History

The 3D scan of a mask fragment matches up with the scan of a different well-preserved mask. – Photo credit: Array

History, Science

3D scanning and shape analysis help archaeologists connect objects across space and time to recover their lost histories

Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo

2/14/2026
A young George Washington was thrust into the dense, contested wilderness of the Ohio River Valley as a land surveyor for real estate development companies in Virginia. – Photo credit: Henry Hintermeister/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Editorial, Featured, History

How a 22-year-old George Washington learned how to lead, from a series of mistakes in the Pennsylvania wilderness

Christopher Magra

2/10/2026
Gladys West, right, developed the mathematical models behind GPS. – Photo credit: U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons

History

Women have been mapping the world for centuries, and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps

Melinda Laituri

2/4/2026
Martin Luther King Jr. became involved not just in fights over racial equality but also economic hardship. – Photo credit: Ted S. Warren/AP

Culture, History, Justice, Money, Society

Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income

Tarah Williams

1/13/2026
Ancient rock art reveals a surprise connection between humans and dinosaurs. – Photo credit: Renan Rodrigues Chandu and Pedro Arcanjo José Feitosa, and the Casa Grande boy

History, Past Events

Discovery of 9000-year-old rock art shows humans may have interacted with dinosaur footprints

GOOD Staff

8/14/2025
A.I. helped archeologists uncover 303 more geoglyphs from Peru. – Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Canva

History

Archeologists uncover one of the biggest puzzles in history, Peruvian desert floor carvings

Erik Barnes

8/12/2025
A picture is worth 1,000 words, as long as the right words exist. – Photo credit: Image from YouTube video.

History, Past Events

Why ancient civilizations couldn’t see the color blue

Leo Shvedsky

8/9/2025
Sergei Krikalev launched as a citizen of one country, and landed as the citizen of another. – Photo credit: upload.wikimedia.org

History, Past Events

He left for a space mission. When he returned, his whole country was gone.

Zoheb Alam

8/8/2025
An ancient city has now been revealed to the public. – Photo credit: Canva

History

Archeologists dig up a 3,500-year-old lost ancient city in Peru

Erik Barnes

7/16/2025
When one beer's price goes up, another brew's price goes down. – Photo credit: Canva

History

Chinese city allows tourists to enjoy and trade brews like stocks in a ‘Beer Exchange’

Erik Barnes

7/15/2025

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