Schools Are Saving Big By Going Green

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

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

Intrigue From 17th C. Shipwreck Carrying Moroccan Gold Coins is Solved After 30 Years

'Heated Rivalry' fans raise $63K for children's hospital for Hudson Williams' birthday

After a Heart Attack, the Brain's Response Might Make Recovery Harder. Cutting Some Communication Between the Organs Could Help

Two Garden Ornaments Thought to be ‘Worthless Concrete’ Turn Out to be Italian Marble Busts Worth Thousands

Drones are Saving Hundreds of Fawns From Mower Deaths in Germany (WATCH)

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

NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet

NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Pole

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

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

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

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

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

Good News in History, June 24

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

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

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

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.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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