Antibody Breakthrough Offers Hope for Treatment-Resistant Breast Cancer Patients
A newly developed antibody which restricts the growth of treatment-resistant breast cancers offers new hope for patients. It may be able to treat some of the most aggressive forms of the deadly disease, say researchers at King’s College London who designed the new antibody that not only attacks the tumor cells directly, but also harnesses […]
Iron-Air Batteries Powered by Rust Could Revolutionize Energy Storage By Using Only Iron, Water, and Air
Edited with permission of EarthTalk® and E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What’s new regarding more efficient batteries that can help usher in a new age of renewable energy? Batteries are everywhere—in your phone, your car—even the artificial organs many depend on for life. Fortunately, new innovations have increased the efficiency and sustainability of […]
Good News in History, October 26
200 years ago today, the Erie Canal opened a passageway from New York to the Great Lakes. The canal was built to create a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Midwestern US and took 8 years to construct the 36 locks which overcame a total elevation differential of about 565 feet (172 m). […]
Just Half an Hour Less of Sitting Each Day Can Boost Energy and Metabolism
Cutting your couch time by 30 minutes every day would give you an energy boost by improving metabolism, according to new research. It shows that reducing the time you’re seated can improve your body’s ability to utilize fats and carbohydrates for energy production. Study author Dr. Taru Garthwaite explained that it’s particularly beneficial for people […]
Good News in History, October 23
Happy 49th Birthday to Ryan Reynolds, the always-handsome and hilarious Canadian actor who first starred in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl in 1998, then rose to fame in a range of films like The Proposal and Green Lantern. His biggest financial and critical success came when he played the smack-talking superhero Deadpool in two […]
Good News in History, October 22
50 years ago today, Venera 9, the Soviet Union orbiter-lander spacecraft, became the first mission to enter orbit around Venus, and to return images from the surface of another planet. The key design feature of the lander was that it had to remain operational under conditions of extreme heat. This meant that not just all […]
New Way of Supercharging Prostate Cancer Treatments Can Weaken Tumors at Cellular Level
Prostate cancer treatment could be “supercharged” by a new way of weakening malignant cells, say scientists. A new “vulnerability” in prostate cancer cells that could improve treatment for the second most common cancer in men worldwide (second only to skin cancer) was discovered by an international team of researchers. They found that two enzymes – […]
Visitors Gaze on Parthenon Free of Scaffolding for the First Time in 200 Years
Stunning images show the ancient Parthenon temple scaffolding-free for the first time in 200 years. Visitors to the marble wonder found in Athens, Greece, can finally enjoy a clear view without scaffolding for the first time in two centuries. The removal of the latest iron cage – erected about 20 years ago on the temple’s […]
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote […]
Good News in History, October 18
895 years ago today, Zhu Xi, a revolutionary Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty, was born. His shifting of the emphasis from the I Ching to the Four Books reshaped the Chinese view of the world, which is not an easy thing to do. His commentaries and perspectives formed the basis for the Chinese civil service […]