Good News in History, June 24
120 years ago today, the shoe salesman Chuck Taylor was born in Indiana. While playing basketball in high Read More
Orchid Thought to Be Extinct in UK Was Discovered Blooming on the Rooftop of London Bank
An extremely rare colony of orchids previously believed to be extinct in Britain has been discovered growing on Read More
Laid Off During COVID, Dad Wants to Work at Costco: ‘I told Twitter about it—cue social media explosion’
The gods of the Twitterverse are mercurial and unpredictable. All hashtags aside, why some tweets trend and others Read More
Mr. Trash Wheel is Gobbling up Millions of Pounds of Trash
For years, the ambiguous yet contented face of Mr. Trash Wheel has been an icon of Baltimore’s Inner Read More
Floating Gardens Offers a Sustainable Solution to Farming in Flood-Prone Regions – Researchers Find
Bangladesh’s floating gardens, built to grow food during flood seasons, could offer a sustainable solution for parts of Read More
Co-workers donate their kidneys to save each other’s husbands
The COVID-19 pandemic has put life as we knew it on hold for more than a year, but Read More
Scientists Have Figured Out How to Instantly Cure Hiccups
Many of us have some cure for the hiccups, whether that’s drinking water upside-down or holding our breath, Read More
Good News in History, June 23
109 years ago today, Alan Turing, the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence, was born in Read More
Firefly Lights May Seem Random But There’s a Different Pattern For Each Species in U.S.
If every snake has a different pattern on its scales, and every cat has a different pattern on Read More
US Honors 98-Year-old Irish Woman Whose Weather Forecast Fortuitously Delayed D-Day Landings, Changing Course of WWII
The day was June 3rd, 1944. In County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, a remote North Read More