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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See Our Two Brightest Planets Form a Triple Alignment with the Moon After Sunset
Three bright planets will conjoin in the June sky early this month before the Moon jumps in on the 16th. The conjunction will feature the two brightest planets from our point of view: Venus, blazing hot and near at hand, and Jupiter, far away but orders of magnitude larger. Arrayed in a line drawn from […]
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Critically-Endangered Red Ruffed Lemur Triplets Born at Wild Georgia Theme Park
A Critically-Endangered lemur couple has welcomed triplets into their lives at a zoo and theme park in Valdosta, Georgia. It’s the third year in a row the resident female has given birth at Wild Adventures Theme Park, showing how productive captive breeding programs can be, and how much hope one should have about the future […]
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Iconic Kruger National Park Celebrates 100th Year of Protecting African Wildlife, Including the Big 5
On Sunday, South African authorities and nature lovers alike celebrated the centenary of Kruger National Park—a 7,500-square-mile paradise of African wildlife, and a cornerstone of the nation’s conservation efforts. Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Willie Aucamp rang in the celebrations at Skukuza Rest Camp inside the massive protected area, saying how
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Conductor Blown Away After Guy in Audience Steps in for Pianist During La La Land Concert Mishap–WATCH
From a beam of limelight in Sydney comes the story of a young man fulfilling something of a dream as he stepped in to perform on stage after a professional pianist felt ill. La La Land, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, is an homage to Hollywood and the dream of making it on the Silver […]
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Wisconsin Trooper Has a New Pawtner–a Kitten He Saved After it Was Hurled Out of a Moving Car
When a Wisconsin state trooper arrived to help a motorist who had stopped on a ramp up to I-90, he never could have imagined how his life was about to change. Trooper Brody Schmitz arrived at the driver’s side window, and heard a disturbing story. “The motorist informed him that she had witnessed someone throw […]
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Rescuing London’s Precious Building Materials Diverting Them from Dumps for Reuse
A salvage and reuse operation in London is ensuring that every charming bit of wood, brick, glass, porcelain, and steel that has made the city beautiful can continue to do so with a second life in the circular economy. Started through an epiphany of “street logic” by a man frustrated by red tape, Yes Make […]
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2026 Sees the Most Right Whale Calves Born in One Season Since 2009
This year’s calving season along the southeast coastline of America has documented the most North Atlantic right whale calves since 2009. Additionally, trends in calf births seem to indicate a normalization of breeding and birthing among the animals that could accelerate population recovery. GNN has lately devoted many column inches to the North Atlantic right […]
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How Japanese Fish Printing Grew from Documenting Day’s Catch to Acclaimed Artform
From its humble origins as a method of documenting noteworthy catches, for sale or for record setting, the art of fish printing, or “gyotaku” has rapidly become an international fine art phenomenon. As Japanese as a Geisha cutting a sushi roll with a samurai sword, gyotaku is infused with all the lovely idiosyncrasies of the country—from its famous […]
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Ecosystem of Pansies Thrives on Soil Contaminated by Lead Mining–Turning it into Clean Organic Compounds
For areas contaminated by lead and zinc mining across Europe, a class of plants known as “metallophytes” are helping enrich nature while diminishing pollution. The Guardian reported on this kind of ecological double speak, where wildflowers seemingly grow in healthy abundance on semi-mountainous landscapes in the north of the UK, a place that has seen […]
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No Vaccine No Problem: Papua New Guinea Malaria Deaths Fall by 92%
Using only current methods of prevention, testing, and treatment, Papua New Guinea has reduced the rate of malaria deaths from 13 per 100,000 inhabitants to just 1. PNG is responsible for some 90% of all malaria cases in the Western Pacific region. Lucy Dally, the country’s malaria coordinator, presented this incredible drop in the fatality […]
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3 Teens Win Global Earth Prize for Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics
In mid-May, GNN reported that 3 teens from India had won a major continental science prize for their brilliant use of an ingredient in Indian cuisine as the basis for a microplastic filter. Now, from Geneva comes the announcement that 16-year-olds Vivaan Chhawchharia, Ariana Agarwal, and Avyana Mehta, have claimed the Global Earth Prize in […]
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Grieving Mother Finds 3-Carat Gem at Crater of Diamonds State Park After Son and Father Die
A grieving mother discovered a 3.09-carat white gem at Crater of Diamonds State Park, catching a wave of emotional release and hope following a year of personal loss. Keshia Smith planned the trip to Arkansas a year ago, joining her boyfriend and brother on the journey from Pennsylvania. Little did she know she’d be healing […]
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Britain’s First Furniture Orchard Grows Chairs Right on the Trees (WATCH)
A British couple has spent 20 years perfecting the practice of sculpting trees to grow into the shapes of ready-made seats designed with living branches. Alice and Gavin Munro began creating the ‘furniture orchard’ on a two-acre English farm in 2006, but the harvesting typically takes between 6-9 years per chair. The process involves pruning […]
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Incredibly Rare Bongos Caught on Trail Cam in Area They Were Thought to be Extinct
It’s World Bongo Day today, and scientists dedicated to their survival have shared new field camera images that prove these magnificent animals have reappeared in a region where they were thought to be extinct. For more than half a decade, conservationists feared the wild mountain bongo population, detected in four isolated areas eight years ago, […]
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Batteries That Use Sodium Instead of Lithium Could Be Low-Cost Rival to Tesla’s
A new study shows that a low-cost sodium-ion battery currently used in cars and large-scale energy storage systems in China matches most performance parameters and production quality found in Tesla’s lithium-ion batteries. Since sodium is much more abundant and widely available than lithium, using it for batteries could cut raw material costs for manufacturers and […]
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