child Mortality Rates Recorded in Both India and China

Good News in History, June 29

Two ‘Super-Puff’ Planets Lighter Than Cotton Candy Discovered by Researchers

3-year-old ventures outside in the pitch black to save his great-grandma after scary fall

Woman Wins Lottery And Immediately Gives Neighbor 5,000 to Take the Family on Vacation

Good News in History, June 28

An Asian Elephant Was Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for the First Time in Almost 25 Years. Now, You Can Help Pick Her Name

Intrigue From 17th C. Shipwreck Carrying Moroccan Gold Coins is Solved After 30 Years

'Heated Rivalry' fans raise $63K for children's hospital for Hudson Williams' birthday

After a Heart Attack, the Brain's Response Might Make Recovery Harder. Cutting Some Communication Between the Organs Could Help

Two Garden Ornaments Thought to be ‘Worthless Concrete’ Turn Out to be Italian Marble Busts Worth Thousands

Drones are Saving Hundreds of Fawns From Mower Deaths in Germany (WATCH)

NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet

NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole