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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How Beijing Restored its Aquifer and Reversed its Groundwater Depletion
Aquifers are like bank accounts for groundwater, and they’re replenished with each deposit of rain, snowmelt, or surface infiltration. Currently, many aquifers around the world have low balances, but there have been some success stories. “Groundwater depletion is not inevitable,” said Environmental Science Professor Scott Jasechko at the University of California-Santa Barbara. “Humans
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5 Friends Take Same Photo for Over 4 Decades: ‘We Vowed to Keep it Going No Matter What’ (LOOK)
Five friends from California have been taking the same photo while on vacation together since 1982. The 62-year-old pals—John Wardlaw, Mark Rumer-Cleary, Dallas Burney, John Molony and JD Dickson—all attended Santa Barbara High School when they were teens. After graduation, they vacationed together at Wardlaw’s grandfather’s cabin on Copco Lake near the Oregon border. There,
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Spectacular Coastline Saved by Dying Donation From Reverand Who Used to Walk There
A stretch of English coastline overlooking the sea has been saved for future generations, thanks to a dying gift from a local vicar who treasured his walks amid the spectacular landscape. The National Trust acquired the 34 acres (14-hectare) near the historic port town of Fowey in Cornwall, using a bequest from Reverend Anthony Mapplebeck. […]
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8 Weeks in Europe For Free: Hidden Valley is Hiring 4 ‘Ranch-bassadors’ to Dress Up Euro Foods and Post About it
Grab a friend or partner who loves Ranch dressing and apply for a dream opportunity to be paid and travel (all expenses paid) across Europe this summer for the Hidden Valley Ranch company. The brand is recruiting four ‘Ranch-ambassadors’ (two teams of two) to serve as on-the-ground cultural explorers for seven weeks, documenting the experience […]
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Watch 78-Year-old Lady Jump From Rock Cliff on 300-foot Rope Swing in Utah, ‘What a Legend!’
A 78-year-old woman became a daredevil last week when she decided to go ‘rope swinging’ for the first time. Barbara took the plunge at what operators are calling the longest rope swing in the US—hung between two 500-foot rock cliffs in the desert of Moab, Utah. Andy Lewis, co-founder of Moab Swingers, shot a video […]
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Everyone’s Liver is Only 3 Years-old, Thus WWII Vet Becomes Oldest Organ Donor in US History at 100
Two hours after Dale Steele passed away, his son received a call. The circle of life was spinning and Dale’s legacy would soon live on. Even at 100 years old, his liver was 100% healthy and he could donate it. “How could that even be?” his son, Roger, wondered. Officials from the organ donation nonprofit […]
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North America’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Opens for Animals to Safely Cross in Colorado
Moose, elk, black bears, and mountain lions are now able to cross six lanes of interstate highway traffic along I-25 near Larkspur, Colorado, thanks to the opening of North America’s largest wildlife overpass. The Colorado Department of Transportation completed construction of the structure in Douglas County in December, by covering the overpass surface with dirt […]
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April Fools 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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Animals are Streaming into 400 Children’s Hospitals From San Diego Zoo’s Dedicated 24-hour Channel
For most kids, you can’t beat a trip to the zoo. And for those unfortunate kids whose immune systems are too weak to endure such an excursion, they now have the chance to experience it from their hospital beds. That’s thanks to a clever partnership involving the San Diego Zoo’s 24/7 streaming service, one that […]
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Virunga National Park Sees Hundreds of Elephants Return and Rare Gorilla Twins Born During Hopeful Year
Things are looking up in DR Congo’s Virunga Mountains, where recently scores of elephants have been returning across the border following a reduction in militia violence. Also this spring, there have been 9 healthy births recorded among the mountain gorillas, including rare twins which a ranger officer called “a very encouraging sign.” On the elephants, […]
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24 New Species Including a New Family of Amphipods Identified in Deep Sea Survey
A recent international survey of a deep sea zone near Mexico turned up 24 species of shrimp-like animals called amphipods, including a whole new taxonomic family, called Mirabestiidae. The survey took place in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) between Hawaii and Mexico, where a fractious seabed can range in depth from 10,000 to 20,000 feet. Over […]
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New Drug Could Change Lives of Kids with Resistant Epilepsy, Patient Trials Concluded
A phase 2 clinical trial in England has demonstrated smashing success in improving the conditions of children with a rare form of treatment-resistant epilepsy called Dravet syndrome. Believed to affect 3,000 children in England, it’s just one out of hundreds of forms of genetic epilepsy that have no pharmacological options. Scientists not involved with the […]
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Tiny 28-Inch Pony Is Now thriving After Being so Sick He Couldn’t Stand
From central England comes the feel good story of a tiny pony rescued from disease whose winning and warming hearts of visitors at the rescue center where he was nursed back to health. Last March, Pickle the 9-month-old Shetland Pony was found critically ill after the nonprofit World Horse Welfare responded to an animal welfare […]
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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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