Underwater Umbrellas Could Protect Coral Reefs From Heat Damage

Astronaut shares the profound ‘big lie’ he realized after seeing the Earth from space

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

Antarctica’s Wind Farm Saves 122,000 Gallons of Diesel Over 15 Years Powering McMurdo Station

California brought back beavers for the first time in 70 years, and the results are already amazing

10 Things: Movie Night

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

Resilient French Farmers Use Warming Climate to Grow the Country’s Own Tropical Fruit

Can wild swimming unite communities against single-use plastics?

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

Teens Set World Record for Most Sports Balls Recycled in One Day, Diverting 2,675 Pounds from Landfills

Millions Channeled to Irrigation Improvements, Leak Repairs Along Colorado River by Corporate Coalition

Portuguese Company Turns Cork Wood into Limitless Material, Even to Insulate Spacecraft

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

Flagship Restoration Project in Brazil’s Cerrado Savannah Working to Restore 4.4 Million Acres

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

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Beams Official Moon Flyby Photos to Earth

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

NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets

This City Turned Its Rooftops into a Climate Shield

Company’s Textile Dyes Work Through Magnetism, Cutting Fashion’s Water-Use, Energy, and Pollution

Podcast Transcript September 18th, 2026— A 450-year map mistake gets corrected by 164 countries, plus nine more solutions

What went right this week: big cities breathed a little easier, plus more

Team Sequesters Plastic and Makes New Products Before it Breaks Down in Environment

Scientists Solve Mystery Behind Snowfall That Dropped 695 Billion Tons of Ice on Antarctica

Chinese Scientists Develop New Oil Refining Method That Cuts Energy Use by 90%

Giant sequoia clones from 3,000-year-old trees are taking root in Detroit

NASA Watches Earth’s Weight, Finds Center of Mass

Scientists Determine Australia’s Vast Red Deserts Could Fuel a Hydrogen-Powered Energy Revolution

Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with NASA

Wind Turbines Provide Half of Rancher’s Income Since He Decided to Invite Them on His Land

24 creatures get their first names and a shot at being protected

How Colombia’s outgoing president protected 42% of the country’s Amazon from mining

Your allergies aren’t getting worse with age. The pollen season is.

The DIY Diehards Building Green Infrastructure from Scratch

NASA Webb, Hubble Share Most Comprehensive View of Saturn to Date

Humanity’s 3rd Visit to Mercury Kicks Off with the Successful Arrival of BepiColombo Mission

To Researchers' Surprise, This Giant Dinosaur Laid Eggs in a Cold Climate

A ‘Living Roof’ is Growing Atop Ford’s Largest Factory–Saving Energy and Boosting Birds

Beyond the thrift store: where your donations do more good

NASA’s Hubble, Webb Find Far-out Solar System Objects ‘Remember’ Past

Podcast Transcript March 27, 2026—Touching the Veiled Christ, urban coyotes, and the truth about your allergies

Firm Buys Texas Coal Plant to Leverage its Grid Connections for New Massive Solar Project

NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview

A Hot Start to Spring in the Southwest

Podcast Transcript September 4th, 2026— AI music banned from Australia’s charts, Roman telescope launches, a biodegradable balloon and much more!

The Spark: How Neighbors Are Banding Together to Go Greener

Butterflies Around the World Are Moving to New Habitats, Largely Because of Climate Change, a Study Suggests

Podcast Transcript July 31st, 2026— Liquid air batteries, dolphins saved by plastic bottles, and an empty weekend a month

In London, Children’s Lungs Grow Faster as Traffic Pollution Falls

What went right this week: a ‘pivotal moment’ for cancer research, plus more

Teacher donated $5,000 to plant trees in China. 27 years later, he’s moved to tears by the results.

NASA Awards First Prize in Phase 2 of Agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge

Podcast Transcript August 28th, 2026— Niger restored 5 million hectares without planting a single tree plus nine other things going right

6 useful things to donate before back-to-school season this year

NASA Invites Media to LunaRecycle Challenge Finale Event in Alabama

London’s clean-air zone is linked to faster lung growth in children, a new study finds

New Next-Gen Dish Adds Muscle to NASA’s Deep Space Network

NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars

Starstruck: NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth

Brown Student Spends Summer Helping Teens Find Their Voice in English

Great Barrier Reef’s Recovery From Bleaching is Aided by Monsoon

Pro Women’s Baseball Returns for First Time Since 1954: A League of Their Own is BACK!

Plant’s First Flower is a ‘Death Bloom’ So Tall the Greenhouse Had to Remove Ceiling Panels

These teachers asked kids one silly question before class. Behavior problems dropped 50%.

79-year-old man publicly sings Barry Manilow’s ‘Mandy’ to his dental hygienist and nails it

AI hiring tools show racial bias, systemic rejection, and creates 330 day black hole. Here’s how to outsmart it.

Europe removed a record 602 river barriers last year

Community College Instructors Bring Astronomy Textbook Into 21st Century

Toronto Zoo Celebrates Birth of Endangered Pygmy Hippo – The Pictures and Video are Adorable

Voyager 2 was Running Low on Power Until NASA Engineered a ‘Big Bang’ to Buy Another Year

When Zoo Elephants Are Rewilded in Africa, Here’s How Good Their Coping Skills Are

New Treatment Shows Remarkable Motor Improvements in Boys With Muscular Dystrophy—in Just 12 Weeks

Good News in History, August 10

Podcast Transcript July 2nd, 2026— Coffee waste as fuel, Nepal same-sex marriage rights, and understanding heat domes

Earth Might Be Home to 20 Million Insect Species—More Than Three Times as Many as Previously Thought, a Study Suggests

Massive study reveals remote work is making us lonely but a return to the office is not the answer

12 photos of women before and after an orgasm shines a new light on women’s sexual wellness

Good News in History, August 9

NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’

Cheese Lovers Unite: The Benefits of Full-Fat Dairy Documented in Study Without Cholesterol Rise or Weight Gain

Intricate Carvings in Ostrich Eggshells are 60,000 Years Old – and Reveal ‘Remarkable’ Human Thinking

Leo DiCaprio Launches $200M Project to Bring 100 Most Threatened Species Back From the Brink

Blind Dressage Horse Wins Competitions By Using ‘Equine Braille’

NASA Scientists Take to Air and Space to Study Arctic Sea Ice

Good Morning, Earth!

Target employee tells woman at self-checkout section ‘You can’t leave’—turns out it actually saved her life

Air Pollution’s Daily Pulse Over the Northeast

NASA’s Chandra Examines Milky Way at Arms’ Length

NASA Seeks Volunteers for New Yearlong Simulated Moon, Mars Mission

Once Gone From Ireland, Majestic Sea Eagles Continue Their Comeback with Rare New Chick

Loggerhead Sea Turtles Break Nest Record in Georgia – The Most in 37 Years

Bride Calls for Metal Detector Mid-Wedding After Losing Ring Swatting a Bee on the Beach

Good News in History, August 8

The Tiger Returns to Kazakhstan in First-in-the-World Rewilding Project a Decade in the Making

Hundreds of Families Attend Worle Community School Open Morning and Free Breakfast Event

After a UK city defunded their Pride parade, trade unions raised money to fund it

Southend Drama Society Marks 80 Years of Friendship, Theatre and Community

LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift Observatory

These Male Fruit Flies Have Sperm That Are Nearly as Long as Their Bodies. Here's How the Cells Don't Become a Tangled Mess

‘Like a Moody Punk Rocker,’ the Red Handfish is National Geographic’s 18,000th Species Photographed

Highest Resolution View of the Sun Reveals Breaking Waves and Magnetic Mysteries

SeaWorld Completes Largest Captive Whale Transportation Operation in Nation’s History

Good News in History, August 7

Paramedic Retires After 39 Years Reunited With Woman Whose Life He Saved

Podcast Transcript June 5th, 2026— Pancreatic cancer cracked, hepatitis B cleared, and wild mice who run for joy

Mom of toddlers shares “huge” behavior results 2 months after taking their iPads away

See the Rescued and Restored 'Alice in Wonderland' Mural Painted for Sick Children at a New York Hospital

Okefenokee Swamp Clinches World Heritage Status, Joining Ranks of Top Natural Wonders

Unbelievable California 8th grader wins spelling bee after getting 32 difficult words right in 90 seconds

Japanese Team Develops ‘Eco-Fireworks’ with Water-Soluble Shells to Cut Back on Debris

Locals Succeed in Tripling Protected Seascapes Along 300 Miles of Turkiye’s Breathtaking Coastline

Town’s Beloved Santa Claus Delivers a Very Special Present to Someone in Need–His Donated Kidney

Over 100 Refill Stations for Home/Laundry Cleaners to Open Across Singapore at 30% Discount

Good News in History, August 6

After 20 years in practice, a psychologist found ‘Practical Optimism’ is key to happiness

Radical change can lead to a fairer and greener world, says new report

Best Friends Forever: Rescue Greyhounds Search for a Home Together After Heartwarming Battersea Bond

Weston-super-Mare Youth Council Leads St John's Park Clean-Up (By Josh,Year 9)

NASA Space Roboticist Challenge

Used for Centuries as Poison, Larkspur, Wolfsbane May Become Medicine After Lab Breakthrough

UN Summit on HIV/AIDS Shows Incredible Progress in Infection Rates, Deaths, Treatment Access

Inspiring CEO Gives Company to Charity After Working 80-hour Weeks for 58 Years, Saving it from Bankruptcy

Single Fossil Shows a Pterosaur Eaten by an Ichthyosaur Eaten by a Pliosaur: ‘A 3-Way Chompfest’

Good News in History, August 5

Nottingham Scientist Wins EU Backing for Early Alzheimer’s Detection Breakthrough

Retired firefighter with PTSD builds fire engine ice cream truck to support first responders

NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston

Man cuts off MAGA friend over a song lyric, sparking conversation about confirmation bias

When Did the Earth's Crust Start to Shift? Scientists Uncover Evidence of Plate Tectonics Happening 3.48 Billion Years Ago

83 neighbors made ‘Halloween in July’ for birthday of autistic boy who loves trick-or-treating

Self-Healing Contact Lenses Repair Scratches with Just 1 Hour of UV Light Exposure

Longest Predator Exclusion Fence in the Pacific Protects Thousands of Ground-Nesting Seabirds

64-yo Father of Five Graduates as a Nurse After Studying Alongside His Son as an Immigrant

New Images Capture the Oldest-Known Sunda Clouded Leopard–an 8-yo Huntress with All Her Teeth

Good News in History, August 4

NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Builds on Legacy of Innovation

University of Lancashire Donates Refurbished Laptops to Support Young People at Preston's Vault Youth Zone

How shark tracking data shaped Papua New Guinea’s ocean sanctuary

Good News in History, August 3

Do-Good Doggies Fight Invasive Mussels on Team ‘Conservation Canines’

After Stranger Gives Boy a Piano, a ‘Mozart Level’ Is Revealed in Spite of Autism

Canada’s Newest Nickel Mine Will Store 1.5 Millions Tons of Carbon Every Year During Operation

Neanderthals Got Cavities, Too—and New Research Suggests They Drilled Into Their Teeth to Treat Them, Just Like Modern Dentists

NASA Draws on Industry for Mars Telecommunications Network

NASA, Industry Prepare Cryogenic Fuel Technology Demo

New research explains why your dreams feel so strange

Hello Universe: NASA’s Next-Gen Space Processor Undergoes Testing

Stranger Gives His Truck to Rock Band to Finish Their Tour, Driving 500 Miles and Back Again (WATCH)

Exosome therapy heals burn patient’s face in world first