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Science

Does dark showering help you sleep better? Experts explain the viral bedtime trend
Feb 27 · The Optimist Daily
Pomegranates, Walnuts and Berries Could Unlock Heart Failure Treatment By Producing Urolithin A
Oct 4 · Good News Network
Rare 1-in-100M ‘Ghost Lobster’ Goes to School to Help Scientists Crack Genetic Mystery–in Time for Halloween
Oct 4 · Good News Network
AI Chatbots Will Never Replace Advice From Elders, Say Seven of 10 in New Poll
Oct 4 · Good News Network
Underwater Umbrellas Could Protect Coral Reefs From Heat Damage
Oct 3 · Good News Network
NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars
May 18 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA to Unveil Complete Roman Telescope, Host Media Briefing
Mar 26 · NASA (News Releases)
A simple neuroscience brain trick to stay quiet instead of saying impulsive things you'll regret
Feb 13 · Upworthy
Hunter-Gatherers Don’t Have Trouble Sleeping: Why? and What Can We Learn from Them?
Oct 2 · Good News Network
NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests
Oct 2 · NASA (News Releases)
She thought it was just a panic attack. But then remembering a 15-year-old Elizabeth Banks PSA saved her life.
Oct 1 · Upworthy
10 Things: Movie Night
Oct 2 · NASA (News Releases)
Chinese Commercial Reactor Achieves Nuclear Fusion with Clean Hydrogen-Boron Fuel
Oct 1 · Good News Network
Genetic Analysis All But Confirms the Most Unique of Humpback Populations Is Actually a Subspecies
Oct 1 · Good News Network
A guy went viral for tracking the taste of his own urine. Doctors used to do it all the time.
Feb 11 · Upworthy
New Gobi Desert Fossil Rewrites a Chapter of Mammal Evolution
Sep 30 · Good News Network
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the impossible concept of 'nothing' in less than one minute
Feb 11 · Upworthy
Arctic Winter Sea Ice Ties Record Low, NASA, NSIDC Scientists Find
Mar 26 · NASA (News Releases)
This Massive, Deep-Sea Roly Poly Can Go Years Without Food Thanks to a Huge Stomach and a Stolen Gene, Study Suggests
Sep 28 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Satellite Images Reveal Greenland and Antarctica Have Lost More Than 12 Trillion Tons of Ice Over the Past 50 Years
Sep 28 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
NASA ORBIT Challenge 2027
Sep 28 · NASA (News Releases)
Meet the 'Fire Amoeba,' a Newfound Blobby Organism That's Defying Expectations About How Much Heat Complex Life Can Handle
Sep 28 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Researchers Unearth a Clay Tablet Inscribed With the World’s Oldest Peace Treaty
Sep 28 · Good News Network
Newly Identified Frog-like Creature Named by Student Scientists After Their Moms
Sep 28 · Good News Network
CA Researchers Identify Odors That Repel Honeybees From Pesticides
Sep 27 · Good News Network
Archaeologists Risked Their Lives to Save 30,000 Treasures from ISIS Terrorists—New Study Shows How
Sep 27 · Good News Network
Web of undersea cables poised to become marine observatory
Feb 16 · Positive News
Cornell Students Aid NASA with Drone Safety in Sky
May 7 · NASA (News Releases)
Two Thousand Years Ago, Julius Caesar Conquered the Settlement That Eventually Became Paris. Archaeologists May Have Just Found It
Sep 25 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Some Birdsongs Are More Pleasing to Human Ears Than Others. Higher-Pitched, Complex Calls Tend to Sound More Beautiful to Us
Sep 24 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
The tilcayo: new wildcat species discovered in Bolivia’s cloud forest
Sep 24 · The Optimist Daily
NASA Unveils Winning Designs for Mars Space Food Systems Challenge
Sep 24 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA’s Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova
Sep 23 · NASA (News Releases)
US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption
Sep 24 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA to Study Human Health, Performance During Crew-13 Mission
Sep 24 · NASA (News Releases)
Bikes Outnumbered Cars on Scottish Rush Hour Route for the First Time Ever
Sep 23 · Good News Network
Long-Lost Gertrude Abercrombie Painting Bought by a Bargain Hunter for $30 Could Fetch $250,000
Sep 23 · Good News Network
NASA Modernizes Commercial Airline Systems
Sep 23 · NASA (News Releases)
An Otter Just Returned to New York City's Bronx River for the First Time in a Century. Now, You Can Help Name It
Sep 23 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Scientists Pioneer Chemical Bath Method to Restore Aging EV Batteries Without Breaking Them Down
Sep 23 · Good News Network
Pomegranates and berries produce a gut metabolite that may improve IBD outcomes
Sep 23 · The Optimist Daily
Exceptional Detection Rates of Bladder Cancer Recorded in Study of Simple, Yet State-of-the-Art Test
Sep 22 · Good News Network
Mercury Has Wrinkles That Show It's Shrinking. Now, Scientists Say the Planet Has Shriveled Far More Than Previously Thought
Sep 22 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Scientists Say the Human Brain Might Be Made of Two Distinct Nervous Systems That Got Squished Together
Sep 22 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
This Curious Bird Had Never Been Seen Before, and its Discovery Changed Ecuador–Perhaps Forever
Sep 22 · Good News Network
Brazil’s new law blames platform design for harming kids, not parents
Mar 26 · The Optimist Daily
How a Boat Full of Goats Saved an Island
Nov 8 · CNN 5 Good Things (Podcast RSS)
New AI Model Can Detect Heart Disease Markers in Simple Electrocardiogram Readings–a Breakthrough
Sep 21 · Good News Network
NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars
Sep 21 · NASA (News Releases)
Ontario teen says he’ll live in ‘modular home’ invention for a year to prove it can end homelessness
Sep 21 · Upworthy
Cavemen Used Mammoth Tusk Patterns to Create Unique Art, Reveals New Research
Sep 21 · Good News Network
The high school student whose filter uses magnetic oil to trap microplastics
Mar 30 · The Optimist Daily
New study: Parks are good for the economy — even the tiny ones
Jan 23 · Good Good Good
Artemis Moon Tree Dedicated in Honor of Mary W. Jackson
Mar 25 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets
Mar 24 · NASA (Technology)
Unsealed for the First Time, This 600-yo Tomb in Peru Was Just Declared the ‘Discovery of the Decade’
Sep 18 · Good News Network
New Cat Species Identified for the First Time in Over 100 Years–Meet the Tilcayo
Sep 18 · Good News Network
Liquid Lifeline: NASA Tech Could Create IV Fluid In Space
Apr 23 · NASA (Technology)
Researchers Have Analyzed the Roman Empire’s 190,000-Mile Network of Roads. Turns Out, Not All of Them Led to Rome
Sep 17 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Students Win James Dyson Award for Device That Screens Students for Concussions in Just 60 Seconds
Sep 17 · Good News Network
That’s it for Science. Keep scrolling for more good news from the full archive.

More from the Archive

Mushrooms Used to Clean E. Coli from Rivers and Immediately Implemented in England
Jun 19 · Good News Network
B&Q Volunteers Transform Hampshire Centre Supporting Older People
Jun 2 · The Good News Post
NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base
Jun 2 · NASA (News Releases)
Teen spent minutes hunting for a dime to help a stranger. The delay may have saved him.
Jun 1 · Upworthy
Pigeon Bones Found at an Ancient Cyprus Settlement Reveal That Our Relationship With These Birds Began Earlier Than We Thought
May 29 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Just By Mowing a Lawn, Social Media Star Raises $685,000 for Bereaved Senior Who Fell Behind on Rent
Jun 18 · Good News Network
Stunning Video of the Southern Lights Dancing Across the Earth Captured by a NASA Astronaut–WATCH
Jun 18 · Good News Network
NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants
Jun 17 · NASA (News Releases)
After a 7’1” man was uncomfortable on a plane, a ‘very short’ woman came to his rescue
May 16 · Upworthy
Microplastics Are Swirling Around in the Atmosphere, Where They Might Be Contributing to Climate Change
May 12 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Sumatran Tiger Cubs Born in the UK Is Huge Win–with Only 400 Left in Wild
Jun 18 · Good News Network
No Outstanding Coal Mining Applications Left in the UK After Council Refusal in Carmarthenshire
Jun 18 · Good News Network
Good News in History, June 18
Jun 18 · Good News Network
NASA’s X-59 Prepares for First Supersonic Flight
May 28 · NASA (News Releases)
Potatoes Didn't Just Feed Ancient Indigenous Communities in the Andes—the Tasty Tubers Also Reshaped People's DNA
May 12 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Boss noticed struggling employee was wearing tattered clothes. His response left the worker teary-eyed.
Jun 17 · Upworthy
Sweden’s Breathtaking New Train Ride to Oslo Passes By Best of Country’s Landscape
Jun 17 · Good News Network
‘A Little Hero’ Saves Her Friend from Both Drowning AND a Seizure
Jun 17 · Good News Network
East Africa Might Break Off From the Continent Sooner Than Scientists Thought—and a New Ocean May Fill the Gap
May 8 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Are These the Earliest Known Dice in the World? Native Americans May Have Used Them to Play Games of Chance More Than 12,000 Years Ago
Apr 3 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Japanese Fans Cleaned the Stadium After World Cup Match While the Players Cleaned Locker Room
Jun 17 · Good News Network
Knee Pain Suffered by Millions Can Be Eased Using New Non-Surgical Procedure
Jun 17 · Good News Network
Good News in History, June 17
Jun 17 · Good News Network
A man who fell from his wheelchair into a lake and his little beagle saved his life
May 9 · Upworthy
Florida teacher says she’s quitting her job because of school’s ‘course recovery’ shortcut
May 9 · Upworthy
Artist Beats Brain Cancer And Paints Amazing Portraits of Hospital Staff as Thank-you Gifts (LOOK)
Jun 17 · Good News Network
Detective Spends Months Searching for Stolen Dementia Patient’s Ring–Finds it in a Pawnshop Miles Away
Jun 16 · Good News Network
Help for a desperate mom who couldn’t find size 23 shoes for her teenage son
Jun 16 · Upworthy
Colorado’s ‘Tamales Act’ Restores Citizens’ Freedom to Buy and Sell Homecooked Food
Jun 16 · Good News Network
Worried Your House Is Haunted? The Spooky Sensation Might Arise From a Surprisingly Simple Source
Apr 28 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Scientists Map Underground Fungal Networks and Find They Cover 62 Quadrillion Miles
Jun 16 · Good News Network
Good News in History, June 16
Jun 16 · Good News Network
How Marcia Lucas saved Star Wars and shaped it into the classic we love
May 22 · Upworthy
Webb Studies Star Clusters
May 22 · NASA (News Releases)
Despite Their Tiny Brains, Bumblebees Have a Surprising Sense of Rhythm, According to a New Study by Neuroscientists
Apr 3 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
6-Year-old Finds Ancient Viking Sword on School Field Trip, Buried for 1,300 Years
Jun 15 · Good News Network
Man taking afternoon nap hears odd ‘popping’ noises—minutes later, a stranger pulls him to safety
Jun 15 · Upworthy
Sea Levels Might Be Higher Than We Thought, Putting Millions of People in the Path of Coastal Flooding Sooner Than Expected
Mar 13 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
These Intricately Decorated Ostrich Eggshells Suggest Our Ancestors May Have Understood Basic Geometry 60,000 Years Ago
Mar 9 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Is Autism Really a Male-Dominated Condition? A New Study Suggests Women Have It Just as Often, but Are Diagnosed Later in Life
Feb 19 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Venus Flytraps Snap Their Traps Shut in Less Than a Second. Scientists Say They've Discovered How the Predatory Plants Are So Fast
Jun 15 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Wasteful Fisherman Turns into Underwater Garbage Man, Pulls Tons of Tires from Canadian Harbors
Jun 15 · Good News Network
African Continent Gains 10 Years of Life Expectancy Since 2000 Despite Wars, Famine, and Instability
Jun 15 · Good News Network
EV Popularity in China Accounts for 262,000 Fewer Deaths from Air Pollution
Jun 15 · Good News Network
Good News in History, June 15
Jun 15 · Good News Network
Signs of Breast Cancer Could Be Spotted 3-6 Years Before Diagnosis Using AI Screening, Shows Massive Study
Jun 14 · Good News Network
An Almost Incomparable ‘Princely’ Tomb of Ancient Celtic Noble Found in Germany
Jun 14 · Good News Network
Thousands Donate to Help Nebraska Ranchers Who Couldn’t Feed Their Herds After Wildfires Burn Every Acre
Jun 14 · Good News Network
Good News in History, June 14
Jun 14 · Good News Network
Tiny NASA Spacecraft Delivers Exoplanet Mission’s First Images
Mar 12 · NASA (News Releases)
Boy Finds 2 Million-year-old Tooth From Elephant Ancestor on Beach Walk
Jun 14 · Good News Network
Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why
Mar 17 · NASA (News Releases)
Taking a Daily Multivitamin Might Slow Some Signs of Biological Aging, a New Study Suggests
Mar 11 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Mosquitoes Have Been Biting Humans for More Than One Million Years
Mar 5 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Positive Thinking Might Boost Your Immune System's Responses to Vaccines, New Research Suggests
Jan 23 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Father and Son Break Three World Records in 18,000 Mile Cycle Around the World
Jun 13 · Good News Network
French Polynesia Protects Biodiverse Ocean Area Twice the Size of Arizona Teeming with Life
Jun 13 · Good News Network
What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8)
Mar 9 · NASA (News Releases)
Searching for Selenite
Mar 4 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA Strengthens Artemis: Adds Mission, Refines Overall Architecture
Mar 3 · NASA (News Releases)
Woman Who Rescued Injured Crow Keeps Getting ‘Thank-you Gifts’ from Other Birds
Jun 13 · Good News Network
Good News in History, June 13
Jun 13 · Good News Network
GVIS Virtual Systems Simulations
Mar 13 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York
Mar 9 · NASA (News Releases)
Tyrannosaurus Rex Was Probably a Late Bloomer—and May Have Taken Around 40 Years to Grow Up
Jan 26 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
After Wandering Field All Day He Discovers 16th C. Diamond Ring Using his Metal Detector
Jun 12 · Good News Network
Dog Rescued After Being Swept Out to Sea on Inflatable Kayak Headed Toward Norway
Jun 12 · Good News Network
France Salutes America, Flying Over Statue of Liberty–Launching Month of Celebrations for 250 Years of Friendship
Jun 12 · Good News Network
La NASA refuerza Artemis: añade una misión y perfecciona su arquitectura general
Mar 3 · NASA (News Releases)
Two Observatories, One Cosmic Eye: Hubble and Euclid View Cat’s Eye Nebula
Mar 3 · NASA (News Releases)
New Solar Method Turns Ocean Into Drinking Water, While Extracting Valuable Lithium Without Waste
Jun 12 · Good News Network
Good News in History, June 12
Jun 12 · Good News Network
NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Station Resupply Launch
Mar 6 · NASA (News Releases)
Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time
Mar 6 · NASA (News Releases)
Artemis II: What’s on the Menu?
Mar 3 · NASA (News Releases)
7-11 Owner Pays Forward Kindness from Decade Ago with Viral Signs Offering Shelter from Scorching Heat
Jun 11 · Good News Network
Frugal people say these under $50 upgrades saved them more money than expected
Mar 13 · Upworthy
Agenda diaria de la misión a la Luna de Artemis II de la NASA
Mar 13 · NASA (News Releases)
Help Galaxy Zoo: Tidal Tales Open Cosmic Storybook
Mar 12 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA Heat Shield Technology Enables Space Industry Growth
Jan 29 · NASA (Technology)
Therapy Donkeys Prove Such a Balm of Calm to Psychiatric Hospital That Organizers Look to Expand
Jun 11 · Good News Network
Inventor’s Microfiber Laundry Filter Is Already Keeping Tons of Fossil-Fuel Fibers Out of the Environment
Jun 11 · Good News Network
Family That Owned This ‘Wildlife Wonder of the World’ for 300 Years Sells Bass Rock to Protect 100,000 Seabirds
Jun 11 · Good News Network
Good News in History, June 11
Jun 11 · Good News Network
Ohio library pokes fun at McDonald’s CEO by taking the ‘eat a book’ challenge
Mar 13 · Upworthy
Husband who lost his job reluctantly moves family in with mother-in-law, pure joy ensued
Jun 10 · Upworthy
Chicago Home Builder Lauded for Halting Construction Just to Save Killdeer Nest
Jun 10 · Good News Network
Good News in History, June 10
Jun 10 · Good News Network
Ice Warrior’s Royal Honour: Craig Mathieson Wins Polar Medal
Feb 27 · The Good News Post
NASA to Cover 33rd SpaceX Resupply Mission Station Departure
Feb 23 · NASA (News Releases)
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