Vincent van Gogh

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“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

Venus may have swallowed its own moon, new models finds

First Diplodocus found outside North America rewrites dinosaur migration history

Taylor Swift inspires scientists to name a new genus of Australian insects

Extreme solar storms could hit Earth harder than scientists expected

A feather found in dinosaur poop could help explain why birds survived the dinosaur extinction

ETH Zurich physicists built an ‘atomic cannon’ to put Einstein’s theory of gravity to the test

Stem cell-derived neurons offer a new path toward spinal cord repair

Beetles across Japan took different evolutionary paths to solve the same feeding problem

Snail prey, geography and limited movement helped shape distinct beetle body forms across Japan.

Zika vaccine tweak triggered an unexpected immune defense

Fusion-loop mutations shifted Zika vaccine protection onto CD8 T cells while weakening antibodies against mature virus.

2,884 exploding stars deepen the mystery of dark energy

Three decades of supernova observations have been rebuilt into one dataset, revealing another challenge to constant dark energy.

Humans walk very differently from chimpanzees, helping our ancestors to conquer the world

Humans walk heel-first far more consistently than chimpanzees, a strategy that may have helped our ancestors travel farther for less energy.

CERN recreates cosmic ray collisions to reveal what happens when space particles hit Earth

Elephant-skin tiles could help buildings stay cool without air conditioning

Tiny spinning probe brings 360-degree view inside arteries

Tiny sleep interruptions may signal Alzheimer’s risk long before symptoms appear

Future Mars astronauts may need eye surgery millions of miles from Earth

Giant dinosaurs found a clever way to keep their eggs warm near the Antarctic

Scientists develop a way to capture space junk using robots and spinning magnets

Scientists find evidence for an ancient supercontinent that covered 80 percent of Earth’s surface

A missing super-Earth may have been swallowed up by the Sun billions of years ago

Natural compound linked to pomegranates targets a hard-to-treat form of heart failure

Alien technology could be hiding as microscopic dust on the Moon

The Moon may have formed almost intact within hours of Theia smashing into Earth

A giant Pompeii-scale eruption buried an ancient Andes landscape and preserved it for 22 million years

New electronic skin sensor detects touch, pressure and nearby objects