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How embracing the 'Empty Boat Theory' can help you keep anger and anxiety in check

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
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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

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
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
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

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

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)

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

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

Researchers Develop Way to Get Natural Gas That’s Renewable Directly From Sewage

Mystery of the ‘Golden Orb’ Found Two Miles Deep on Ocean Floor is Finally Resolved

Good News in History, April 25
Anglerfish Are Known for Their Built-in Fishing Rods. New Research Sheds Light on How These Lures Evolved in the Strange Creatures
The Uplift: A power couple and a moving mentor

Eradication of Invasive Ferrets Within N. Ireland’s Largest Seabird Colony Is a World First

Millions of Americans May Now Also Be Considered Canadians Under a New Law

Good News in History, April 24
Older Male Whales More Successful at Mating Because They’re Better Singers, Shows Study
Newborn Giraffe With Distinctive Hair-do is Charming Visitors to Ohio Zoo–And They Gave Him the Perfect Name
