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Archive — Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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Breaking
She Kept a Note for 4 Years — Now the Whole Internet Is Trying to Find the Stranger Who Wrote It
Sunny Skyz
A Homeless Man Found Something Precious That Was Stolen. What He Did Next Changed His Life.
Good News Network
Medical Breakthroughs
Magnetic Brain Pulses Are Helping Kids With Autism Find Their Voice Science Alert
An AI Scan of Your Heart Could Now Catch Heart Failure Before It Starts Knowridge
Millions Could Soon Get Weight-Loss Drugs for Just $50 a Month r/UpliftingNews
A Blood Test That Sees What's Coming — Before You Feel It. The Bright Side
Science
Scientists Are Recycling 6 Trillion Cigarette Butts Into Something You'd Never Guess Good Good Good
Scientists Just Destroyed COVID and Flu Viruses Using Sound. No Drugs Required. Science Alert
Trees Can Cut City Heat in Half. There's Just One Catch. Science Alert
Poop From Young Mice Just Reversed Aging in Older Ones. Science Alert
Around the World
A Wild Horse Vanished From Mongolia 65 Years Ago. It Just Came Home. Good News Network
Australia Just Wiped Out a Disease That Has Blinded People for Centuries Good News Network
South Korea Built a Solar-Powered Ferry That Cleans Oil Spills While You Ride Good Good Good
Brazil Is About to Ban One of the Cruelest Practices in the Food Industry r/UpliftingNews
Brazil Just Changed What It Means to Own a Dog or Cat r/BeAmazed
She Spent Years Turning Ugly Plastic Covers Into Something Nobody Expected r/BeAmazed
Animals & Pets
A Boat Shattered Her Shell. Four Months Later, She Made It Back. Good Good Good
When Leopard Cubs Lose Their Mothers, These People Make Sure They Don't Lose Everything Good Good Good
A Mom Dog Found the Humans Who Fed Her Babies. What She Did Next Says Everything. r/MadeMeSmile
Two Friends Drove Across Countries to Give a Dog a Home r/MadeMeSmile
A Shelter Dog Gets Kissed for the First Time. Watch What Happens. r/MadeMeSmile
A Lioness at the Maasai Mara Finds Her Spot — and the Internet Can't Stop Watching r/MadeMeSmile
Uplifting Videos
A Baby Hears Her Dad Walk In — and Says Something for the Very First Time The Dodo / YouTube
A Lizard Wandered Onto an F1 Track. Officials Did Something Hilarious. youtube
I Rescued a BABY PARROT for My AVIARY!! youtube/Paul Cuffaro
Community Wins
Her Daughter Found a 6-Leaf Clover. Then a 5-Leaf. Then 25 More Four-Leaf Ones. r/MadeMeSmile
He Re-Mortgaged His Home to Save the Neighborhood Pub. Good News Network
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
Heroes Among Us
She Set Off on a 254-Mile Race. She Finished 3 Hours Ahead of the Men's Record. r/BeAmazed
She Was a Dancer With ALS. Then Technology Put Her Back on Stage. Good News Network
He Delivered a Baby on the Side of the Road. Then She Invited Him to Something 22 Years Later. r/MadeMeSmile
She Put Everything on the Line. Then Won $240,150. InspireMore
She Quit Her Job and Spent 5 Years Chasing Sea Turtles Around the World. Here's What She Found. Good Good Good
Acts of Kindness
A Photo From 1955 Has a Caption That Stops People Cold r/MadeMeSmile
A Taxi Driver in Spain Drove Sick Patients for Free for Years. Then the Doctors Surprised Him. r/MadeMeSmile
Kids Making a Difference
A 12-Year-Old Swam 6 Hours Alone in the Ocean. Then She Found Help. r/BeAmazed
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
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
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