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Good EarthHow rocket launches could threaten Australia's coastal wildlifePhys.org Biology · 3 min readSpace and rockets have been big news of late, from the successful Artemis 2 mission in April to the recent listing of SpaceX on the Nasdaq stock exchange.Animal RescueIsotope probing shows soil is packed with dormant viruses lying in waitPhys.org Biology · 3 min readA single gram of soil contains between 10 million and 1 billion viruses. Most of those viruses do not infect plants, animals or people, but they do target bacteria and other microbes. Because of their influence on microbial communities, viruses can affect nutrient cycling and soil health. Understanding how they behave is therefore crucial to supporting agriculture, food production and water quality.Human KindnessResearchers install 3D-printed seawall tiles to support coastal protection and marine lifePhys.org Biology · 3 min readAt Morningside Park in Miami, a new installation is testing a simple but urgent idea: What if a seawall could help heal the bay? Researchers at the Institute of Environment recently installed a series of 3D-printed seawall tiles designed and developed at FIU's Robotics and Digital Fabrication Lab.Science and HealthNASA Student Aviation Challenge Focuses on Nation’s InfrastructureNASA News · 3 min readNASA’s next Gateways to Blue Skies competition invites collegiate teams to imagine innovative new ways aircraft could inspect land-based infrastructure, such as bridges and tunnels, to improve safety, reliability, and costs by 2035 or sooner. Infrastructure is the foundation of the nation’s strong economy, global competitiveness, and daily quality of life. When that infrastructure isCreative JoyThe Ocean Photographer of the Year Finalists Highlight the Sorrowful and SublimeColossal · 3 min read"These photographs don’t just capture what’s beneath the surface; they surface the stories our planet most needs us to hear," says founder and director Will Harrison. Our oceans are places of mystery and biological wonders as much as they are essential to communities’ livelihoods.Good Earth2026 Total Solar Eclipse in SpainNASA News · 3 min readA total solar eclipse is seen from San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. A total solar eclipse – the Moon passing between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun – swept across parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner ofScience and HealthNASA Astronaut Mike Fincke Leaves NASA, Career Includes 4 SpaceflightsNASA News · 3 min readNASA astronaut Mike Fincke is departing the agency on Wednesday after 30 years of service. Throughout his career, he flew four missions, spent 549 days in space, and completed nine spacewalks in support of the International Space Station. “Few people have had the opportunity to shape as many chapters of NASA’s history as Mike Fincke,”Creative JoyStuffed Animals and Found Objects Reconfigure in Sungho Bae’s Uncanny SculpturesColossal · 3 min readSungho Bae's uncanny sculptures aremade of a vibrant, fleshy patchwork that resembles organs, tissue, muscle, and more. Like many kids, I struggled with bedtime. I was a naturally anxious child with a vast imagination and siblings who loved to watch scary movies, leaving me capable of generating an endless array of terrifying things that could happen once the lights went out.Creative JoyDeserted Diners and Muted Pastel Scenes Captured on the Roadsides of the American WestMy Modern Met · 3 min readDeserted Diners and Muted Pastel Scenes Captured on the Roadsides of the American West For photographer Helene Havard, travel is a way of exploring how places shape us. Through her signature pastel color palette, she has turned very real and active locations into dreamy, Wes Anderson-like sites where time doesn’t seem to pass.Creative JoyA Short Film Sheds Light on the Garfield Phones Washing Up on a French Beach Since the ’80sColossal · 3 min readBreton coastal residents grew up collecting parts of a 1984 Garfield-themed plastic telephone on the beach—and still do. Amid the rugged, wave-churned shoreline of France’s Breton coast, a surprising tidbit of pop culture has kept beachcombers returning for more than 40 years.Science and HealthAfter Receiving a Custom Experimental Medicine, a Teen With a Rare Genetic Disorder Walked on His Own for the First TimeSmithsonian Smart News · 3 min readThe patient's genetic disorder causes frequent seizures and developmental delays. His progress, along with that of another boy who received a similar personalized treatment, highlights the promise—and challenges—of tailor-made drugsCreative JoyInspired by Fauna, Form Meets Function in Hilarious Pieces by Ceramika MatyldaColossal · 3 min read"I like my work to be open to interpretation," Iwaszkiewicz says. After spending many years painting, Agata Iwaszkiewicz picked up a ball of clay for the first time at 41 and felt a change. “I knew I’d found what I had been looking for,” she tells Colossal.Good EarthEco-Friendly Roof Choices for a Smarter HomeHappy Eco News · 3 min readHappy Eco News Eco-Friendly Roof Choices for a Smarter Home Eco-Friendly Roof Choices for a Smarter Home Eco upgrades often sound like they belong in a science fair, but your roof is a very normal place to start. It protects your home, affects your energy bills, and can create more waste than most people realize when it wears out. If you’re thinking about replacing it,Creative JoyThe Success of ‘The Odyssey’ Sends a Message About What Movie Lovers Want to See (And Make)My Modern Met · 3 min readThe Success of ‘The Odyssey’ Sends a Message About What Movie Lovers Want to See (And Make) Filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has made over $700 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest grossing movie of the year after only 12 days in theaters. It was also the fastest movie to reach 1 million watched on Letterboxd, doing so in only six days after its release.Human KindnessHow community football is helping youth stay out of troublePositive News · 3 min readFrom knife-crime prevention to mental health support, grassroots football is being taken seriously as a tool for social change Leicester Nirvana FC’s Ivan Liburd has seen first-hand what grassroots football can do for young people at risk of being drawn into serious crime.Creative JoyAudio Engineers Restored Hidden Notes and Revealed Lost Instruments in This New Treasure Trove of Songs by the Pioneering 'Mother of the Blues'Smithsonian Smart News · 3 min readThe 118-track collection is the most complete set ever compiled of recordings by American blues icon Ma Rainey Audio engineers and music historians have restored and compiled the most complete selection to date of the music of Gertrude “Ma” Rainey.Science and HealthUnderstanding How Martian Auroras Are MadeNASA News · 3 min readThis July 23, 2026, illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars’ atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission. NASA MAVEN mission scientists have found that certain types of auroras on Mars form in a similar wayHuman KindnessDad Turned Weekly Library Trips with His Daughter into Beloved Community Event: Meet ‘Library Dads’Good News Network · 3 min readOnce upon a time, in a little town called Atlanta, there was a dad who decided on a lark to take his 4-month-old baby girl to the library. He didn’t know it at the time, but the Georgia native had planted the magic bean that would grow into a giant beanstalk of brotherhood and paternity,Good EarthGood News in History, July 29Good News Network · 3 min readOn this day in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created. The US Congress was spurred to create the federal agency by the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, the first orbital satellite. Two of the goals were to expand human knowledge of the Earth’s atmosphere and space, and the improvement of spaceCreative JoyArtist Creates Mossy Arms Wrapping a Forest in Tree HugsMy Modern Met · 3 min readArtist Creates Mossy Arms Wrapping a Forest in Tree Hugs Nature is one of our greatest sources of connection, and trees represent an entire ecosystem of interweaving relationships. This is something that artist Christophe Guinet, better known as Monsieur Plant, explores in Tree Hug, an outdoor exhibit on the grounds of the Maison Chateaubriand in Châtenay-Malabry, France.