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Archive — Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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Breaking
She's 108, Just Renewed Her License Until 2033, and Hits the Gym Three Times a Week
Good News Network
America Voted. Out of 25 Stamps, They Chose Mister Rogers to Come Back.
CBS Pittsburgh
Reddit
The perseverance of Cirque du Soleil’s Bateau team r/BeAmazed
Hats off to you, sir. r/MadeMeSmile
Sudden Red Carpet r/MadeMeSmile
A Mother Duck Adopts Orphaned Ducklings the Moment They Touch the Water r/BeAmazed
In Case You Ever Thought Elephants Had Smooth Skin r/BeAmazed
3D printed hair? take my money! r/MadeMeSmile
Around the World
One French City Decided Its Trees Have Rights. Now the Whole World Is Watching. Reasons to Be Cheerful
The Two Largest Whales on Earth Are Being Spotted More Than Ever Before Good News Network
Four-Day Workweeks Proven, China Beats Its Own Emissions Goals, and More Good News This Week Positive News
Countries With the Most Gender Equality Now Have the Longest Lives — for Everyone Good Good Good
Britain's Largest Iron Age Treasure Goes on Display — With Evidence of the First 4-Horse Carriage Good News Network
Young Traders Are Breathing New Life Into Britain's Dying Market Stalls Positive News
Community Wins
London Just Opened a Landmark Museum Dedicated Entirely to Illustration Positive News
For 30 Years, the Same Volunteers Have Shown Up to Keep This California Creek Alive Good News Network
Chicago Just Opened the Nation's First Museum Dedicated to Public Housing History Good Good Good
A Florida Town Rallied Around a Cow Named Charley and Pulled Him Back From the Brink Good Good Good
His 3-Year-Old Sends Him Stickers by Text When They're Apart. Every Single Time. r/MadeMeSmile
She Couldn't Find a Job in Her Field for Over a Year. So She Started a Bakery. r/MadeMeSmile
Wellbeing
Making Your Kids Laugh Isn't Just Fun — It's Building Their Brains Good News Network
One Supplement Was Found to Lower Aggression by Up to 28%. Researchers Are Stunned. Science Alert
Medical Breakthroughs
An Allergy and Asthma Drug Is Showing Real Promise Against Aggressive Cancers Good News Network
A Common Diabetes Drug May Also Be the Secret to an Exceptionally Long Life Science Alert
Doctors Caught Immune Cells on Video Hunting Down Live Skin Cancer — and It's Remarkable Science Alert
The Habits That Help You Age Better Have Nothing to Do With Exercise Science Alert
When Antidepressants Stop Working, Doctors May Have a Surprising Backup Science Alert
Millions of People With Sleep Apnea May Soon Have a Pill Instead of a Machine Science Alert
Millions of People Can't Be Helped by Antidepressants. One Dose of This Might Change That. Science Alert
Eating the Mediterranean Diet More Precisely Cuts Diabetes Risk by Nearly a Third Knowridge
Zen Monks Have Cleaned Their Way to Calm for Centuries. Science Just Caught Up. Science Alert
Every Time You Exercise, Your Brain Gets a Workout Too Knowridge
Spinach Is Now Being Turned Into Eye Drops — and the Results Are Promising Science Alert
Animals & Pets
They Rescued Her From the Pound. Weeks Later, She Woke Them Up From a House Fire. Good News Network
An Endangered Sea Turtle Was Accidentally Hooked Off North Carolina. Fishermen Saved Her. Good Good Good
A Yellowstone Wolf Got Separated From His Pack. The Moment They Found Each Other Again Said Everything InspireMore
AI Is Now Watching for Whales in San Francisco Bay — and It's Already Saving Them Good News Network
The Idea That Your Pet Actively Chooses to Come Find You — Illustrated Perfectly r/MadeMeSmile
Heroes Among Us
She Was Trapped in a Sinking Car With Nowhere to Breathe. Then a Stranger Started Punching Through the Roof. Sunny Skyz
She Did Something Only 1% of People in the World Have Done. Yesterday She Joined the Club. r/MadeMeSmile
A 72-Year-Old Grandmother of Eight Just Earned Her Bachelor's Degree r/UpliftingNews
One Year After She Graduated Medical School With Twins in Her Arms, Her Husband Walked the Same Stage r/MadeMeSmile
Uplifting Videos
30+ Minutes of the Most Heartwarming Foster and Adoption Stories We've Ever Seen youtube/thedodo
A Meerkat Mistook a Photographer for a Rock — and Used Him as a Lookout Post youtube
A Haunted House. A Scooby-Doo Tactic. And the Best Reaction You'll See All Week. youtube
Kids Making a Difference
Riding a Bike Before the Bell Rings Helps Every Kid Pay Attention — Especially Those With ADHD Reasons to Be Cheerful
Students Are Fundraising to Save the Habitat Where They Watch Bald Eagle Chicks on Livestream Good News Network
A Dad Taught His Daughter to Ride a Bike. The Way He Did It Is Being Shared Everywhere. r/HumansBeingBros
Science
Scientists Made a 3D-Printing Resin You Can Melt Down and Use Again — Forever Knowridge
An Untouched Paris Apartment, Sealed Since 1942, Was Finally Opened in 2010 r/BeAmazed
An Italian Pilot Flew a Plane Through Two Road Tunnels Near Istanbul at 245 km/h r/BeAmazed
The Seeds of the Hollong Tree Look Exactly Like Drones — and Nobody Told Nature r/BeAmazed
Environmental Victories
A Phone Case Company Built a Robot That Hunts Plastic Across the Ocean Good News Network
Forever Chemicals in Seabird Eggs Have Dropped Sharply — and Regulators Deserve the Credit r/UpliftingNews
Las Vegas Figured Out How to Drink Its Own Wastewater. The Rest of the West Is Following. Reasons to Be Cheerful
Connecticut Just Moved to Ban Balloon Releases to Protect Wildlife r/UpliftingNews
Colorado's River Otters Are Back — 50 Years After Almost Disappearing for Good Reasons to Be Cheerful
Acts of Kindness
Farmer celebrates his harvest r/MadeMeSmile
A Passenger Spent 42 Days in Quarantine on a Cruise Ship. A Stranger's Kindness Got Him Through It. Good Good Good
A Jogger Spotted Something on the Beach. The Call She Made Saved a Critically Endangered Penguin. Good News Network
Working Together
A Group of Passionate Volunteers Is Slowly Bringing Giant Tortoises Back to India Good News Network
Volunteers Are Racing to Decode Cursive Writing Before the Last People Who Can Read It Are Gone Good Good Good
For 15 Years, This Program Has Been Matching Disabled Youth With College Athletes — 4,500 Kids Later Good News Network
Women Are Turning an Old Convent Into an All-Women Housing Community Good Good Good