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The BBC recently spoke with a sleep scientist who’s spent much of his career studying the sleeping habits of the last remaining, contactable, hunter-gatherer societies on Earth. What he found might surprise you—it might also help you get a few more Zzz. Much of modern society is sleep deprived...
In a new podcast episode, an expert digs into how our surroundings shape how we feel and how well we think.
After months of discussions between UK ministries, the tourism sector, and London’s museums, the government has decided that the country’s national museums will remain free to international visitors. These 14 institutions include such renowned museums as the National Gallery, the British...
As they near the end of their productive lives, the 3 wind turbines spinning on Antarctica’s Ross Island have made an enormous impact on the energy market of the continent. Built and commissioned over 2008-2009, the Ross Island Wind Farm was a daunting and technical engineering challenge that ...
In British Columbia, a small award ceremony was held to commend mine operators who continue to monitor and spend on mine reclamation, years after the pickaxes are hung up. Mining has long been the backbone of Canada’s economy, and BC was the first province to mandate by law that mine plans cou...
69 years ago today, a new island, or Ilha Novo, appeared on the edge of the westernmost island (Faial) in the Azores chain after the eruption of Capelinhos, or “little cape,” one of many submerged cone volcanoes in the area. The eruption caused no deaths, however it did wreck many houses...
The ‘alternative Nobel prize’, global progress on ageism, and a boost for gorillas, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News.
3 years on from the illegal felling of Britain’s famous Sycamore Gap tree, new aerial images reveal how the stump is flourishing, and the basal sprouts that emerged are growing fast. For those who didn’t read or weren’t aware, one of the UK’s most famous trees—a 150-year-old ...
In a world first, Chinese engineers have achieved brief nuclear fusion with a much cleaner and abundant fuel supply in what an international review team called a “significant and valuable” advance in the field. Using hydrogen-boron as fuel, a state-backed energy company used a laser and radio waves ...
This breathtaking photograph is of an Arabian Sea humpback whale—the subject of a new genetic analysis that seems to confirm beyond a shadow of a doubt that it’s a totally different subspecies compared to its cousins in the Pacific or Atlantic. Existing with a remarkably unique ecology, itR...
Millions of dollars in ancient Greek artifacts were recently repatriated to their mother country by New York authorities after they were identified at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They include 2 ancient bronze helmets and stomach guards, a marble bust of a Roman emperor, and other pieces dating a...
Listening is often overlooked as a leadership skill, but it can challenge assumptions and lead to better decisions The post Why good leaders listen appeared first on Positive News.
102 years ago today, former President Jimmy Carter was born The 39th president of the United States from 1977–1981, is one of the few American presidents to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (for his Camp David Accords). He is also the first American centenarian president, perhaps a result of him only s...
Saturn's moon may aid in the search for alien life by making some ocean compounds easier for future spacecraft to detect.
"...people who followed a 10-hour time-restricted eating schedule lost weight and positively changed their eating habits without calorie restriction."
"If we can slow down aging in the brain for those people most at risk, maybe we can reduce the risk of them developing Alzheimer's disease."
An expert breaks down everything you need to know about acid reflux, including when you should see a specialist such as a gastroenterologist.
"Basically, we find that when people are using social media, it increases their confidence but not their real knowledge."
Researchers have pinpointed several of the genes that make brain regeneration possible in one type of flatworm.
A remarkably well-preserved fossil from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert is reshaping scientists’ understanding of mammal evolution during the age of dinosaurs. The new species, described today in the journal Nature, reveals that a group of extinct mammals known as zhelestids were not close relatives of moder...
Two new studies suggest that smiling and other positive interactions with caregivers help shape infants' emotional development.
“The key takeaway from our study is that out-of-pocket costs matter.”
Past emissions from the top 178 oil, gas, coal, and cement producers will continue affecting our environment for decades to come.
Hollywood A-lister Chris Evans recently went out of his way to see if he could convince someone to make room in their home for two dogs who had to be adopted together. Greg and Carley were residents of the Animal Rescue League of Boston, a shelter that cared enough to notice that the short-haired ch...
With an eye towards making room for native wildlife, a pair of golf courses are looking an awful lot more green. Along England’s coastline, a golf course has been transformed into a wetland nature reserve that’s home to plovers, terns, avocets, and lapwings even before it was open to the...
What changes when you swap the daily doomscroll for journalism that asks not just what’s wrong, but what’s working? Oliver Balch finds out The post I stopped reading bad news for 48 hours. Here’s what happened appeared first on Positive News.
A bombshell report last week from the LA Times details that a series of olive ridley sea turtles which laid their eggs on beaches in Southern California are the first of their race ever recorded buildings nests on the country’s West Coast. It didn’t take long for the female—in broad dayl...
163 years ago, George Bizet’s famous opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles, The Pearl Fishermen, debuted at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Set in ancient times on the Island of Sri Lanka, it tells the story of how two men’s vow of eternal friendship is threatened by their love for the same woman, ...
Employees at a food bank in Phoenix were left scratching their heads when they saw an entire Uhaul truck of donated diapers arrive at their location, knowing that a middle-schooler was behind the enormous load. It was the collected proceeds of 12-year-old Sloan’s 5th annual “Diaper Drive...