The research behind why your favorite songs make you push your workout harder

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

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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

EU Passes Animal Protection Law for Keeping, Breeding, and Selling

Shanghai Achieves 98% Industrial Recycling Rates After 2019 Waste Management Plan

Vital Island Home for Endangered Monk Seals Gains Marine Protections from Greece

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Conservationists Successfully Tackle Invasive Trees and Fish in Vital South Africa Ecosystems

Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Powers an Onboard Data Center, While the Sea Disperses the Heat

NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Telescope Clocks Hot Wind of Galaxy M82

Astronomers Witnessed the Birth of a Magnetar for the First Time. It Explains the Mysterious Flickering of an Ultrabright Supernova

NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site

Jamaica Celebrates 40% Drop in Murders Driven by 94% Increase in Police Tip-Offs

44 Miles of Major Balkan River Freed from Wartime Concrete Obstruction – LOOK

Good News in History, May 12

Most Insect Species Call the Tropics Home. But Climate Change Is Pushing Many of the Critters There to Their Heat Limits

An Elephant's Trunk Is Covered in Whiskers—and They're Unlike Those on Any Other Animal, a New Study Suggests

Homeless Man Helps Find and Return Stolen Dog’s Ashes, Receives Thousands to Get Back on His Feet

Contrary to Popular Belief, Some Doodle Crossbred Dogs May Have More Behavioral Problems Than Their Purebred Parents

Some Mice Are Doting Dads, While Others Ignore or Attack Their Offspring. Researchers Just Figured Out Why

Asiatic Wild Ass Returns to Eastern Mongolia After 65-year Isolation from Landscape Fencing

Good News in History, May 11

Humans May Have Transported Live Parrots Over the Andes Mountains Along Sophisticated Trade Routes Before the Rise of the Inca Empire

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Man Re-Mortgages Home to Buy Favorite Pub And Save 100 Years of History: ‘Pete’s always been a legend’

Good News in History, May 10

Elusive Nightjar Populations Doubled in 5 Years, a ‘Remarkable Comeback’ Conservationists Say

Great Lakes Otters Are a Conservation Success Story with Populations Flourishing in US and Ontario

Garish Parcel Locker Plunked in Cul-de-sac is Removed After Residents’ Complaints, CEO Admits it was ‘Wholly Unsuitable’

Rare Split-Colored Lobster Caught Near Cape Cod is Donated to Aquarium: A One in 50 Million Catch (LOOK)

Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’

Margot Robbie reveals her 'bogan nacho' recipe, and people are totally onboard

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In a Thrilling Comeback Victory Cherrie DeVaux Becomes First Female Trainer to Win Kentucky Derby (WATCH)

Africa’s Rarest Antelope Gets Boost as Zoos Send 4 Bongos to Kenya to Help Save the Species From the Brink

Mom Gets to Touch Daughter’s Hand Again in Emotional Meeting With the Grateful Transplant Recipient

Scientists Still Have So Much to Learn About Archaeopteryx, the Dinosaur That May Have Flown Like a Bird

Archaeologists Stumble Upon Mysterious Medieval Village While Preparing for New Wind Farms in England

Good News in History, May 9

Yo-Yo Dieting May Actually be Good for You, Suggests New Study

Scientists Successfully Mine Meteorites for Precious Metals on International Space Station

Philadelphia Schools Now Guarantee Water and Bathroom Breaks and Daily Recess–With a Ban on Silent Lunches

Archaeologists Say They've Unearthed a Massive Medieval Cargo Ship That's the Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever Found

Forget Yankee Candle, This Company has Hired Disabled Americans for 20 Years to Produce Superior Scents

After Soccer Ball Slams into Seagull, Watch a Player Use CPR to Gently Revive it (WATCH)

Successful Homeless Village in Scotland Offers Residents Independence but Asks Responsibility

Catch Stunning Views of Venus and Jupiter as They Align with the Crescent Moon in Mid-May

Good News in History, May 8

‘Cards Against Humanity’ Offers to Refund ‘Obviously Illegal’ Tariffs to Customers After Supreme Court Decision

‘Exciting’ Fossil Find Reveals That Platypuses Swam with Dolphins 25 Million Years Ago

Canadian Woman Gives Free Bikes and Trikes to Thousands of Kids in the Past 14 Years

Good News in History, May 7

Good News in History, May 6

This Magnificent Mural by Leonardo da Vinci Will Go on Display for a Brief Window During the Winter Olympics in Milan

85 Million Acres of Private Land Are Being Protected for Conservation in the US and Australia

NASA’s Roman Poised to Transform Hunt for Elusive Neutron Stars

Total Lunar Eclipse Tuesday Morning Will Unveil Blood Moon for N. America, Australia and East Asia

Plastic Mardi Gras Beads Just End up in Landfill, So Coalition Swaps in Seed Beads and Jambalaya Spice Packets

Woman Discovers Childhood Pen Pal Became Doctor Who Delivered Her 2 Kids: ‘My Mouth Dropped’

Orphaned Otter Found on Beach Is Now Surrogate Mom to an Another Orphaned Pup Found on a Beach

Seed-Sharing No Longer Illegal After Landmark Kenya Court Ruling Against Global Seed Monopolists

Rescued From Kitchen Cabinet, a Hairless Puppy Nicknamed ‘Dobby’ is Now Healthy, Happy and Free

New Desalination Plant Gives San Diego So Much Water it’s Helping Other States Suffering Drought

Students Use Makeshift Stretcher to Rescue Injured Hiker, a Skill They Had Been Practicing

Papyrus Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Found in 1600–Year-old Mummy is First Time Literature is Discovered in a Burial

Good News in History, May 5

Seeds from ‘Miracle Tree’ Can Filter More Than 98% of Microplastics from Tap Water

Good News in History, May 4

Special Devices Let Crowds at the Deaflympics Feel Power of Judo Slams Like Never Before

‘Green-Thumb’ Miracles Gave These Monks an Eco-Authority in Medieval Italy New Research Shows

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)

Good News in History, May 3

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