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Health

Woman Crochets More Than 100 Baby Blankets to Thank Hospital That Saved Her Sight

Sampling DNA in Seawater Can Reveal the Health of Dolphin Populations, in First for Conservation

Artsy Types May Age Better: Music and Museums Act as Exercise, Slowing Age By 4% Says Study

Polish Influencer Raises $67 Million for Cancer Research During 9-day Livestream

Senior Scholar Fulfills Life-long Dream to Graduate Medical School–a Doctor at 73-Years Young

Australia is on track to eliminate a form of cancer entirely
Dancer with ALS Performs on Stage Again Through Digital Avatar–WATCH

Australia Becomes 30th Country to Eliminate Trachoma, Leading Cause of Infectious Blindness
The Uplift: "CODA" stars and concert kid
Podcast Transcript May 8, 2026— Gene therapy restores hearing, Gaza teens win a global prize, and eight more wins

US Alcohol Consumption Falls to 85-Year Low –Driven by Desire for Better Health
Scientists Make a Super-Honey Using Cocoa Bean Waste For Chocolatey, Heart-Healthy Jolt
Diseased Rhino Recovers After Florida Zoo Team Surprise Locals with Pioneering Veterinary Tactics

Walking an Extra 1,000 Steps a Day After Surgery Helps Patients Recover Quicker

Sam Neill Beats Cancer After 5-Year Battle, Announces ‘It’s Time I Did Another Movie’

Preparing Home-Cooked Meals Once in a While May Reduce Dementia Risk in Seniors by 30%

Mayo Clinic’s AI Can Detect Pancreatic Cancer up to 3 Years Before Diagnosis–When Treatment is Still Possible
Frog Wiped Out by Disease Returns to the Wild With the Help of ‘Frog Spas’ and ‘Frog Saunas’

The Pandemic May Have Changed Young People for the Better: A Positive Take on The ‘COVID Generation

UK Men’s Sheds Association Launches Free Guide to Creating Men’s Sheds in Shipping Containers

'Unwinding' with screens might actually make you more stressed. Here are 4 things to try instead
Bride Goes Viral on Wedding Night Dancing While Doing Vital Cystic Fibrosis Treatment (WATCH)

Why turning support into action matters on International Women’s Day

6 Year Old Saffie Has Her Vision Saved from Rare Form of Blindness Thanks to One-Time Gene Therapy

Key Discovery Could Be a ‘Valuable Starting Point’ To Saving Children from Deadly Disfiguring Condition
Infecting Mosquitoes with Natural Bacteria Lowered Dengue Risk by 70% in Citywide Experiment
From 10% to 47%: Cardiac Survival Rates Surge in Texas City That’s Empowering Citizens to Save Lives

$20M Awarded to Louisiana Idea For Ensuring Health Clinics Stay Open During Hurricanes Across 4 States

His ‘Granborghini‘ Project Gives Elderly People Joyrides in Supercars (WATCH)

Groundbreaking Bowel Cancer Trial Had Zero Relapses for Patients After 33 Months
China’s Yangtze River Rebounds After Fishing Ban and Investment to Reemploy 200,000 Fishermen
Man’s Dream About Having Heart Attack Leads to Real-Life Diagnosis and Life-Saving Surgery
New Spray-on Powder Instantly Seals Life-Threatening Wounds in Battle or During Disasters
5,000-yo Bacteria Shows Antibiotic Resistance Is Ancient, Which May Help Us to Combat it

Scans That Make Prostate Cancer Cells ‘Glow’ Can Eliminate Invasive Biopsies and False Diagnoses

Soaking in a Hot Tub Bestows Surprising Health Benefits, Even More Than Saunas, New Study Says

Beautiful Tortoiseshell Butterfly Recolonizes England Decades After Elm Disease Had Eliminated it

New AI Glasses for Dementia ‘Sees’ Objects With Labels Projected on Lenses to ‘Significantly’ Improve Lives

19 Cities Including London, San Francisco, Hong Kong Achieve ‘Remarkable Reductions’ in Air Pollution

Scientists Track Where Butternut Trees Have Resisted Deadly Disease – So Reforesting Efforts Can Thrive

Johns Hopkins Team Develops Therapeutic, Nasally-Delivered DNA Vaccine for Tuberculosis

Hero Black Lab Was Trained as a Seeing-Eye Dog, but Detected Owner’s Blood Clot Too

Betta Fish Turns Vivid Blue When Happy Again–After Moving From Pet Shop Jar to Caring Home (WATCH)

Pink noise for sleep: what it is and whether it actually helps you rest
Researchers Train Bacteria to Consume Tumors from the Inside Out
Stanford Cures Type-1 Diabetes in Mice Without Insulin or Immune Suppression

Young Boy with Cancer Delivers 124 Gorgeous Easter Baskets to Kids in Hospitals After Fundraising $2,000
Lead Pollution Has Dropped 100-Fold in the U.S. Over the Last Century

Vancouver’s ‘Teddy Bear Doctor’ Stitches Together More Than Just Plushies, but Memories Too

Banana Breakthrough: Scientists Discover Key to Fighting Devastating Crop Disease
Florida police department deploys first-ever specially trained 'search and recovery' otter
Transcendental Meditation Found to Calm Genes Associated with Both Aging and Stress

Everyone’s Liver is Only 3 Years-old, Thus WWII Vet Becomes Oldest Organ Donor in US History at 100

Lawyer explains why everyone should do 'mandatory hospice volunteering' when they turn 18

Animals are Streaming into 400 Children’s Hospitals From San Diego Zoo’s Dedicated 24-hour Channel

New Drug Could Change Lives of Kids with Resistant Epilepsy, Patient Trials Concluded

Seniors Who Eat More Meat Are Less Likely to Develop Dementia Study Find

Tiny 28-Inch Pony Is Now thriving After Being so Sick He Couldn’t Stand

‘Call a Boomer’ Payphone Instantly Connects Youth with Seniors to Tackle Loneliness Across Generations
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NASA Invites Media to Discuss Next Steps for Artemis Campaign

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India’s New ‘Good Samaritan Laws’ Reward Any Citizen Who Stops to Help with Traffic Injuries

Prince William is Selling 20% of His Duchy Landholdings to Build Affordable Housing and Restore Nature

19 years after writing it, the Bee Gees finally performed ‘Grease’ for the first time ever

Free Ice Cream Gift for One Child Prompts Donations to Fund Free Sweets For Kids the Entire Summer

Instead of Arresting Indigenous Fishermen, Australia Begins to Pay Them to Control Sea Urchin Plague

Good News in History, May 20
This Vincent van Gogh Painting Was Found Wrapped in an Ikea Bag and a Blood-Stained Pillow. Now, the Artwork Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory
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NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind

Finance App Analyzes Your Jewelry and Puts it in a Digital Portfolio Where You can Track it Like a Stock
Scientists Discover Microscopic Traces of Leaves, Seeds and Toxic Berries on Pots Used by Stone Age Cooks Thousands of Years Ago

People share the '10 second decisions' that meaningfully improved their lives forever
Young people share their petty 'boomer' complaints, proving old folks can be right

Salt Water Restores Native Queensland Ecosystems After Dozens of Tidal Gates Removed

Passionate ‘Tortoise Guardians’ Help Critically-Endangered Giant Tortoise Slowly Return to India
Good News in History, May 19

Young woman surprises 87-year-old neighbor who lives alone by paying off his hearing aid bill

NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon

Ancient Egyptian Crypt of 22 Singing Priests Unsealed for the First Time in Luxor

Good News in History, May 18

The Spark: Building Community One Meal at a Time

Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere

Small But Mighty Lab Device Could Transform NASA Research

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Village’s Honored Oak with its Own Stone Wall Wins European Tree of the Year

Over 200 Volunteers Lead Largest-Ever Oyster Reef Restoration Off England’s Portsmouth

Students Work to Fundraise to Save Habitat Where They Watch Bald Eagle Chicks on Livestream

NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 Test Flights

College Commencement Speaker Announces He’s Paying Off Final Year of Loans For Graduates, in Honor of Father

Jogger’s Call for Help Saves Critically-Endangered Penguin Found Face-Down on the Beach

Good News in History, May 17
Humans Might Struggle to Make Babies in Space. Sperm Gets Disoriented in Microgravity, a New Study Suggests

Hero British Cop ‘Saves Life’ of American Officer While on Holiday in Nashville

Celebrating 15 Years of Matching Disabled Youth with College Athletes–Over 4,500 Kids Discover the Power of Belonging
These Space-Faring Mice Are Helping Scientists Figure Out How to Keep Astronauts' Muscles Working Properly

Astronauts’ Perspectives on NESC Contributions to Mission Safety and Success

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18 Rescue Workers Toil for 6 Hours to Save Dog Trapped Underground (Watch Her Joyful Release)

Good News in History, May 16
Astronomers Discover a Rare Primitive Star That Provides a Chemical Snapshot of the Early Universe
Landsat 9: More Than Just A Picture

Reaching Top Speed in the Dolomites

Another Trawling Ban, Another Big Recovery for Sea Life

About Airspace Operations and Safety Program (AOSP)

Man's 'robot' dance moves are so smooth that people are convinced he's not real

3 Teens Win Earth Prize for Asia Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics
Good News in History, May 15
We Use Many of the Same Brain Cells to See and to Imagine Objects, a Study Suggests. The Findings Provide a New Window Into Memory
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Extraordinary Breakthrough for Physics as Scientists Put Building-Size Magnet into the Palm of Your Hand

LAPD’s 90-year-old ‘Volunteer of the Year’ just happens to be Bruce Willis’ mom

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Iraq Embarks on Preservation Work for the Ziggurat of Ur Using Bricks of Identical Material to 5,000-yo Original
GVIS Test Facilities Visualizations
Sunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry

Study Shows Littering Declined 34% Across America Since 2020

Good News in History, May 14

BELLS FINALLY RING OUT! 150-Year Wait Ends in Easter Celebration
Like an 'Eight-Ton Chicken,' Tyrannosaurus Rex May Have Run on Its Tiptoes to Catch Speedy Prey

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launches to International Space Station
The Relaxation of Regularly Listening to Songs or Drawing Pictures May Actually Slow Cellular Aging, New Research Shows

Family of 7 takes in 82-year-old widower neighbor as their new ‘grandpa’

Butterfly That Went Extinct in Britain a Century Ago Set for Return to Famous Rewilded Estate Land
A Football-Size Creature That Lived 307 Million Years Ago May Have Been One of the First Land Vertebrates to Eat Plants

EU Passes Animal Protection Law for Keeping, Breeding, and Selling

Shanghai Achieves 98% Industrial Recycling Rates After 2019 Waste Management Plan

Vital Island Home for Endangered Monk Seals Gains Marine Protections from Greece

Good News in History, May 13
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Conservationists Successfully Tackle Invasive Trees and Fish in Vital South Africa Ecosystems

Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Powers an Onboard Data Center, While the Sea Disperses the Heat

NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Telescope Clocks Hot Wind of Galaxy M82
Astronomers Witnessed the Birth of a Magnetar for the First Time. It Explains the Mysterious Flickering of an Ultrabright Supernova

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