N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a potent psychoactive molecule present in the brain and much of the world’s plant life, but it also may be able to save humans from damage in the event of a stroke. Scientists in Hungary used it to reduce the harmful effects of stroke in animal models and cell culture experiments. Known […] The post The ‘Spirit Molecule’ Defends the Brain Against Stroke in Mice, Breakthrough Study Shows appeared first on Good News Network.

In late September, Lake Muskegon in Michigan was officially removed from the list of polluted water bodies in the Great Lakes Region. Once home to foundries, paper mills, petroleum storage and sewage treatment plants, the lake and several of its tributaries became an aquatic hellhole of pollution and debris, until a massive cleanup and restoration […] The post After 40 Years and $84 Million, Lake Muskegon Flourishing Free from Pollution and Sawdust appeared first on Good News Network.

A historic shipwreck salvage business has pulled up over 1,000 silver and gold coins from a Spanish treasure fleet that sank off the coast of Florida in 1715. The haul could fetch $1 million at market value, with five of the coins found being gold escudos, which along with having a high value as a historic artifact, […] The post This Shipwreck Is ‘Treasure Fleet’ from 1715 with $1 Million in Gold and Silver Coins Recovered appeared first on Good News Network.

In the timepiece capital of the world, time may be running out for carbon-heavy imported steel thanks to a new solar-powered furnace. Swiss firm Panatere has patented, and has now inaugurated, the world’s first two solar foundries for melting down steel for reuse. Consisting of 500 concave mirrors mounted on a heliostat that allows them […] The post First Solar Furnace to Recycle Steel Can Melt Metal with Sunshine in 2 Hours appeared first on Good News Network.

80 years ago toady, the microwave oven was patented by Percy Spencer. The self-taught engineer from Howland, Maine, employed by Raytheon at the time, noticed that microwaves from an active radar set he was working on started to melt a Mr. Goodbar candy bar he had in his pocket. The first food deliberately cooked with […] The post Good News in History, October 8 appeared first on Good News Network.

Researchers in Spain were left feeling a mixture of confusion and intrigue when they found several straw sandals embedded in a bearded vulture nest. They didn’t know it at the time, but it was over 6 centuries ago that a bearded vulture flew from its hunting grounds into a sheltered cave nesting site and dropped […] The post Scientists Found a 650-year-old Shoe in a Vulture Nest Along with Dozens of Other Curiosities appeared first on Good News Network.

Scientists from MIT have created a conductive “nanonetwork” inside a unique concrete mixture that could enable everyday structures like walls, sidewalks, and bridges to store and release electrical energy. It’s perhaps the most ubiquitous man-made material on Earth by weight, but every square foot of it could, with the addition of some extra materials, power […] The post Cement Supercapacitors Could Turn the Concrete Around Us into Massive Energy Storage Systems appeared first on Good News Network.

Back when the internet was just starting, nations were all given a URL in order to publish websites official to the nation. The US got .us and the UK got .uk. Well Anguilla, the small British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, was given .ai, and with investments and startups surging in the field of artificial […] The post In the 1980s, Anguilla Was Given the .ai Web Domain: Now it’s Making a Killing on the Dot AI Boom appeared first on Good News Network.

Pub owner Justine Lorriman loves soccer, and has spent the last year transforming the garden area of her establishment into a mini stadium, with its very own terraced seating, mini football pitch, and outside bar area with seats given to her by the local team. Her pub is called The Royal Dyche, after the most […] The post Soccer-Mad Pub Owner Turns Bar’s Garden into Mini Stadium Bedecked in Burney FC Memorabilia appeared first on Good News Network.

Happy 70th Birthday to the brilliant cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who was born in France. The Chinese-American musician was a child prodigy, performing from the age of five, when his mother, a singer, and father, a violinist, moved to New York City. READ more about this prodigious but also innovative musician… (1955) His 90+ albums have received […] The post Good News in History, October 7 appeared first on Good News Network.

A daughter who became the first in her family to graduate from college has handed over the master bedroom of her new apartment to her mom—who in 64 years never had a room of her own. The duo grew up in poverty and uncertainty, homelessness and insecurity, but through it all, Anette Duarte never stopped […] The post Woman Surprises Her Mother with the Bedroom She Never Had After Years ‘in and out of Homelessness’ appeared first on Good News Network.

In a positive development for a maligned animal, cave-roosting bat populations in Wisconsin are recovering from a fungal epidemic. Wildlife authorities are reporting that for the third year in a row, the state’s bat populations seem to be rising. Numbers of little brown bats, big brown bats, tricolored bats, and northern long-eared bats are estimated […] The post Bats Are Recovering in a Big Way After Decimation by White-Nose Syndrome: Numbers Grow for the 3rd Year appeared first on Good News Network.

From the ice hockey rinks of Minnesota comes the story of a young man determined not to let an injury change his life the way his doctors assured him it would. Whether the desire to get back on the ice or faith in his creator, Jackson Drum defied the odds of a C1-2 spinal cord […] The post Young Hockey Player Returns to the Rink Nine Months After a Devastating Injury appeared first on Good News Network.

114 years ago today, Beatrix de Rijk became the first female licensed Dutch aircraft pilot. This pioneering aviator was born in Surabaya, modern-day Indonesia in the Dutch East Indies, to a Javan mother and a Dutch father. In the Netherlands, she was the first Dutch woman to drive a German automobile, but she found the […] The post Good News in History, October 6 appeared first on Good News Network.

The human world is full of headlines about people who can’t get along—and sometimes peace and harmony seem impossible. Thankfully, a cute animal story from Australia can remind us there’s another way. A few weeks ago, Steve Lamplough found two creatures from opposite corners of the animal kingdom bonding in his backyard. While at home […] The post Man is Shocked to Find His Dog Giving a Baby Koala a Piggyback Ride appeared first on Good News Network.

There is no cure for Huntington’s disease, a devastating brain disorder that causes severe motor loss, dementia, and eventual death. But, a clinical trial delivered positive results this week, finding that patients receiving a new treatment for 36 months experienced 75% less progression of the disease overall (compared to patients who did not receive the […] The post Always Fatal Huntington’s Disease is Successfully Treated for First Time With Gene Therapy appeared first on Good News Network.

The fossil of a tiny fish found in southwestern Alberta, Canada, provides new insight into the origin and evolution of otophysans, the supergroup of fish that includes catfish, carp and tetras—which account for two-thirds of all freshwater species today. The specimen, located well inland from any seashore, was studied by researchers at Western University and […] The post Tiny Prehistoric Fish Fossil Rewrites Evolution With Clues for Mysterious Origins of Catfish and Carp appeared first on Good News Network.

Beavers had not been seen in New York City for 200 years, after their coveted fur pelts became valuable and habitat was impacted by human activity. But, finally, in 2007 one was spotted in the Bronx River. Then, a second beaver arrived—nicknamed Justin Beaver, who joined José, the original—and they lived together for a number […] The post Camera Traps Reveal Beavers Have Finally Returned to the Bronx River After ‘a Very Long Time’ appeared first on Good News Network.

Luna-lovers and stargazers will have a feast on the East coast tonight, as the first supermoon in 11 months will occur just before midnight. A supermoon is a colloquial term for when the Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth during it’s orbital rotation. This makes the Moon noticeably larger, and appears larger still […] The post Tonight’s Full Moon Is First Supermoon Since Nov–and Latest Harvest Moon in Nearly 40 years appeared first on Good News Network.

Happy 67th Birthday to popular science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. Born in the Big Apple without a star in the sky to look up at, Tyson nevertheless became a face for astronomy and astrophysics as Director of the Hayden Planetarium and host of the television special Cosmos: a Spacetime Odyssey. From 1995 to 2005, Tyson […] The post Good News in History, October 5 appeared first on Good News Network.

A stray dog that was saved from being euthanized has become an expert pet detective, displaying an uncanny knack for sniffing out lost animals. Rico was just days away from being put down when kind-hearted Rachel Rodgers, who runs a dog training school, paid almost $200 to rescue him from the Portuguese dog pound. “I […] The post Stray Dog Saved From ‘Death Row’ Turns into Brilliant Detective, Sniffing out Lost Animals appeared first on Good News Network.

Something had to be wrong. For over a decade, his routine was as reliable as the sunrise: every day around 11 a.m, the door to the Shrimp Basket in Pensacola, Florida would swing open and one loyal customer would walk in. Donnell Stallworth, a cook at the Shrimp Basket, said the regular visitor is like […] The post Gumbo Cook Worried About Regular Customer’s No-Shows Goes to His Home and Saves His Life appeared first on Good News Network.

More than 1.2 billion birds streamed south in one night during their Fall migration in late September—the largest single-night total ever recorded by the American live radar project. Called BirdCast, a collaboration led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the platform uses the same weather radar technology behind daily forecasts to track migrating birds. On […] The post Record-Breaking Night of Bird Migration Caught on Radar During a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Feathered Flight 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’ by Rob Brezsny appeared first on Good News Network.

21 years ago today, SpaceShipOne, funded by Microsoft’s Paul Allen, became the first private manned spacecraft to fly into sub-orbital space. That same year, its innovative design won the $10 million Ansari X Prize. Piloted and returned to Earth by Mike Melvill, he became the first-ever licensed US commercial astronaut. WATCH a Smithsonian video about […] The post Good News in History, October 4 appeared first on Good News Network.