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A nerve-wracking scene unfolded as Colorado wildlife officials pulled all the stops to rescue two young mountain lions in the path of a deluge of trouble. A worker at the Pine River Irrigation District Dam was about to release a large amount of water down a concrete spillway when he spotted the yearlings at the The post Watch Rope-Dangling Rescue of Young Mountain Lions Before Dam Deluge ‘Likely Would Have Drowned Them’ appeared first on Good News Network.

A wildlife fan has struck up an extraordinary friendship with a young fox after he noticed she was ill. Bob Dunlop realized the fox had developed mange on her tail after spying her lack of hair on wildlife cameras set up near his home in Littleport, Cambridgeshire. The 69-year-old worked out where the animal’s den The post Man Reveals Heart-Warming Friendship With Young Fox That He Cured of Illness in the Wild appeared first on Good News Network.

David Bowie would love this! There are spiders from Mars—if you believe these photos. Incredible images taken by the European Space Agency’s spacecraft, the Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), shows distinctive arachnid shapes. The apparent creepy crawlies are actually small, dark features that form when spring sunshine falls on layers of carbon The post Spiders From Mars? Phenomenon Evokes David Bowie Song in These Photos Taken Near South Pole of Red Planet appeared first on Good News Network.

6 years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India had achieved its goal, ahead of schedule, of providing electricity to every village in India, one of the greatest achievements in the history of electrification. Once the absolute portrait of unaddressable grinding poverty, since 2000 around half a billion people have gained access to The post Good News in History, April 28 appeared first on Good News Network.

A rubber duck that escaped a failed world record race 18 years ago has been found by a teen washed up on a beach 423 miles away. The record attempt, held in Dublin in the summer of 2006, was part of “World Duck Race Ireland” which corralled 150,000 rubber ducks at the starting line in The post Rubber Duck Washes Up 18 Years After it Lost a River Race and Headed for the Hills–400 Miles Away appeared first on Good News Network.

A survey of 2,000 travel-loving adults found that one in five people long for another vacation again the day they get back and another 27% said this feeling wells up within a week. Looking ahead, the average respondent wants to spend 15 days on vacation in 2024, after the average said they grabbed 11 days The post One in 5 Americans ‘Always’ Think About Planning Their Next Vacation–While On Vacation: New Survey appeared first on Good News Network.

Jack and Bronwyn were both born prematurely in the same hospital at the same time. After he was born at 30 weeks, and she was delivered after just 26 weeks, their families forged a friendship during the many weeks spent waiting in the neonatal ward in 1994. After finally going home from Queen’s Medical Centre The post Couple Who Met as ‘Miracle Babies’ in Hospital Were Meant to Be Together–Now Have a Child of Their Own appeared first on Good News Network.

Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, 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 The post Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny appeared first on Good News Network.

6 years ago today, the Panmunjom Declaration was signed by President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong-un, declaring the intention to end the Korean War (which has never truly ended). Organized under the initiative of then-President Donald Trump, the summit was remarkable, with both leaders stepping across both sides of the border at the DMZ The post Good News in History, April 27 appeared first on Good News Network.

Excavations of a Roman villa dating to the start of the Imperial era show it may belong to the greatest of all the Roman emperors, Caesar Augustus. Called the Somma Vesuviana, the villa was partially destroyed and buried by the same eruption that buried the city of Pompeii in 79 CE, but is located on The post Archaeologists May Have Found the Villa Where the Roman Emperor Augustus Died appeared first on Good News Network.

From Lantana, Florida comes the story of a courageous teenager who rescued a woman adrift in the fast current of a canal carrying rainwater out to the Atlantic. The rescue won the young man the Carnegie Hero Award, as well as a local, full-ride scholarship to the Boynton Fire and Rescue Academy to cover the The post Florida Teen Wins Prestigious Carnegie Award and Full-Ride Scholarship After Daring Rescue appeared first on Good News Network.

A collection of great historical artworks, saved from the fires of Notre-Dame, are set to be exhibited as they haven’t been for over 160 years as the famous cathedral nears its reopening this December. Known as the Mays of Notre-Dame, they are 76 monumental religious works mostly from the 17th century, 13 of which were The post Masterpieces Saved from Notre Dame Fire Now Restored and Back on View: It’s ‘Miraculous’ appeared first on Good News Network.

What’s secretive, pretends to be a stick, and is sometimes confused with a mythical creature? The figure in focus of this question is a beloved bird that’s returning in numbers to Tasmania for the first time in 40 years. The Australasian bittern disappeared from Tasmania’s northern reaches for decades following a hydropower project in 1964 The post Beloved Birds Return to Islands for First Time in 40 Years After Damming Damage Reversed appeared first on Good News Network.

70 years ago, Seven Samurai was released in theaters, the epic cinematic masterpiece co-written, directed, and edited by Akira Kurosawa. A technical and creative marvel, it became Japan’s highest-grossing movie but also was highly influential among Hollywood filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and George Lucas. The story, set in 1586 Japan, centers around a village of The post Good News in History, April 26 appeared first on Good News Network.

Citizen science has evolved as a formidable force in conservation, propelled by regular people’s passion and dedication to conserving our planet’s irreplaceable ecosystems. Citizen scientists are redefining the story of environmental stewardship one observation at a time, thanks to collaborative efforts and innovative projects. The evolution of citizen science: from passion to preservation Sean Dooley’s interest The post How citizen scientists are driving tangible change in Australia first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

Even though osteoporosis can affect anyone, women are particularly at risk. In fact,  80 percent of all Americans with osteoporosis are women. With such shocking figures, it’s evident that bone health is a top responsibility for everyone, especially women. But what if we told you that leaping, yes jumping, could help you build stronger bones? The post Jumping for joy: is jumping good or bad for bone health? first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

Solar panels are finding their way onto all sorts of surprising surfaces, and now Central Europeans are beginning to line their balcony rails with them; because why not? To mark the 70th anniversary of the solar cell’s mainstream entry into society, data acquired by Euronews claims that 400,000 German households have already connected their verandas The post Solar Balconies Are Booming in Germany and You Can Plug in and Install Them Yourself appeared first on Good News Network.

Most people know only that Pluto is a planet that wasn’t a planet that is extremely cold and far away, but it has a softer side as well. Researchers believe the huge heart-shaped feature on the planetesimal’s surface was likely caused by a “giant and slow oblique-angle impact”. A team of scientists from the University The post Did You Know Pluto Has a Heart? Scientists Solve Mystery as to Why appeared first on Good News Network.

A San Diego wildlife sanctuary is proud to report that two of the 69 tigers rescued from the infamous collection of the ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic are thriving at their Alpine, CA location. Participating in the rescue of the cats, it took Lions, Tigers, and Bears Animal Sanctuary 3 years to help the pair of The post Two Big Cats from Infamous Tiger King Captivity Thriving in San Diego After Sanctuary Helps Save 69 Tigers appeared first on Good News Network.

While these fossils may not look like much, they are part of the jawbone of what is now believed to be the largest marine reptile ever to swim in the seas. The beast could have measured 82 feet long—as big as a humpback whale—but with a long narrow mouth bristling with teeth used to hunt The post 11-Year-old Uncovers Giant Ichthyosaur Fossil – The Largest Marine Reptile Ever Found appeared first on Good News Network.

70 years ago today, Bell Labs finished the first functional solar cell, allowing for a panel of metal and glass to refract light and heat from the sun into it and generate a current of electricity. The inventors were Calvin Souther Fuller, Daryl Chapin, and Gerald Pearson, and their intention was to power a satellite The post Good News in History, April 25 appeared first on Good News Network.

Did you realize that the beans that comprise your morning cup of coffee date back 600,000 years? Scientists have discovered the ancient origins of Coffea arabica, the popular coffee plant that fills millions of cups worldwide. The global takeover of Arabica coffee With its well-known sweet and velvety taste, Arabica coffee has become the world’s most popular The post The ancient origins of your 600,000 year old cuppa joe first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

In a remarkable study published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers discovered gaming’s transformative potential in biomedical research. Borderlands Science, an interactive mini-game included in Borderlands 3, has helped users analyze microbiological evolutionary histories. “We’ve been amazed by the results,” says Jérôme Waldispühl, an associate professor at McGill’s School of Computer Science and the study’s senior author.” In The post Gamers revolutionize biomedical research via DNA analysis first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

Last November, one of NASA’s most famous craft, Voyager 1, stopped transmitting messages to the great anxiety of those responsible for receiving them. It wasn’t all stress though, because mission controllers could tell the spacecraft was still receiving their commands and otherwise operating normally. Now however, the most distant object from the Earth made by The post ‘Hello, Voyager!’ Celebrated Spacecraft Is Once Again Transmitting After Nasa Repair from 15 Billion Miles Away appeared first on Good News Network.

On I-94 in Minnesota, a team of good samaritans and highway rescue personnel bandied together to save a stranger trapped unconscious inside a burning car. Simply incredible dash camera footage shows 5 or 6 people pulling over and leaping out of their cars after an SUV runs off the highway and bursts into flames. They The post Dramatic Video Shows Strangers Desperately Fight to Remove Man from Car Engulfed in Flames–And Succeed appeared first on Good News Network.

Lost your keys? Can’t remember where you parked the car? If only you had the memory of a mountain chickadee. These half-ounce birds, with brains slightly larger than a pea, stash tens of thousands of food items like seeds in tree bark, under dead leaves, and inside pinecones across the mountains and can remember their The post Mountain Chickadees have Remarkable Memories–with Ability to Recall Locations of 10,000 Hidden Snacks appeared first on Good News Network.