Good News in History, August 8
450 years ago today, the keystone of Europe’s first modern astronomical observatory - the Uraniborg designed by Tycho Brahe, was laid. It was also the last to be built without a telescope as its primary instrument. It was the first scientific complex to be funded entirely by a state for the purpose of research, and was so […]
The kindness section highlights people helping people: strangers stepping in during emergencies, communities rallying around neighbors, small acts that ripple outward. These are not performative charity stories; they are moments where someone chose to act when they did not have to.
More than a century after the country’s largest bird of prey disappeared entirely from Ireland, a white-tailed sea eagle…
Loggerhead sea turtle nests along the Atlantic coast in the US have set a new 37-year record, topping every annual count…
A bride and groom were forced to find someone with a metal detector during their own wedding - after the engagement ring…
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his wee…