Edition #146 · Monday, September 14, 2026 · 3022 positive stories

What went right: week 37 of 2026

September 7 to 13, 2026 · the 8 stories most worth remembering, one per corner of the good-news world

Seven days of headlines, boiled down to the handful that actually made the world a little better. Every story links to the original publisher.

Science & Breakthroughs · NASA Breaking News

APOD: 2026 September 13 - Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 13 - … Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Pictur…

Kindness & Community · Nice News

2026 Emmys Preview: It’s a Good Year to Be a New Show

At the 2026 Emmys, it’s out with the old and in with the new. Well, maybe not entirely, but this has still been an exceptionally good year for debutin…

Environment & Climate · Reasons to Be Cheerful

‘We Held Each Other Up’

This week in our New York City office, we found ourselves talking about what we remembered from 25 years ago: the darkness, the sadness - and the ways…

Tech for Good · Phys.org Latest

AI extracts interpretable constitutive laws directly from solid-mechanics data

Researchers at the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT), Ningbo, have developed a graph-based approach that directly extracts concise, accurate const…

Health · Phys.org Latest

Smart pen detects pressure and movement to identify children's writing difficulties sooner

A study by Politecnico di Milano and the University of Insubria (Varese and Como) has been published in PLOS Digital Health. The study involved more t…

Animals · ScienceDaily Top News

Doctors saved this rare monkey from amputation. Months later, she gave birth

A critically endangered roloway monkey has given birth just months after surgeons performed an unusual operation that saved her foot from amputation. …

World · Wired Science

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

Before reentering our atmosphere, the telescopes onboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have been restarted to take their last observations.

Underdog Wins · Google News: underdog

IG Group Holdings (IGG) to Conduct Virtual Investor Seminar on US Fantasy Sports Acquisition of Underdog in October 2026 - Kalkine Media

IG Group Holdings (IGG) to Conduct Virtual Investor Seminar on US Fantasy Sports Acquisition of Underdog in October 2026 Kalkine Media

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