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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Hunga Tonga’s record-breaking eruption removed 900 metric tons of methane per day

South American coastal lakes could transform climate change research

Smart nanocoating slows rust corrosion by more than 600 times

Mercury’s cratered surface has been hiding evidence of a much smaller planet

Scientists find a new way to search for gravitational waves using the Moon

The moon could support permanent settlements, just not the giant cities Elon Musk envisions

Venus may have swallowed its own moon, new models finds

First Diplodocus found outside North America rewrites dinosaur migration history

Fourteen Spanish tail vertebrae reveal a European Diplodocus and strengthen evidence for Jurassic trans-Atlantic dinosaur dispersal.

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

Four newly described Australian insects now carry Taylor Swift-inspired names after spending decades hidden in museum collections.

Extreme solar storms could hit Earth harder than scientists expected

New research shows extreme space weather may be stronger than expected, raising concerns for satellites and power grids.

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

A remarkably preserved feather from a dinosaur’s last meal offers new clues to why some birds survived the K-Pg catastrophe.

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

Zika vaccine tweak triggered an unexpected immune defense

2,884 exploding stars deepen the mystery of dark energy

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

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