Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse Sat, 16 Dec 2023 07:16:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-GNN-Logo-Circles-2017-1-32x32.png Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ 32 32 120051390 Good News in History, December 16 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061216/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061216/#respond Sat, 16 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061216/ A quarter millennium ago today, members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians stole aboard trade ships in Boston harbor and began throwing tea shipments into the water in protest of tea taxes on the Colony. The precise details were the passage of the Tea Act in British parliament, which the colonists believed […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061216/feed/ 0 2307 Mumbai Youth Form Volunteer to Hang Out with ‘Grandpals’ to Keep Seniors Present and Valued in Society https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mumbai-youth-form-volunteer-to-hang-out-with-grandpals-to-keep-seniors-present-and-valued-in-society/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mumbai-youth-form-volunteer-to-hang-out-with-grandpals-to-keep-seniors-present-and-valued-in-society/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:30:47 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200730 In India, a group of considerate young people calling themselves the “good fellows” are changing the lives of India’s senior citizens by pairing them with volunteer grandkids. Meant to combat loneliness and help bring these elders back into society, the organization allows members of the elder’s family to nominate them as a “grandpal” in search […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mumbai-youth-form-volunteer-to-hang-out-with-grandpals-to-keep-seniors-present-and-valued-in-society/feed/ 0 200730 NASA Summarizes What New Mars Rover has Found as it Finishes it’s Mission at Just Over 1,000 Days https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nasa-summarizes-what-new-mars-rover-has-found-as-it-finishes-its-mission-at-just-over-1000-days/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nasa-summarizes-what-new-mars-rover-has-found-as-it-finishes-its-mission-at-just-over-1000-days/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:00:48 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200725 NASA’s Perseverance rover has officially completed exploring Jezero Crater, an ancient crater lake that the agency determined would be an excellent place to search for signs of life. Having just passed its 1,000th day of operations, Perseverance has collected 23 samples of regolith, containing silicates, fine-graned silica, phosphates, and carbonates—in other words, a recipe for […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nasa-summarizes-what-new-mars-rover-has-found-as-it-finishes-its-mission-at-just-over-1000-days/feed/ 0 200725 Vaccine Targeting Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Shows Good Response in First Clinical Trial of Patients https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/vaccine-targeting-triple-negative-breast-cancer-shows-good-response-in-first-clinical-trial-of-patients/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/vaccine-targeting-triple-negative-breast-cancer-shows-good-response-in-first-clinical-trial-of-patients/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:00:13 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200723 A drug that targets the deadliest form of breast cancer has recently been found to elicit no side effects, and triggered an immune response in 75% of patients. Conducted at the Cleveland Clinic with funding from the Pentagon, the vaccine was administered to 16 women in three separate doses. The form of the vaccine that […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/vaccine-targeting-triple-negative-breast-cancer-shows-good-response-in-first-clinical-trial-of-patients/feed/ 0 200723 Among China’s Gray State-Run Schools, New Campus Wins World Building of the Year for ‘Blurring inside and outside’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/among-chinas-amorphous-state-run-schools-new-campus-wins-world-building-of-the-year-for-blurring-inside-and-outside/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/among-chinas-amorphous-state-run-schools-new-campus-wins-world-building-of-the-year-for-blurring-inside-and-outside/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:00:47 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200720 Set amid the rows of identical block apartments in the background, Huizhen High School is a breath of positive air for the students of Ningbo city, and it recently won one of architecture’s highest honors. Recently hailed as World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore on Friday, it was […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061215/feed/ 0 2305 Woman Brings Joy to Wyoming Town by Creating Hundreds of Personalized Snowmen (Video) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-brings-joy-to-wyoming-town-by-creating-hundreds-of-personalized-snowmen-video/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-brings-joy-to-wyoming-town-by-creating-hundreds-of-personalized-snowmen-video/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:00:56 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200708 There’s a small town in Wyoming where the people are outnumbered; by animals, by trees, and even by snowmen. It was back in July when snow was equal distance a hope and a memory that Pauline Parker of Burlington, Wyoming began making personalized snowmen for everyone in her town. Painted onto wood to ensure they […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-brings-joy-to-wyoming-town-by-creating-hundreds-of-personalized-snowmen-video/feed/ 0 200708 Pair of Endangered Corpse Flowers Defy Odds to Bloom at Same Time–Now Bearing 700 Seeds https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pair-of-endangered-corpse-flowers-defy-odds-to-bloom-at-same-time-now-bearing-700-seeds/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pair-of-endangered-corpse-flowers-defy-odds-to-bloom-at-same-time-now-bearing-700-seeds/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 16:00:03 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200705 There is more than one species of ‘corpse flower’ and in an incredible coincidence, two managed to bloom at the same time in a Japanese botanical garden, allowing the two to pollinate naturally. The result of this incredible stroke of fortune is that one of the corpse flowers has now fruited, bearing 736 seeds critical […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pair-of-endangered-corpse-flowers-defy-odds-to-bloom-at-same-time-now-bearing-700-seeds/feed/ 0 200705 Boy Who Started Food Bank in his Shed Now Opens Holiday ‘Gift Bank’ for Hundreds of Poor Kids https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/boy-who-started-food-bank-in-his-shed-now-opens-holiday-gift-bank-for-hundreds-of-poor-kids/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/boy-who-started-food-bank-in-his-shed-now-opens-holiday-gift-bank-for-hundreds-of-poor-kids/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:00:09 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200701 Last year, GNN reported on the kind heart of 11-year-old Isaac Winfield, who opened a food bank in his garden shed to help the poor during COVID-19 lockdowns. Now, Isaac is preparing to open a “gift bank” for moms and dads who can’t afford presents for their children, in addition to a fifth shed-born foodbank. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/boy-who-started-food-bank-in-his-shed-now-opens-holiday-gift-bank-for-hundreds-of-poor-kids/feed/ 0 200701 Scientist Photographs Once in a Lifetime Sighting of Bird with Half Male and Half Female Plumage https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-photographs-once-in-a-lifetime-sighting-of-bird-with-half-male-and-half-female-plumage/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-photographs-once-in-a-lifetime-sighting-of-bird-with-half-male-and-half-female-plumage/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:00:31 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200699 A Kiwi professor of zoology was visiting Colombia and got the surprise of his life. The South American country has more birds, both endemic and overall, than any other country, but when his companion spied a curious-looking honeycreeper with blue and green plumage, Professor Hamish Spencer was sure it was a once-in-a-lifetime entry on his […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-photographs-once-in-a-lifetime-sighting-of-bird-with-half-male-and-half-female-plumage/feed/ 0 200699 Good News in History, December 14 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061214/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061214/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061214/ On this day 85 years ago, the commission for Major League Baseball met to establish some rules and agreed on the weight and dimensions of the standard baseball. It was to be 9 to 9.25 inches (229 to 235 mm) in circumference, with a weight of 5 to 5.25 ounces (0.142 to 0.149 kg), and […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061214/feed/ 0 2298 Pit Bull is Sworn in by Police as ‘Paw-trol Officer’ After He Showed Up One Day and Found Fur-ever Home https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pit-bull-is-sworn-in-by-police-as-paw-trol-officer-after-he-showed-up-one-day-and-found-fur-ever-home/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pit-bull-is-sworn-in-by-police-as-paw-trol-officer-after-he-showed-up-one-day-and-found-fur-ever-home/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2023 19:00:58 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200675 A pit bull named Bolo needed just one day with the officers at the Hopkinsville Police Department for them all to fall in love. Now sworn in as the first-ever “Paw-trol Officer” Bolo has found his fur-ever home. Arriving at the station in Hopkinsville Kentucky as part of a publicity program for the nearby Christian […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pit-bull-is-sworn-in-by-police-as-paw-trol-officer-after-he-showed-up-one-day-and-found-fur-ever-home/feed/ 1 200675 This Grandad is All-Action at Aged 92: ‘I do martial arts daily’ (Watch) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-grandad-is-all-action-at-aged-92-i-do-martial-arts-daily-watch/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-grandad-is-all-action-at-aged-92-i-do-martial-arts-daily-watch/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:00:35 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200673 A wise man once said that aging is the gradual acceleration of comfort-seeking, and Englishman Lew Burja, who’s 92 and still practices kung fu and tai chi, certainly seems to think so. A grandfather with three grandkids, decades of remaining spry has ensured he can keep up with the little ones, and keep up a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/this-grandad-is-all-action-at-aged-92-i-do-martial-arts-daily-watch/feed/ 0 200673 In World First, Horned Oryx Upgraded from Extinct in Wild to Endangered Owing to Decades of Zoo Work https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/in-world-first-scimitar-horned-oryx-upgraded-from-extinct-in-wild-to-endangered-owing-to-decades-of-zoo-work/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/in-world-first-scimitar-horned-oryx-upgraded-from-extinct-in-wild-to-endangered-owing-to-decades-of-zoo-work/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:00:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200671 In one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, a remarkable thing has happened—the scimitar-horned oryx, once declared extinct in the wild, is now classified only as endangered. It’s the first time the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization, has ever moved a species on its Red List from ‘Extinct […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/in-world-first-scimitar-horned-oryx-upgraded-from-extinct-in-wild-to-endangered-owing-to-decades-of-zoo-work/feed/ 0 200671 Ireland Sets Renewable Record of 70% Energy from Wind https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ireland-sets-renewable-record-of-70-energy-from-wind/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ireland-sets-renewable-record-of-70-energy-from-wind/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:00:57 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200668 The Emerald Isle is greener than its reputation holds, as it turns out, since more than half of electricity on some days is generated by renewable energy. Though it’s common to have all four seasons in a single day in Ireland, one can pretty much bet on the wind, which generated an all-time high for […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ireland-sets-renewable-record-of-70-energy-from-wind/feed/ 0 200668 Good News in History, December 13 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061213/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061213/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061213/ 668 years ago, the Moroccan traveler, writer, pilgrim, and jack of all social trades, Ibn Battuta, completed his monumental travelog, often shortened to “The Travels,“ detailing a span of time from the moment he left his home in Morocco and didn’t return to settle down for nigh on three decades. He traveled 79,000 miles of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061213/feed/ 9 2294 Learning to Just Say No to Unwanted Holiday Invitations Can Benefit Your Mental Health–New Study https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/learning-to-just-say-no-to-unwanted-holiday-invitations-can-benefit-your-mental-health-new-study/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/learning-to-just-say-no-to-unwanted-holiday-invitations-can-benefit-your-mental-health-new-study/#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 19:00:23 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200651 A new and creative study shows that rejecting undesired invitations to parties can be beneficial in avoiding holiday burnout. The study also found that even if the invitation comes from loved ones, they don’t care about rejections as much as we imagine they do. More than three-quarters of people in a survey confessed to accepting […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/learning-to-just-say-no-to-unwanted-holiday-invitations-can-benefit-your-mental-health-new-study/feed/ 0 200651 Woman Who Threw Bowl of Food at Chipotle Worker Sentenced to Work 2 Months in Fast Food Job https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-who-threw-bowl-of-food-at-chipotle-worker-sentenced-to-work-2-months-in-fast-food-job/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-who-threw-bowl-of-food-at-chipotle-worker-sentenced-to-work-2-months-in-fast-food-job/#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 16:00:54 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200647 In a creative use of the justice system of English Common Law, a woman in Ohio was sentenced to two months’ work at a fast food restaurant after she was recorded throwing hot food in the face of a Chipotle worker. Reminiscent of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry and George come up with the pilot for a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-who-threw-bowl-of-food-at-chipotle-worker-sentenced-to-work-2-months-in-fast-food-job/feed/ 0 200647 Strangers Send Over 60 Pairs of Tiny Shoes For a Chicken With Missing Toes–LOOK https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/strangers-sent-over-60-pairs-of-tiny-shoes-for-a-chicken-with-missing-toes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/strangers-sent-over-60-pairs-of-tiny-shoes-for-a-chicken-with-missing-toes/#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:00:29 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200641 A California dog walker had the opportunity to adopt a disabled chicken, and social media loved him so much they’ve sent over 60 pairs of tiny shoes and boots. The Malaysian Serama breed chicken lost his toes to leg scale mites, a debilitating arachnoid parasite. New owner Meech Davignon of Escondido California had to suffocate […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/strangers-sent-over-60-pairs-of-tiny-shoes-for-a-chicken-with-missing-toes/feed/ 0 200641 Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest Drops Sharply in One Year–Fewest Acres Since 2019 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest-drops-sharply-in-one-year-fewest-acres-since-2019/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest-drops-sharply-in-one-year-fewest-acres-since-2019/#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:00:40 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200639 Deforestation across the Amazon Rainforest has fallen by 55% this year, marking the lowest amounts since 2019, and somewhat of a major victory to recently-elected leftist governments in Brazil and Colombia. The data was provided to Reuters via the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project, which tracks forest cover and loss across all the nations […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/deforestation-in-the-amazon-rainforest-drops-sharply-in-one-year-fewest-acres-since-2019/feed/ 0 200639 Good News in History, December 12 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061212/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061212/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061212/ 121 years ago today, Theodor Mommsen received the Nobel Prize for Literature, with a special mention for A History of Rome, a history so well-researched, so precise, measured, and yet also expansive in its scope, that it remains critical to contemporary historical research today even 170 years after its publication. READ what Mark Twain had to say of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061212/feed/ 3 2286 California Teen Passes the Bar Exam at 17– Now He’s a Practicing Attorney https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teen-sweeps-aside-nations-hardest-bar-exam-becoming-california-lawyer-at-17/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teen-sweeps-aside-nations-hardest-bar-exam-becoming-california-lawyer-at-17/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:00:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200624 Glasses on, Peter Park has a superpower, but it isn’t spinning webs and catching thieves just like flies, it’s a brilliant brain that has seen him become the youngest attorney in California’s history. In a legal history-making moment, the Korean American currently working at the Tulare County District Attorney’s office as a law clerk passed […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teen-sweeps-aside-nations-hardest-bar-exam-becoming-california-lawyer-at-17/feed/ 0 200624 US Sets Policy to Seize Patents of Government-Funded Drugs if Price Deemed Too High https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/us-sets-policy-to-seize-patents-of-government-funded-drugs-if-price-deemed-too-high/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/us-sets-policy-to-seize-patents-of-government-funded-drugs-if-price-deemed-too-high/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:00:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200622 The Biden Administration last week announced it would be seizing patents for drugs and drug manufacturing procedures developed using government money. A draft of the new law, seen by Reuters, said that the government will consider various factors including whether a medical situation is leading to increased prices of the drug at any given time, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/us-sets-policy-to-seize-patents-of-government-funded-drugs-if-price-deemed-too-high/feed/ 1 200622 Pilot Announces in a Heartwarming Reveal That Young Passenger is Now Cancer Free (Watch) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pilot-announces-in-a-heartwarming-reveal-that-young-passenger-is-now-cancer-free-watch/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pilot-announces-in-a-heartwarming-reveal-that-young-passenger-is-now-cancer-free-watch/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:00:15 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200605 Make-A-Wish Foundation is famous for giving kids moments they’ll never forget, even if their time is limited to remember them. But a sneaky trick, played with the help of a cooperative airline pilot and passengers gave a child named Jacob an experience in every way equal to meeting Michael Jordan or John Cena. A boy […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pilot-announces-in-a-heartwarming-reveal-that-young-passenger-is-now-cancer-free-watch/feed/ 0 200605 History Enthusiasts Found a Buried 15th Century Royal Palace All on Their Own– ‘Against all odds’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/history-enthusiasts-found-a-buried-15th-century-royal-palace-on-their-own/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/history-enthusiasts-found-a-buried-15th-century-royal-palace-on-their-own/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 12:00:11 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200603 In a true underdog story, a group of “amateurs” used historical material to locate the buried remains of Collyweston Palace, owned by the grandmother of Henry VIII, Margaret Beaufort. In the English shire of Northampton, a local historical society had been searching for the palace for 5 years, and located it with the help of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061211/feed/ 3 2275 Student Nurse Had to Couch Surf–But She Just Won a $5M Home in London https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/student-nurse-had-to-couch-surf-for-housing-but-she-just-won-a-5m-home-in-london/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/student-nurse-had-to-couch-surf-for-housing-but-she-just-won-a-5m-home-in-london/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 15:00:06 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200589 A 49-year-old recently had to live with friends so she could afford to continue her studies when her rent rose. But she’s just won the keys to a stunning Chelsea townhouse worth a whopping 5 million in West London. She’s the latest winner of a charity draw organized by Omaze—after buying a ticket for the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/student-nurse-had-to-couch-surf-for-housing-but-she-just-won-a-5m-home-in-london/feed/ 0 200589 Detroit’s Newest Road Can Now Charge Electric Cars as They Drive on it https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/detroit-road-can-now-charge-electric-cars-as-they-drive-on-it/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/detroit-road-can-now-charge-electric-cars-as-they-drive-on-it/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 14:00:21 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200570 Detroit, Michigan celebrated a major milestone in the future of vehicle electrification, as crews finished installing the nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway last month. Using technology from Electreon, 14th Street is now equipped with inductive-charging coils that will charge electric vehicles (EVs) equipped with receivers as they drive on the road. The road will be […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/detroit-road-can-now-charge-electric-cars-as-they-drive-on-it/feed/ 0 200570 Golf Lover Creates Tiger Woods Portrait—Entirely Made of 25,000 Golf Tees (Photos) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/golf-lover-creates-tiger-woods-portrait-entirely-made-of-25000-golf-tees-photos/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/golf-lover-creates-tiger-woods-portrait-entirely-made-of-25000-golf-tees-photos/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 12:00:07 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200545 A golf fan has created a stunning portrait of Tiger Woods made out of 25,000 new and broken golf tees. Aaron Norris finished the artwork last month and has already sold it for an undisclosed amount. The 43-year-old artist says he got the idea after spotting broken tees strewn across his local course. He started […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/golf-lover-creates-tiger-woods-portrait-entirely-made-of-25000-golf-tees-photos/feed/ 0 200545 Electrical Brain Stimulation Improves Mental Processes in Alzheimer’s Patients https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/electrical-brain-stimulation-improves-mental-processes-in-alzheimers-patients/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/electrical-brain-stimulation-improves-mental-processes-in-alzheimers-patients/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 11:00:13 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200510 Researchers found that twice-daily current stimulation sessions of around 20 minutes improved the memory and overall cognitive performance of elderly people living with Alzheimer’s disease. The innovative technology, known as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), could also be used as a treatment to improve brain plasticity in Alzheimer’s sufferers through the formation of new neural […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/electrical-brain-stimulation-improves-mental-processes-in-alzheimers-patients/feed/ 0 200510 Good News in History, December 10 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061210/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061210/#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061210/ 199 years ago today, the Reverend Minister George MacDonald was born in Aberdeenshire. A pious and valued member of his community, MacDonald achieved a state of prominence for his fantasy fiction writing and fairy tales which inspired some of the most well-known writers of the 189th and 20th centuries, including Lewis Carrol, Charles Dickens, Aldous […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061210/feed/ 2 2269 Christmas Fairytale Rings out: Mourners Dance at Epic Irish Funeral for Beloved Pogues’ Singer Shane MacGowan–LOOK https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/christmas-fairytale-rings-out-as-mourners-dance-at-epic-irish-funeral-for-beloved-pogues-singer-shane-macgowan-65/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/christmas-fairytale-rings-out-as-mourners-dance-at-epic-irish-funeral-for-beloved-pogues-singer-shane-macgowan-65/#respond Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:28:46 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200557 Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Dublin yesterday to bid farewell to Irish hero Shane MacGowan, the punk rocker who elevated traditional Celtic music to new heights as co-founder of the band The Pogues. After his death at age 65 from months of complications and pneumonia, his horse-drawn carriage cortege wound through two miles […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/christmas-fairytale-rings-out-as-mourners-dance-at-epic-irish-funeral-for-beloved-pogues-singer-shane-macgowan-65/feed/ 0 200557 Fossil Thought for Years to be a Plant is Really a Baby Turtle–Now Nicknamed after Pokemon Character https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fossil-thought-for-years-to-be-a-plant-is-really-a-baby-turtle-now-nicknamed-after-pokemon-character/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fossil-thought-for-years-to-be-a-plant-is-really-a-baby-turtle-now-nicknamed-after-pokemon-character/#respond Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:00:04 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200536 A fossil thought for years to be a plant turns out to be a baby turtle—and surprised researchers have nicknamed it “Turtwig” after a Pokemon character that is half-turtle, half-plant. From the 1950s to the 1970s, a priest named Padre Gustavo Huertas collected rocks and fossils near a town called Villa de Levya in Colombia. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fossil-thought-for-years-to-be-a-plant-is-really-a-baby-turtle-now-nicknamed-after-pokemon-character/feed/ 0 200536 Sculptor Carves Life-sized Willy Wonka Using 220 Lbs of Chocolate in London’s Trafalgar Square (LOOK) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sculptor-carves-life-sized-willy-wonka-using-220-lbs-of-chocolate-in-londons-trafalgar-square-video/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sculptor-carves-life-sized-willy-wonka-using-220-lbs-of-chocolate-in-londons-trafalgar-square-video/#respond Sat, 09 Dec 2023 13:00:34 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200526 Artists spent 200 hours over two weeks carving a life-sized Willy Wonka using what else but chocolate. The 6-ft 2-inch sculpture, inspired by the eponymous character in the new movie Wonka, was unveiled this week in London’s Trafalgar Square. Sculpted into the character’s iconic pose, featuring a hat-tip and cane, the creation was moulded and […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sculptor-carves-life-sized-willy-wonka-using-220-lbs-of-chocolate-in-londons-trafalgar-square-video/feed/ 0 200526 Your Weekly Horoscope: A ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/horoscope-from-rob-brezsnys-free-will-astrology-12-9-2023/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/horoscope-from-rob-brezsnys-free-will-astrology-12-9-2023/#respond Sat, 09 Dec 2023 11:00:49 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200523 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 […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061209/feed/ 6 2261 Virgin Atlantic Flight from London Makes History as First Transatlantic Jet Using 100% Sustainable Fuel https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/virgin-atlantic-flight-from-london-makes-history-as-first-transatlantic-jet-using-100-sustainable-fuel/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/virgin-atlantic-flight-from-london-makes-history-as-first-transatlantic-jet-using-100-sustainable-fuel/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:00:02 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200512 It’s one thing to power green aviation in Europe where flights take 30 minutes to 3 hours; it’s another thing to send a jetliner across the Atlantic. But that’s exactly what Virgin Atlantic was able to do for the first time in history, when a Boeing 787 flew from London’s Heathrow to JFK using sustainable […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/virgin-atlantic-flight-from-london-makes-history-as-first-transatlantic-jet-using-100-sustainable-fuel/feed/ 0 200512 These 385 Million-year-old Tree Roots Look Just Like Ours, and Tell a Tale Just Like Ours https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-385-million-year-old-tree-roots-look-just-like-ours-and-tell-a-tale-just-like-ours/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-385-million-year-old-tree-roots-look-just-like-ours-and-tell-a-tale-just-like-ours/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:19:02 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200506 Trees were one of the oldest dominant life forms on Earth, but the most important component of a tree, the roots, are currently shrouded in evolutionary mystery: when they first evolved, how they evolved; these are unanswered questions. In New York’s Catskill mountain range, a fossilized forest is clueing in paleobotanists as to the origins […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/these-385-million-year-old-tree-roots-look-just-like-ours-and-tell-a-tale-just-like-ours/feed/ 0 200506 Tiny Golden Mole Not Seen in Almost 100 Years Rediscovered Thanks to Sniffing Dog and Determined Scientists https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-golden-mole-not-seen-in-almost-100-years-rediscovered-thanks-to-sniffing-dog-and-passionate-scientists/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/tiny-golden-mole-not-seen-in-almost-100-years-rediscovered-thanks-to-sniffing-dog-and-passionate-scientists/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2023 12:00:34 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200503 A little species of golden mole has been rediscovered in South Africa thanks to an intrepid band of conservationists and a sniffing dog. De Winton’s golden mole was last scientifically documented in South Africa—in Port Nolloth—in 1936. There were no photographs taken of this tiny blind mammal, and little information existed about its behavior. Furthermore, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/violent-crime-and-homicide-falling-across-us-major-cities-with-detroit-on-track-for-a-60-year-low/feed/ 1 200488 World’s Largest Experimental Fusion Reactor Generates First Plasma in Japan https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/japan-powers-up-worlds-largest-experimental-nuclear-reactor-and-generates-first-plasma/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/japan-powers-up-worlds-largest-experimental-nuclear-reactor-and-generates-first-plasma/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:00:56 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200485 The largest operational nuclear fusion reactor on Earth just produced its first plasma when it came online over the weekend in Japan. A tokamak-style nuclear fusion reactor, the JT-60SA used superconducting magnets to heat and contain a gas to 200 million Celsius, turning it into a form of matter called plasma. Nuclear fusion is billed […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/japan-powers-up-worlds-largest-experimental-nuclear-reactor-and-generates-first-plasma/feed/ 0 200485 Woman Lets Her Baby Scribble on the Walls–Now He’s A Talented Young Artist https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-lets-her-baby-scribble-on-the-walls-now-hes-a-talented-young-artist/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-lets-her-baby-scribble-on-the-walls-now-hes-a-talented-young-artist/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200381 Four-year-old Santiago Daniel Peña García started scribbling on the walls before his first birthday, but rather than fretting about the labor and cost of repainting the wall, his mom focused on what the habit might allow him to become. Adianée Peña García never stopped him, and now her son paints every day and produces new […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-lets-her-baby-scribble-on-the-walls-now-hes-a-talented-young-artist/feed/ 0 200381 Exciting Clinical Trials of New Stem Cell Injection Treatment Shows Promise for Halting Multiple Sclerosis https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/exciting-clinical-trials-of-new-stem-cell-injection-treatment-shows-promise-for-halting-multiple-sclerosis/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/exciting-clinical-trials-of-new-stem-cell-injection-treatment-shows-promise-for-halting-multiple-sclerosis/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:00:11 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200478 A collaborative study involving experts in Europe and the US found the treatment of stem cells appears to protect the brains of MS patients from further damage. In the first-ever clinical trials in humans, the researchers found patients injected with the stem cells exhibited no increase in disability or worsening of symptoms. The promising study, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/events061207/feed/ 2 2249 You Have a Hidden Potential That Only Travel Can Unlock–And You Hold the Key https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/you-have-a-hidden-potential-that-only-travel-can-unlock-and-you-hold-the-key/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/you-have-a-hidden-potential-that-only-travel-can-unlock-and-you-hold-the-key/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:51:08 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200423 Soon you may be contemplating New Year’s resolutions, and along with desires to read more, learn a language, or stop smoking, finding time to travel will definitely be on people’s minds. But, of all possible resolutions, travel is often the easiest to ignore or postpone. After all, we can’t imagine the beauty and wonder of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/you-have-a-hidden-potential-that-only-travel-can-unlock-and-you-hold-the-key/feed/ 0 200423 Man Visits Shelter Dog Every Day for 2 Months to Earn Her Trust Before Fostering Her https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-visits-shelter-dog-every-day-for-2-months-to-earn-her-trust-before-fostering-her/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-visits-shelter-dog-every-day-for-2-months-to-earn-her-trust-before-fostering-her/#comments Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:00:10 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200438 A man in Austin has fallen head over heels for a dog that’s heels over heads. Alva the dog has wobbler syndrome, but that didn’t stop Joe Rotunda from knowing they were meant to be together. Arriving at Austin Pets Alive! in November 2020 at just 5 months old, Alva was flea-ridden, malnourished, and in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-visits-shelter-dog-every-day-for-2-months-to-earn-her-trust-before-fostering-her/feed/ 2 200438 Immunotherapy for Hard to Treat Cancer Just Granted FDA Fast Track During Promising Clinical Trial https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/immunotherapy-for-hard-to-treat-cancer-just-granted-fda-fast-track-during-promising-clinical-trial/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/immunotherapy-for-hard-to-treat-cancer-just-granted-fda-fast-track-during-promising-clinical-trial/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:00:17 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200435 An Australian pharma company has been granted fast-track status by the United States FDA for cancer treatment trials of bile duct cancer. This rare form of cancer has been found to be resistant to both conventional and immunotherapy treatments, but the firm’s new version of an existing treatment, developed as part of a collaboration with […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/immunotherapy-for-hard-to-treat-cancer-just-granted-fda-fast-track-during-promising-clinical-trial/feed/ 0 200435 Teen Who Sends ‘Silly’ Socks 4 Seniors Launches Christmas Drive to Warm Toes and Hearts in Nursing Homes https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teen-who-sends-silly-socks-4-seniors-launches-christmas-drive-to-warm-toes-and-hearts-in-nursing-homes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teen-who-sends-silly-socks-4-seniors-launches-christmas-drive-to-warm-toes-and-hearts-in-nursing-homes/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:00:13 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=200432 Thanks to a generous soul, there are dozens of people across the nation getting socks for Christmas—but they couldn’t be happier about it. Elle Gianelli of Stockton California has been making colored socks with silly designs on them for years, sending them to seniors in nursing and care homes to brighten up their day. It […]

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