15 psychological ‘cheat codes’ people swear ‘work every time’ for social situations

Mom breaks down in tears after another parent called her about her daughter’s lunch

Teacher explains how ’90s kids never had water bottles in school and ‘somehow’ survived

Surprise Audio Played at Wedding Shocks Everyone When Bride Accurately Predicts Husband’s Name as a 4-Year-old

Crow Takes to Teaching a Starving Orphan Bird How to Eat (Watch)

The ‘Buy Nothing Rebellion’ is growing as more people opt out of modern consumerism

Giant Gorilla Maze Celebrates Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday

Voice Changes Measured by Phone Can Predict Asthma Flare-Ups 3 Days in Advance

50 emotions that don’t exist in the English language, but we all have experienced

More movement, more energy burned: new study challenges metabolism myth

Good News in History, July 1

Northwest Earth and Space Science Pathways Project Celebrates Student Innovation Through ROADS from Earth to Venus National Challenge

Feeding the soul: Teaching the food truck business

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

High Tech Jacket Prototype Pulls Drinking Water From Thin Air – Up to 1.5 Pints Per Day

Hospital Opens Roof Garden Where Critical Care Patients Can Enjoy the Outdoors for Hours With Full Care

Frugal people share 20 smart financial decisions that saved them $10,000 or more

6 party ideas that actually make it easier to invite people over

From senior class to senior home: over 50 classmates from Austin High School now live together

Good News in History, June 24

Study Finds Many Older Adults Will Improve Over Time–Depending on Their Mindset

18-year-old took her college savings and bought the restaurant where she was a dishwasher

40 years after grade school, Gen X friends reunited. Their shared childhood crush was the only guy there.

A Golden-Ringed Jewel: Britain’s Longest Dragonfly Hitches Ride on Woman’s Thumb (LOOK and LEARN)

How the act of learning to read rewires the brain and changes the way you hear

A teacher helped a woman plant trees in the desert. She found him 27 years later.

Every December, a school in Ireland ditches homework and does ‘kindness’ assignments instead

B&Q Volunteers Transform Hampshire Centre Supporting Older People

NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base

Florida teacher says she’s quitting her job because of school’s ‘course recovery’ shortcut

Help for a desperate mom who couldn’t find size 23 shoes for her teenage son

6-Year-old Finds Ancient Viking Sword on School Field Trip, Buried for 1,300 Years

What Is Pi? (Grades 5-8)

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York

New Solar Method Turns Ocean Into Drinking Water, While Extracting Valuable Lithium Without Waste

Therapy Donkeys Prove Such a Balm of Calm to Psychiatric Hospital That Organizers Look to Expand

Good News in History, June 11

Mouse with Severed Spinal Cord Recovers ‘Normal’ Movement After Potentially Revolutionary Treatment

'Adults' are honestly confused by these 15 strange things the younger generations do

People rally behind an older woman who refused to train her 25-year-old replacement

Struggle Sleeping? These 3 Sleep Habits Are Tied to Signs of Brain Aging, Study Finds

Woman gets shamed at CVS for 'son's' unusual name. The reality has people rolling.

27 English words people have a hard time enunciating properly, even native speakers

Boyfriend shows up with flowers after being ‘ignored.’ When the door opened, his heart stopped.

Teachers share the tell-tale signs they know a parent truly cares about their kid

Astronomy Activation Ambassadors: Embracing Multiple Perspectives

No Vaccine No Problem: Papua New Guinea Malaria Deaths Fall by 92%

A fun personality test determines 'how you love' based on your animal archetype

How Japanese Fish Printing Grew from Documenting Day’s Catch to Acclaimed Artform

Britain’s First Furniture Orchard Grows Chairs Right on the Trees (WATCH)

Fourth grade teacher beautifully explains what grief is to her students using a vase

Welcome to the Gas Giant Planet Where Clouds Turn to Stone

Bruce Springsteen Celebrates His New Center for American Music Opening Soon with All-Star Concert for the Ages

A New York Cemetery Was Hiding Over 5 Million Burrowing Bees, One of the World’s Largest Concentrations

Happiness researcher explains how making a 'reverse bucket list' can change your life

Girl Scouts Event Brings Space Science to the Next Generation

Americans share 31 awesome things that can only be found here in the States

Helping Children Laugh Can Make Their Brains More Resilient and Learning Easier

Mom shares controversial take on why she limited her kids' college major choices

For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds

After Matthew Perry died, the condolence calls revealed a side of him even his sister didn’t fully know

Good News in History, June 27

108-year-old great-grandmother from Delaware is still driving, and renewed her license through 2033

New study: Americans care more about future generations than we think

NASA’s IXPE Gets Fresh Look at Supernova

370,000 Acres of Rainforest and Granite Peaks Now Protected in French Guiana

NASA Identifies More Than 40 Space Technologies for Collaboration

Unique Double Cochlear Implant Surgery Lets Twins Hear Mom’s Voice For the First Time–Together

Firemen Rushed a 5-year old’s Fingertips to Hospital Where She Recovered and Painted a Thank-You Picture for Them

Good News in History, June 26

Podcast Transcript June 26th, 2026— Gig worker rights, cervical cancer wins, and a hopeful take on human cooperation

Italy’s Forest Cover is Larger Than Agriculture Land for the First Time Since the Middle Ages

‘Step aside, humans’: how beavers solved a flooding problem in west London

NASA Releases Powerful LAVA Software to US Aerospace Industry

A new website calculates how many marine animals are saved every time you pick up trash

Million Dollar Makeover Turns Old Railroad Bridge into City’s Trendiest Venue With a View

Musée d’Orsay Opens Gallery Dedicated to Still-Unclaimed Artworks Stolen by Nazis in WWII

Good News in History, June 25

Scientists Make a Major Breakthrough in Solving a Hair-Raising Mystery About Static Electricity

The Uplift: Coffee shops and a special chapel

USA’s Largest Renewable Project Comes Online–With More Power Than the Hoover Dam

Mars Perseverance Rover Completes a Marathon on Mars to Cap Off Extraordinary 5 Years

Grants

10 of Pope Francis' most heartwarming moments

10-year-old girl walks into police station and brings officers to tears with 2 simple words

Former homeless man in Texas becomes a master gardener and now grows free food for his community

Minnesota Artist’s ‘Mini Art Vending Machine’ Has Sold Nearly 3,000 Pieces of One-Dollar Art

Drought Parches Florida

8 Acres of Rewilding Completed Along Santa Monica Coastline: ‘It’s Still Your Beach, Only Better’

Dawn of Modular Architecture Sees 26-Story Apartment Finished in 5 Days Thanks to US-China Collab.

7.4 Mil. Plant and Fungi Samples Have Been Digitized to ‘Democratize Knowledge’ and Save Species

Scientists find 64,000 sq miles of climate-resilient coral reef

Colorado mayor reveals he’s slept at a homeless shelter one night a week for 4 months

With Plasma, Solar, Magnets, EU Aims to Help Decarbonize Industrial Heat Generation

HPV vaccine brings cervical cancer deaths to near zero

Sighting of Elusive ‘Miner’s Cat’ a Fitting Reward for Philanthropists Rewilding Their Private Land

This is How NASA Flight Tests New Technology

Four guys write a letter asking to walk their new neighbor’s dog. The dog writes back.

Humans May Have Always Been Able to Regenerate Body Parts–Scar Tissue Just Gets in the Way

Good News in History, June 23

A ‘Stonehenge Prototype’ Aligned with the Solstices Is a Once in a Lifetime Find for These Archaeologists

Activist Wins 10-Year Battle to Ensure That Child Abuse Is Considered Above All Else in NY Custody Trials

A nurse saved 5 bikers after an Indiana crash. A year later, 30 of them lined up at her kid’s lemonade stand.

Male Bowerbirds in Australian Cities Are Turning Human Trash Into Treasure to Impress Potential Mates

Scientists May Have Discovered the Origins of the Euphrates River, Which Helped Nurture Some of the Earliest Known Civilizations

Man Enjoys ‘Accidental Time Capsule’ After Recovering a Wallet He Doesn’t Remember Losing

‘Groundbreaking’ Potential Lupus Cure Sends Patients into Remission, Allowing Dreams to Be Fulfilled

Good News in History, June 22

30,000 Scottish Descend on Boston for World Cup–And the Amazing Viral Videos Remind Us We’re All Neighbors

Given Just 8 Months to Live, Teen Graduates Cancer-Free 4 Years Later Thanks to Doctor’s Promise (Watch)

Is Your Dog Right-Pawed or Left-Pawed? Here's How to Figure It Out, According to a New Study

People Across Cultures Find Women's Faces to Be More Attractive Than Men's, a New Study Suggests

UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil – Maybe Your Garden Will Power Your Home Some Day

11-year-olds mowed 50 lawns for free so the ‘Lawnmower Man’ donated gear to open a business

Good News in History, June 21

Woman learns a valuable lesson after guy ends their date and apologizes to the waitstaff

Thawing Permafrost Not Only Emits CO2, It Absorbs it Too, Shows Landmark Study

Quarter Million N95 Respirators Headed to DRC as California Group Eases Ebola Strain on Health System

Derby Boy, 10, Wins Volunteer Award After Raising £2,000 for Charity That Changed His Life

People at Sioux Falls tattoo parlor help save baby opossums after they ‘fell out of their mom’s pouch’

Thousands of Flamingo Chicks Hatch in Major Comeback From Climate Disaster in Turkiye (WATCH)

Good News in History, June 20

NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Research Continues on Earth

NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Research Continues on Earth

World’s Largest ‘Whale Graveyard’ Teems with Deep-Sea Life Including Species Unknown to Science

Revolutionary Treatment Heals 3rd Degree Burns Across the Face of World’s First Human Recipient

NYC Taxi Driver Gets $75,000–A Helping Hand After Knicks Fans Destroyed his Car

Good News in History, June 19

Tyrannosaurus Rex and Other Terrifying Predatory Dinosaurs Had Itty-Bitty Arms. Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out Why

Mushrooms Used to Clean E. Coli from Rivers and Immediately Implemented in England

Teen spent minutes hunting for a dime to help a stranger. The delay may have saved him.

Pigeon Bones Found at an Ancient Cyprus Settlement Reveal That Our Relationship With These Birds Began Earlier Than We Thought

Just By Mowing a Lawn, Social Media Star Raises $685,000 for Bereaved Senior Who Fell Behind on Rent

Stunning Video of the Southern Lights Dancing Across the Earth Captured by a NASA Astronaut–WATCH

NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants

After a 7’1” man was uncomfortable on a plane, a ‘very short’ woman came to his rescue

Microplastics Are Swirling Around in the Atmosphere, Where They Might Be Contributing to Climate Change