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Science

First River Otter Spotted in the Bronx in 100 Years Along the Bronx River
Aug 21 · Good News Network
Human-Related Microbes May Survive Moon’s South Pole, NASA Finds
Aug 19 · NASA (News Releases)
Ancient Milky Way Merger
Aug 19 · NASA (News Releases)
After 27 years apart, a divorced dad showed up at his ex-wife’s door when she needed him most
Aug 20 · Upworthy
Experimental Drug Generates Immune Response Against Pancreatic Cancer in People at High Risk
Aug 20 · Good News Network
Archaeologists Triple the Scale of an Ancient Amazonian Civilization We Know Almost Nothing About
Aug 20 · Good News Network
Archaeologists Have Found Thousands of Intact Ancient Human Brains. Scientists Say They've Figured Out Why the Organs Don't Always Rot
Aug 20 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
In a First, Scientists Witness the Seafloor Spread in Real Time, Giving Them a Rare Glimpse at a Mysterious Geologic Process
Jul 15 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
NASA TechLeap Prize: Orbital Clarity Challenge
Aug 19 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA Student Aviation Challenge Focuses on Nation’s Infrastructure
Aug 18 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System
Jul 15 · NASA (News Releases)
Boston Aims to Tackle 100-year Flood Risks with $10 Billion in Infrastructure Projects
Aug 18 · Good News Network
Construction Worker Discovers Gold Hoard After Literally Striking a Gold Bar with His Jackhammer
Aug 18 · Good News Network
NASA Mission Studies Air Pollution Over Ethiopia
Aug 17 · NASA (News Releases)
First Wild Beaver Born in Staffordshire for More Than 400 Years
Jul 10 · The Good News Post
Tall Trees Were Thought to Be More Vulnerable to Drought. But These Towering Plants in Southeast Asia Have Adapted to Move Water Efficiently
Jul 7 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Air pollution deaths in London fall 40 percent over five years
Jul 2 · The Optimist Daily
As the Ocean Warms, a 'Cold Blob' in the Atlantic Has Puzzled Scientists. It Might Be a Warning Sign About a Key Current System
Jun 30 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Cement Kilns Could Become Carbon Negative if Run on Clean Energy as Limestone Absorbs CO2
Aug 17 · Good News Network
Company Aims for ‘Moonshot’ Replacement for Trees in Paper Products with Humble Desert Plant
Aug 17 · Good News Network
Could We Mitigate Super El Niños by Artificially Changing the Climate? A New Study Indicates Yes
Jul 9 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Plastic Bottles on Fishing Nets Cut Dolphin Bycatch by 88%, Study Finds
Jul 9 · The Good News Post
Two Hours of Sleep Restored in Alzheimer’s Brains in Research Breakthrough
Aug 16 · Good News Network
Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation
Aug 17 · The Optimist Daily
A controversial scientist created a ‘utopia’ for mice. 19 months in, it all went haywire.
Jun 23 · Upworthy
Historic ILO vote gives gig workers labour rights for the first time
Jun 22 · The Optimist Daily
NASA’s Experimental Fabrication Branch Fuels Aircraft Innovation
Jun 22 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA’s Webb Finds Clues to Ancient, Distant Origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS
Jun 22 · NASA (News Releases)
Here's Why These Male Spiders Sacrifice Themselves by Somersaulting Into Females' Fangs While Mating
Aug 14 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
NASA Mission to Study Space Weather Impacts of Earth’s Atmosphere
Jun 18 · NASA (News Releases)
New Radiation-Free Lung Scan Can Spot Disease Sooner in Children – And it’s Much Safer
Aug 14 · Good News Network
Covid-19 Can Reawaken Dormant Viruses in the Body, Which Might Worsen Symptoms of the Respiratory Illness, Study Suggests
Aug 14 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
NASA Competition Invites Students to Help Imagine a Future Enabled by Lunar Technologies
Aug 14 · NASA (News Releases)
Five Endangered Secretarybird Chicks Hatch in Major Conservation First
Aug 14 · Good News Network
Ospreys Recover Thanks to ‘Pioneering Pairs’ Who Nest Away From Main Population
Aug 13 · Good News Network
From Armpits to Feet, Our Ticklish Hot Spots Are Surprisingly Universal. The Finding Offers Clues About the Sensation's Evolutionary Origins
Aug 13 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Bioengineered gum could expand treatment options for oral cancer patients
Aug 13 · The Optimist Daily
6,000 digitized portraits of Black history now available and free to the public for the first time
Aug 12 · Good Good Good
Antiviral Chewing Gum Cuts Risk of Certain Head and Neck Cancers to Almost Zero in New Study
Aug 12 · Good News Network
Early Farmers Figured Out ‘Engineering Wonder,’ Building Huge Irrigation System Without Government or Chief
Aug 12 · Good News Network
NASA Upgrades Vertical Motion Simulator for Modern Mission Needs
Aug 12 · NASA (News Releases)
Got a Brawny Build? You Might Be Able to Thank Your Neanderthal Ancestors, According to a New Study
Aug 11 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Pro Women’s Baseball Returns for First Time Since 1954: A League of Their Own is BACK!
Aug 11 · Good News Network
Plant’s First Flower is a ‘Death Bloom’ So Tall the Greenhouse Had to Remove Ceiling Panels
Aug 11 · Good News Network
AI hiring tools show racial bias, systemic rejection, and creates 330 day black hole. Here’s how to outsmart it.
Jun 18 · Upworthy
Voyager 2 was Running Low on Power Until NASA Engineered a ‘Big Bang’ to Buy Another Year
Aug 10 · Good News Network
When Zoo Elephants Are Rewilded in Africa, Here’s How Good Their Coping Skills Are
Aug 10 · Good News Network
New Treatment Shows Remarkable Motor Improvements in Boys With Muscular Dystrophy—in Just 12 Weeks
Aug 10 · Good News Network
Good News in History, August 10
Aug 10 · Good News Network
Podcast Transcript July 2nd, 2026— Coffee waste as fuel, Nepal same-sex marriage rights, and understanding heat domes
Jul 2 · The Optimist Daily
Earth Might Be Home to 20 Million Insect Species—More Than Three Times as Many as Previously Thought, a Study Suggests
Jul 2 · Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Massive study reveals remote work is making us lonely but a return to the office is not the answer
Jun 16 · Upworthy
NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’
Jun 10 · NASA (News Releases)
Cheese Lovers Unite: The Benefits of Full-Fat Dairy Documented in Study Without Cholesterol Rise or Weight Gain
Aug 9 · Good News Network
Intricate Carvings in Ostrich Eggshells are 60,000 Years Old – and Reveal ‘Remarkable’ Human Thinking
Aug 9 · Good News Network
NASA Scientists Take to Air and Space to Study Arctic Sea Ice
Jul 9 · NASA (News Releases)
Good Morning, Earth!
Jul 2 · NASA (News Releases)
Air Pollution’s Daily Pulse Over the Northeast
Jun 11 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA’s Chandra Examines Milky Way at Arms’ Length
Jul 1 · NASA (News Releases)
NASA Seeks Volunteers for New Yearlong Simulated Moon, Mars Mission
Jul 1 · NASA (News Releases)
That’s it for Science. Keep scrolling for more good news from the full archive.

More from the Archive

A Mass Grave Uncovered in Serbia Hints at a Violent Iron Age Massacre That Targeted Women and Children
· Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
What Does This 150-Year-Old Bottle of Mystery Booze Taste Like? Fruity, With a Hint of Leather
· Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
Wild Chimpanzees Love to Eat Boozy Fruit. Scientists Say the Proof Is in Their Pee
· Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
The Eerie 'Blood' Moon Will Grace the Night Sky Next Week, Thanks to a Total Lunar Eclipse
· Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
The Berlin Cathedral Is Reopening Its Massive Crypt—Home to the Bones of One of Europe’s Most Powerful Dynasties
· Smithsonian Mag (Smart News)
JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs Forward
· NASA (News Releases)
Chesapeake Bay Locked in Ice
· NASA (News Releases)
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· Good News Network
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· Good News Network
50 years later, the iconic ‘Sesame Street’ counting song is overwhelming Gen X with nostalgia
· Upworthy
Boomers and Generation Jones share the meals and foods they miss the most from the 1960s
· Upworthy
We asked people what social rule they’d enforce during flights. One sweet answer dominated.
· Upworthy
Whooping Cranes Came Back From the Brink of Extinction. Now, New Threats Are Converging on Their Texas Wintering Grounds
· Smithsonian Mag (Science & Nature)
Sharklike Fish With Weird, Buzz-Saw Jaws Sliced Through the Seas, Then Vanished. Now, Paleontologists Are Unraveling Their Secrets
· Smithsonian Mag (Science & Nature)
Maggots Are an Incredibly Efficient Source of Protein, Which May Make Them the Next Superfood for Humans
· Smithsonian Mag (Science & Nature)
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