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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Scientists Were Wrong About How Fast Solar Panels Degrade – They May Last Twice as Long
A huge scientific survey of over 1 million German solar installations has revealed a surprising statistic: their potential to degrade year by year has been significantly exaggerated. Previous models have overestimated the rate of degradation in a solar installation’s ability to generate power by between 20% to 50% according to this new survey. “Back of […]
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Diver Finds Crusader Sword in the Same Place He Found a Crusader Sword 5 Years Ago
In 2021 GNN reported that a man diving off the Israeli coast discovered a sword from the Crusader period. All locked up in shells and sand, it looked like it could have been forged in mythical Atlantis, and even half-buried on the seabed, diver Shlomi Katzin couldn’t have mistaken its shape. Now, incredibly, Katzin has […]
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Marine National Park Bigger Than Texas Created by Departing Chilean President Around Pacific Islands
Just days before he left office, former Chilean President Gabriel Boric signed into law protections for the remote Juan Fernández Archipelago and a gargantuan swath of the surrounding sea. The protections connect the archipelago with the existing Nazca-Desventuradas marine parks, and total 386,000 square miles, an area the size of Venezuela amounting to 50% of […]
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First Quantum Battery Prototype Marks Big Step for Technology Expected to Change the World
Australian researchers have developed and tested the world’s first quantum battery. Their prototype is far from anything that will be a perspective power source in an EV or storage facility, but the experiment revealed some important directions for future research. A theoretical concept since 2013, the prototype was charged wirelessly with a laser, one of […]
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Teen Lifesaver Awarded One of Scouting’s Highest Honors After Harrowing Whitewater Rescue
A teenage Texan has earned a commendation given fewer than 300 times in the history of the Boy Scouts after saving his scout leader from drowning in rapids. Devon Champenoy was one of several teen scouts from Houston rafting down class 3 rapids at a summer camp in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Scout leader David […]
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New Hiking Trail Traces the Entire Coastline of England–a 2,689-Mile Route Unlike Any in the World
Last week GNN reported on the completion of the Cross-Texas Trail that would allow Americans to enjoy the full breadth of natural beauty in the Lone Star State. For Brits, or for those who like their hiking a little more moist, there is the just-finished King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,689-mile-long trail along […]
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Community Rallies Around Local Autistic Barista After His Tip Jar Was Stolen
An autistic barista who had a day’s worth of tips stolen from his coffee shop was left “speechless” after his community rallied to his side. Michael Coyne knows most of the people who get a coffee from his shop, Red White and Brew, and so the theft of his tips felt extremely personal. Covering the […]
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Seniors Who Eat More Meat Are Less Likely to Develop Dementia Study Find
Researchers in Sweden recently found that seniors were able to offset a genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease by consuming more meat. The study authors say that their findings suggest that conventional dietary advice may be unfavorable to a subgroup of the population who carry the APOE gene. Now infamous, APOE is a gene that confers […]
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‘Call a Boomer’ Payphone Instantly Connects Youth with Seniors to Tackle Loneliness Across Generations
The new payphone outside a coffee shop on a Boston University campus is a strange sight: with its canary yellow box and the sticker pasted across the top reading “Call a Boomer.” But what passersby can’t see and don’t know is that over 2,000 miles away in Reno, Nevada, another payphone box sits in a […]
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Volunteers Plant ‘Mega Hedge’ 15 Miles Across England, Connecting Wildlife in Two National Parks
From England’s South Downs National Park, one can trace a series of traditional hedgerows off into the distance farther than it’s possible to see. This mega hedge runs all the way across the county of Hampshire, to New Forest National Park, some 15 miles in length. The Hampshire Hedge, as it’s called, has been three […]
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Global Terrorism Falls to 15-year Low Driven by Reductions in 81 Countries
The annual Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace has reported that global terrorist attacks fell 22% last year, and deaths from said attacks fell 28%. They both fall to numbers not seen since 2007. 2025 registered the single biggest annual reduction in attacks and incidents since 2020-2021. The trend reflects […]
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Intrepid Teens Channel Donations of Old School Uniforms to 1,400 Families, Saving Them $140K
Two San Francisco area teens are providing a valuable service for low-income families in their community by collecting and redistributing donated school uniforms. The brothers’ work also keeps the clothes out of landfills, where they break down over hundreds of years while releasing methane, a potent, yet short-lived greenhouse gas. Anyone who’s had to shop […]
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Message in a Bottle Discovery on Tasmanian Beach Leads to 25-year Intercontinental Friendship
Not exactly news, but a beautiful story comes now from the sandy shores of Tasmania, where 25 years ago, the waves brought a life-long friend to resident Diane Charles. Rising early, she tells ABC News AU, was her habit back then—to enjoy the peace of the sea and salute other early risers. One such morning […]
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43-year-long Study Found Coffee Was Associated with 18% Lower Risk of Dementia
After documenting the consumption of tea and coffee by healthcare professionals for a staggering 43 years, the resulting data seems to support what many other studies have found: that coffee is associated with better neurological health. The strongest effects were seen in participants who drank 2-3 cups of caffeinated coffee or 1-2 cups of tea […]
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Nashville Public Library Offers Free Digitization of Photos, VHS Tapes–Book Your Appointment Now
The memory of entire lives, generations even, were recorded on technology that is rapidly becoming difficult to access, difficult to preserve, or just plain inconvenient to have around. As VHS tapes, Beta Max, slides and audio film, photos, or negatives, and the personal memories they contain risk being lost to history, so the Nashville Public […]
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