Recent Good News

Pet retailer Chewy donated costumes to shelters in Florida, Massachusetts, and Washington to help pets get adopted ahead of Halloween.

Artists of all stripes have used the symbol of the paper crane to make their voices heard against nuclear weapons.

The new RecycleOS robot is ensuring every last aluminum can gets recycled from Chicago’s LRS facilities.

Adam Munder is a software engineer. Since 2015, he’s been working to bridge the gap between sign language and spoken word. Now, a decade later, he brought it to the TED stage.

In Mexico, scientists are experimenting with the possibility of relocating oyamel fir trees to higher elevations, in order to save monarch butterflies.

Simone Stolzoff says that the common phrase reinforces hustle culture, but tweaking it slightly makes a world of difference.

UC Berkeley researchers have made strides in direct air carbon capture — all thanks to a vial of bright yellow powder.

Between 2003 and 2013, police made over 100,000 stops every year, heavily targeting minorities. In 2013, 56% of people stopped were Black and 29% were Latino. The majority of them were 14 to 24 years old.

The singer partnered with the New England-based outdoor brand to release a collection just in time for “Stick Season.”

John Green has announced his latest work, a nonfiction read about tuberculosis, coming to shelves in March 2025.