Heroic Dog Gets Award for Saving Over 100 Koalas From Australia’s Bushfires

An intrepid 6-year-old dog helped rescue over 100 injured koalas from the Australian bush fires in 2019–2020. Now, the Australian Koolie named Bear has been named a hero, winning an award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Bear was trained in Australia at the University of the Sunshine Coast, where their Detection Dogs […]

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Good News in History, October 31

80 years ago today, workers completed one of the great sculptural feats of the 20th century—the carving of four presidents into the granite face of Mount Rushmore. The sculpture brings in millions of visitors to the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota to see the 60-foot-high (18m) heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, […]

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Substantially More Monarch Butterflies Have Arrived in California to Overwinter Bringing Hope For Species

Migratory western monarchs are showing up at their overwintering sites in coastal California in far greater numbers—a sign of hope for the struggling population. These reports are particularly welcome after the population reached an all-time low last year. This year’s official count has not yet begun. That will take place with the help of over […]

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This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’

Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free […]

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French Farmers Bring the Heat Without the Smoke: Growing Zero-Emission Tropical Produce in France

Eco-conscious consumers in France may be shocked when they walk into their local grocer and see the words “Made in France” under a pineapple, or guava fruit. It’s thanks to a growing number of French growers who are cutting back on CO2 emissions from food imports by adapting their cultivation methods to the tropical requirements […]

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Yuengling Beer Delivers Truckload of Lager to 106-Year-old Woman Who Drinks a Can Every Day (WATCH)

They call themselves the oldest brewery in America after David Yuengling arrived from Germany in 1829 and decided to make beer in the coal-mining town of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. This month, they made a special delivery to a woman who might be the oldest beer-drinker in America. The brewery drove up with a big truck to […]

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Saturday sports: Braves leading World Series; Blackhawks, soccer face sexual assault

The behavior of the Braves' fans is scrutinized as the World Series goes to Atlanta, and fallout continues in the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault case.

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'Swagger' follows a young basketball prodigy, inspired by Kevin Durant's life story

Scott Simon speaks with Reggie Rock Bythewood, director of the new TV drama "Swagger." It's about a basketball prodigy and the family, players and coaches around him.

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Football fans are packing into stadiums without masks, but it hasn't been an issue

How risky is attending a professional or college football game during this phase of the pandemic? Millions are doing so, mostly unmasked.

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Good News in History, October 30

80 years ago today, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave an additional one billion dollars in Lend-Lease Act funding to Great Britain to help fund the Allied efforts to win World War II. Though FDR had been re-elected on a platform promising to keep America out of the war, Roosevelt wanted to help Churchill and […]

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Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney Visit Wrexham Stadium for First Time Since Taking Over the Football Club

Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have just visited the club’s stadium for the first time. The pair met fans and posed for photos outside the gate of the 10,000-seater Racecourse Ground, known in Welsh as Y Cae, before walking onto the pitch. At one point, Reynolds laid down on the turf while […]

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They’ve Turned a VW Bus Into a Livable Pontoon Boat

An Italian design studio is making a line of small river and lake boats inspired by some of the best classic cars ever made. The models are super-accurately rendered from fiberglass, and mounted to a vide variety of pontoon shapes and sizes to go with your local freshwater source—whether a wide choppy lake or a […]

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PETA wants MLB to rename the 'bullpen' to 'arm barn'

A day before Game 3 of the World Series, the animal rights organization released a statement saying the term "bullpen" is insensitive to cows and bulls. The suggestion drew mixed reactions.

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Destroyed by Fire, Drought, and Dust Storms, These Australian Marshes Needed Only Two Years to Completely Recover

In 2019, drought choked off the Macquarie River in Australia, and fires swept through the marshes which it fed and left firefighters helpless to intervene. Unbelievably though, just two years later and the land looks as if nothing happened. Plentiful rains mean the river is back to lazily meandering through the internationally protected Macquarie Marshes, […]

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Inaugural Balloon World Cup Pits Athletes Diving in the Living Room to Keep it Aloft

We’ve all been there before: There’s a party, balloons are around, one person starts trying to keep the gently falling spheres from hitting the floor—this desire spreads through everyone in the room until moms and dads start trying to break up the fun after a child knocks over a piece of furniture. Yes, balloon-keepy-upy is […]

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A former Chicago Blackhawks coach resigns from the Florida Panthers' top job

Joel Quenneville has quit as coach of the Florida pro hockey team following a report about the handling of sexual assault claims from a player at the Blackhawks during Quenneville's tenure there.

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Tap Water Produces a Protective Shield Against Microplastics, Scientists Discover

Tap water produces a natural protective shield against harmful microplastics, which can help prevent household products from releasing them. That’s according to a team of scientists from AMBER, the SFI Centre for Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research, Trinity, and University College Dublin. The research from Ireland reveals that tap water contains trace elements and minerals, which […]

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Good News in History, October 29

55 years ago today the National Organization for Women was founded in the U.S. by 28 women, including Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Pauli Murray, and Betty Friedan. They wanted to mobilize women in response to the failure of the federal government to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which should have ended […]

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NAACP urges pro athletes not to sign with Texas teams over voting and abortion laws

Player organizations in the NBA, NHL, NFL, WNBA and MLB were sent an open letter by the organization's national and state presidents.

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Michigan High School Lets Seniors Dress in Costume for School ID Photos – And They Are Fantastic

One high school in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has a unique annual tradition for its senior graduating class which demonstrates that folks around here—even the administrators—have a great sense of humor. When students reach their senior year at North Farmington High School, they are allowed, and encouraged, to dress up in costumes for their school ID […]

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Photographer Captures the Incredible Peak of a Meteor Shower as Sparks Are Seen Shooting Across the Night Sky

A photographer captured the incredible peak of a meteor shower—as sparks are seen shooting across the night sky. 31-year-old Uroš Fink photographed the annual Perseid meteor shower, which takes place every summer, from a mountain in Slovenia. His image shows the colorful Milky Way dotted with nebulas as the Perseid meteors shoot across the night […]

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Almost 500 New Mesoamerican Structures Discovered in Laser Mapping Survey – Many for the First Time

A laser mapping survey from airplane recently revealed nearly 500 Mesoamerican monuments hiding in plain sight, many for the first time. The new discoveries challenge the current timeline surrounding the rise and fall of the ancient Olmec and Maya civilizations, and scientists estimate they will lead to decades of research in the two areas. Southern […]

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Astronomers May Have Spotted the First Known Exoplanet in Another Galaxy

Scientists have confirmed observations of the first-ever exoplanet in another galaxy, 28 million light years away. While this massive distance diminishes the natural mystique of exoplanet science, as reaching it will be forever impossible to us, it can inform more closely how planets form around their stars under the different gravitational conditions of another galaxy, […]

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UK’s Largest Vertical Farm that Uses Only Sunlight Begins First Harvest

While hydroponic farms, also known as “vertical farms,” swap land use for electricity use— one project is trying to take the best of both worlds. Using only natural light for photosynthesis and heat, Shockingly Fresh’s greenhouse in Offenham, England, can produce four-times the yield compared with regular farming, while using much less energy than other […]

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Brett Favre repays $600,000 in welfare funds he accepted for speeches he never gave

The NFL legend says he never knew the money he received came from welfare funds. The Mississippi attorney general could still sue Favre if he doesn't pay interest owed on the amount.

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Kyle Beach reveals he was sexually assaulted by a Chicago Blackhawks coach in 2010

Beach was a new player with the Blackhawks when he said he was sexually assaulted by a team coach. The team did nothing about it for weeks. Beach came forward publicly for the first time Wednesday.

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Former NHL player sues Blackhawks and speaks out about sexual abuse

Former Chicago Blackhawks player Kyle Beach has come forward as the person who filed a lawsuit against the hockey team after his sexual assault allegations were mishandled a decade ago.

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Good News in History, October 28

135 years ago today, the Statue of Liberty was officially unveiled and opened to the public in New York Harbor. A gift to the United States from the people of France, the statue was envisioned by a French professor who wanted to honor the American Revolution and also to spark a similar democratic movement in France. […]

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Kansas City team plans to build the first stadium created for women's league soccer

The new stadium is expected to cost around $70 million and seat about 11,000 people. The team also plans to build a $15 million training facility.

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Listen to This ‘Singing’ Lemur Species That Has ‘Common Musical Traits’ Like Humans Do

Songbirds share the human sense of rhythm, but it is a rare trait in non-human mammals—now, it’s been found, we can add the indri lemur to the short list of animals we know appreciate a sense of beat. “There is longstanding interest in understanding how human musicality evolved, but musicality is not restricted to humans”, […]

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A rugby player survived a mid-game heart attack with quick thinking from bystanders

Tevita Bryce may not have survived when he went into cardiac arrest in the middle of a rugby game last weekend. But with help from the opposing team and fans, he's now in recovery.

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Baker Sculpting an Alligator Out of Bread Presents a Loaf For Loki

Bakers created this impressive alligator sculpture—crafted entirely out of bread. Based on a character in the Marvel series Loki, One House Bakery crafted the gator as their entry for a local scarecrow contest, where downtown businesses compete to make the best sculpture. Dough-ki was made of ‘dead dough’, a mix without yeast. The base of […]

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South Korean Scientists Perfect Renewable Power from Urine While Cleaning Wastewater

South Korean scientists are leading a revolution in pee-powered fuel cells that generate “clean” energy and purify wastewater. A common organic molecule in fertilizer and a principle component of human urine, scientists achieved state-of-the-art performance using urea fuel cells—built with inexpensive electrodes and without precious metals. Direct urea fuel cells (DUFC) could turn any wastewater […]

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3 things to know about Atlanta's win over Houston in Game 1 of the World Series

A broken leg, a new record and a bat man: a roundup of interesting stories that emerged from the Atlanta Braves' 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros.

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Giant Eagle-Owl Unseen For 150 Years Just Caught on Camera

When Dr. Joseph Tobias saw how big the bird which had just flown over his head was, he had just assumed it was an eagle. After all, no other bird in Ghana could be so large. He was wrong. The Imperial College researcher and his colleague were the first to see a Shelley’s eagle owl […]

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France’s First Public Official with Down Syndrome Helps Everyone See Disability Differently

In the town of Arras in northern France, the country’s first ever appointed official with Down syndrome is leading from the front, changing hearts and minds and bringing a new perspective on mental disability. In 2020, Éléonore Laloux was appointed municipal councilor of Arras under the mayor Frédéric Leturque, for which she has received continual […]

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Josh Cavallo is the first male top-level footballer to come out as gay

The Adelaide United midfielder announced that he was gay in a video posted to the team's Twitter account Tuesday night.

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The NCAA spends more on men's sports than women's, another gender equity report finds

NCAA spending per Division I and national championship participants was $4,285 for men and $2,588 for women in the 2018-19 season. The gap is even larger for single-gender sports, the report shows.

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Good News in History, October 27

Happy Birthday to comedic actor and writer John Cleese who turns 82 years old today, but is still working prodigiously on stage, screen, and print: “I feel like I’m about 43.” Delayed because of the pandemic, Cleese just finished a comedy tour called, Why There Is No Hope, starring his own monologue followed by a […]

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Baseball's battle between 'good' and 'evil'

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Evan Drellich of The Athletic the faceoff between the upstart Atlanta Braves and the hated Houston Astros in game 1 of the World Series Tuesday.

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Canadian Man Notices an Old Lotto Ticket in His Wallet and Wins $20 Million

It’s the dream scenario that, for one Manitoba man, really happed: He found a forgotten lottery ticket in the back of his wallet—and it turned out to be worth $20 million. Jerry Knott bought a LOTTO MAX ticket in Lac du Bonnet for an August 24 draw. He tucked it in among his bank cards, […]

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Durable Yarn Wrist Heaters Provide Re-usable Portable Warmth

As the fall chill settles in across the U.S., people are getting out their cozy sweaters and electric blankets, or stocking up on handheld heat packets for extra warmth. But sweaters and blankets are bulky, and heat packs only work for a little while. Now, researchers have demonstrated a conductive, durable yarn for lightweight wearable […]

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This Wind Turbine Sculpture Lets You Harness Enough Energy to Power Your Home

A designer and entrepreneur has created a device for channeling the power of wind to power your home, and it lies inside a wall-sized kinetic sculpture. Looking like a contemporary version of a line of Buddhist prayer wheels, dozens of beige spinning blades are lined up in a grid of 25 axes, spinning and generating […]

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Solar Microgrids Bring 80,000 Power in Sierra Leone, Some of Whom Have Gone Without for 60 Years

Remember when cell phones needed 2-4 hours to fully charge? If you thought that was a pain in the rear, try waiting 60 years. Fortunately, with the advances of solar electricity, communities in Sierra Leone who have been beyond the reach of the state’s power supply for decades finally have power to call their own. […]

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Trusting the Tribes Has Saved A True Amazonian River Monster

When the Brazilian state of Amazonas put the responsibility of protecting one of the world’s largest freshwater fish in the hands of the indigenous inhabitants, it saved the beast from an inevitable extinction. The giant arapaima, a piranha-proof river monster capable of growing to 10-feet in length and weighing 440 pounds, was almost wiped out […]

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Why some fans say the Braves vs. Astros World Series is a matchup of good vs. evil

World Series action starts Tuesday night between the Astros and the Braves. The Astros have been in the series three of the past five years. The Braves haven't been there since 1999.

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Michael Jordan's shoes from his rookie season sell for a record $1.47 million

Michael Jordan wore the pair of Nike Air Ships during his first season with the Chicago Bulls. The shoes were sold to collector Nick Fiorella.

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2021 World Series: Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves

World Series action starts Tuesday night between the Astros and the Braves. The Astros have been in the series three of the past five years. The Braves haven't been there since 1999.

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Good News in History, October 26

Happy 65th Birthday to Rita Wilson, the actress, singer, songwriter, and producer who is married to Tom Hanks, and who just released a new Christmas song, and EP. Born Margarita Ibrahimoff, her film appearances include Sleepless in Seattle, Now and Then, That Thing You Do! (Hanks’s directorial debut), Jingle All the Way, Runaway Bride, It’s […]

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The shoes from Michael Jordan's rookie season sold for a record $1.47 million

Michael Jordan's earliest known game-worn and autographed shoes sold for nearly $1.5 million at an auction in Las Vegas. They are the most valuable sneakers ever offered at an auction.

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Michael J. Fox Raises $1.5 Billion to Help Find a Parkinson’s Cure: ‘I Won’t Stop Until It Happens’

Michael J. Fox became globally famous after starring as Marty McFly in Back to the Future in 1985. Six years later, aged 29, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Since then, Fox—who is now 60 years old—has helped raise over $1.5 billion to help find a cure for the progressive nervous system disorder. As the […]

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Johns Hopkins Gets First Federal Grant for Psychedelic Treatments Research – It’s For Tobacco Addiction

Johns Hopkins Medicine has been awarded a federal grant to explore the potential impacts of psilocybin on tobacco addiction—making it the first time in fifty years such funding has been given towards researching the therapeutic effects of a classic psychedelic. The grant, totaling nearly $4 million, is funded by National Institute of Health’s National Institute […]

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Dog Escapes Yard And Heads Over to Local Pet Spa – Where No Tail Has Ever Wagged So Happily (WATCH)

If it could, where do you think a pet dog would take itself on a walk? Perhaps it’d make a beeline for the local butcher’s shop for a special treat, or maybe it’d head straight over to the park to chase squirrels. Well, for one pup in Winnipeg who made her great escape from the […]

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If Beijing Olympics athletes aren't vaccinated, they'll be in quarantine for 21 days

The policy announced Monday threatens a "hard quarantine" that is longer than the Games themselves for anyone who arrives unvaccinated.

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Australian Company Works to Make Energy From Nuclear Fusion – But Without the Fiery Ball of Plasma

Nuclear fusion promises unlimited renewable energy, but technological and physical challenges have not allowed humans to harness the power of the sun just yet. Now using super-powerful lasers, there’s a chance fusion reactors could power our cities without many of the Marvel Universe-style science requirements—such as heating plasma to above 100 million Kelvin, or building […]

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New Sustainable Makeup Line Produces Cosmetics From Plants Instead of Fossil Fuels

One entrepreneur has launched a completely green long-wear makeup line that uses plants instead of fossil fuels. In June, that entrepreneur received $8.2 million from L’Oréal’s venture capital department, then launched Last—and an initial product line of 12 long-lasting liquid eyeshadows, three waterproof mascaras, and three eyebrow mascaras, before following it up in September with […]

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Good News in History, October 25

140 years ago, the visionary artist Pablo Picasso was born. A Spanish painter and sculptor, he had trouble getting out of bed in the morning, and usually spent the afternoon conversing and drinking with friends. But in the evening, he worked prolifically on his surrealistic cubist artwork in France. After his youth working in the […]

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Earliest Prehistoric Art Discovered –And it Turns Out to Be Hand Prints Made by Children 170,000 Years Ago

Written by Matthew Bennett and Sally Christine Reynolds at Bournemouth University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The research was published in Science Bulletin. Fossilized footprints, and more rarely, hand prints, can be found around the world; left as people went about their daily business, preserved by freak acts […]

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After Using Tools, Crows are Happier and Behave More Optimistically: ‘The pleasure of accomplishment’

By Peter Reuell, Harvard Gazette  It’s no secret crows are smart. They’re notorious for frustrating attempts to keep them from tearing into garbage cans; more telling, however, is that they are one of the few animals known to make tools. But would you believe doing it actually makes them happy? That’s the finding of a […]

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Yukon to Yellowstone Wildlife Corridor Makes Massive Gains Since ‘Y2Y’ is Dreamed Up in the 90’s to Help Grizzlies

Whatever happened to the Yukon to Yellowstone (Y2Y) wildlife corridor dream that was splashed across headlines years ago? Conservationists’ dreams of a wildlife corridor stretching from the Yukon to Yellowstone (Y2Y) where “charismatic megafauna” like bears, wolves, and caribou can roam freely and have enough continuous undisturbed habitat to thrive is slowly becoming a reality […]

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Faith in Humanity Restored When Florida Teens Return Wallet and Refuse Reward

After Chris Person lost his wallet outside a Publix store, he searched the area multiple times. After his 72-year-old mother scoured the parking lot and looked at surveillance footage with the store manager, but came up empty, he’d completely given up hope. The wallet contained his drivers license, Covid vaccination card, credit cards, plenty of […]

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Good News in History, October 24

Happy 74th Birthday to the dashing comic actor Kevin Kline, who won an Academy Award for his supporting role in the hit film, A Fish Called Wanda. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he made his dramatic film debut opposite Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice. Kline won his third Tony Award in 2017 for his lead […]

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This Plant-Based Jet Fuel Can Reduce Emissions by 68% – Without Displacing Crops

Replacing petroleum-based aviation fuel with a sustainable alternative derived from a type of mustard plant can reduce carbon emissions by up to 68%, according to new research from a University of Georgia scientist. Puneet Dwivedi led a team that studied the break-even price and lifetime carbon emissions of a sustainable aviation fuel derived from Brassica […]

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Don’t Rake Those Leaves: Good for Your Yard, and Good For the Planet

Can’t get motivated to rake those leaves off your lawn? Now you have the ultimate excuse to avoid that chore: you’d be saving the environment, as well as making your lawn more healthy. The National Wildlife Federation says leaving leaves where they fall helps critters in your yard and contributes to a healthy ecosystem. If […]

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This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’

Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free […]

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A Lost Sunken City of Gold and Jewels Found in the Mud of Indonesian River

Nighttime divers on the Musi River in Indonesia are beginning to fish out fistfuls of gold, gems, and other treasures from the mud—and it might be the site of a fabled kingdom known in the 8th century as the ‘Island of Gold’. Dr. Sean Kingsley, a British maritime archaeologist, suspects the finds, such as a […]

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Houston Astros head to World Series, just a few years after their cheating scandal

Officials found that the Astros were sign-stealing in 2017 and partly in 2018, but team officials say their past is firmly behind them.

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Inside the jaw-clenching world of cricket fighting in China

It's cricket fighting season in China, so NPR went ringside to learn about the centuries-old sport. Turns out, the bugs are really high maintenance, big money's involved and big mandibles matter.

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Again and again. Women's pro soccer players just the latest to deal with abuse

The NWSL is reeling from a scandal involving multiple coaches and alleged abusive behavior toward players, and it's refocused attention on a familiar problem: female athletes experiencing abuse.

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Good News in History, October 23

Happy 45th Birthday to Ryan Reynolds, the always-handsome and hilarious Canadian actor who first starred in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl in 1998, then rose to fame in a range of films like The Proposal and Green Lantern. His biggest financial and critical success came when he played the smack-talking superhero Deadpool in two […]

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Police Melt Over 4-Year-old Boy’s Emergency Call to Come See His Toys (LISTEN)

A 4-year-old boy in New Zealand recently dialed the national emergency services number by accident. When the police answered his call? He invited them to see his favorite toys. Naturally, they took him up on his offer. Southern District Police posted audio from the call on their Facebook page, stating, “While we don’t encourage children […]

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750,000-Panel Solar Farm Will Power Colorado Steel Mill, First of its Kind

The solar energy arm of petro-giant BP has brought together $285 million in private equity to fund a gargantuan solar energy project in Colorado that will power the world’s first carbon-neutral steel mill. The Bighorn solar project array will feature three-quarters of a million panels generating 300 megawatts, negating 433,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide […]

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Istanbul Improves the Lives of its Thousands of Stray Cats with Elaborate Outdoor Cat Houses

In Istanbul, a city of 15 million people that’s famous for its relaxed attitude towards stray cats, groups of volunteers build elaborate houses for their feline neighbors. There, cats can find donated food and toys, cushions and boxes to keep them out of harsh weather, and even a new owner if they’re lucky. It all […]

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Anti-Cancer Drug Derived From Himalayan Fungus Clears Early Clinical Trials

An Oxford University study has shown that the new drug NUC-7738—a novel chemotherapy drug, derived from a fungus—has up to 40 times greater potency for killing cancer cells than its parent compound, with limited toxic side effects. The naturally-occurring nucleoside analogue known as Cordycepin (a.k.a 3’-deoxyadenosine) is found in the Himalayan fungus Cordyceps sinensis and […]

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Good News in History, October 22

55 years ago today, The Supremes became the first female music group to attain a No. 1 seller on the Billboard album chart. Their ninth studio album for Motown, The Supremes A’ Go-Go LP included the mega hits You Can’t Hurry Love, and Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart. WATCH their live performance of […]

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Months after the Olympics, Simone Biles says she's 'still scared to do gymnastics'

Biles shocked the world when she withdrew from events at the Olympics this summer, citing a phenomenon called the "twisties." In an interview Thursday, she says she's still grappling with it.

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NWSL players are keeping a spotlight on the abuse and harassment female athletes face

The recent NWSL scandal involving coaches' alleged abusive behavior toward female players has refocused attention on an all-too-familiar problem -– female athletes experiencing abuse and harassment.

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Celtics games have been turned off in China after one player's pro-Tibet tweet

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter waded into an especially sensitive subject for the NBA with his comments advocating for a free Tibet, as China is by far the league's largest foreign market.

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Dog Trapped in Narrow Crevice Licked Moisture From Walls Until Rescuers Found Her With Plumber’s Camera

A dog which was trapped in a rocky crevice was successfully rescued unharmed after five days without food or water. The incident started when a woman was hiking with her 12-year-old dog, Liza—who fell out of sight into the narrow crevice but could be heard barking. Staff at Minnewaska State Park Preserve attempted unsuccessfully to […]

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Nebraska Teen Runner Helps Competitor Finish Race After He Collapsed, Forfeiting His Own District Medal Hopes

In the sport of track and field, athletes compete not only with one another but against themselves, as with each race, they strive to achieve a new personal best. For one Nebraska teen running in what would likely be his final cross country outing before graduating high school, that personal best turned out not to […]

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This Carbon-Negative Perfume is Made from Captured CO2

Demonstrating that CO2 isn’t only pollution, but can also be a valuable raw material, a company has launched a perfume line smelling of figs and tobacco, but made from greenhouse gases instead. With the principal ingredient being ethanol, Air Company ditches the normal process of fermenting corn for that of their proprietary technology which acts […]

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Want to Learn to Code? Play this Super Nintendo-Style Video Game

Writing code is a skill almost anyone can make use of, and now there’s a video game that will teach you how. Set in an old school, Super Nintendo-like, 16-bit world, TwilioQuest teaches common coding languages like Python, JavaScript, and Open Source and combines the satisfying sense of progression inherent in role-playing games, with actual […]

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People Who’ve Tried Psychedelics have Lower Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes

A study has confirmed that the rates of heart disease and diabetes found in users of classic psychedelic substances, like psilocybin or MDMA, are lower compared to the general public. Parsed from data of a survey of 375,000 Americans—with the results controlled for age, gender, marital status, income bracket, education level, race, and use of […]

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Good News in History, October 21

100 years ago today, Warren G. Harding delivered the first speech by a sitting U.S. President that condemned the lynching of African-Americans in the deep South—despite widespread political opposition among white voters. The Republican had been advocating for the civil rights of Blacks throughout his presidential campaign in 1920, and made the speech in Alabama, […]

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NFL will seek to eliminate extra hurdles for Black players from concussion settlement

The league proposed changes to the $1 billion settlement after an outcry over test score adjustments known as "race-norming," which make it harder for retired Black players to win dementia awards.

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Diver Finds 900-Year-old Sword Wielded in the Crusades Off the Coast of Ancient Israeli Town

A man in Israel noticed the unmistakable shape of a sword during a recreational dive, and it turned out to be a 900-year-old relic from the Crusades. Encrusted with shells and marine life, it’s not clear if the sword was from the Muslim or European side, but it’s now in possession of the Israeli Antiquity […]

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Funny Picture Shows Squirrel Pulling ‘Mr Universe’ Pose on a Windowsill

This funny picture shows a squirrel pulling a ‘Mr Universe’ pose on a windowsill. 65-year-old David Roberts snapped the tough-looking rodent in his garden in Glasgow. Retired David said of his lucky moment with the critter, ”It was on the window ledge running about and looking in.” Basically, it was just acting like any other […]

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Wading Through 20-Inch Deep Moss Is Like Walking on a Pillow of Green Snow

For all the curious attributes inherent in mosses, height is not among them. But a video of two jolly lads trudging through a field of 20-inch deep moss serves to make us feel like that’s a shame. Like a pillowy green snow that doesn’t fall down the back of your neck if you jump in […]

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Walking Storyteller Continues Historic 24,000-Mile Trek Retracing Passage of Human Ancestors Out of Africa

The Out of Eden Walk, a National Geographic-sponsored retracing of our ancestor’s slow-motion exodus from Africa, through time and countless footsteps, is finally resuming after COVID-19 closed overland borders last year. The host (or perhaps victim) Paul Salopek is a Pulitzer-winning journalist and photographer, and has been traveling overland on foot since the middle-years of […]

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Internet Sleuth Solves 45-Year Guitar Mystery Returning the Beloved ’57 Gretsch to a Rock Idol

Back in 1976, when Canadian rock star Randy Bachman of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive discovered his favorite guitar had been stolen from his Toronto hotel room while he was on tour, he cried all night. Having done every odd job on the block as a boy to afford the $400, 1957 Gretsch 6120 […]

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Good News in History, October 20

90 years ago today, legendary baseball player Mickey Mantle was born in Oklahoma. He played his entire 18-year career (1951–1968) for the New York Yankee and, despite many injuries, hit a stellar 536 career home runs with a .298 batting average. Regarded as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history, he led the league in […]

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Everything old, new and AWOL in the NBA

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with ESPN's Monica McNutt about how as the NBA season begins, fans are talking about two players who won't be on the court anytime soon.

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Remembering Tom Morey, the eccentric surf icon and inventor of the Boogie Board

Tom Morey, the inventor of the Boogie Board and a renowned figure in the surfing world, died on Oct. 14 at the age of 86.

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More Than Half of Women Were Seven Months Into the Menopause Before Realizing What It Was

More than half of women didn’t realize they were going through the menopause until seven months after they first experienced signs, a poll has found. A new survey of 1,000 women, who are going or have gone through the menopause, found 52 percent took considerable time to realize what was causing the aching joints, fatigue, […]

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Where’s Walrus? You Can Help Scientists by Volunteering to Count Marine Mammals In Satellite Images

Scientists have appealed to the public to help them monitor the number of Walrus in the Arctic by looking at images—taken from space. The real-life Where’s Wally? project will see animal-lovers scanning satellite images to help monitor Walrus populations along the Arctic coastline. Conservationists hope that the ‘Walrus from Space’ research project will give a […]

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Wes Anderson Designed a Luxury Train Car – and It Looks Like Something out of His Movies

Train travel is a lost art in the United States, a fact not lost on film director Wes Anderson, who revels in using train travel in his films. Now he’s taken his passion to a country that understands it: to England, where a company has built a Wes Anderson-inspired train carriage complete with all the […]

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20,000 Pounds of Trash Removed From Pacific Garbage Patch: ‘Holy mother of god. It worked!‘

“The Great Pacific Garbage Patch can now be cleaned,” announced Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat, the wonderkid inventor who has spent a decade inventing systems for waterborne waste collection. Recent tests made by tools invented to tackle the 1.8 trillion-piece pile of plastic pollution, called System 002, were a success, leading Slat to predict that most […]

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Washington State fires its football coach over COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Head football coach Nick Rolovich and four assistants were fired for defying the state's vaccine mandate. School officials said a small number of university workers chose not to get vaccinated.

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