Young Hockey Player Returns to the Rink Nine Months After a Devastating Injury
Jackson hopes to one day play hockey again, but his goals also include showing people that spinal cord injuries are not the end of the period.| Good News Network
A new technology utilizing coffee and plastic waste is designed to capture carbon dioxide from industrial processes before it’s released into the atmosphere, and has been patented by scientists. The highly novel and detailed method with promising potential to reduce environmental pollution utilizes a blend of spent coffee grounds, polyethylene terephthalate, (PET) and potassium hydroxide, […] The post Female-Led Arab Team Turn Coffee and Plastic Waste into Activated Carbon, Capturing CO2 ...| Good News Network
Scientists have used the root system of mushrooms to create a composting toilet that is odor absorbing, while creating over 2,000 liters of fertilizer and soil a year. Separating solids from from liquids and processing each in different ways using fungal mycelia, the toilet can currently be found in the University of BC botanic gardens. […] The post Mushroom-Powered Outhouse in University Garden Composts Waste with No Smell appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Swiss researchers have pioneered a method of cultivating metal out of water-based gel, an innovation that promises valuable applications in energy technology. The concept aims to power the production of unique sensors, biomedical devices, or energy conversion and storage components. Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland, have created dense, high-strength structures […] The post Scientists ‘Cultivate’ Metal Instead of 3D Printing it–and it’s 20x...| Good News Network
In Maine, ownership of 4 large dams has been transferred to The Nature Conservancy in a sale it hopes will return the river they operate on into prime habitat for salmon for the first time in a century. Operated by Brookfield Renewables, the dams along the lower Kennebec River prevent ocean going, freshwater fish like […] The post 4 Dams Set for Removal in Maine Will Open Hundreds of Miles of River for Salmon, Herring and Sturgeon appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
28 years ago today, NASA and ESA’s Cassini Mission, meant to gather data on Saturn and its moons, was launched from Cape Canaveral. The Flagship-class robotic spacecraft comprised both NASA’s Cassini space probe and ESA’s Huygens lander, which landed on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Cassini was active in space for nearly 20 years, with 13 […] The post Good News in History, October 15 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
A new form of wind energy is under development that promises more consistent power and lower deployment costs by adapting the design of a dirigible, or zeppelin. Suspended 1,000 feet up where the wind is always blowing, it presents as an ideal energy source for rural communities, disaster areas, or places where wind turbines aren’t […] The post New Airship-style Wind Turbine Can Find Gusts at Higher Altitudes for Constant, Cheaper Power appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Huge news broke recently when a country with more intact forests than any other on Earth decided that 90% of all forest cover would be preserved by law. Made in New York in advance of a UN summit that will see the party members to the Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meet for the […] The post A Nation That’s 90% Rainforest Announces New Protections for Over 25 Million Acres appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
When the sales and payment software went down at a Wichita taco restaurant, the staff were anxious, and the line for the register, long. Tensions were high, and when the Shear family finally got through the out-the-door-wrap-around line, they were told that Tacos TJ 664 was only accepting cash. They were craving the fresh shrimp […] The post Wichita ‘Taco Hero’ Gets Year of Free Tacos for ‘Mind-Blowing’ Kindness After Card Reader Went Down appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
It’s invisible, it’s lethal, and it’s been with us for decades, but carbon monoxide poisoning can now be fought with the first-ever antidote that rapidly removes the toxic molecule from the bloodstream. Carbon monoxide or CO, poisoning accounts for 50,000 emergency room visits in the US each year and causes about 1,500 deaths, each one […] The post First Antidote for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ‘Cleans’ Blood in Minutes appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
158 years ago today, Masaoka Shiki, considered one of Japan’s four masters of haiku, was born. He wrote more than 20,000 stanzas of this famous Japanese short-form poetry, keeping the traditional ‘season words’ and the 5-7-5 syllable structure, but bringing in a dedication to realism that had seemed in through Western literature. Shiki may be […] The post Good News in History, October 14 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
A runaway tortoise was saved after it wandered onto a busy railway line in South East England. The pet named Mr T was spotted clambering onto the train tracks at Bicester North Station in Oxfordshire. Passengers raised the alarm with the railway staff who rescued the tortoise last Tuesday. The Chiltern Railway workers then fed […] The post Escaped Pet Tortoise Wanders onto Train Tracks But is Saved by Railway Staff After Passenger Spots it appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Francine’s tenure might be as long as any hardware store employee in Virginia—because this white, speckled stray cat wandered into the Lowe’s near Richmond in 2017, and has been a mainstay of the branch ever since. “She’s the first stop for probably 75 percent of our customers,” Lowe’s store manager Mike Sida told the Washington […] The post Beloved Lowe’s Store Cat is Finally Found in Neighboring State After Security Footage Reveals Clues appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
GNN has reported previously on how versatile bamboo is for construction and craft, so it maybe shouldn’t be a surprise that researchers in China have found a way to turn this miracle plant into plastic. While many biodegradable materials have already been developed for replacing lighter, flexible plastic, durable or rigid plastic replacements are few. […] The post Biodegradable Plastic Made from Bamboo Is Stronger and Easy to Recycle appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
One of the big problems with measuring progress in averting accidents is that you’re looking for nothing—because nothing happened. But determined to show how nothing is a big something indeed, Vox’s Bryan Walsh set out to measure America’s progress in preventing fires and fireproofing homes after he himself heard of a fire ripping through a […] The post Fires and Fire Deaths from Almost All Causes Fall by Two-Thirds Since 1980 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
94 years ago today, Cristo Redentor, or Christ the Redeemer, opened to the public in the hills above Rio de Janeiro. Standing 98 feet high, and with arms stretching 92 feet wide, the statue was built on top of Mount Corcovado by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa. Christ the Redeemer differs considerably from its original […] The post Good News in History, October 13 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Incorporating machine learning, MIT engineers have developed a way to 3D print alloys that are much stronger. The new printable metal can withstand high temperatures and is five times stronger than traditionally manufactured aluminum. It’s made from a mix of aluminum and other elements that the team identified using a combination of simulations and machine […] The post 3D Printed Aluminum Alloy Sets Strength Record on Path to Lighter Aircraft Systems appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
A California-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing quality education and career opportunities for students from low-income backgrounds just received a “transformational gift” from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. She donated $42 million this week to the group ‘10,000 Degrees’ to assist in its mission of “supporting students to, through, and beyond college”. In their history of nearly a […] The post MacKenzie Scott Donates $42 Million to Expand College and Career Opportunities fo...| Good News Network
A nature reserve has become the first in UK to record 10,000 species, with the discovery of a unique moth that imitates a wasp. The National Trust’s Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, England, hit the total when a rare species of moth—the six-belted clearwing—was recorded on the reserve for the first time. Named Bembecia ichneumoniformis, it […] The post First Nature Reserve to Record 10,000 Species in UK–Thanks to Moth That Looks Like a Wasp appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Bay scallops are making an incredible resurgence in coastal bays along Virginia’s Eastern Shore, according to a new survey. The exponential population growth is the result of decades of dedicated seagrass restoration efforts that allowed scientists to reintroduce the species to its former home. Locally extinct since the 1930s due to habitat loss, bay scallops […] The post Locally Extinct for a Century, Bay Scallops Thriving Again on Virginia Shore of Chesapeake Bay appeared first on Good ...| Good News Network
80 years ago today, Desmond Doss became the only conscientious objector to win the Medal of Honor after saving an estimated 75 men during the Battle of Hacksaw Ridge in the invasion of Okinawa. Doss refused to carry a weapon into combat because of his personal beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist against killing. He consequently […] The post Good News in History, October 12 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
While bestowing the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry last week, the winners were praised for their innovation, which one Nobel committee member compared to Hermione’s handbag from the Harry Potter novels. The honored scientists developed materials that are full of microscopic holes that can trap and store chemicals. The surface area properties are “unheard of”, […] The post Nobel Prize for Chemistry Awarded for Innovation Compared to Hermione’s Handbag in Harry Potter appeared first on...| Good News Network
An antique dealer who bought a stained glass window in a Scottish thrift shop for $25 says it belonged to King Robert I, popularly known as Robert the Bruce from the 1300s. Richard Drummond spotted the colorful glass for sale in Moffat, Scotland, and was told it had been discovered in an old house in […] The post $25 Thrift Shop Purchase May be ‘Priceless’ Glasswork Belonging to Scottish King Robert the Bruce appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
The red helicopter was dropping steadily into a collision course with Highway 50, an 8-lane interstate dotted with commuters and travelers near Sacramento, California’s capitol city. Fortunately, when the REACH Air Medical Services chopper with three passengers did crash, there were drivers down below who would quickly transform into heroes. A dramatic video soon blanketed […] The post Hero Travelers Lift Helicopter off Woman After Crash on Highway: ‘Truly Amazing’ – WATCH appeared ...| Good News Network
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 […] The post Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
50 years ago today, Saturday Night Live premiered on NBC with George Carlin as host. The seminal comedy television program in American history, SNL has launched the careers of dozens of talented writers, comics, and actors. Broadcast from Studio 8H at NBC’s headquarters in the Comcast Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, SNL has aired 948 […] The post Good News in History, October 11 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Not all heroes wear capes, some, well, blink confusedly. That’s been the story to some degree of the last 12 years of Drew Scanlon, a man who would come to be known as “Blinking Guy,” but who used that fame to raise money for charitable causes. Scanlon’s life would change forever by a face he […] The post Man Who Made History in ‘Blinking Guy’ Meme Using His Fame to ‘Pay it Forward’ appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
In the rare occurrence that police actually looked into the case of a woman who had her phone stolen in London, it turned into the crumbs on a bread crumb trail which led to a huge organized crime effort. The sirens quiet now, and the London Met. Area Police report that approximately 40% of all […] The post Police Actually Follow up on iPhone Theft Reports and Bust Global Smuggling Ring appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
With a pioneering procedure, a nature center in New York made sure that a broken wing wasn’t the end of one monarch butterfly’s journey. Famous for migrating from Mexico up to Canada, a Deer Park resident found one of these orange beauties stranded with the upper section of its right forewing broken. Janine Bendicksen […] The post Emergency Butterfly Wing Transplant Is a Success Watched by Millions on Social Media appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Renewable energy sources like solar and wind produced more electricity during the first half of the year than any other energy resource, including coal. To bullet another massive accomplishment in the clean energy transition, of the cumulative demand for new power worldwide, renewables met 100% of it. Coal has been the world’s most-consumed energy resource […] The post Renewables Overtake Coal as World’s Biggest Source of Electricity appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
62 years ago today, the second, and often considered best film starring James Bond, was released as From Russia With Love. In the film, Bond, played by Sean Connery, is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where SPECTRE plans to avenge Bond’s killing of Dr. No. by using […] The post Good News in History, October 10 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
For nearly 3 centuries, Scotland’s western isles were ruled by men who considered themselves kings equal to those in Edinburgh or London. The island of Islay was the seat of the Lordship of the Isles, but evidence of a castle from an earlier period, as well as finds from a palatial complex built on a […] The post Scotland May Have Had a Western King–A Forgotten Medieval Island Castle Tells a Story appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
A performance unlike any other just wrapped up in New York City, where an audience of a few lucky hundred were encircled by 50 pianos. The pianists played out a piece called “11,000 Strings,” named for the number of strings in 50 pianos, each of which was tuned slightly differently than the others. The tuning […] The post 11,000 Strings Tuned Slightly Differently Makes Music to Engulf an Audience Encircled by 50 Pianos (Video) appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
A new discovery has revealed that relationships between fish and sea anemones are more diverse than those portrayed in Finding Nemo. It suggests that there the former may use the latter as a tool of self defense, while the latter uses the former as transportation. Captured through breathtaking blackwater photography, the images featured in a […] The post Nighttime Dive Reveals Never-Before-Seen Relationship Between Fish and Anemones appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Video cameras captured the moment when pine martens returned to Britain’s Exmoor National Park for the first time in 100 years. The pioneering nature project has reintroduced 19 of the rare creatures back into habitat they once flourished in, and joins a series of reintroduction and rewilding events that must be marking a turnaround for […] The post Pine Martens Released into Wilds of Exmoor Nat’l Park Finally Restores Their Presence After 100 Years appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
On this day, in Game 2 of the 1909 World Series, Ty Cobb stole home base. The details around this famous of all capers are what make it so. Losing Game 1 to the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tiger’s star and all-time great Ty Cobb was sitting on third base at the top of the second […] The post Good News in History, October 9 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a potent psychoactive molecule present in the brain and much of the world’s plant life, but it also may be able to save humans from damage in the event of a stroke. Scientists in Hungary used it to reduce the harmful effects of stroke in animal models and cell culture experiments. Known […] The post The ‘Spirit Molecule’ Defends the Brain Against Stroke in Mice, Breakthrough Study Shows appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
In late September, Lake Muskegon in Michigan was officially removed from the list of polluted water bodies in the Great Lakes Region. Once home to foundries, paper mills, petroleum storage and sewage treatment plants, the lake and several of its tributaries became an aquatic hellhole of pollution and debris, until a massive cleanup and restoration […] The post After 40 Years and $84 Million, Lake Muskegon Flourishing Free from Pollution and Sawdust appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
A historic shipwreck salvage business has pulled up over 1,000 silver and gold coins from a Spanish treasure fleet that sank off the coast of Florida in 1715. The haul could fetch $1 million at market value, with five of the coins found being gold escudos, which along with having a high value as a historic artifact, […] The post This Shipwreck Is ‘Treasure Fleet’ from 1715 with $1 Million in Gold and Silver Coins Recovered appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
In the timepiece capital of the world, time may be running out for carbon-heavy imported steel thanks to a new solar-powered furnace. Swiss firm Panatere has patented, and has now inaugurated, the world’s first two solar foundries for melting down steel for reuse. Consisting of 500 concave mirrors mounted on a heliostat that allows them […] The post First Solar Furnace to Recycle Steel Can Melt Metal with Sunshine in 2 Hours appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
80 years ago toady, the microwave oven was patented by Percy Spencer. The self-taught engineer from Howland, Maine, employed by Raytheon at the time, noticed that microwaves from an active radar set he was working on started to melt a Mr. Goodbar candy bar he had in his pocket. The first food deliberately cooked with […] The post Good News in History, October 8 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Researchers in Spain were left feeling a mixture of confusion and intrigue when they found several straw sandals embedded in a bearded vulture nest. They didn’t know it at the time, but it was over 6 centuries ago that a bearded vulture flew from its hunting grounds into a sheltered cave nesting site and dropped […] The post Scientists Found a 650-year-old Shoe in a Vulture Nest Along with Dozens of Other Curiosities appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Scientists from MIT have created a conductive “nanonetwork” inside a unique concrete mixture that could enable everyday structures like walls, sidewalks, and bridges to store and release electrical energy. It’s perhaps the most ubiquitous man-made material on Earth by weight, but every square foot of it could, with the addition of some extra materials, power […] The post Cement Supercapacitors Could Turn the Concrete Around Us into Massive Energy Storage Systems appeared first on Good...| Good News Network
Back when the internet was just starting, nations were all given a URL in order to publish websites official to the nation. The US got .us and the UK got .uk. Well Anguilla, the small British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, was given .ai, and with investments and startups surging in the field of artificial […] The post In the 1980s, Anguilla Was Given the .ai Web Domain: Now it’s Making a Killing on the Dot AI Boom appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Pub owner Justine Lorriman loves soccer, and has spent the last year transforming the garden area of her establishment into a mini stadium, with its very own terraced seating, mini football pitch, and outside bar area with seats given to her by the local team. Her pub is called The Royal Dyche, after the most […] The post Soccer-Mad Pub Owner Turns Bar’s Garden into Mini Stadium Bedecked in Burney FC Memorabilia appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
Happy 70th Birthday to the brilliant cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who was born in France. The Chinese-American musician was a child prodigy, performing from the age of five, when his mother, a singer, and father, a violinist, moved to New York City. READ more about this prodigious but also innovative musician… (1955) His 90+ albums have received […] The post Good News in History, October 7 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
A daughter who became the first in her family to graduate from college has handed over the master bedroom of her new apartment to her mom—who in 64 years never had a room of her own. The duo grew up in poverty and uncertainty, homelessness and insecurity, but through it all, Anette Duarte never stopped […] The post Woman Surprises Her Mother with the Bedroom She Never Had After Years ‘in and out of Homelessness’ appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
In a positive development for a maligned animal, cave-roosting bat populations in Wisconsin are recovering from a fungal epidemic. Wildlife authorities are reporting that for the third year in a row, the state’s bat populations seem to be rising. Numbers of little brown bats, big brown bats, tricolored bats, and northern long-eared bats are estimated […] The post Bats Are Recovering in a Big Way After Decimation by White-Nose Syndrome: Numbers Grow for the 3rd Year appeared first on Good ...| Good News Network
Jackson hopes to one day play hockey again, but his goals also include showing people that spinal cord injuries are not the end of the period.| Good News Network
114 years ago today, Beatrix de Rijk became the first female licensed Dutch aircraft pilot. This pioneering aviator was born in Surabaya, modern-day Indonesia in the Dutch East Indies, to a Javan mother and a Dutch father. In the Netherlands, she was the first Dutch woman to drive a German automobile, but she found the […] The post Good News in History, October 6 appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
The human world is full of headlines about people who can’t get along—and sometimes peace and harmony seem impossible. Thankfully, a cute animal story from Australia can remind us there’s another way. A few weeks ago, Steve Lamplough found two creatures from opposite corners of the animal kingdom bonding in his backyard. While at home […] The post Man is Shocked to Find His Dog Giving a Baby Koala a Piggyback Ride appeared first on Good News Network.| Good News Network
This daily column at GNN.org features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—September 30.| Good News Network
Scientists developed a new nanostructure that triples CRISPR’s ability to enter cells, unlocking even more power to treat genetic diseases.| Good News Network
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Burned by the cataclysmic bushfires of 2019, a national park called the Barrington Tops exploded in rare veined doubletail orchids.| Good News Network
This daily column at GNN.org features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—September 18.| Good News Network
The red and yellow mountain frog was one of 110 priority species the government hoped to save over the next 25 years.| Good News Network
Armed with hammers, they smash the zombie urchins one by one, leaving the larger, healthier urchins intact.| Good News Network
Listening to happy tunes helped people with motion sickness get over their predisposition and recover better, according to new research.| Good News Network
The first supreme court chief justice elected democratically on Earth is Hugo Aguilar, a noted indigenous rights defender.| Good News Network
