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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Stunning Mosaics Made by Londoners with PTSD Offer Pieces of Healing in Community Artwork
Tucked away in the parks and alleyways of East London lies one of the city’s most vibrant collections of public art. What makes it all the more special is the mending of mental health maladies that transforms its volunteer artists. The sometimes sprawling, Roman-inspired masterpieces are the work of the Hackney Mosaic Project and its […]
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Scientist Discovers New Species of Wildflower That Only Grows in New Jersey
A researcher discovered a ‘rare’ wildflower that only grows in New Jersey—after studying a plant that everyone assumed to belong to another species. In the Pine Barrens region of southern New Jersey, Temple University researcher Sasha Eisenman helped identify the long mistaken plant as unique to the state—a discovery that could help protect it for […]
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Animal DNA Samples Can Pinpoint Hotspots of Illegal Wildlife Trade Routes
Tiny samples of DNA taken from a wide variety of animal sources can pinpoint hotspots of the illegal wildlife trade, utilizing a new research technique—and eventually lead to dismantling lucrative poaching networks. The study focused on pangolins—with their scales prized for traditional medicine. One of the most poached species, they account for almost a third […]
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Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is 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 for Paranoia: […]
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AI Used to Pinpoint Whale Heat Signatures to Prevent Ship Collisions in San Francisco Bay
Scientists in California are using heat-sensing AI to save grey whales transiting through San Francisco Bay. More and more sightings of grey whales, a medium size baleen that can grow to between 40 and 50 feet, are being recorded in the bay, and conservationists are eager to develop methods to more consistently keep them safe […]
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Police Deputy Praised After ‘Run-of-the-Mill’ Call Turns into Emergency Baby Delivery
A call about suspicious activity saw a California police officer race to save a newborn’s life. A woman was sitting between two bushes near a business in the Rancho Cordova, and Deputy Foster Tracy described the situation as “routine,” before it became anything but. “It was zero to a hundred really fast. It was one […]
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Britain’s Largest Iron Age Hoard on Display for the First Time Includes Evidence of First 4-Horse Carriage
5 years after its discovery and 2 years after preservation, the largest collection of Iron age artifacts ever found in Britain is revealing its secrets. Found in the “rural backwater” of northern England’s county of Yorkshire, the mélange of horse tackle, carriage pieces, weapons, and home goods is proving the region was anything but. Now, […]
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Phone Case Brand Designs Autonomous Floating Plastic Collection Platform to Combat Ocean Waste
In a stunning act of corporate responsibility, one of the world’s largest makers of smartphone cases has designed and built a seaborne drone carrier designed to clean up ocean-bound plastic waste. Already deployed off the coast of Taiwan, the Circular Blue looks a little like an offshore oil or gas platform, but rather than pulling […]
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Growing Coffee in the World’s Densest City: Hong Kong Roastery Hails Beans That Aren’t Imported
From CNN’s travel desk comes the story of a miracle passion project that goes down smooth—and tastes great with a bagel. At the center of Hong Kong, it might seem a preposterous notion that anyone is engaged in agriculture in the world’s densest city, but on the relative frontier of the city-state’s Lantau Island, a […]
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Louvre Announces Mona Lisa Will Have Her Own Building in Major Redesign to Ease Tourist Scrum
The world’s most visited museum has made the wise decision to move the world’s most famous painting to a separate wing, where clamoring hordes pushing for a glimpse can stay separate from the rest of the art-loving public. In a statement announcing major structural changes to the Louvre in Paris, administrators revealed that the Mona […]
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Man Gathers Up Family Acres Home to Moose and Mountain Lion and Returns Them to Indian Tribe
Early in May, GNN reported how Australia and USA citizens have amassed 85 million acres of private land specifically for conservation. From the Spokesman-Review comes the story of a man in Washington state who’s about to make it 85,000,885 by donating his own patch to the Kalispel Indian Tribe. Having spent his whole working life […]
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With Every Free Clean, Window Washer Influencer Spotlights Great, Struggling Restaurants in Kansas City
With every pass of his squeegee, a window washer in Kansas City reveals the personal story behind his favorite local businesses through his popular social media channel. Davis Roethler is co-owner of Window Wolf, KC’s most trusted window washer, but that’s hardly all there is to his story. With experience as a social media content […]
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Florida Man Spends Days Searching for Owner of Lost $30,000 He Found: ‘it wasn’t mine to take’
From Riviera Beach in Florida comes the story of a man returning $30,000 to a poor soul who’d misplaced it, saying “it wasn’t mine to take.” The story is simple, yet powerful, and a reminder that there are good people all over the country; all over the world. It starts with Luis Salazar walking into […]
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Free Ice Cream Gift for One Child Prompts Donations to Fund Free Sweets For Kids the Entire Summer
A heartwarming, brain-freezing story comes now from the streets of Massachusetts, where a woman who offered free ice cream to a penniless child sparked a McFlurry of giving. Madyson Silvagnoli can be found in her truck—Maddy’s Ice Cream and More—along the streets of Gardner on hot summer days. Silvagnoli says her ice cream truck is […]
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Instead of Arresting Indigenous Fishermen, Australia Begins to Pay Them to Control Sea Urchin Plague
Native coastal Australians are experiencing a dramatic reversal of fortunes—from facing jail time over fishing to being trained to lead a whole new fishing industry. Documented in a feature piece at Australia’s ABC News, young people from the Walbunja indigenous community are reconnecting to traditional fishing practices in order to suppress a very yummy plague […]
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