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100,000-Year-Old Bones in Ethiopia May Point to the Earliest Human Cremation

Burned fossils reveal a vivid snapshot of early Homo sapiens life.

A Cheap, Vitamin-Packed Fruit Juice Could Make Iron Supplements Work Better

Can a glass of guava juice help against anemia?

6 Ancient Fish Older Than Dinosaurs That Are Still Swimming Today

These ancient fish lineages survived mass extinctions, ice ages, and evolutionary upheaval.

"Little red dot" in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to give us the ability to look at one of the earliest periods in the evolution of the Universe, a time when some of the earliest stars were putting out enough light to ionize the hydrogen that accounted for almost all of the normal matter present at the time. There were lots of ideas about what we might see, but the Universe is full of surprises. One of the first surprises was the existence of what picked up the moniker "little red dots," which

Italy Unifies its Historic Pilgrimage Trails to Offer Slower, More Intimate Tourism

With Europe more choked with tourists than ever amid year after year of record-setting summer heat, Italy is looking to change course: off the beaten path of luxury hotels and museums. Antichi Cammini d’Italia, or the Antique Trails of Italy, responds to the growing demand for slow, authentic and sustainable tourist experiences, by uniting and […]

Biologists Clone Wild Yaks to Save Golden Subspecies Numbering Fewer Than 300 in First of its Kind Effort

China has performed the first single and multiple cloning of wild yaks in a bid to reinforce this keystone herbivore, and save one of the rarest and most beautiful animals in China. Legend has it that when Mount Buye on the Tibetan Plateau was married to Mount Zhaxiangqian, 7 golden wild yaks were given as […]

Samsung Strikes Deal with Workers for Profit Sharing in Company’s Trillion Dollar Slice of the AI Pie

Following eye-watering Q1 performance, some 48,000 of Samsung’s semiconductor division workers are set to receive a new profit-sharing-style bonus structure that will give a bigger slice of the AI pie to those making baking it. Samsung’s compensation package was among the country’s most generous, as the tech giant accounts for a staggering 16% of national […] The post Samsung Strikes Deal with Workers for Profit Sharing in Company’s Trillion Dollar Slice of the AI Pie appeared first on Good News

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

Content of several “forever chemicals” in seabird eggs were found to have sharply decreased over the last 55 years by a team of scientists. While first rising exponentially from during the 1960s, the chemicals, classed as PFAS, peaked in the 1990s before decreasing in line with regulatory oversight by North American governments. PFAS are a […]

Good News in History, May 27

96 years ago today, the Chrysler Building opened to the public in New York City. Constructed by Walter Chrysler, founder of the automotive company, the Art Deco skyscraper served as the corporation’s headquarters and lifted up the languishing East Side of Manhattan from 1930 until the 1950s. WATCH a video about the building narrated by […]

The English restaurant turning hospitality on its head

What We’re Reading: Denver’s Newest Clean Energy Source Will Be Sewage

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at [email protected] and we just might feature it here. Filthy clean energy Denver’s goal is to reduce its greenhouse gases to zero by 2040, which means throwing everything it possibly can at the problem - and apparently, that includes sewage. According to an NPR story shared by Contributing Editor Geetanjali Krishna, the Colorado capital will pilot a “thermal en

Two drug molecules achieve myelin repair in MS disease models

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Every remyelination drug candidate tested in multiple sclerosis research has failed. A doctoral thesis from the University of Helsinki, defended earlier this month, reports two that didn’t. Tapani Koppinen, working in Associate Professor Merja Voutilainen’s research group, identified two separate drug molecules that successfully triggered myelin regrowth in MS disease models. Both reduced neuroinflammation. Both crossed the blood-brain barrier in laboratory a

The 10-minute habit that helped David Attenborough reach 100 years old

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Sir David Attenborough turned 100 on May 8, and people want to know how he did it. Fair enough. A century is rare. A century of active fieldwork, narration, and travel across every ecosystem on earth is something even rarer. When someone who has spent his working life watching the natural world reaches that milestone, you start wondering whether the subject of his attention had something to do with it. His answer is modest, specific, and something almost anyo

Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft

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La NASA ofrece información actualizada sobre rovers, módulos de alunizaje y misiones de Base Lunar

De izquierda a derecha, se observan los modelos del módulo de aterrizaje lunar Mark 1 de Blue Origin, el rover lunar tripulado de Astrolab, el rover Lunar Outpost Pegasus y el orbitador Firefly Elytra Dark al término de una rueda de prensa para hablar sobre Base Lunar, una iniciativa a largo plazo de exploración e infraestructura lunar diseñada para permitir una presencia humana sostenida y una mayor actividad científica y comercial en el Polo Sur lunar, el martes, 26 de mayo de 2026, en el edif

Girl Scouts Event Brings Space Science to the Next Generation

An example of the Ancient & Modern Sun Watching patch can be seen at the top right corner of this Girl Scout’s vest Credit: NASA/Nicholeen Viall-Kepko In early May 2026, NASA employees, contractors, and volunteers helped to bring Heliophysics to girls of all ages in a fun-filled weekend of hands-on science activities and experiments. The event took place from May 1-3 at Camp Conowingo, a Girl Scouts of Central Maryland camping property on the Susquehanna River north of Baltimore, and brought tog

La NASA anunciará la tripulación de Artemis III e informará sobre el progreso de la misión

Crédito: NASA La NASA informará sobre los avances de la misión Artemis III de la agencia y anunciará los astronautas asignados a este vuelo de prueba durante un evento en vivo a las 11 a.m. EDT (hora del este) del martes 9 de junio en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston.Siga la rueda de prensa en vivo a través de la aplicación NASA+ y el canal de YouTube de la agencia. Descubra cómo ver el contenido de la NASA en diversas plataformas en línea, incluidas las redes sociales (inform

Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge

NASA/Ben Smegelsky Katherine Rauscher of Michigan Technological University prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge competition on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Forty-seven teams from around the U.S. designed and built remote-controlled robots capable of traversing challenging lunar terrain while constructing regolith-based berm under conditions similar to those the agency will f

NASA-European Sea Level Mission Homes in on El Niño

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoThe international Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich sea level satellite observed a swell of warm water, called a Kelvin wave, moving eastward in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, arriving off the South American coast in May. Warm Kelvin waves often precede El Niño events.NASA/JPL-Caltech Sea level data from a satellite launched by NASA and European partners shows that a swell of warm water hundred

Webinar 6/17: Discover, Access, and Task Commercial Data with NASA’s Satellite Data Explorer

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NASA’s Webb Reveals Black Hole That Formed Before Its Galaxy

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Paul McCartney on playing guitar with Paul Mescal: 'He knew it better than I did!'

The music legend on delivering "memory songs" for his 20th solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane - and why he's intrigued by the new Beatles biopics.

UK's rudest chalk figure gets a glow-up to stop it fading in the rain

National Trust staff and volunteers will apply 17 tonnes of fresh chalk to the outline of the famous figure.

'Abandoned beach litter took us two days to clear'

Tents, towels and children's clothing were among hundreds of items left on a beach, a community group says.

Viral fame spares ‘Donald Trump’ buffalo from Eid sacrifice in Bangladesh - Reuters

Viral fame spares ‘Donald Trump’ buffalo from Eid sacrifice in Bangladesh Reuters

Zuckerberg's philanthropic venture unveils AI world model for drug discovery - Reuters

Zuckerberg's philanthropic venture unveils AI world model for drug discovery Reuters

NASA’s Webb telescope discovers a planet where rock clouds vanish every night

A giant planet nearly 700 light-years away has a bizarre daily weather cycle where mineral clouds appear every morning and vanish by nightfall. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered that WASP-94A b’s mornings are filled with clouds made of rock-like minerals, while its evenings are surprisingly clear. The finding gave scientists their clearest look yet into the planet’s atmosphere and revealed it’s far more Jupiter-like than previously believed.

NASA’s Fermi telescope reveals the power source behind monster supernovae

NASA’s Fermi telescope has detected what may be the first confirmed gamma-ray signal from a superluminous supernova - one of the most extreme explosions in the universe. Scientists believe the blast was powered by a rapidly spinning magnetar, an exotic neutron star with unbelievably strong magnetic fields. The event, called SN 2017egm, erupted 440 million light-years away and may help explain why some supernovae become extraordinarily bright.

Scientists discover ancient single-celled ancestors still live on in your blood

Scientists uncovered evidence that human blood cells may trace their origins back to single-celled ancestors that lived 700 million years ago. By rebuilding the evolutionary family tree of blood cells, the team revealed how today’s immune system grew from some of Earth’s earliest life forms.

Tiny “sesame” sea slug discovered in Taiwan turns out to be a new species

A sea slug smaller than a sesame seed has turned up in Taiwan’s coastal waters - and it’s so tiny and unusual that scientists realized they had discovered a completely new species. Named Thecacera sesama after its black-and-yellow “sesame-like” appearance, the translucent nudibranch was first spotted during a casual dive and later identified with help from a sea slug expert on Facebook.

The definitive census of multiple star systems within ten parsecs

Our sun is a loner. It lacks a stellar companion hurtling through interstellar space with it. But we've known for a long time that that's actually relatively rare-most stars have at least one gravitationally bound partner. Understanding how exactly those stars are related to each other is critical for observational campaigns-especially for those of exoplanets. So a new paper posted to the arXiv preprint server from researchers at the University of Madrid that categorizes almost every star within

Listening to the sun reveals previously hidden changes to solar cycle

Internal changes due to the sun's "active biorhythm" have become increasingly "skin-deep" over the past four solar activity cycles, according to a new study.

Newly discovered 'thunder' of Atlantic sturgeons inspires awe

When a team of researchers recorded a low thundering underneath the surface of the Hudson River, they thought they were hearing the muffled rumble of trains. A closer look and listen led to a much more interesting discovery: The thunder came from Atlantic sturgeon-an iconic and endangered species-spawning in the depths of the river.

Monkey see, monkey do: Study sheds light on cooperative decision-making

The old "monkey see, monkey do" adage may rest on some neuroscientific evidence, finds a new Yale study. To examine how the primate brain facilitates cooperative behavior among individuals during social interaction, a team of researchers trained pairs of marmoset monkeys to cooperate in a task.

DNA 'nicks' make for safer, more precise genetic analysis

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a safer and more precise way to study how genes function in living tissues by refining a recently developed CRISPR-based genetic technique in fruit flies, enabling researchers to better study how genes contribute to development and disease.

Researchers push back fundamental limit on energy transfer between particles without 'spilling' radiation

Researchers at TU/e have demonstrated that energy transfer without loss via light or heat can occur over much greater distances than previously thought possible thanks to vibrations in microscopic gold rods. They succeeded in making energy jump from one particle to another over a distance of several millimeters without "spilling" energy along the way.

Metamaterials enable control of heat transfer at nanoscale, potentially transforming energy and electronics

Heat behaves in predictable ways: a hot cup of coffee cools, a laptop warms your hands, the sun heats Earth. But at scales thousands of times smaller than a human hair, those rules begin to break down, and scientists are learning how to take advantage of that.

Analysis of more than 10,000 cities reveals hidden details governments can use to better support their people

The world's urban population increased by 785 million people between 2000 and 2020, but that tells only part of the story. Now, a research team including an expert from the University of Michigan has dug into the demographics of more than 10,000 individual cities to obtain insights that can be lost in the aggregate. The findings are published in the journal Nature Cities.

DNA assembly insights could streamline design and manufacturing of nanostructures for medicine, materials and more

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have uncovered key principles that govern how DNA "origami" structures fold, findings that could make nanoscale materials faster and easier to manufacture. DNA origami is a technique that uses strands of DNA to self-assemble into tiny, programmable shapes. Although the method has shown promise for applications ranging from drug delivery to advanced materials, scientists have struggled to consistently achieve high yields, especially as structures b

Sea squirt reveals glowing spines and unexpected nervous system anatomy

Ascidians, also known as sea squirts, are the evolutionary link between vertebrates and invertebrates, making them valuable subjects of biological studies. For the first time, researchers at Ruhr University Bochum have detected pronounced autofluorescence in Halocynthia papillosa, one of more than 3,000 species. Furthermore, the study provides comprehensive insights into the anatomy of this sea squirt.

Long-distance bat migration runs on fatty acids, challenging limits of mammal metabolism

Bats are the only mammals that can actively fly, enabling many species to perform seasonal migrations. In migratory birds, remaining airborne for many hours is supported by burning fatty acids, something most mammals are incapable of.

New biosynthesis platform could enable bioactive compounds to be labeled, targeted and released on demand

Many medically important drugs originate from natural sources. Microorganisms produce these compounds using highly sophisticated and remarkably precise enzymatic assembly lines. Many natural microbial products belong to a class known as nonribosomal peptides-short chains of amino acids that often possess pharmacologically relevant biological activities, including antibiotic effects.

Gutweed successfully grown in full life cycle within brackish conditions in Baltic Sea

Gutweed could become a future crop in the Baltic Sea. This is shown in a new study from the University of Gothenburg, where researchers have, for the first time, successfully cultivated the seaweed through its entire life cycle in brackish water.

Trust and patience link to higher happiness across 76 countries

A study covering 76 countries has found that people who are more trusting, patient, altruistic and cooperative tend to report higher levels of happiness and life satisfaction, suggesting that well-being depends on more than material prosperity alone. The work was published in the International Journal of Happiness and Development.

Perfect randomness realized for the first time

Creating perfect randomness is surprisingly difficult. Even modern random number generators never generate completely ideal random numbers: small systematic errors can result in some numbers appearing slightly more frequently than others. For many applications, this does not matter. In cryptography, however, even the tiniest deviations can be problematic.

Greetings from Cape Verde, where the sounds of samba, jazz and morna fill the air

Music is interwoven with the sounds of daily life in this West African island nation, which hosted two international music festivals in April and has been named the African Capital of Culture for 2028.

Inside the effort to save one of America's most imperiled salamanders

When a species is facing extinction, it takes an enormous human effort to stave it off. Case in point: the painstaking campaign to save the frosted flatwoods salamander.(Image credit: Nathan Rott)

AAAS Elections, Breakthrough Prize, Guggenheim Fellowships, Truman Scholars, and More Awards - Columbia University

AAAS Elections, Breakthrough Prize, Guggenheim Fellowships, Truman Scholars, and More Awards Columbia University

Ending the Pharma Relay Race with a Non-Opioid Breakthrough - PharmExec.com

Ending the Pharma Relay Race with a Non-Opioid Breakthrough PharmExec.com

Scientists break 30-year superconductivity record at normal pressure - ScienceDaily

Scientists break 30-year superconductivity record at normal pressure ScienceDaily

New breakthrough in astrophysics: scientists from Finland create a quantum sensor capable of detecting minimal energy levels and advancing the search for the mysterious dark matter, using ultra-sensitive technology that can transform research on invisible p - CPG Click Petróleo e

New breakthrough in astrophysics: scientists from Finland create a quantum sensor capable of detecting minimal energy levels and advancing the search for the mysterious dark matter, using ultra-sensitive technology that can transform research on invisible p CPG Click Petróleo e Gás

Parkinson’s breakthrough? Study identifies possible treatment target. - Baltimore Sun

Parkinson’s breakthrough? Study identifies possible treatment target. Baltimore Sun

How to stop skin cancer in time? Smart tattoo is science’s latest breakthrough - ThePrint

How to stop skin cancer in time? Smart tattoo is science’s latest breakthrough ThePrint

Breakthrough Achieved: True Perfect Randomness Realized for the First Time - Bioengineer.org

Breakthrough Achieved: True Perfect Randomness Realized for the First Time Bioengineer.org

Chemical upcycling breakthrough to tackle global plastic pollution - Energy Live News

Chemical upcycling breakthrough to tackle global plastic pollution Energy Live News

Groundbreaking Breakthrough: World’s First Intermuscular Bone-Free Grass Carp Developed - Bioengineer.org

Groundbreaking Breakthrough: World’s First Intermuscular Bone-Free Grass Carp Developed Bioengineer.org

Dresden Study: Breakthrough in Leukemia Treatment - Mirage News

Dresden Study: Breakthrough in Leukemia Treatment Mirage News

The ‘secret ingredient’ that could give electric vehicles a 1,000 km range on a single charge - The Times of India

The ‘secret ingredient’ that could give electric vehicles a 1,000 km range on a single charge The Times of India

Breakthrough in Leukemia Research: Dresden Long-Term Study Promises to Transform Blood Cancer Treatment - Bioengineer.org

Breakthrough in Leukemia Research: Dresden Long-Term Study Promises to Transform Blood Cancer Treatment Bioengineer.org

Scientists Thought This Species Was Extinct for Decades-A Chance Photograph in Remote Australia Just Proved Otherwise - The Debrief

Scientists Thought This Species Was Extinct for Decades-A Chance Photograph in Remote Australia Just Proved Otherwise The Debrief

Scientists build India’s largest DNA barcode library for cockroaches, reveal hidden biodiversity - India Today NE

Scientists build India’s largest DNA barcode library for cockroaches, reveal hidden biodiversity India Today NE

Biggest ‘change to diabetes since discovery of insulin’ hits Australia - Herald Sun

Biggest ‘change to diabetes since discovery of insulin’ hits Australia Herald Sun

Rare blueberry species rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh after 188 years - The Sentinel - of this Land, for its People

Rare blueberry species rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh after 188 years The Sentinel - of this Land, for its People

Indian Scientists Develop CLEAR Technology, Breakthrough Protein Imaging Platform for Precision Medicine - Adda247

Indian Scientists Develop CLEAR Technology, Breakthrough Protein Imaging Platform for Precision Medicine Adda247

Indian Scientist Leads Discovery of Ancient ‘Loktak Protocluster’ - Adda247

Indian Scientist Leads Discovery of Ancient ‘Loktak Protocluster’ Adda247

Wabasha celebrates hometown EMS heroes - Winona Post

Wabasha celebrates hometown EMS heroes Winona Post

Meet a Health Hero: Katelynn Devinney of Pockets of Hope - Philadelphia Magazine

Meet a Health Hero: Katelynn Devinney of Pockets of Hope Philadelphia Magazine

Heroic Man Reaches Into Sewer to Save Tiny Ducklings Stuck Inside - AOL.com

Heroic Man Reaches Into Sewer to Save Tiny Ducklings Stuck Inside AOL.com

Community hero to be awarded Freedom of the Town - Macclesfield Nub News

Community hero to be awarded Freedom of the Town Macclesfield Nub News

Paisley volunteer named Scotland’s Bookbug Hero 2026 - renfrewshire24.co.uk

Paisley volunteer named Scotland’s Bookbug Hero 2026 renfrewshire24.co.uk

Derker dad recognised as FCHO Hidden Hero for supporting local fathers group - Oldham Chronicle

Derker dad recognised as FCHO Hidden Hero for supporting local fathers group Oldham Chronicle

Patterson Fire Department's Albert Rossi Receives Community Recognition - hudsonvalleycountry.com

Patterson Fire Department's Albert Rossi Receives Community Recognition hudsonvalleycountry.com

Community Hero Electrician Backed By Storage Firm In Year-long Challenge To Help Others - Business Cheshire

Community Hero Electrician Backed By Storage Firm In Year-long Challenge To Help Others Business Cheshire

“No one likes an underdog story like the people of New England” | Turner’s remarkable rise lands him at second World Cup - revolutionsoccer.net

“No one likes an underdog story like the people of New England” | Turner’s remarkable rise lands him at second World Cup revolutionsoccer.net

‘It’s going to take everybody’: Bulldogs embracing underdog mindset in first WCWS - Commercial Dispatch

‘It’s going to take everybody’: Bulldogs embracing underdog mindset in first WCWS Commercial Dispatch

Why Mississippi State softball is the ultimate WCWS underdog - The Clarion-Ledger

Why Mississippi State softball is the ultimate WCWS underdog The Clarion-Ledger

Dr Santosh Goyal: The blind scholar who continued teaching against all odds - MSN

Dr Santosh Goyal: The blind scholar who continued teaching against all odds MSN

Alabama Extension - Saved by conservation: Alabama’s wildlife comebacks - Gulf Coast Media

Alabama Extension - Saved by conservation: Alabama’s wildlife comebacks Gulf Coast Media

World's Fastest Bird Stages Comeback In Massachusetts - WBZ NewsRadio 1030

World's Fastest Bird Stages Comeback In Massachusetts WBZ NewsRadio 1030

This threatened Texas lizard is making a comeback, San Antonio Zoo officials say - San Antonio Express-News

This threatened Texas lizard is making a comeback, San Antonio Zoo officials say San Antonio Express-News

Hikers thrilled after discovering species thought to be all but lost: 'It's impossible to understate the importance' - MSN

Hikers thrilled after discovering species thought to be all but lost: 'It's impossible to understate the importance' MSN

Renewable energy is overtaking traditional power projects across Africa, industry leaders say - myMotherLode.com

Renewable energy is overtaking traditional power projects across Africa, industry leaders say myMotherLode.com

Awe-inspiring nature helps people connect to science, study finds

A new study finds that when people engage in participatory science activities that involve awe-inspiring natural phenomena, such as an eclipse, they more closely identify with science and feel a greater sense of belonging. Participatory science, also called citizen science, refers to projects in which members of the public contribute to the scientific process. The paper, "Awe in Nature Fosters Science Identity and Belonging in Participatory Scientists During an Eclipse," will be published May 27

Ever Restless Mount Dukono Erupts

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Riverside land purchased to save it from development

Mid-Suffolk Council hopes to enhance wildlife in the area and improve public access.

Scientists create supercharged vitamin K that helps the brain heal itself

Scientists in Japan have created powerful new vitamin K-based compounds that may help the brain regenerate lost neurons - a breakthrough that could one day change how diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are treated. By combining vitamin K with components related to vitamin A, the researchers developed compounds that were about three times more effective at turning neural stem cells into neurons than natural vitamin K alone.