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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Archaeologists Stumble Upon a Roman Villa When Expecting to Find Nothing at Their Project Site
Preparatory archaeology work at an English wind farm development site has turned up two incredible discoveries. The first was a Roman villa and bathhouse, and the second was a Neolithic burial mound. These were discovered by a team of archaeologists who fully believed they weren’t going to find anything. The team works for Headland Archaeology, […]
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America’s Largest Rainforest Safe from Logging Thanks to Alaska Court Ruling
An Alaska district court judge has ruled against a coalition of logging interests looking to get their saws on Tongass National Forest’s old growth timber stands. As the nation’s largest national forest, and the world’s largest temperate rainforest, Tongass acts as a superb stronghold for many species, such as the bald eagle, sperm whale, Steller’s […]
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April’s Lyrid Meteor Shower to Streak Across Moonless Sky for a Perfect Stargazing Show
With the Earth having welcomed the month of April with a full Moon, several celestial events will follow that promise to provide a perfect reason to get out into the shortening spring nights. Chief among these will be the opportunity to see the Lyrid meteor shower safe from the light of the Moon during the […]
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Unique Honeybees Found Only in Southern California Can Fend Off Deadly Varroa Mites
‘Southern California is home to a black-and-yellow flying treasure’, wrote scientists giddy over good news about bee populations—and our food supply. Commercial honeybee hives across the US have been collapsing for years, under attack from deadly parasites—but now a unique hybrid bee found only in the southern part of California has demonstrated the ability to […]
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Toddler Loves Telling Stories, So Music-Teacher Dad Turns Them Into THE Catchiest Bops Ever (Listen)
His songs are born inside the imagination of a three-year-old girl. But thanks to her music-teacher father, the songs—like, Purple Bear Princess—are enjoying a long life on social media, becoming viral sensations whenever Stephen Spencer transforms his daughter’s musings into full-blown melodies. “I’m always inspired by the strange and beautiful things that my 3-year-old daughter
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12 Stunning Owl Photos Entice Visitors to Their Scottish Facility–And Any New Owners Who May Want to Buy it
Beautiful portraits are showcasing the twelve species of hand-reared birds that are being touted among the largest collection of owls in the world—over 150 raptors in total. Ranging in age from 1-19 years-old, they were photographed at their home in the Scottish Owl Centre in Bathgate, 23 miles outside Glasgow—and, as the founders are nearing […]
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Fleet of ‘Flying Ferries’ Will Provide Zero-Emission, Silent EV Boats for Travelers Along Norway’s Busy Coast
Tourists and commuters along Norway’s stunning coastline will soon travel aboard “flying” electric ferries—quietly whizzing above the water to their destinations. A Norwegian leader in sustainable transport, Boreal AS, has ordered 20 electric hydrofoil vessels from Candela Technology, with deliveries next year from the Swedish company that will launch the world’s largest electric fleet. Water
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After 5 Years, Missing Cat Finally Reunited With Owner Thanks to Old Facebook Post from When He was Stolen
A missing cat has finally been reunited with his owner five years after being ‘catnapped’. Danielle Arme was left heartbroken when her beloved kitten Bodhi suddenly disappeared in July 2021. In a double blow, Bodhi’s brother Braxon also vanished leaving the family devastated. Danielle put posters up around her neighborhood in Derby, England, and asked […]
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Loyal Pet Lovebird Won’t Leave the Side of Her Parrot Companion After He Dies (Video)
A devoted pet lovebird lived up to her name when she wouldn’t leave the side of her companion after it died at the owner’s home in the Maldives. Mariyam Jazeela captured a video of the poignant moments on March 2nd as her lovebird, Ollu, lingered next to Sky, the ringneck parrot which had just passed […]
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Urine From Music Festival Toilets is Fertilizing a New Biodiverse Forest With Odor-Free Nutrients
In a UK first, a new forest is set to be grown with fertilized nutrients recovered from urine collected from music festival toilets. The woodland in Wales will feature 4,500 native British trees, like beech, grown with fertilizer made with pee from the Boomtown festival, Bristol Pride, and even the London Marathon. The first seed, […]
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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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12-yo Girl Named a Hero for Running into Burning Home to Save Brothers
A Georgia pre-teen saved her older brothers from potentially perishing in a fire that consumed the left side of the family’s two-story home. She’s been hailed by the family and community as a hero, who saved the most important things the family had while everything else was destroyed in the fire: each other. The Johnson […]
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Coalition Pushed for Cycling Lanes and Better Buses and Got Them, Transforming Manila in the Process
For decades, 98% of transportation-related funding and infrastructure went to the 6% of people in the Philippines who own cars. Now after years of research, advocacy, and lobbying, a national coalition has led a transformation in public transit and civic planning on behalf of cyclists, pedestrians, and non-car commuters, and has attracted international attention and […]
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Artifacts from 2,000-yo Shipwreck at Bottom of Swiss Lake Include Roman Chariot Pieces (LOOK)
In November 2024, an exceptional shipwreck was discovered at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It contained an exquisitely preserved cachet of pottery, weapons, tools, and components for horse-drawn transport that date back 2,000 years. Archaeologists believe it was a civilian merchant ship crossing the lake on a supply mission to a Roman legionary camp […]
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In Memorium: First American to Climb Everest Dies at 97 After a Lifetime of Climbing with His Brother
America doffs its hat to one of its greatest modern outdoorsmen: the first among our countrymen to conquer the two highest peaks in the world: Mount Everest in 1963, and K2 in 1978. Jim Whittaker was born in Washington state on February 10th, 1929. His identical twin brother Lou was born on the same day. […]
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