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Archive — Saturday, May 9, 2026
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Breaking
Barnes & Noble Is Opening 60 New Stores This Year After Nearly Going Bankrupt
InspireMore
One Night a Year, 1,200 Maine Volunteers Hand-Carry Frogs and Salamanders Safely Across Roads
Good Good Good
Around the World
Scotland Built a Village for Homeless People and Asked One Thing in Return Good News Network
Paris Ran a City-Wide Extreme Heat Drill. What They Learned Could Save Lives Everywhere. Reasons to Be Cheerful
A Hiker Found a 1,500-Year-Old Gold Sword Scabbard Under a Fallen Tree in Norway Popular Science
Salmon Parasites Are Rising. Scientists Say That's Actually Very Good News. The Bright Side
Community Wins
US Alcohol Consumption Has Fallen to Its Lowest Level Since 1939 — Driven by Health Awareness Good News Network
Over Half of US States Are Considering Laws That Would Let Renters Install Balcony Solar Panels Good Good Good
The sharp dividing line between a lush forest and the white sand dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil r/BeAmazed
"Brazil Has a Game Where You Win Groceries Instead of Toys" r/MadeMeSmile
Science
Scientists Just Unlocked the Secret to Making Algae Glow Continuously. Living Lamps Could Be Next. Popular Science
Scientists Discovered That Brains Aren't Born Blank. The Implications Are Enormous. Science Alert
These Platypuses Lived 25 Million Years Ago. What Scientists Just Found Changes Everything. Good News Network
A Young Inventor Has a Plan to Pull 90% of Plastic From the Ocean. His Deadline Is 2040. Positive News
Doctors Tried to Explain What Exercise Does to the Body. The Answer Surprised Them. Science Alert
Animals & Pets
A White Bison Calf Was Just Born in Iowa. For Native Tribes, It Means Something Profound. Popular Science
Scientists Discovered That Brains Aren't Born Blank. The Implications Are Enormous. Popular Science
She Was Found Covered in Barnacles and Couldn't Move. Nine Months Later She Was Released Good Good Good
500 Turtles Were Trapped When Their Lake Began Drying Up. Then the Students Arrived. Good Good Good
Medical Breakthroughs
Doctors Have Tried to Treat Depression for Decades. Now a Blood Test Might Spot It First. Science Alert
1,000 Extra Steps a Day After Surgery. Scientists Measured What Happened Next. Good News Network
A Common Blood Pressure Drug Just Wiped Out MRSA in Lab Tests Science Alert
Scientists Engineered Blood Clots That Stop Severe Bleeding in Seconds. Science Alert
A Lower-Cost Version of the World's Best-Selling Cancer Drug Could Be Coming Soon. The Bright Side
Acts of Kindness
A Taxi Driver in Spain Drove Sick Patients for Free for Years. Then the Doctors Surprised Him. r/MadeMeSmile
Southwest Just Gave a Retiring Pilot the Send-Off He Deserved After Spirit Airlines Let Him Down Upworthy
Disney Just Re-Animated 3 Iconic Songs — and the Deaf Community Has Something to Say About It Upworthy
Kids Making a Difference
A Kid Rigged His Brother's Hamster Wheel to Charge a Smartphone — and It Actually Works Popular Science
A Baby Took Her First Steps. The Entire Arena Was Watching. r/MadeMeSmile
She Was 4 Years Old When She Saved Her Grandmother's Life. Here's How. Sunny Skyz
Someone Left a Pot on the Stove Overnight. A Student Turned It Into a Life-Saving Device. Upworthy
Heroes Among Us
A 7-Year-Old Saved His Choking Classmate. He Learned How in Kindergarten Sunny Skyz
She Was Forced Out of Afghanistan. Then She Built a Secret Classroom for 500 Girls. Good Good Good
She Quit Her Job and Spent 5 Years Chasing Sea Turtles Around the World. Here's What She Found. Good Good Good
Two vacationing paramedics deliver a baby at 30,000 feet with a shoelace and borrowed blankets Upworthy
‘My guardian angel’: Oak Island guide diagnosed with cancer after tourist urges him to call doctor r/UpliftingNews
Working Together
Endangered Butterflies Were Disappearing. Then Incarcerated Women Stepped In. Reasons to Be Cheerful
Genius parents devise bedtime ritual: son is allowed to stay up late, but he has to run Upworthy
Seeds Can 'Hear' the Rain — And the Sound Waves Make Them Grow 30-40% Faster, Shows MIT Study Good News Network
All refs should take a lesson right here... this is what it means to ref youth sports. r/HumansBeingBros
Uplifting Videos
These are amazing! 😄🌟 r/BeAmazed
Dog Finds An Injured Parrot And They Become Best Friends | The Dodo Odd Couples thedodo
I Rescued a BABY PARROT for My AVIARY!! youtube/Paul Cuffaro
Environmental Victories
Scientists Were Delighted by a Rare Rescued Sea Turtle. Then They Ran a DNA Test. Good Good Good
A Trail Camera Just Caught Something in the Swamp That Has Scientists Talking Good Good Good
The Great Lakes Fishing Industry Just Adopted a Model That Wastes Nothing Reasons to Be Cheerful
A Tribe Near Seattle Started Flooding Its Own Farmland. Here's the Reason Why. NPR