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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Artist Beats Brain Cancer And Paints Amazing Portraits of Hospital Staff as Thank-you Gifts (LOOK)
Vincent Serritella was only a little concerned about the flashing bright spots in his lower-left vision field; he wasn’t expecting anything serious. The former Pixar animator and San Francisco Bay area artist was in for a surprise—going from waking up with the bright spots to making a decision to go into open-brain surgery. At Sutter […]
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Detective Spends Months Searching for Stolen Dementia Patient’s Ring–Finds it in a Pawnshop Miles Away
Going from a small town to the big city, a police detective went far beyond the call of duty to retrieve a woman’s stolen wedding ring. In LeRoy, New York, an elderly nursing home resident suffering from dementia—unable to care or speak for herself—had a wedding ring stolen from her hand. The theft was noticed […]
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Scientists Map Underground Fungal Networks and Find They Cover 62 Quadrillion Miles
Some years ago, scientists dedicated to including the kingdom Fungi into modern conservation set out to measure the total length of fungal networks under the soil. These networks form the fabled “wood wide web,” an interconnected, biological framework of cooperation between plants, fungi, and probably microorganisms. Their research, published last July, found that just within
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Colorado’s ‘Tamales Act’ Restores Citizens’ Freedom to Buy and Sell Homecooked Food
Colorado’s government has restored the freedom of its people to prepare and sell homecooked food to one another. Provided they take a food safety course, the “Tamale Act” is expected to be a boost to the informal economy by unlocking the commercial power of mama’s and grandma’s home-cooking. House Majority Leader Monica Dura said exactly […]
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6-Year-old Finds Ancient Viking Sword on School Field Trip, Buried for 1,300 Years
Imagine you’re 6 years old, it wouldn’t get much better than finding a dinosaur bone or a sword—and that’s exactly when young Henrik turned up on a school field trip. If there were teachers close at hand, they may have told Henrik not to touch the “rusty piece of metal” he saw sticking out of […]
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Wasteful Fisherman Turns into Underwater Garbage Man, Pulls Tons of Tires from Canadian Harbors
From being part of the problem to being part of the solution, a reformed litterer and fisherman now spends his days diving to the bottom of Canada’s harbors on trash clearing missions. Sean Bath used to seek the coveted spiny sea urchin: now it’s often car tires that come loose from the bows of ships […]
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African Continent Gains 10 Years of Life Expectancy Since 2000 Despite Wars, Famine, and Instability
You can measure human progress by GDP, by employment rates, home-ownership, or average national income, but when you’re lying in your bed and it’s time to pay the piper, it’s difficult not to see the most important measure as years of life on the planet. The annual report from the WHO for 2026 included the […]
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EV Popularity in China Accounts for 262,000 Fewer Deaths from Air Pollution
More than a quarter million people are still alive thanks to improvements in air quality linked to “new energy” vehicles in the world’s largest auto market. With more than 50% of all new cars sold last year in China being hybrids, EVs, or hydrogen-powered, the speed of the adoption has been incredible both for the […]
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Boy Finds 2 Million-year-old Tooth From Elephant Ancestor on Beach Walk
An 11-year-old boy made a once-in-a-lifetime discovery after finding an ancient elephant tooth right on the beach. The day of the big find, May 24, Charlie Orchard-Lisle was walking with his mother along East Lane beach in Bawdsey, a Suffolk coastal village in eastern England 75 miles from London, when he spotted the rock-like object […]
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Signs of Breast Cancer Could Be Spotted 3-6 Years Before Diagnosis Using AI Screening, Shows Massive Study
Early warning signs of breast cancer could have been spotted years in advance using AI, suggests a new study that analyzed 88,963 mammograms performed during a 10-year period on over 31,000 patients. The researchers showed that the latest artificial intelligence technology can provide an “early alert” for the disease up to six years before a […]
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An Almost Incomparable ‘Princely’ Tomb of Ancient Celtic Noble Found in Germany
A “princely grave” with Celtic connections has been found during construction in Germany. Found in Bad Camburg in the German state of Hesse, the assemblage of gold, armaments, and the iron wagon fittings elevate the discovery to one which has but 2 comparable examples in the whole of the country. This, say experts at the […]
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Thousands Donate to Help Nebraska Ranchers Who Couldn’t Feed Their Herds After Wildfires Burn Every Acre
A few months ago the largest wildfire in Nebraska history burned a thousand square-miles of ranch land. It burned every foot of grass on Mike and Kayla Wintz’s 11,000-acre ranch. But when they and their neighbors faced the threat of losing their livelihoods, something remarkable happened. Thousands of anonymous donors stepped up from across the […]
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Father and Son Break Three World Records in 18,000 Mile Cycle Around the World
A father and son broke 3 world records after spending a year cycling around the world. George Kohler and his 23-year-old son Josh set off on their mammoth challenge on March 29th, 2025, from their home near Norwich in the UK. In total, the duo traveled 18,000 miles and 14 months as they crossed Asia, […]
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Woman Who Rescued Injured Crow Keeps Getting ‘Thank-you Gifts’ from Other Birds
In a story that will make your beak drop, a Canadian woman has received a series of ‘thank you’ presents from a whole murder of crows after she took the time to rescue one from a gutter. As Leah Wilson walks down the street, the superstitious among the neighbors might draw their blinds. Her steps […]
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French Polynesia Protects Biodiverse Ocean Area Twice the Size of Arizona Teeming with Life
The French Polynesian government recently announced it will fully protect 200,000 square miles of ocean, an area about twice as large as Arizona that’s teeming with ocean life. Located near the Austral, Marquesas, and Western Society islands, this new marine preserve, called the Te Tai Nui a Hau Marine Protected Area, will take the total […]
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