Logo
Login
Sign Up
Logo

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.
The US just switched on its biggest renewable project ever. More power than the Hoover Dam

Jun 26, 2026

•

9 min read

The US just switched on its biggest renewable project ever. More power than the Hoover Dam

Plus: a Paris museum whose dream is to empty itself, a rover that just ran a marathon on Mars, and the 120-year-old bridge that 200 Kansas Citians rebuilt into something extraordinary

A 26-story apartment building was assembled in 5 days. No concrete. No welding. When it's done, they just unbolt it and drive it away
LockSimple

Jun 25, 2026

•

9 min read

A 26-story apartment building was assembled in 5 days. No concrete. No welding. When it's done, they just unbolt it and drive it away

Plus: the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew just made 7.4 million plant specimens searchable by anyone on earth, the Santa Monica beach that's getting its wild dunes back, and a Minnesota artist who sells original art for $1 out of a vending machine.

Scientists have figured out why salamanders can regrow limbs and we can't. And they've figured out how to fix it

Jun 24, 2026

•

8 min read

Scientists have figured out why salamanders can regrow limbs and we can't. And they've figured out how to fix it

Plus: a Yale study on why your mindset about aging may matter more than your age, the Oregon family whose decades of land restoration was rewarded by one of North America's most elusive animals, and the EU's €400 million bet on plasma and magnets to decarbonize industry

Her lungs, heart, and kidneys were all failing. Now she's been skiing in the Alps and danced at her daughter's wedding
LockSimple

Jun 23, 2026

•

8 min read

Her lungs, heart, and kidneys were all failing. Now she's been skiing in the Alps and danced at her daughter's wedding

Plus: the Stonehenge prototype discovered three miles from the real thing, a 10-year legal battle to protect children in New York custody cases, and the UK startup making electricity from bacteria in garden soil

At 14, he was given 8 months to live. His doctor made him a promise. Four years later, she kept it

Jun 22, 2026

•

8 min read

At 14, he was given 8 months to live. His doctor made him a promise. Four years later, she kept it

Plus: the world-first treatment that healed a young woman's face from third-degree burns, the mushrooms cleaning English rivers of E. coli, and 5,000 flamingo chicks hatching in a Turkish lake that almost disappeared

He mowed a lawn and raised $685,000. The woman who received it had been going without food for her dogs

Jun 19, 2026

•

9 min read

He mowed a lawn and raised $685,000. The woman who received it had been going without food for her dogs

Plus: Sumatran tiger cubs take their first steps outside in Canterbury, a new train through Sweden's most beautiful landscapes, and the UK runs out of coal mining applications for the first time in history

She was 12 years old, being dragged under herself. She grabbed her friend by the hair and pulled her out anyway
LockSimple

Jun 18, 2026

•

8 min read

She was 12 years old, being dragged under herself. She grabbed her friend by the hair and pulled her out anyway

Plus: a former Pixar animator who beat stage-4 brain cancer and painted portraits of every person who saved him, a new procedure easing knee arthritis for millions, and a detective who went pawnshop to pawnshop in Buffalo for months to find a stolen wedding ring

Africa added 10 years to its life expectancy since 2000. Wars, famines, and epidemics included

Jun 17, 2026

•

9 min read

Africa added 10 years to its life expectancy since 2000. Wars, famines, and epidemics included

Plus: the underground fungal network that stretches 62 quadrillion miles, the Canadian fisherman who spent years pulling tires out of harbors, and the 6-year-old in Norway who found a Viking sword on a school field trip

AI could have spotted breast cancer signs six years before diagnosis. For millions of women, that changes everything
LockSimple

Jun 16, 2026

•

9 min read

AI could have spotted breast cancer signs six years before diagnosis. For millions of women, that changes everything

Plus: French Polynesia just protected an ocean twice the size of Arizona, a father and son who spent 400 days cycling around the world, and the Iron Age Celtic tomb that stunned an archaeologist who was only expecting to find a building

The French flew over the Statue of Liberty this week. Here's what they did 250 years ago to make it possible

Jun 15, 2026

•

9 min read

The French flew over the Statue of Liberty this week. Here's what they did 250 years ago to make it possible

Plus: a Canadian woman whose crows keep leaving her thank-you gifts, the solar panel that turns seawater into drinking water, and the Nebraska ranchers who couldn't feed their cattle until thousands of strangers showed up with hay

Load more

Good News Break

Subscribe to receive a regular dose of good news: stories that uplift, inspire, and remind us of the kindness and progress happening around the world. No negativity, no clickbait, just real stories that make you feel a little more hopeful.