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

Are fire-loving fungi mother nature’s first responders after wildfires?

Simply Add Water to Diesel Fuel to Cut Engine Pollution by 67%–with No Loss in Efficiency

Turning Surplus into Support: Charity Doubles Impact in New Appeal

New Solar Tech Makes Desalinating Seawater Cheaper Than Producing Bottled Water

NASA’s Webb Studies How Planet Survived Death of its Star

Scientists Have Found Climate-Resistant Coral Reefs Around the World Totaling the Size of Wisconsin
NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet
Podcast Transcript June 26th, 2026— Gig worker rights, cervical cancer wins, and a hopeful take on human cooperation

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

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

Drought Parches Florida

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

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

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

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

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

NASA Testing Wastewater Treatment Facility for Future Moon Base

Stunning Video of the Southern Lights Dancing Across the Earth Captured by a NASA Astronaut–WATCH
Microplastics Are Swirling Around in the Atmosphere, Where They Might Be Contributing to Climate Change

No Outstanding Coal Mining Applications Left in the UK After Council Refusal in Carmarthenshire

Scientists Map Underground Fungal Networks and Find They Cover 62 Quadrillion Miles

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

NASA Heat Shield Technology Enables Space Industry Growth

Loophole in Endangered Species Act Is Closed to Coal Miners After Court Ruling

Mangrove Loss Worldwide Is Now Reversing—with More, Denser Forests Than 20 Years Ago
27 English words people have a hard time enunciating properly, even native speakers

Beavers return to Scotland's Glen Affric after 400 years

In the Land of Infrastructure Projects, Activists and Nature Lovers Saved Endangered Spoonbill Habitat

Papua New Guinea Sets Up Protected Ocean the Size of UK–Over 77,000 Square Miles

Heartwarming ‘Sock-er’ News: Arsenal Donates Old Football Socks to Sick Horses and Donkeys

Planned Expansion to Take Latin America’s Largest Solar Plant Beyond 1 Gigawatt Capacity

Ailing “Megaberg” Sparks Surge of Microscopic Life

Rescuing London’s Precious Building Materials Diverting Them from Dumps for Reuse

All-Electric Truck Completes Milestone Canberra-to-Sydney Haul, Cutting 84% in Fuel Costs

70% Drop in Levels of Forever Chemicals Observed in Seabird Eggs Tracks Regulatory Success

Italy Unifies its Historic Pilgrimage Trails to Offer Slower, More Intimate Tourism
Americans share 31 awesome things that can only be found here in the States

Facing Desertification, Man’s Campaign Draws 30,000 Volunteers to Plant 1 Million Trees in his County

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

For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds
NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars
Medieval Writings and Tree Rings Helped Researchers Track a Solar Storm From 800 Years Ago and Reconstruct Past Solar Cycles

UK startup turns festival urine into forest-grade fertilizer

Prince William is Selling 20% of His Duchy Landholdings to Build Affordable Housing and Restore Nature

Instead of Arresting Indigenous Fishermen, Australia Begins to Pay Them to Control Sea Urchin Plague

NASA’s New Shock Detectives Project Invites Volunteers to Help Study Solar Wind
Young people share their petty 'boomer' complaints, proving old folks can be right

Salt Water Restores Native Queensland Ecosystems After Dozens of Tidal Gates Removed

Students Work to Fundraise to Save Habitat Where They Watch Bald Eagle Chicks on Livestream

Another Trawling Ban, Another Big Recovery for Sea Life

Iraq Embarks on Preservation Work for the Ziggurat of Ur Using Bricks of Identical Material to 5,000-yo Original
Sunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry

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

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
Most Insect Species Call the Tropics Home. But Climate Change Is Pushing Many of the Critters There to Their Heat Limits
Plastic Mardi Gras Beads Just End up in Landfill, So Coalition Swaps in Seed Beads and Jambalaya Spice Packets

Scientists Unveil Hemp Alternative to Plastic That Can Withstand Boiling Water and Stretch to 1,600% its Size
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Good News in History, March 28

College Freshman Brings a Nostalgic General Store Back to Olde Towne Community in Virginia

Someone Used This Coin as Bus Fare and Worker Discovers it was Minted by the Phoenicians 2,000 Years Ago

Tunisian Solar-Powered Cars Leverage African Sunshine to Charge 30 Miles for Free Everyday

Satellites Can Help Predict Bridge Collapses by Spotting Tiny Changes, Thanks to Scientist’s Solution

Pink noise for sleep: what it is and whether it actually helps you rest

From Rescue to Royalty: Cat ‘Diva’ Finds Purr-fect Home Helping Children Heal
Fossil Remains of ‘Weird’ Creature with Twisted jaw and Sideways Teeth Discovered
Researchers Train Bacteria to Consume Tumors from the Inside Out
Kazakhstan Plants 37,000 Seedlings to Prepare for Imminent Return of Tigers
Architect Creates App to Show Which Pub Gardens are Sunny – Using Shadow Simulations From Buildings

Scientists Discover Lab Gloves Are Skewing Microplastics Data – Perhaps By A Lot

Good News in History, April 5

China’s Great Green Wall turns Taklamakan desert into a growing carbon sink

Community Defibrillators Step Up Five Times in One Day in Weston-super-Mare

If ‘Free Pianos’ Show Up in Your Feed, Don’t Be Duped: Industry Pioneers Warn Against Them

Good News in History, March 22

Pioneer is First to Cross Texas Along His New xTx Trail – 1,500 Miles Devised for Hikers, Cyclists and Horses
Philly Man Uses Mobile Laundromat to Wash Homeless Residents’ Clothes
Stanford Cures Type-1 Diabetes in Mice Without Insulin or Immune Suppression

Watch This Rescue Rabbit Reign as the Furry Champ of Jenga

Autistic Bowler Achieves Dream with First Perfect 300 Game – And Joins the PBA as a Pro

Native Americans Were Making Dice and Gaming Thousands of Years Before Anyone Else
Snowmobilers Dig Exhausted Young Moose Out of the snow in New Hampshire Woods
Endangered Persian Leopards Mount Comeback in Central Asia’s Most Reclusive Nation

Good News in History, April 3
Wife Used ‘Find My iPhone’ to Locate Husband Buried in an Avalanche for Over 4 Hours
Frugal people share exactly how much money they saved on their best thrifty lifestyle changes
Overcoming 3D-Printer Challenges, MIT Produces an Electric Motor in Just 3 Hours
High Schoolers Build Unlikely Friendships With Seniors Through Chair Volleyball

‘Grain Bank Accounts’ Free Indian Farmers from Middleman Through Online Marketplace

Young Boy with Cancer Delivers 124 Gorgeous Easter Baskets to Kids in Hospitals After Fundraising $2,000

Teen Finds 6-Inch Megalodon Tooth Millions of Years Old While Diving for Fossils on Florida Coast

Haringey’s Children’s Services Crowned ‘Outstanding’ in Landmark Ofsted Win
Town Enthusiastically Switches to Restorative Justice and Reoffending Almost Vanishes

Students Bring Annie to Life and Wow the Entire Community
‘Crime-Fighting’ Llamas Catch Thief by Surrounding Him in a Field Until Cops Arrive
Scents From 3,500 Years Ago Recreated to Give Museum Visitors a Whiff of History
Lead Pollution Has Dropped 100-Fold in the U.S. Over the Last Century
Good News in History, February 7

Good News in History, April 2

Amazing Ukulele Effort Raises Over £10,000 for Charity

Yangtze River sees major ecological recovery after China’s fishing ban

Perfectly '80s video of guys 'summer skiing' down a grassy hill is blowing people's minds
Urban Farm Shops Combine Dutch Greenhouse Technology and Food-Retail into One

Vancouver’s ‘Teddy Bear Doctor’ Stitches Together More Than Just Plushies, but Memories Too
90 Million Year-old ‘Missing Link’ Fossil of Tiny Bird-like Dinosaur Discovered
How a football cup run helped unite a town

Woman builds an elaborate hotel in her yard for stray cats in winter, and it's so cozy
The Louvre Installs Metal Security Bars on Window Used During $102M Jewel Heist

Once Dried up and Full of Plastic, Canal in India Is Now Clear and Lined with Mangroves

Banana Breakthrough: Scientists Discover Key to Fighting Devastating Crop Disease
Planting Billions of Trees Turned Barren Desert into a Carbon Sink That Lowers CO2
How species spotting took hold of a rural community
Police Officers Use Google Translate to Help Woman Deliver Baby in Backseat of a Car

Roofers Repair 78-year-old Widower’s Roof for Free After Scammers Left Him with a Big Hole

Aging Delivery Driver Gets Huge Tip After Conscientious Effort Goes Viral With Ring Video

Small S. Korea Town Welcomes First Newborn in 17 Years as Nation’s Fertility Rate Continues to Rise
Mystery of Armenia’s Giant 6,000-Year-old ‘Dragon Stones’ is Finally Solved
Florida police department deploys first-ever specially trained 'search and recovery' otter

UN Summit Sees Giant Otter and 39 Other Migratory Species Gain Cross-Border Protections
He Earns More in an Hour as Spider-Man Than a Full Day at his Old Supermarket Job
Rare Fossils in Amber Raise Questions About Secret Lives of Cretaceous Insects

Tiny Ponies Buddy and Bauble Make Remarkable Recovery

These dogs — and cats — are saving pets with blood donations. Yours can too

Lost Page from Archimedes Manuscript Found in Museum with Hidden Text Beneath Illustration
Astronomers Say They Have Solved One of Saturn’s Greatest Mysteries
Osaka Stunned by Anonymous Gift of Gold Bars to Fix Aging Water Pipes
Milestone for Rewilding as Ostriches Return to Saudi Desert After 100-year Absence
Toronto River Once So Polluted it Caught on Fire Now Is Flush with Fish

Good News in History, March 30

Adorable ‘Super Mini’ Pony Pickle Becomes Star of Rescue Centre
UK’s First Geothermal Power Plant Begins Using Underground Heat to Power 10K Homes
Minnesota Tow Truck Driver Returns Abandoned Vehicles to Families After ICE Arrests
Transcendental Meditation Found to Calm Genes Associated with Both Aging and Stress

8 Weeks in Europe For Free: Hidden Valley is Hiring 4 ‘Ranch-bassadors’ to Dress Up Euro Foods and Post About it
Whiskers on Elephant’s Trunk Are Key to its Amazing Sense of Touch
Can dogs get the winter blues? What to know about seasonal depression in pets
Wholesome moment between UPS driver and author caught on camera helps book sales skyrocket

Buddhist monks surpass halfway mark of 'Peace Walk,' despite snow and freezing temps

How Beijing Restored its Aquifer and Reversed its Groundwater Depletion

5 Friends Take Same Photo for Over 4 Decades: ‘We Vowed to Keep it Going No Matter What’ (LOOK)

Spectacular Coastline Saved by Dying Donation From Reverand Who Used to Walk There
Good News in History, March 29
Good News in History, February 4

Wag-atha Christie Dog May Have Resolved Victorian Murder Digging Up Poison Bottle From 160 Years Ago
Thousands of Starlings Rise in Murmuration Under Brilliant ‘Worm’ Moon
Good News in History, February 6
Moss Spores Riding on the Outside of the Space Station Survive For 9 Months
Good News in History, February 5
