Vincent van Gogh

Quote of the Week

“Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk but no flowers grow."

Vincent van Gogh

Today's Good News Index

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TODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS

Physicists finally discover the elusive glueball, a particle made entirely of nuclear force

Saturn’s moon Enceladus offers new clues in the search for alien life

Two-year trial finds diet drinks perform like water for weight management

Scientists find a simple control change that could significantly boost wind turbine output

Canadian radio telescope (CHIME) is turning hydrogen into a map of cosmic expansion

Chang’e-6 samples reveal a form of magnetic iron never before found on the Moon

Ice Age spears reveal how America’s earliest hunters learned to survive

Scientists redesign the camera lens using graphene and artificial muscles

Researchers created a graphene-based soft lens that changes focus electronically without bulky moving parts.

Scientists find a way to boost plant grow without sacrificing immunity

CSU researchers restored plant growth while keeping immunity strong through cytokinin hormone signaling.

Squirrel colors spotlight local evolutionary changes in urban species

A survey of 1,734 squirrels found dramatic coat-color differences across Montreal linked with trees, winter cold and geographic barriers.

Supermassive black holes leave a glowing trail far beyond their host galaxies

DESI and LOFAR reveal a directional H-alpha glow showing where black hole jets disturb cool gas far beyond their host galaxies.

NASA finds a surprisingly complex history of water on ancient Mars

Earth’s inner core may be quietly changing the length of our days

The eruption that buried Pompeii is helping scientists synchronize Earth’s geological clocks

Climate shifts sparked rare bursts of bird evolution

Scientists reshape light to control magnetic memory and a material’s magnetic properties

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus may make alien life easier to find than scientists thought

Scientists study 221,000 people to find which exercise works best for pain relief

Quantum memory stores single photons for record time in major leap towards a quantum internet

Playing alone does not necessarily mean feeling lonely, gaming study finds

MIT study finds brain circuits may work like reusable building blocks for thought

Asteroid Bennu may have formed much closer to the Sun than scientists thought

JWST finds early galaxies were already spreading the ingredients for planets and life

Humans possess a ‘seventh sense’ that detects hidden objects

Ozone layer recovery comes with an unexpected climate consequence