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Archive — Thursday, July 16, 2026

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A 14-Year-Old Found Her Wandering Alone in 100-Degree Heat. He Didn't Walk Away.

Sunny Skyz

Uplifting Videos

He Had $100,000 to Give Away. Watch What Happened. Jimmy Darts — YouTube

She Was Too Weak to Move From the Middle of the Road. Then Someone Stopped. The Dodo — YouTube

A Rescue Dog Refused to Eat — Until His Mom Made Him a Charcuterie Board. The Dodo — YouTube

Wellbeing

Scientists Just Found a Second Job for Ozempic. It Might Slow Aging Itself. Science Daily

One Stage of Sleep May Be the Key to Protecting Your Brain From Dementia. Scientists Just Identified Which One. Science Alert

Scientists Found a Way to Read Alzheimer's Risk in a Photo of Your Eye — Years Before Any Symptoms Show. Science Alert

Around the World

A 'New' Pangolin Species Was Hiding in Plain Sight for Nearly 200 Years. Good Good Good

Scientists Just Found an Entirely New Monkey Species Living in the Congo Rainforest — Hidden in Plain Sight. Science Alert

Science

Bacteria Have Been Hiding a Cancer-Fighting Secret. Scientists Just Cracked It. Science Daily

NASA's Mars Rover Just Finished Running a Marathon. Here's What It Found Along the Way. Good News Network

Medical Breakthroughs

Scientists Just Mapped the Genes Behind Bone Loss. It Could Rewrite Treatment for Millions. EurekAlert

Sugar-Coated Nanoparticles Shrink Deadly Brain Tumors in Mice Science Alert

A Blood Test Can Now Identify Dementia Risk Decades Before Any Symptoms Appear. Science Alert

Animals & Pets

Four Baby Bobcats Were Rescued in a Single Week. Now They're Healing Together. Good News Network

Buddy Fell 65 Feet Off a Cliff and Was Missing for Four Days. Rescuers Followed a Faint Bark. CBS 17

She Went Missing for 34 Days. A Random Car Fire Is the Only Reason Anyone Found Her. GreaterGood

Wisconsin has conserved 750,000 acres since 1989. These trail cam photos show why it matters Good Good Good

Kids Making a Difference

He Was Named a Pediatric Hero. Then He Raised $15,000 to Back It Up. WTRF

For the Fourth Year Running, a 7-Year-Old Set Up a Lemonade Stand to Help Shelter Dogs. WGEM

Acts of Kindness

A Restaurant Owner Found $12,000 in an Old Cabinet. He Tracked Down the Previous Owner and Handed It Back. Good News Network

The Voice of Winnie the Pooh Calls Sick Children in the Hospital. He's Been Doing It for Years. InspireMore

She Went on Local News to Save a Program for Seniors. A Stranger Was Watching — and Wrote a $100,000 Check. Sunny Skyz

Community Wins

One Sorority Has Now Raised $125 Million for Kids With Cancer. They're Not Done. Sunny Skyz

Metallica Helped Fill the Shelves of a Local Food Bank During a Tour Stop. Nobody Expected It. InspireMore

After a Civil Rights Complaint, Chicago Built the Nation's Largest Air Quality Monitoring Network. Good Good Good

Heroes Among Us

Three Kids Were Trapped Underwater. An Off-Duty Firefighter Heard Them Screaming. Sunny Skyz

He Walked Every Day for 14 Years. Yesterday He Finished Circling the Earth. Good News Network

Reddit

An Inheritance Came With Instructions Nobody Expected. r/MadeMeSmile

There's Still Good in Humanity. This Is Why. r/MadeMeSmile

Environmental Victories

A Laundry Filter Invented by One Person Is Already Keeping Tons of Microplastics Out of Waterways. Good News Network

Scientists Spent Five Years Without Finding a Single Living White Abalone. Then a Research Team Looked Down. Good News Network