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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370,000 Acres of Rainforest and Granite Peaks Now Protected in French Guiana
As part of new wildlands protection law, the French Government has announced the creation of a new nature reserve in French Guiana spanning 370,000 acres. Called the Rocky Peaks of Armontabo, the reserve includes giant, isolated granite mountains surrounded by intact rainforest of rich biodiverse value. The same law also protected 7 other landscapes in […]
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Unique Double Cochlear Implant Surgery Lets Twins Hear Mom’s Voice For the First Time–Together
In what is believed to be the first surgical program of its kind in Australia, a pair of profoundly deaf twins have received cochlear implants at the same time. The marathon 8-hour surgery involved 4 implants on 4 ears and 2 boys, all done in order to minimize the impact of pre and post surgical […]
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Firemen Rushed a 5-year old’s Fingertips to Hospital Where She Recovered and Painted a Thank-You Picture for Them
A 5-year-old who had her fingertips sliced off in a freak merry-go-round accident recently visited the station of the firefighters who saved them. As Olive was rushed to the hospital, a group of 8 “Red Watch” volunteers at the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service frantically searched for the severed digits in the grass. Finding […]
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Italy’s Forest Cover is Larger Than Agriculture Land for the First Time Since the Middle Ages
For the first time since the Middle Ages, Italy has more woodland than agricultural land. Forests now stretch across 60,000 square miles of the Italian Peninsula, overly concentrated in mountain areas, but which nevertheless represent the gradual reversion of cultivated land to woodland again. The milestone was officially hit in 2020, but only revealed this […]
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Million Dollar Makeover Turns Old Railroad Bridge into City’s Trendiest Venue With a View
GNN has previously reported on heritage American architecture finding new life as hospitality and entertainment centers. On the Kansas River, a 120-year-old railroad bridge has been infused with the labor and love of both states the trains used to pass through, and has been resurrected into a restaurant and event space plus walking path. The […]
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Musée d’Orsay Opens Gallery Dedicated to Still-Unclaimed Artworks Stolen by Nazis in WWII
The world-famous Musée d’Orsay has opened the doors to a very unique gallery—its dream would be to get rid of all the paintings inside. That’s because it exhibits a rotating selection of 225 works that were stolen when the Nazis occupied Paris during the Second World War. Currently 12 paintings, including works by Renoir and […]
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USA’s Largest Renewable Project Comes Online–With More Power Than the Hoover Dam
The largest renewable energy infrastructure project in US history is fully operational. The SunZia project is expected to generate and deliver more power than the Hoover Dam and be a reliable energy to the western United States for the next 30 years. The approximately 3,650-megawatt (MW) wind project and 550-mile high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission […]
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Mars Perseverance Rover Completes a Marathon on Mars to Cap Off Extraordinary 5 Years
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover just completed a special milestone as it recently marked 5 years on the Red Planet. The robotic science lab has put 26.2 miles under its wheels: in other words, a marathon. Having conducted hundreds of experiments so far, the rover’s data has already helped refine our understanding of the Martian surface, […]
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8 Acres of Rewilding Completed Along Santa Monica Coastline: ‘It’s Still Your Beach, Only Better’
A group in Los Angeles is ensuring that the city’s famous beaches retain enough nature to protect wildlife and the city from harsher storms. “Your beach is still your beach, only better.” That was Tom Ford’s message to any Angelinos who might be indignant at the sight on his nonprofit staking out and roping off […]
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Dawn of Modular Architecture Sees 26-Story Apartment Finished in 5 Days Thanks to US-China Collab.
It was a rare snowy day in southcentral China’s Changsha—a city of ancient innovation—when flatbeds loaded with steel arrived at a building site. On January 7th, 2024, workers began to arrange stainless steel modules on the empty site. Standing in its place just 5 days later was a 26-story high-rise apartment complex. The nothing-short-of-remarkable demonstration […]
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Minnesota Artist’s ‘Mini Art Vending Machine’ Has Sold Nearly 3,000 Pieces of One-Dollar Art
A Minnesota artist who wanted to do more to help her peers built and installed a “Mini Art Vending Machine” at a local book store. Head inside Inkwell Booksellers at 426 E. Hennepin in Minneapolis, put 4 quarters in and turn the wheel, and a little envelope will fall down containing a mystery piece of […]
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7.4 Mil. Plant and Fungi Samples Have Been Digitized to ‘Democratize Knowledge’ and Save Species
After a marathon effort to digitize each of the 7.4 million plant and fungi samples in its herbarium, the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew has said the result will help “democratize knowledge” while leveraging AI’s incredible computation power to plan conservation strategies, discover new chemicals, and more. The new archive is just one part in an […]
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Sighting of Elusive ‘Miner’s Cat’ a Fitting Reward for Philanthropists Rewilding Their Private Land
For a philanthropic couple in Oregon, the sighting on a trail camera of one of North America’s most elusive animals was both surprising and not. Bill and Sarah Epstein had committed a large plot of family-owned land to conservation, and so the appearance of a “ringtail” or “miner’s cat” was a sign that their work […]
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Study Finds Many Older Adults Will Improve Over Time–Depending on Their Mindset
A new study by scientists at Yale University suggests that older individuals can and do ‘improve,’ in all the senses of that word, over time. Analyzing the results of a large study of older Americans that ran for a decade, a key data point was that the individual’s mindset toward aging plays a major part […]
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With Plasma, Solar, Magnets, EU Aims to Help Decarbonize Industrial Heat Generation
Most industrial processes need heat, and most heat comes from burning fossil fuels, but armed with €400 million in grants, the European Commission is hoping to change that. The commission has just seen the successful launch of its “industrial heat decarbonization project” auction, where it accepted 65 different projects presented from 10 different EU countries.
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