Good News Network
The Good News Network (GNN) is a website dedicated to sharing positive and uplifting news stories from around the world. Founded in 1997, it aims to counterbalance the often negative focus of mainstream media by highlighting acts of kindness, scientific breakthroughs, inspiring individuals, and other heartwarming developments. The site covers a wide range of topics, including health, environment, culture, and technology, with the goal of promoting optimism and hope. GNN also features a daily newsletter and encourages readers to contribute their own good news stories.
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GNN Needs Help From Copyright Attorney – Please Contact Us ASAP!
Good News Network needs help with a copyright infringement complaint, so we are looking for a specialized attorney to assist over the next 7 days. If you are —or if you know someone who is a copyright attorney, please email me as soon as possible! geri@gnn.org (Or you can call our office and leave a […]
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‘Exceptional’ Hoard of 800 Iron Age Artifacts Found Mysteriously Burned and Buried in UK Field
One of the “largest and most important” hoards of Iron Age artifacts ever found in England has recently been cleaned, studied, and presented to the media. It demonstrates a previously unknown level of wealth and trading connections typically associated with the southern Britons at this time, but not generally thought of to be present in […]
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This Painting of Lounging Lions Was Hanging in a Family’s Living Room. It Turned Out to Be an Original Delacroix
Up for auction today at a swanky Parisian auction house will be a slightly lazy paint sketch of some lions. But these relaxed beasts are more than they appear. As it turns out, the work entitled Study of Reclining Lions was a lost creation from one of Paris’ greatest ever modern painters: Eugène Delacroix. The man […]
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Rainforest Oil Exploration Stopped as Court Rules Uncontacted Tribes Have Right to Remain in Isolation
A recent court ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks the first time an international judicial body has decided that indigenous peoples living in “voluntary isolation” have a right to do so, and that governments must act to ensure that right. The ruling comes off the back of 20 years of activism challenging […]
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Three Orangutans Rescued from Illegal Captivity Finally Returned to Their Forest Realm
In a heartwarming milestone for great ape conservation, Mary, a rescued orphaned orangutan, has been released into the jungles of Borneo following rehabilitation. After spending four years at the Bornean Orangutan Rescue Alliance (BORA) Rescue and Rehabilitation Center learning how to survive independently in the jungle, she has been allowed to return to her home […]
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After Serving Together for 4 Years in Iraq, Dog and Army Handler Are Reunited to ‘Live the Couch Life’ in Texas
Recently, American Humane Society reunited a retired military dog, Frenky, with his former handler, Staff Sergeant Kristin, who were separated in 2021. She said it was like “leaving a child behind” back then, and two will undoubtedly be looking forward to catching up over rucks, runs, and couch-cuddles. Frenky and Kristin served together for nearly […]
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UNICEF-led Volunteer Effort Has Prevented Afghanistan’s Health System from Collapsing, Ensuring Care for Millions
After a few years of Herculean efforts, UNICEF has reached a point where it has prevented two-thirds of Afghanistan’s healthcare sector from collapsing. Working mostly in rural areas, the operation has been vast, employing 28,000 full-time carers and physicians and 32,000 volunteers staffing 96 fully-equipped hospitals and 2,400 rural healthcare centers, sometimes as small as
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Rescuers Relieved to Find Pilot, 2 Children Survived Crash Landing on Frozen Alaskan Lake
Fearing the worst after a prop plane was reported overdue for landing in Alaska last Sunday, search and rescue volunteers were relieved when news rang out that all three passengers survived. The pilot and two children of elementary and middle school ages survived a crash landing on the frozen surface of Tustumena Lake, and walked […]
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Cruelty-free Way of Making Duck Foie Gras Devised by Scientist: ‘It was always a dream’
A cruelty-free way of making foie gras has been devised by scientists that includes no unnatural additives or additional ingredients. In fact, it helps reduce the amount of biological waste during the butchering process, keeping it out of landfills where it produces climate-warming greenhouse gases. Traditionally made foie gras, or fatty duck liver, has been […]
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Fluorescent Rocks in Wind Cave National Park May Show How Life Could Exist on One of Jupiter’s Moons
Fluorescent chambers inside South Dakota’s Wind Cave has given scientists a pathway into theorizing how life could exist on one of Jupiter’s moons. In a cool, NASA-funded experiment, scientists shined an ultraviolet (UV) light around the rocks inside Wind Cave and found that chemicals fossilised within the rocks shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue, […]
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New Type of Golf Ball with ‘Water-Loving’ Coating Could Be Every Player’s Dream
A new type of golf ball with a special “water-loving” coating could answer the prayers of thousands of golfers. The coating helps average out the speed of a rolling ball, slowing it on faster dry greens and speeding it up on sluggish, wet courses, says the American inventor. Thomas J. Kennedy III, a polymer chemist, […]
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From Sewage-Filled Waters to Crystal Blue: Switzerland Rivers and Lakes Offer Hope for Cleaning Up Other Countries
From Phoebe Weston at the Guardian comes the story of the Herculean effort to clean up Switzerland’s waterways, an effort that has transformed the unique European country into one that enjoys the cleanest urban swimming spots on the continent. In the 1960s, water quality in the form of sewage treatment investment received the smallest share […]
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It Took 100 Years After Tutankhamun to Find Another Pharaoh’s Tomb–it Took Just 2 Months to Find This One
Archaeology was recently sent into raptures when, for the first time since Tutankhamon was found, a pharaoh’s tomb was discovered and confirmed as such. And despite that happening just one month ago, and ‘King Tut’ being found 103 years before that, archaeologists have confirmed that they have found yet another pharaoh’s tomb. The banner year […]
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He’s the Steven Hawking of Drone-based Agriculture, Overcoming Disability with Entrepreneurial Drive
A pioneer in utilizing drones for agriculture, a man with the same condition as Steven Hawking has built a flourishing business in just 4 years. Drones have plenty of use on the farm, and Kyle Albertson has developed services for surveying, crop spraying, and more. Diagnosed with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) at just 9 months […]
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Sense of Honor Transcends Western Tensions with Russia–Tending Graves and Welcoming Cosmonauts
Diplomatic channels between the UK and Russia have maintained a centuries-old tradition of grave tending for the fallen of wars long past, proving that there are notions in international relations that transcend even the sternest political policies. What’s more, news reports say that there is no communication between the nations over maintaining the graves of […]
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