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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Hero Saves Golf Buddy’s Life When Heart Attack Hits During Video Call
A quick-thinking woman saved her friend’s life after witnessing him having a heart attack during a video call. Shannon Jeffries was about to head out into the English countryside for her weekly nine holes with buddy Darren Oliver, when the 60-year-old rang her to say he felt too unwell to play. But, as they chatted, […]
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Bumblebees Have Learned to Read Simple Morse Code–an Ability Seen Only in Humans and Vertebrates
A new study is the first to show that an insect can differentiate between different durations of visual cues. In Morse code, a short duration flash or “dot” denotes a letter “E” and a long duration flash— or “dash”—means letter “T”. Until now, the ability to discriminate between “dot” and “dash” has been seen only
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Giant 7’9” French Canadian is Tallest Player in College Basketball History, Dunking Without Jumping (WATCH)
He was the same height as his kindergarten teacher and had eclipsed seven-feet-tall by the time he entered seventh grade. And now—standing at 7’9”—Olivier Rioux from Quebec has ascended into sports history by becoming the tallest person to ever play in a college basketball game. As the minutes ticked away in the second half of […]
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Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, 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 […]
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Holland Will Return a Looted 3,500-Year-Old Stone Bust Following Lavish Egyptian Museum Opening
Having identified a 3,500-year-old bust of a pharaoh among the nation’s antiquity dealers, The Netherlands are turning it over to the Egyptian authorities in a “good faith gesture.” It’s believed to have been stolen during the Arab Spring of 2011-12, when intense protests brought the end of Hosni Mubarak’s Presidency and the start of several […]
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A Free Pop-Up Apple Orchard in the Big Apple Invites You for Free Fruit and Hot Cider
A pair of local organizations are inviting New Yorkers to skip Upstate for Midtown for a pop-up apple orchard in the Big Apple. Along with being fun and festive, full of free apples and hot cider, the free event highlights how just a little extra attention in around moving surplus food can help families in […]
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NYC Innovation Sees Century-Old Bridge Replaced Currently $93M Under Budget, Without Stopping Trains
New York City had to replace a 132-year-old railway line along Park Avenue, and the contractor’s innovative approach has saved taxpayers millions. Confusingly called the Park Avenue Viaduct, the same name as the historic automobile viaduct at Pershing Square, the aging structure carried some 750 Metro-North trains into Grand Central Station every day. The city’s
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Speaking Two Languages Seems to Slows Aging, Speaking Three or More Augments the Effect
Speaking two or more languages is associated with a reduced risk of accelerated aging, according to data from more than 86,000 people across 27 European countries. It’s yet another great reason to learn a new language, or bring up a child in a bilingual household. Previous research has proposed that multilingualism can help maintain cognitive […]
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New Gel Regrows Dental Enamel–Which Humans Cannot Do–and Could Revolutionize Tooth Care
Chemists in England have created a gel that can repair and regenerate tooth enamel, opening up new possibilities for effective and long-lasting dental treatment. The gel can be rapidly applied to teeth in the same way dentists currently apply standard fluoride treatments. However, this new protein-based gel is fluoride-free and works by mimicking key features […]
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Delta Airlines Treats Teens to Free ‘Dream Flights’ Inspiring Many to Become Pilots and Engineers
Every year, Delta Airlines hosts a special, one-of-a-kind trip to place the heads of ambitious Black students squarely in the clouds. Climbing aboard a Boeing 757 as it took off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, 100 local teens were the latest passengers on Delta’s “Dream Flights” program, a give-back initiative that introduces students to
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Scientist Discovers New Bee Species with ‘Devil-like’ Horns–Names Her ‘Lucifer’
She’s got devil-like horns, but she ain’t after your soul: she’s only looking for pollen. She’s Megachile lucifer, a new species of solitary bee identified in Western Australia’s Goldfields region by a team of scientists inspecting a rare wildflower habitat. She’s also the first new bee species added to the genus in 20 years, making this resident
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Three Bob Ross Paintings Sold for $600,000 at Auction in Fundraiser for Public Television
Three works from Bob Ross’ classic public television show The Joy of Painting raised over half a million dollars for public television. Having relied for decades on endowment contributions and pledge drives of every tact and description, it was brilliant idea that puts a brilliant man and his brilliant perspective on the arts back into the […]
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Boy’s Great Tagline Helps Raise Thousands For Underprivileged Kids to Afford Hockey
A hockey-loving boy from a hockey-loving family is selling special hockey merch to help other hockey lovers—and he’s loving it. His family took a childhood utterance, as genius as it was random, and spun it into a line of merchandise with the proceeds going to charities that pay for gear, rink time, and team fees […]
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Shipwrecked Cargo of Roman Lead Bars Provides a Chance to Observe Dark Matter on Earth
What do dark matter, the Roman Empire, and a toxic heavy metal have in common? The answer is Mr. Ettore Fiorini who helped excavate a 2,000-year-old shipwreck whose cargo of Roman lead bars could, he believed, help him unravel the secrets of the universe. If the second sentence made no more sense than the first, […]
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Man Returns Dad’s ‘Souvenir of Parthenon’ and Turns Out it Was Even Older Acropolis Relic
In 2022, an elder Chilean man walked into the Greek embassy in Santiago on a mission: to turn himself in. Not that 77-year-old Enrico Tosti-Croce had done anything wrong, but rather he was putting a small family matter to rest. In the 1930s, a young Italian submariner visited Athens with the Italian Navy and paid […]
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