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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Ultra-Rare Pokemon Card That Cost $2 Sells for $40,000 at Auction, as Prices Soar
An ultra-rare Pokémon card that cost $2 in 1999 just sold for a whopping $40,000 at auction. The 1st edition Shadowless Base Set Charizard card is known as the “holy grail” to collectors and enthusiasts, according to Hansons Auctioneers. The “mint condition” card went under the hammer as part of the UK’s largest ever sale […]
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Rare Fossils in Amber Raise Questions About Secret Lives of Cretaceous Insects
Insects play a critical role in ecosystems but, because they are so rarely preserved as fossils, it’s hard to study their roles from habitats millions of years old. But fossilized tree resin can occasionally preserve an insect within its amber, freezing a moment in time. Most rare of all is when the moment in amber […]
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Forget Yankee Candle, This Company has Hired Disabled Americans for 20 Years to Produce Superior Scents
We may need to allow our ‘flame’ for Yankee Candles to burn out, now that we’ve learned about this New Jersey small business that gives back to their community in life-changing ways. For over 20 years, the family-owned candle company has provided meaningful employment for adults with special needs, hiring them to place the wicks […]
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Treacherous 43-Day Mountain Search Finally Reunites Dog With Owner After it Bolted During Road Trip: ‘It was amazing’
Steven Maa was worried his beloved dog wouldn’t survive the night in the Rocky Mountains. He was driving cross-country to California from New Jersey to start a new job on the West Coast when he stopped for some skiing in Montezuma, Colorado on Dec. 28. He left his dog Rocky with a local pet sitter, […]
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Older Male Whales More Successful at Mating Because They’re Better Singers, Shows Study
Older male whales are more successful at mating than their younger rivals because they are better singers, suggests new research. The older singing whales are increasingly successful at birthing offspring compared to younger males, with the findings suggesting that the humpbacks may need time to learn and refine their singing and competitive tactics—giving experienced males
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Dozens of Strangers Form Parade for Man With Cancer–Driving Classic Cars Past his Home for One Last Surprise (WATCH)
A Colorado man was given a heartwarming surprise last week, after his granddaughter reached out to strangers who provided one last look at his favorite thing—a classic car show. “I just wanted to do something special for him,” his granddaughter, Annaliesse Garcia, told KDVR News. And ‘special’ it was, as dozens of car owners paraded […]
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Monopoly World Champion Reveals His Secrets for Always Beating Your Family, as the Game Celebrates 90 Years
A Monopoly World Champion has shared his top tips for winning your next game—and his first piece of advice is to always buy the ‘orange’ properties. As the iconic board game celebrates its 90th birthday this year, Jason Bunn, who once won the world title, talked to SWNS news agency about his successful strategies. His […]
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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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Astronomers Say They Have Solved One of Saturn’s Greatest Mysteries
A neat feat of calculation and deduction may have solved one of our solar system’s greatest mysteries. Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is bigger than Mercury, yet for all its conspicuousness, scientists don’t know exactly how it came to be so large that it’s gravitational influence causes Saturn to tilt and wobble. There are […]
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UK’s First Geothermal Power Plant Begins Using Underground Heat to Power 10K Homes
The UK’s first geothermal power plant has just begun operations, using hot water from deep underground to create renewable electricity. The United Downs plant in Cornwall has been in development for nearly two decades, and will now begin providing enough electricity to power 10,000 homes. Geothermal power generation comes via energy stored in the form of […]
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2 Dogs Rescued By ‘Animal Lover’-Plow Driver After He Saw Them Running Middle of a Blizzard
A snow plow driver was crawling through near-white out conditions on Long Island when he saw something strange. Kenny McGowan has had to stop his snow plow in the past for all manner of hidden obstacles and hazards, from buried cars to fallen branches. Instead, two slight figures were running along the asphalt/ice/snow/salt poutine that […]
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Sub-Zero Temperatures Didn’t Affect Madison’s Electric Bus Fleet This Year–A Major EV Milestone
In January, GNN reported on how the brain-disabling cold of the Norwegian winter couldn’t affect the performance of an all-electric ferryboat plying the waters in the country’s far northern district of Finmark. Well closer to home, a fleet of all-electric buses in Wisconsin have made it to the Vernal Equinox with similar performance statistics: the […]
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Vacation Film Forgotten in 70-yo Vintage Camera Was Developed for the First Time: Do You Know These Skiers?
From the charming British countryside of Salisbury comes an equally-charming story of a roll of lost film found lodged in a thrift shop camera. Developed by Ian Scott of Salisbury Photo Center, he and the new owner of the antique camera were suddenly looking at crisp memories of a skiing trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland. […]
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Scientists Wanted Eco-Friendly Battery, Realized They Could Use the Brine Needed to Make Tofu
Capable of undergoing 120,000 charge cycles and being disposed of anywhere, an experimental new battery design might be thought of as truly state-of-the-art. To the contrary, the magnesium chloride or calcium chloride electrolytes used to carry the charge between the negative and positive electrodes were quite familiar to the Hong Kong-scientists that designed the battery […]
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Thailand’s Mythical ‘Fire Tiger’ Captured on Trail Cam, One of the Rarest Sightings in the Cat World
Thai conservationists were delighted with the news that a sighting of an Asian golden cat had been recorded by camera traps. The legendary “fire tiger” of Thai folklore and mythology, the Asian golden cat is one of the most scarcely seen of all wildcats. Filmed by a camera trap in the country’s northern Khao Luang […]
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