Does dark showering help you sleep better? Experts explain the viral bedtime trend

Pomegranates, Walnuts and Berries Could Unlock Heart Failure Treatment By Producing Urolithin A

Rare 1-in-100M ‘Ghost Lobster’ Goes to School to Help Scientists Crack Genetic Mystery–in Time for Halloween

AI Chatbots Will Never Replace Advice From Elders, Say Seven of 10 in New Poll

Underwater Umbrellas Could Protect Coral Reefs From Heat Damage

NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars

NASA to Unveil Complete Roman Telescope, Host Media Briefing

A simple neuroscience brain trick to stay quiet instead of saying impulsive things you'll regret

Hunter-Gatherers Don’t Have Trouble Sleeping: Why? and What Can We Learn from Them?

NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests

She thought it was just a panic attack. But then remembering a 15-year-old Elizabeth Banks PSA saved her life.

10 Things: Movie Night

Chinese Commercial Reactor Achieves Nuclear Fusion with Clean Hydrogen-Boron Fuel

Genetic Analysis All But Confirms the Most Unique of Humpback Populations Is Actually a Subspecies

A guy went viral for tracking the taste of his own urine. Doctors used to do it all the time.

New Gobi Desert Fossil Rewrites a Chapter of Mammal Evolution

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the impossible concept of 'nothing' in less than one minute

Arctic Winter Sea Ice Ties Record Low, NASA, NSIDC Scientists Find

This Massive, Deep-Sea Roly Poly Can Go Years Without Food Thanks to a Huge Stomach and a Stolen Gene, Study Suggests

Satellite Images Reveal Greenland and Antarctica Have Lost More Than 12 Trillion Tons of Ice Over the Past 50 Years

NASA ORBIT Challenge 2027

Meet the 'Fire Amoeba,' a Newfound Blobby Organism That's Defying Expectations About How Much Heat Complex Life Can Handle

Researchers Unearth a Clay Tablet Inscribed With the World’s Oldest Peace Treaty

Newly Identified Frog-like Creature Named by Student Scientists After Their Moms

CA Researchers Identify Odors That Repel Honeybees From Pesticides

Archaeologists Risked Their Lives to Save 30,000 Treasures from ISIS Terrorists—New Study Shows How

Web of undersea cables poised to become marine observatory

Cornell Students Aid NASA with Drone Safety in Sky

Two Thousand Years Ago, Julius Caesar Conquered the Settlement That Eventually Became Paris. Archaeologists May Have Just Found It

Some Birdsongs Are More Pleasing to Human Ears Than Others. Higher-Pitched, Complex Calls Tend to Sound More Beautiful to Us

The tilcayo: new wildcat species discovered in Bolivia’s cloud forest

NASA Unveils Winning Designs for Mars Space Food Systems Challenge

NASA’s Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova

US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption

NASA to Study Human Health, Performance During Crew-13 Mission

Bikes Outnumbered Cars on Scottish Rush Hour Route for the First Time Ever

Long-Lost Gertrude Abercrombie Painting Bought by a Bargain Hunter for $30 Could Fetch $250,000

NASA Modernizes Commercial Airline Systems

An Otter Just Returned to New York City's Bronx River for the First Time in a Century. Now, You Can Help Name It

Scientists Pioneer Chemical Bath Method to Restore Aging EV Batteries Without Breaking Them Down

Pomegranates and berries produce a gut metabolite that may improve IBD outcomes

Exceptional Detection Rates of Bladder Cancer Recorded in Study of Simple, Yet State-of-the-Art Test

Mercury Has Wrinkles That Show It's Shrinking. Now, Scientists Say the Planet Has Shriveled Far More Than Previously Thought

Scientists Say the Human Brain Might Be Made of Two Distinct Nervous Systems That Got Squished Together

This Curious Bird Had Never Been Seen Before, and its Discovery Changed Ecuador–Perhaps Forever

Brazil’s new law blames platform design for harming kids, not parents

How a Boat Full of Goats Saved an Island

New AI Model Can Detect Heart Disease Markers in Simple Electrocardiogram Readings–a Breakthrough

NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars

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

Cavemen Used Mammoth Tusk Patterns to Create Unique Art, Reveals New Research

The high school student whose filter uses magnetic oil to trap microplastics

New study: Parks are good for the economy — even the tiny ones

Artemis Moon Tree Dedicated in Honor of Mary W. Jackson

NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets

Unsealed for the First Time, This 600-yo Tomb in Peru Was Just Declared the ‘Discovery of the Decade’

New Cat Species Identified for the First Time in Over 100 Years–Meet the Tilcayo

Liquid Lifeline: NASA Tech Could Create IV Fluid In Space

Researchers Have Analyzed the Roman Empire’s 190,000-Mile Network of Roads. Turns Out, Not All of Them Led to Rome

Students Win James Dyson Award for Device That Screens Students for Concussions in Just 60 Seconds

Tow Truck Driver Tells Customers to Wait Until He Finishes Moose Rescue: ‘Oh, that’s fine…’ (WATCH)

This Souvenir Bowl May Have Commemorated an Ancient Roman Soldier's Service at Hadrian's Wall. It Was Discovered on a Spanish Farm 1,900 Years Later

Why Do Cows Burp Up So Much Planet-Warming Methane? A Newly Discovered Structure in Their Gut Microbes Could Be a Culprit

14 Toucans Rescued at US-Mexico Border Found Hidden in the Dashboard of a Vehicle

Heroes Corral 15 Horses in Raging Floodwaters to Rescue Them on Hawaiian Ranch

Women DJs over 60 Take Stage at German Music Festival Rocking the Crowd, ‘It Was Fantastic’ (WATCH)

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

Good News in History, May 3

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

Ancient Blocks From the Lighthouse of Alexandria Raised from the Sea to Better Understand Their Wondrous Construction

Oak Trees Will Delay Sprouting Leaves to Avoid Hungry Caterpillars That Devoured the Trees in Previous Year: Study

The ‘Magical’ Moment Subway Passengers Start Applauding a London Marathon Runner (WATCH)

Beloved Oregon Waterfall to Become Public Land as State Buys Abiqua Falls Property

This NHL team is selling 'Heated Rivalry' jerseys. The proceeds will be donated to a queer and trans hockey league

'Unwinding' with screens might actually make you more stressed. Here are 4 things to try instead

Medieval Floor Tiles Returned to Monastery 60 Years After Boy Steals Them, Goaded by his Father

Scientists Unveil Hemp Alternative to Plastic That Can Withstand Boiling Water and Stretch to 1,600% its Size

Company’s 2 Million lbs. Excavator Has a Green Trick: Fully-Electric Drive Mode

When to turn sprinklers on after winter (and how to avoid costly damage to lawn and home)

Hundreds of Flowering Species Bloomed Across Britain and Ireland Last Winter. That's Not a Good Thing

American Hockey Fans Finish the Canadian Anthem After Singer’s Mic Goes Out (WATCH)

Good News in History, May 2

Bride Goes Viral on Wedding Night Dancing While Doing Vital Cystic Fibrosis Treatment (WATCH)

Mysterious ‘Hero’ Dog Leads Police Straight to Missing 3-year-old Officer Says in Body Cam Video

Lost Painting by the ‘Illustrious Woman’ Painter of the Renaissance Surfaces in N. Carolina After 100 Years

Podcast Transcript May 1, 2026— Antarctic whales by the hundreds, the UK’s generational smoking ban, and more positive news this week

Not 1, Not 2, but 5 Students Jump into Lifesaving Action as School Bus Driver Loses Consciousness

‘Astonishing” New Scimitar-Shaped Crested Dinosaur Discovered in Sahara Desert: ‘You might uncover a lost world’

Secrets Behind Rome’s Self-Healing Concrete Leads Scientist to Launch Roman-Style Concrete Business

Minneapolis cafe vows to be 100% free to 'everyone except ICE' as long as agents are in MN

40 Years of Work Returning 900 Wild Horses to China’s Steppes is Celebrated in Year of the Horse 2026

Norway’s Largest-Ever Trove of Viking Age Coins Is ‘Historic Find’ By Metal Detectors

Good News in History, May 1

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

Archaeologists Say This 9,500-Year-Old Burial Is the Oldest Known Evidence of Intentional Cremation Discovered in Africa

Toy Story Character Talks with Deaf Girl in Heartwarming ASL Moment That Went Viral

Record Number of Humpbacks Observed Feeding in ‘Supergroup’ Near South Africa

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

Good News in History, April 30

Over 90 California Fish Stocks Almost Totally Rebuilt Thanks to Trawling Ban, Other Measures

Phone-Free Social Events Grew by 567% Led by the Generations Who Didn’t Have Them Until Adulthood

Good News in History, March 9

Triceratops Had Huge Nose to Control its Body Temperature, Suggests Curious Scientist

Dog Obsessively Sniffing Mom’s Breath Detected Lung Cancer–Now an E-Nose is Being Trained to Save More Lives

Two Lost ‘Jungle Book’ Original Paintings Found in Family’s Home After a Century–They had No Clue What They Were

Good News in History, April 29

Treacherous 43-Day Mountain Search Finally Reunites Dog With Owner After it Bolted During Road Trip: ‘It was amazing’

Chance Rediscovery of Fossils Found in the 1960s Retell the Story of Giant, Globetrotting Amphibian

158 Giant Endangered Tortoises Released on Galápagos Island Where They’d Been Extinct for 180 Years

Thrift Shop Buried Under ‘Rags’ Gets Helping Hand from Designer Who Wants to Reduce Landfill Waste

Chinese Pangolins Growing Steadily in the Wilds of Southern China for the First Time This Century

Key Discovery Could Be a ‘Valuable Starting Point’ To Saving Children from Deadly Disfiguring Condition

Judicial Overhaul in India Decriminalizes Hundreds of Offenses That Previously Landed You in Prison

Boston Marathon Runners Praised for Stopping to Help Injured Competitor Cross Finish Line (WATCH)

‘Mushroom Mining’ Could Be Cheap Way to Recover Rare Earth Minerals from Industrial Waste

Success! Sumatran Orangutan Uses Rope Bridge to Cross Road for the First Time Connecting Habitats

Sub-2-Hour Marathon Finally Breached in Official Race as Sabastian Sawe Makes History in London

Motoring Madmen Drive Across Africa in Famously Unreliable Three-Wheeled Car (WATCH)

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

Celebrating with a Cake Topped with Fish, World’s Oldest Penguin Turns 38

Good News in History, April 28

Rodents Don't Gnaw Just to Trim Their Teeth—It Also Feels Good, According to a New Study

Dozens of Strangers Form Parade for Man with Cancer, Driving Classic Cars Passed his Home for One Last Surprise (WATCH)

Vacation Film Forgotten in 70-yo Vintage Camera Was Developed for the First Time: Do You Know These Skiers?

‘Lightning in a Bottle’ Transforms Methane into High-Demand Methanol Through Breakthrough Process

Grandmother Gets Help From Her Dog While Gardening: She Points and He Digs

Release the Kraken: 60-foot Octopuses Were Top Predators 100 Million Years Ago, Fossils Shows

Good News in History, April 27

Childbirths and Marriages Are Up and Divorces Are Down in World’s Least Fertile Country

Did Neanderthals Have Language? New Research Suggests They Had the Genetic Hardware for It, Like Humans

What Are Ames’ Contributions to Artemis II?

Brits Travel to Town Called Lover to Send Valentine’s Day Cards From World’s Most Romantic Post Office

Bird Droppings Powered the Rise of this Little-Known Coastal Kingdom, Archaeologists Find

Hundreds of Ponds Restored Across Iowa Bring This Endangered Fish Back, Along with 100s of Species

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

Once Extinct in the Wild, Bandicoot Marsupial to be Released Across Australia After Being Bred For Survival (LOOK)

This Ancient Man’s Piercing Hazel Eyes Drew Almost $1 Million in ‘Mummy Portrait’ Auction

Artist Uses Cremation Ashes to Create Unique Memorial Paintings With Personal Meanings

Apes Show Ability to Imagine in ‘Tea Party’ Experiments, and Scientists are Very Excited

New Prince Song “With This Tear” Released to Mark 10 Years Since Superstar’s Death

Scientists Discover How the Iconic ‘Twelve Apostles’ Rock Formations Were Created in Australia

Good News in History, April 26

Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild

Record Harvest Dubbed the ‘Potato Flood’ and Prompts Mass Spud Giveaways Across Berlin

#1 in NFL Draft – And in Charity: Fernando Mendoza Just Pledged Half Million to Fight MS, Honoring Mom

Evidence from Pompeii Reveals Roman ‘Automatic’ Weapon Used More Than 2,000 Years Ago

Life's Genetic Code Requires Five Key Ingredients. The Asteroid Ryugu Has All of Them, a New Study Suggests

Wearable Airbag Vest Will Help Protect Downhill Skiers from Extreme Speeds at Olympics in Italy

‘Extinct’ Snail Found in Alleyway Results in Species Pulled Back From the Brink: A ‘Once in a Career’ Moment