‘Memory Cop’ Uses Incredible Face Recognition Skills to Catch 2,100 Suspects–Including People in Face Masks

An eagle-eyed police officer dubbed “Memory Cop” has used his mind-blowing face recognition skills to catch 2,100 suspects—including those wearing face masks. England’s Andy Pope boasts a photographic memory, which means he can recall faces from CCTV images years after he has seen them. His incredible skill has seen him collar suspects for crimes which […]

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Spurs' Becky Hammon Becomes First Woman To Coach An NBA Team

"Obviously, it's a big deal. It's a substantial moment," Hammon said after the game. But, she added, it would have been nice to win.

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How to be Happier in 2021: Toss Out Your Usual List of New Year’s Resolutions, Says Study

So you want to look trimmer, be smarter, and successful next year? You strive to exercise and call your friends more, and spend less? You are not alone. New Year’s resolutions are as ubiquitous as they are difficult to keep. Does it even make sense to set such lofty goals for the new year, hoping […]

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‘Grandfather’ of Homeless Animals Graduates From Veterinary Program to Care for Stray Dogs

The “grandfather” of homeless animals has been awarded for his volunteering efforts looking after stray dogs—graduating from a veterinary medicine program in his seventies, he now travels hundreds of miles a week to care for them.  Retiring from his career as a biology teacher after serving his community of 42 years, Turkey’s Fevzi Uyar has […]

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Boy Believed Pandemic Birthday Would Be No Fun–Then a Magician Got Involved (WATCH)

The illusionist Rick Lax was just five years old when he began practicing and performing tricks. His parents bought him a Toys-R-Us magic set, and he loved it. Through his childhood, he never stopped practicing, and his illusions grew ever more sophisticated and successful. When it became time to apply to colleges, though, there was no […]

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Why A Field Hockey Champ In India Is Now Harvesting Onions And Herding Goats

Young female athletes benefited from an increase in government support in recent years. The pandemic has put an end to that.

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Hammon Is 1st Woman To Lead An NBA Team During Regular Season Game

The San Antonio Spurs head coach was ejected for a violation, and his assistant Becky Hammon took over. The Spurs lost to the Lakers, but she acknowledged that her stint was still "a big deal."

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There's More To Being An Elite Athlete Than Discipline And Practice

According to a new book, there are many invisible factors that help lead an athlete to become a champion. These include: having older siblings and growing up in a mid-sized town.

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Good News in History, December 31

Happy 83rd birthday to Anthony Hopkins, the actor, composer, director, and film producer, who was born to a working-class baker in Wales. Richard Attenborough, who directed five Hopkins films, called him “the greatest actor of his generation.” His portrayal of serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, won him the […]

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Artist Creates Breathtaking ‘Drawings’ in Snow By Walking for Hours At a Time (LOOK)

This English artist creates these breathtaking aerial patterns in the snow by walking in carefully plotted circles for hours at a time.

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Boys Make $250,000 From Genius Christmas Ornament Invention—And Are Donating Thousands to Animal Shelters

According to tradition, January 6th (a.k.a. The Twelfth Day of Christmas) is when you’re supposed to take down your Christmas tree. Sadly, many folks, as they wrap up precious ornaments until next holiday season may find themselves a few keepsakes short. Ornaments are fragile things. All it takes is curious cat, a running toddler, or […]

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Watch This UPS Driver Being Moved to Tears by Neighborhood ‘Thank You’

One UPS worker in Virginia didn’t just receive a cash gift or Christmas card this December as thanks for their hard work through the pandemic. Hundreds of local residents stood outside their homes and clapped for their favorite delivery driver Anthony Gaskin as he drove slowly by the parade. Over 100 Midlothian locals honked the […]

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Good News in History, December 30

75 years ago today, Davy Jones, the musician, singer, actor, and jockey, best known as a member of The Monkees, was born in Manchester, England. Still a teen, he won the role of the Artful Dodger in the stage production of Oliver! in London’s West End—and then performed it to great acclaim on Broadway, which […]

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How MLB's Decision To Eliminate Dozens Of Minor League Teams Is Affecting Communities

Major League Baseball's decision to eliminate 40 minor league teams is angering residents. In cities big and small, these teams are as much a cultural identity as an inexpensive and fun family outing.

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Amazing Walk-Through Holiday Village With Lights Borrowed from Disney Set to Raise Millions for Critically Ill Children

An incredible Florida display featuring 89-acres of holiday lights is helping kids with critical illnesses this winter. The sets include a giant mushroom, an ice-cream palace spaceship, and a giant upside down toy box. They all illuminate the night sky in Kissimmee as a part of ‘Night of a Million Lights’—a walk-through show made up […]

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Retired Couple Make 1,400 Toys for Children in Need This Christmas: ’People need hope’

Anyone who believes Christmas comes but once a year has obviously never met Mike and Judy Sullivan. The couple, who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, spend most days making toys in the workshop of their Desert Hot Springs, California home that they then donate to local charities each holiday season. When Mike, a 72-year-old, […]

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A Homeless Man in Atlanta Rescued All the Animals at a Shelter After it Caught on Fire

Keith Walker has been homeless since he was 13 years old. The one constant in this 53-year-old’s life these days: his dog, Bravo. Never certain of his own circumstances, to keep him safe, Walker arranged with Gracie Hamlin, founder of W-Underdogs, to let Bravo stay spend his nights at the facility. On December 18, as […]

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Small Business Sends a Million Donations of Hand Sanitizer to Essential Groups Who Can’t Keep Up

Hand sanitizer is a much-needed safety item as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, but many organizations are reeling from overstretched budgets and don’t have the money to keep up with the demand they have for basic protective supplies. Florida’s Kira Labs wants to help—by giving away one million tubes of its Medyskin Hand Sanitizer to […]

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A Pandemic of Good News: The Top 50 Positive Stories of 2020

It’s truly been a year like no other, yet people around the world have done so much good in 2020. Scientists have been busy, of course: and it’s not just successful COVID vaccines they’ve been working on. Researchers have been making diabetes breakthroughs, discovering new cancer therapies, creating green innovations. They’ve been working on how […]

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Good News in History, December 29

On this day 80 years ago, a decade and a half after the Irish War of Independence and its treaty-induced interim government, Ireland was born when it adopted its own Constitution. A document committed to democratic ideals that enshrined the people as masters, it also provided the right to every child for a free primary education provided by the State. (1937)

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Sealed With a Wave: Young Pup Gives Photographer a Moment to Remember While Lounging on the Beach

An adorable photo will forever mark the moment a seal pup appeared to give a big wave to the camera as it lounged on an English beach. The picture was taken recently on the golden sands of Horsey Beach in Norfolk. Photographer Wayne Havenhand says the seal’s gesture felt like “a personal moment” between himself […]

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How Pandemic Has Affected Tampa Bay's Sports Resurgence

Florida's Tampa Bay has long been known for its delightful weather and beaches but not for sports. And now that's changing — thanks to some high-profile championships and temporary team relocations.

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Sikhs Hand Out Thousands of Meals to Stranded Truckers–Then Head 90 Miles Away to Fill 1,000 Sandbags For Flood Victims

A group of volunteers who handed out thousands of meals to stranded truckers in Kent are now helping flood victims hit by Storm Bella. Members of Khalsa Aid International dished out 1,000 pizzas and 1,500 bowls of curry and pasta to truck drivers in the days running up to Christmas. But within hours of leaving […]

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A 93-Year-old Veteran Whittling Walking Sticks Has Raised $16,000 For Food Pantry

When the going gets tough, the tough keep going, or at least that’s what you do when you’re a 93-year-old retired Air Force Colonel—and John Hobson likes to keep busy. “If he just got put somewhere and told him to sit down, he’d go crazy,” his son Mark Hobson, told WKEF-TV. In 2020, Hobson occupied […]

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Seaweed-Eating Giant Crabs Could Help Save Florida Coral Reefs – And They’re Lovingly Named ‘The Reef Goats’

Researchers in the Florida Keys have determined that coral reefs can be saved from invasive seaweed with the help of a particular species of crab lovingly called the “reef goat”. The new study from Florida International University determined that not only can the Caribbean king crab munch the corals free of seaweed faster than all […]

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Good News in History, December 28

125 years ago today, what is believed to be the first paid audience for a motion picture saw 10 short films by the Lumière brothers in Paris, including what turned out to be the birth of cinema: 46 seconds of Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory. Auguste and Louis Lumière started in the film business as […]

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Drug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days, Suggesting Lost Cognitive Ability is Not Permanent

Just a few doses of an experimental drug that reboots protein production in cells can reverse age-related declines in memory and mental flexibility in mice, according to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists. The drug, called ISRIB, has already been shown in laboratory studies to restore memory function months after traumatic brain injury […]

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How a Utah Sports Reporter Accidentally Raised $55,000 to Help People During the Holidays

If sportswriter Andy Larsen writes his autobiography one day, he just might have to title it, ‘The Accidental Philanthropist’. That’s because when Larsen, who covers basketball for the Salt Lake Tribune, inadvertently found himself the recipient of a $55,000 Venmo bonanza, he used the money to help families in need for the holidays. The story […]

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14 Years Ago the Amazon Was Being Bulldozed for Soy – Then Everything Changed As Corporations Joined Activists

Over the last 14 years, a unique public-private initiative has reduced soy farming deforestation in the Amazon, so much so, that almost no soy coming from the Amazon currently contributes to deforestation. It began in 2006 when Greenpeace launched a campaign exposing the damage of forest clear-cutting for soy the previous year—more than 1,600 square […]

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Good News in History, December 27

40 years ago today, Double Fantasy, the seventh and final studio album released by John Lennon during his lifetime, hit No.1 and stayed atop the US charts for 8 weeks. Its hit song Just Like Starting Over remained at No.1 for five weeks. The album marked Lennon’s return to recording music full-time, following a five-year […]

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Two Best Friends Light Up the Holidays for Single-Parent Households in Ohio That Might Not Have Money For Gifts

Two special friends in the Cincinnati, Ohio area have created merrier Christmases for children and families who were affected during the pandemic—and it was inspired by the experience of gratitude they both felt growing up. Jordynn Jenkins and her best friend Skylar Beavers started ‘Make a Kid Merry,’ an organization that provides holiday gifts to […]

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This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’

We’ve partnered with our friend Rob Brezsny to provide his weekly wisdom which can enlighten your thinking and motivate your 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 for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You […]

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McDonald’s Gives a New Car—And Golden Arches—to Family Whose Autistic Son Draws Them Continuously

The owners of a Florida McDonald’s restaurant have bestowed some incredible holiday joy on one local family whose 15-year-old son with autism has been prolifically drawing the golden arches since he was a little boy. Tim and Tracy Johnstone met Devon two years ago after Hurricane Michael destroyed their McDonald’s building in Panama City. Devon’s […]

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Global Nonprofit that Trains African Prisoners to Become Lawyers is Featured on 60 Minutes

The most popular television news magazine show in America shared an inspiring story about a group called Justice Defenders this week. The nonprofit trains people—and prison staff—in nearly 50 prisons in Kenya and Uganda to become paralegals and lawyers to provide legal services for themselves and others. 60 Minutes reporter Anderson Cooper traveled to Kenya […]

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Saturday Sports: What To Expect To Stick Around In 2021

Protests for racial justice and the pandemic changed the face of sports in 2020. Many changes will survive into 2021.

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Some See Desert As Next Surfing Hotspot

Surfing is a hallmark of Southern California's famous beaches. But soon, people who live in the desert east of Los Angeles will be able to take to the waves themselves without driving to the shore.

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Good News in History, December 26

80 years ago today, The Philadelphia Story, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart debuted at Radio City Music Hall. Directed by George Cukor, the film was nominated for six Academy Awards and won two, for best screenplay and best actor—to Stewart, who played a tabloid journalist from Spy covering the wedding of a […]

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Hawaii Teen Who Makes Christmas Special For All Wins ‘Spirit of Community’ Award

A 13-year-old from Mililani, Hawaii, is being honored for galvanizing youth to organize Christmas celebrations for children in need and initiating a variety of volunteer opportunities for young people. Rylee Brooke Kamahele grew up volunteering with her parents in a program for at-risk youth, but by age 8 wanted to start making an impact on […]

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9-Year-old Boy Asks Santa to Give His Hoverboard Away to Grieving Child Who Wanted the Same Gift

A nine-year-old has written a letter to Santa asking him to give away his hoverboard to a grieving child who wanted the same gift. 41-year-old Jason and Sandi Boyer wanted to help another family at Christmas and were anonymously matched with a little boy being cared for by his grandmother. The boy, who had just […]

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Woman In Constant Pain From 96 Surgeries is Overwhelmed by $20,000 From Anonymous Santa

A local man in Idaho Falls has been anonymously gifting more than $500,000 to deserving people in his city in the run-up to Christmas. Now he’s changed the life of a woman who’s endured 96 jaw surgeries and chronic pain after an accident at work. Last week we shared the story of Diana Boldman, a hard-working […]

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Good News in History, December 25

This daily column at GNN.org features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—December 25.

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Detroit Pistons Owner Urged To Sell Team Over His Investment In Prison Telecom Firm

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bianca Tylek of Worth Rises about the nonprofit's call to urge Tom Gores to sell the Detroit Pistons due to his investment in a prison telecom business.

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People Are Getting So Creative in How They Celebrate Virtually: 76% Plan to Cook Together Via Video With Loved Ones

Seven in 10 Americans are planning to participate in more holiday gatherings this year—because they’re being held virtually, according to a new poll A survey of 2,000 Americans revealed 72% of respondents are participating in at least one virtual celebration this holiday season, and of those, 68% plan to be more social than in years […]

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How The Rockets-Thunder Delay Could Foreshadow Challenges To This NBA Season

The NBA postponed the Wednesday game after three Rockets players had positive or inconclusive coronavirus tests and four others were in quarantine. It left the team without enough players to play.

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Lonely Grandma Receives Over 1,000 Christmas Cards From Around the World Restoring Her ‘Faith in Human Nature’

A great-great-grandmother has been inundated with more than 1,000 Christmas cards from around the world, an experience she says has restored her faith in humanity. 92-year-old Nancy Letham usually receives only four cards around the holidays as her friends have gotten older and died. After an online appeal was posted late this October, though, Nancy […]

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Geophysicists Confirm Plato’s Theory—the Earth Is Made of Cubes

Plato, the Greek philosopher who lived in the 5th century B.C.E., believed that the universe was made of five types of matter: earth, air, fire, water, and cosmos. Each was described with a particular geometry, a platonic shape. For earth, that shape was the cube. Science has steadily moved beyond Plato’s conjectures, looking instead to […]

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Chinese Village Invaded by Legions of Deadly Wasps Raise Funds For Flamethrowing-Drone to Incinerate Their Nests

In the remote Chinese county of Zhong, villagers have been saved from a deadly wasp infestation by a fire-breathing drone. The remote-controlled flying flamethrower was built by Blue Sky Search and Rescue after legions of stinging wasps moved into the village and surrounding area, near the city of Chongqing. A fundraiser for a solution to […]

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Good News in History, December 24

Happy Birthday to Dr. Anthony Fauci who turns 80 years old today. America’s leading infectious disease expert, he’s advised 6 Presidents on HIV AIDS, and was one of the principal architects of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), an AIDS program that has saved millions of lives in the developing world. He’s now […]

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University Of Florida Forward Keyontae Johnson Diagnosed With Heart Inflammation

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Zach Abolverdi of The Gainesville Sun about reports that University of Florida basketball player Keyontae Johnson has been diagnosed with acute myocarditis.

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A Security Guard Cycled for an Hour to Return Woman’s Lost Wallet—Now the Community’s Buying Him a Car

We’ve all heard of an “Aha! moment”—when something confusing suddenly makes sense or a brilliant idea shows up out of the blue. Well, it seems that in Hawaii, there’s also something known as an “Aloha! moment”—an occasion that offers someone an opportunity to bestow an act of love or kindness. What happens when an “Aloha! […]

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Ex-wife of Amazon CEO has Given Away $4 Billion in Last 4 Months to Help Those Affected by the Pandemic

MacKenzie Scott, who was married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for 25 years, has donated more than $4 billion in the past four months to hundreds of organizations and charities—in particular to food banks and emergency relief funds across the USA. A month after her divorce from the world’s richest man, Scott signed the  Giving Pledge—an initiative sparked […]

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Watch the Serendipitous Moment a Dog Runs Into Her Puppy Brother in a Park—Even Though He Lives 500 Miles Away

The holidays have been especially hard this year with COVID-19 restrictions putting a huge damper on many family gatherings. But for one pair of siblings, an unexpected reunion turned out to be so joyful, it might be too cute for words. Did we mention the brother and sister duo are Labradoodles? Littermates Dolly and Wally […]

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New Zealand Buys Enough COVID Vaccine for its Pacific Islander Neighbors

The New Zealand government has announced it will be supporting its Pacific neighbors by helping ensure they have access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines through the coming months. “Pacific countries have worked hard to keep COVID-19 out, or to stamp it out, and New Zealand has been committed to supporting them in this,” Foreign Affairs Minister Hon […]

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Good News in History, December 23

Happy 80th Birthday to Jorma Kaukonen the folk, blues, and rock guitarist who performed with the Jefferson Airplane band (a name that he suggested) and still regularly tours with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project 50 years ago with bassist Jack Casady. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Jorma #54 on its list of 100 […]

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3 Skiers Killed In Colorado Avalanches As Authorities Warn Of Weak Snowpack

"Colorado is the home of weak snow and avalanches are not uncommon. This year is worse," the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said Sunday. A snowmobiler in Wyoming also died on Friday.

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Stunning Great Conjunction Photos to Brighten Spirits This December

The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn brought stargazers outside last night to try and catch sight of a once-in-a-lifetime event. If it was cloudy or foggy you were and you didn’t get to see the ‘Christmas Star’ on winter solstice? Not to worry. Everywhere from Iran to California, photographers took dazzling images of two planets […]

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Google is Creating Tools to Tackle Food Waste and Hunger at its Moonshot Factory

A Google offshoot has created two new programs which make it easy for food producers, suppliers, and commercial kitchens to route unneeded food to food banks that need it. Known as Project Delta, the machine learning programs take into account thousands of different calculations and variables, the things it would take a dedicated team of […]

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Man Who Was Homeless is Overwhelmed With Emotion When Secret Santa Surprises Him With a Brand New Smile

In a truly life-changing gift, a man who can’t afford to get his teeth fixed has been given the present of a new smile—thanks to a Secret Santa who’s been performing miracles for people all over Idaho Falls. With a little help from the elves at East Idaho News, every day in the lead-up to […]

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People are ‘Adopting’ Health Care Workers As a Way to Thank Them For Their Service

Christine Danderand knows firsthand just how challenging coronavirus can be. This past October, the Nebraska-based makeup artist, her husband, and their daughter all contracted COVID-19. Thankfully, the family is recovering and no one was hospitalized, but Danderand also gained keen personal insight about the demands on frontline pandemic workers from a source that’s close to […]

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How To Be An Elite Athlete, According To The Data

A new book digs into the social science of athletic greatness and reveals patterns leading to glory.

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NBA Play Resumes After Shortest Off-Season In League History

The new NBA season tips off on Tuesday. There won't be a protective bubble, and teams will travel from city to city. It comes amid record-setting surges of coronavirus deaths and cases.

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Good News in History, December 22

30 years ago today, Lech Walesa took the oath as Poland’s first popularly elected president. Only a decade earlier he had led Polish workers from the Solidarity movement in a two-month strike, demanding–and winning–the unimaginable right to organize independent labor unions in the Communist country. Using the slogan, “I don’t want to, but I’ve got no […]

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Fans Are Outraged Over College Football Playoff Rankings

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic over the latest controversial college football playoff rankings.

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Zoom is Lifting its 40-Minute Time Limit for the Holidays So the World Can Spend Time With Loved Ones

Whether you’re planning to Zoom in with pals for a virtual game of festive Scrabble, or are hoping to connect with family to unwrap holiday gifts together, there’s no need to worry about that free video call you’re on dropping after 40 minutes. As a token of appreciation to its users during an extraordinary time, […]

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Passenger Forgets $340,000 Painting at German Airport, and a Trash Can Hunt Begins

Flying can be stressful even for the most experienced business traveler. No matter how many items we check off our preflight “to do” list, sometimes the best-laid plans go awry. That’s just what happened to one hapless passenger who accidentally left a painting worth $340,000 behind at Düsseldorf Airport when he boarded his flight to […]

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Women Who Learned They Were Sisters By Chance Reunited With Long-Lost Father After 24 Years: ‘It’s a Christmas Miracle’

Two women who discovered they were sisters on Facebook while separately searching for their long-lost dad have been reunited with him after 24 years—just in time for Christmas. 33-year-old Lisa McLean and 24-year-old Rebecca Parton found each other on social media while searching for their father David Riggs back in 2016. They’ve since gone on […]

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While it May Seem Too Simple, Science Shows Light Lamp Therapy for Treating SAD During Winter Can Work

Aside from exercising and staying outside, light lamp therapy can be used to treat seasonal affective disorder in people who must remain indoors for work, COVID, or both. There is nothing wrong with acknowledging one has seasonal affective disorder (SAD). It’s a simple confusion in the brain arising from changes in seasons and can affect […]

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Tiger Woods And Son Charlie Played In PNC Championship

Tiger Woods played in a weekend golf tournament with his 11-year-old son Charlie. The younger Woods played like a champion much to his dad's delight. Justin Thomas and his father won the championship.

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Good News in History, December 21

Today is a particularly magical Winter Solstice, not only bringing the longest night of the year to our Northern Hemisphere, and marking the start of more daylight, but also a major celestial event. In an exceptionally rare conjunction, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer to one another than they‘ve been in 800 years—visibly separated by […]

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Research Shows Babies Are Relaxed By Lullabies Even in Foreign Languages: The Frère Jacques Response

Virtually all new parents quickly discover that a lullaby will in fact help an infant unwind, but they might be surprised to learn that babies aren’t fussy about the language. Researchers at Harvard’s Music Lab have determined that American infants relaxed when played lullabies that were unfamiliar and in a foreign language. “Common sense tells […]

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This Week’s Inspiring Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’

We’ve partnered with our friend Rob Brezsny to provide his weekly wisdom which can enlighten your thinking and motivate your 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 for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To […]

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Kindness in West Virginia: Police Give Traffic Violators Gift Cards Instead of Tickets

When drivers in Charleston, West Virginia heard the sirens of police cars behind them last week, many got a holiday reprieve to brighten their day. The South Charleston Police Department was giving out gift cards, instead of tickets, to the traffic rule-breakers. “BIG shout out to SCPD,” wrote Jeanna McCallister Lilly on Facebook. “I ran […]

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Resveratrol for Cold and Flu: Anti-Aging Compound Shown Promise as Flu and COVID Treatment

While the world shelters in place to see if a vaccine might end the COVID-19 pandemic, a body of researchers are suggesting that if the scientific community only took studies on certain plant compounds a little farther, widespread effective treatments could be developed that ward off this coronavirus and future ones. These include resveratrol and […]

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Break Dancing Will Be An Olympic Sport In 2024

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Raphael Xavier, professional breakdancer and professor of hip-hop dance at Princeton, about break dancing becoming an Olympic sport.

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Good News in History, December 20

77 years ago today, two pilots who were sworn enemies experienced a remarkable convergence of camaraderie and respect in the airspace over Germany during World War II. 2nd Lt Charles “Charlie” Brown had just flown a successful bombing run on industrial targets in Bremen, Germany in his B-17. The plane named “Ye Olde Pub” was […]

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$10 Goes to StandUp2Cancer When You Buy a Cozy FabFitFun ‘Winter Box’ Full of Gifts With $10 GNN Discount

GNN is happy to announce that we’ve partnered with FabFitFun to promote their “Winter Box” and GNN users will receive $10 off the box using code ‘GNN10.’ And, perhaps the best part: $10 from each box sold using our code will be donated to support Stand Up To Cancer. The box—available in the US, UK, […]

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Kindness Remembered: My Christmas Story That Made it Onto Page One

Don Lambert worked at a small newspaper in Kansas nearly 50 years ago when an example of Christmas Eve kindness made its way onto the front page. He submitted the story to GNN, saying, “It has a message that is important to us every single day. Kindness is all around us.” If you have an […]

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50 Frontline Heroes Gifted New Cars For Going Above & Beyond To Help During Pandemic: ‘Surreal’

50 frontline workers across America are driving home new cars this month, after they were nominated as heroes in the 2020 Mazda Heroes program. Mazda, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary, announced in October it was giving away fifty brand new MX-5 Miata 100th Anniversary Special Edition models, with each car destined for individuals who […]

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Sports Chat: MLB Recognizes Negro League Stats

Scott Simon talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about the Negro Leagues being given major league status by the MLB and Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer's historic win this week.

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Good News in History, December 19

Happy 40th Birthday to actor and singer Jake Gyllenhaal who received an Oscar nomination for his role in Brokeback Mountain (2005). He also starred in Zodiac, The Day After Tomorrow, Love & Other Drugs, Prisoners, and earned BAFTA nominations playing a journalist in Nightcrawler, and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals. Gyllenhaal, whose godfather was […]

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‘Go build a snowman’: School Superintendent Declares Virtual Snow Day, Melting our Hearts on Twitter

As kids, when snow began to fall in earnest, many of us waited with bated breath, fingers crossed, for word of school closings. Snow days were a special treat; an unexpected holiday, a chance to trade in books and blackboards for sleds and snowball fights. Over the past year, in light of escalating stress over […]

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Every Patient Treated With CRISPR Gene Therapy for Blood Diseases Continues to Thrive, More Than a Year On

18 months into the first serious clinical trials of CRISPR gene therapy for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia—and all patients are free from symptoms and have not needed blood transfusions. Sickle cell disease (SCD) can cause a variety of health problems including episodes of severe pain, called vaso-occlusive crises, as well as organ damage and […]

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Green-Thumbed Man Grows Plants Worth $15,000 Per Leaf, Inspired by Grandmother’s Love

A green-fingered Brit has grown the ultimate collection of house plants, including a species worth £12,000 ($15,500) a leaf. 30-year-old Tony Le-Britton turned his lounge into a jungle and transformed his spare room into an incredible greenhouse to nurture his passion. He has collected some of the world’s rarest plants—including one previously thought to have […]

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Nearly 70% of Americans are More Appreciative of Loved Ones Than Ever Before — the Heart of 2020

Americans are holding their loved ones tighter as they look to close out 2020 with a sense of optimism, according to a new poll.  A new survey of 2,000 Americans found that nearly 70% say this year has made them appreciative of their family and friends more than ever before. As a result, two-thirds are […]

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Restaurant That’s Served Free Meals to Thousands of Homeless Saved by Donations from D.C. Community: ‘Tears of joy’

A restaurant owner known for feeding anyone—regardless of whether they can pay for their meal—nearly lost his business because of the pandemic. Then the local community began giving in the most generous way.  Since a family member posted a GoFundMe campaign for his D.C. restaurant, Sakina Halal Grill, Kazi Mannan has received over $331,430 from […]

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Good News in History, December 18

26 years ago today, the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Caves were discovered in southern France containing remarkable cave paintings that are roughly 32,000 years old, the earliest-known and best preserved cave art and engravings in the world. The site, located on a limestone cliff above the former bed of the Ardèche River, was first explored a few months […]

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The Steve Irwin of Mushrooms: Paul Stamets Works to Save Rare Ancient Fungus to Protect Us From Pandemics

There are some people born to this earth in whom a particular purpose or pursuit is embodied in such a complete way as to make them seem its avatar. Paul Stamets is such a man—The Crocodile Hunter, but for Mushrooms—a world-leading mycologist who eats, grows, lives, breathes, sells, and even wears, fungi. Now, the famous […]

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The Science On Santa’s Reindeer: They Are All Female – Except For Rudolf

While many folks can reel off their names by rote, did you know there’s a pretty good chance that Santa’s entire reindeer posse is female? It’s true. The names aren’t gender-specific—Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (“Donder” in the original Clement Moore poem), and Blitzen—and we’re guessing savvy St. Nick wisely opted for an […]

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Jackson He Makes History As 1st Chinese-Born Player To Score Touchdown IN FBS History

Arizona State football fans are buzzing over new Sun Devils player Jackson He. The running back is believed to be the first Chinese-born player to score a touchdown in an FBS game.

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Florida Man Pays Off Utility Bills for Dozens of Struggling Families for the Second Year in a Row

In yet another bid to rebrand himself in a more positive light, this week Florida Man made the news as a good Samaritan once again (okay, if you ignore the story about him snatching that stray golf ball off the back of an alligator). In a true humanitarian gesture, Mike Esmond of Gulf Stream, Florida […]

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Cancer Ward Sets Up Dream Wedding For Patient in 3 Days: ‘We’ll totally figure it out for you’

Planning a safe wedding for a young mom who’s battling an intense form of cancer would always be tough—but this oncology ward in Arizona did it during a pandemic. As nurses at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale recently admired 22-year-old cancer patient Samantha Preston’s engagement ring, an incredible idea suddenly grabbed everyone’s attention. Preston’s […]

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Russia Suspended From Next 2 Olympic Games Over Anti-Doping Violations

A panel from the Court of Arbitration for Sport found that Russia was not in compliance with international anti-doping rules. It is banned from using its flag, name and anthem for two years.

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After 100 Years, MLB Recognizes Negro Leagues As 'Major League'

Major League Baseball has finally decided that players from the Negro Leagues should be considered Major Leaguers. All 3,400 players — from 1920 to 1948 — will be elevated to MLB status.

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Good News in History, December 17

Happy 74th Birthday to Eugene Levy, the Canadian actor, comedian, producer, director, and writer who won a pair of major Emmys in 2020 (best comedy series and outstanding lead actor in a comedy) for Schitt’s Creek—a show he co-created with his son, and co-star, Dan Levy. Often playing flustered and unconventional characters, Levy started off […]

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Supreme Court To Hear Case Over NCAA's Limits On Compensation For Student Athletes

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would take up an appeal from the NCAA defending its rules that impose certain restrictions on paying college athletes.

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MLB Announces It Will Recognize Negro Leagues As Major League

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Larry Lester, co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, about the MLB decision to recognize Negro League athletes as Major League players.

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MLB Corrects 'Longtime Oversight', Now Recognizes Negro Leagues As 'Major League'

"All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game's finest players, innovations and triumphs against the backdrop of injustice," said the MLB commissioner.

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Grandmother Working at McDonald’s Receives Unforgettable Surprise From a Secret Santa

An Idaho man is acting as a real life Secret Santa this year, by gifting more than half a million dollars to local people who deserve a little extra kindness this year. The man who’s giving upwards of $500,000 to others wishes to remain anonymous, so he’s been getting a little help from the team […]

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Bus Driver Takes Detour so Daughter Can See her Mom at Seniors’ Home: ‘It just hit my heart’

Have you ever had a nightmare where you’re rushing to get to someplace vitally important only to realize you’re on a bus or train heading in the wrong direction and you’ll never make it in time? This scenario played out for one Belfast woman last week—only she wasn’t dreaming. Jacqueline Mason was on her way […]

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France to Become the First Country to Label Electronics With Repairability Tags

The European Parliament plans to boost sustainability by promoting reuse and repairs of phones, laptops, tablets, and other electronics—and by tackling practices that shorten the lifespan of such products. France is reported to begin rolling out ‘repairability tags’ on devices from January 2021, with some other European countries following suit after that. The resolution on […]

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Positive Outlook Predicts Less Memory Decline, Says New Research

We may wish some memories could last a lifetime, but many physical and emotional factors can negatively impact our ability to retain information throughout life. A new study published in the journal Psychological Science found that people who feel enthusiastic and cheerful—what psychologists call “positive affect”—are less likely to experience memory decline as they age. This result […]

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The Mind-Blowing Mathematics of Snowflakes

Whether printed on wrapping paper, made into ornaments, or sewed into festive socks, the figure of a snowflake is one of the most identifiable shapes you’ll ever see. But why is the shape so unanimous, when it’s often said that no two are alike? Today GNN looks at some merry mathematics and festive physics to […]

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Good News in History, December 16

250 years ago today, Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music, was born in Bonn, Germany. Hundreds of the pianist’s sonatas, overtures, chamber music, and symphonies rank amongst the most performed of any musician, classical or otherwise. Even while suffering increasingly from deafness in 1812 and becoming […]

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In 'I Came As A Shadow,' Georgetown's John Thompson Offers Some Surprising Moments

The Hall of Fame basketball coach, who died in August, leaves us with the private thoughts of a public man, one who both raged against racial injustice and embraced chances to make things better.

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Americans Say They’re Saving Up to Make the Holidays Extra Special This Year

Six in ten Americans expect to be receiving more “creative” gifts than ever before from their loved ones this holiday season, according to a new poll. And it may be in hopes to make this a season to remember, as nearly three in four Americans say they are planning on making this holiday season a […]

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Englishman Grows 500 Types of Edible Foods With Only a Few Hours’ Work a Month

Far from pursuing the American vision of “amber waves of grain,” this farmer in England’s southwest has, for 20 years, been growing 500 different types of food in what appears to be a temperate forest. Known as “agroforestry,” Martin Crawford’s garden is wild but tamed—a forest capable of producing tons of food with as little […]

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This Irish Couple Built Homes for Their Employees, and It’s Changed Their Lives

Like the song says, “There’s no place like home for the holidays.” Now, thanks to a pair of forward-thinking business owners in County Kerry, Ireland, three families will be moving into company subsidized housing in plenty of time to see Santa come down the chimney—and that’s just for starters. Patricia and Tony Walsh, owners of […]

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The Adventure Stories in This Non-Fiction Children’s Book are the Perfect Confidence Boost for Kids

When I was a kid, in truth I was a bit of a scaredy cat. The ‘adventurer’ in my family has always been my big brother. He’s the one who’s a search and rescue pilot. He’s the one who’s climbed the tallest mountain in the Swiss Alps, in a snowstorm—for fun.⠀ ⠀ Still, I’m always trying […]

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This New Yorker Spent $65,000 Buying Art to Support Fellow Artists Struggling in the Pandemic

Like almost no other event within living memory, the COVID-19 pandemic has painted our world with a very dark brush. While there finally appears to be light at the end of the medical tunnel coming from the scientific quarter, during our most troubling hours, what many people turned to for solace was art. Whether in the form […]

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The Backcountry Boom

In mountains across America, skiers and snowboarders are ditching ski lifts and heading into the backcountry. We talked with a pioneer of backcountry snowboarding about how we got here.

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Commentary: The Good And Bad Of Baseball's Statistics-Driven Assessments

Theo Epstein who took the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs to the World Series, acknowledges that his statistics-driven approach to building teams might make baseball boring to watch.

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VanDerveer Ties Victory Record With Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt

On Sunday, Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer tied the record for most victories in Division I women's basketball: 1,098. She'll have the opportunity Tuesday night to break the record

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Good News in History, December 15

50 years ago today, the Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 landed on the surface of Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to soft land on another planet. The 1,100 pound unmanned probe was also the first to transmit data from another planet back to Earth. On the lander there were temperature and pressure sensors as well as […]

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Scientists Find A Possible Link Between Circadian Rhythms And Athletes' Performance

Researchers found that basketball players score more during their time playing in the NBA bubble — possibly because the players' circadian rhythms weren't disrupted by travel across time zones.

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NCAA Plans To Hold All Of Women's Basketball Tournament In San Antonio This Spring

"Conducting the championship in one geographic region allows for more planning and execution of safeguards," an NCAA official said on Monday. The NCAA hopes all 64 teams will play in San Antonio.

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Lift the Holiday Spirits of Lonely Strangers Who’d Love a Message This Year: Join The Letter-Writing Campaign

A letter-writing initiative that sees bundles of uplifting, personal notes being delivered to individuals in need of kind words is back with its ’12 Days of Love Letter Writing’ campaign, and you can join in on the action. There are four more days to go in More Love Letters’ December drive, and the organization says: […]

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Teen from Wildfire-Hit Town Wins $250k Scholarship for Awesome Explanation of Quantum Tunneling

A Canadian teenager just took first place in a global science competition for her brilliant explanation of quantum tunneling. Maryam Tsegaye lives in Fort McMurray—a city that hit headlines for devastating reasons in 2016, when 88,000 people were forced from their homes due to wildfire. Now, thanks to her ability to explain tricky quantum physics […]

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Cleveland Baseball Team Will Drop Controversial Name To 'Unify Our Community'

The franchise is the second major sports team to abandon a long-time name widely seen as racist or culturally offensive. The NFL's Washington Football Team was the first to do so.

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Slimming and Healthful: Benefits of New ‘Green’ Mediterranean Diet Revealed in Study

A new ‘green’ Mediterranean diet, containing even more plant matter and very little red meat or poultry, may be even better for cardiovascular and metabolic health than the traditional version suggests new research published in the journal Heart. The Mediterranean diet, rich in plant-based foods, is linked to a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, […]

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World’s 3rd-Largest Grocery Chain Eliminates 20 Million Single-Use Plastic Wrappings From Christmas Goodies

Tesco, the world’s third-largest grocery store chain, has announced that as millions of Yule-tide products appear across its shelves, they do so lacking 20 million individual pieces of what would have been single-use plastic. The always-proud-to-help-the-environment grocer, who embraced the five pence tax on bags, and places carbon footprint labeling on its products, switched to […]

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Tiny Pygmy Possums Discovered on Kangaroo Island After Fears Bushfires Had Wiped Them Out

Australian wildlife ecologists were overjoyed to find endemic pygmy possums surviving on Kangaroo Island after it was torched by wildfires. In what was the equivalent of finding a very little needle in a haystack hundreds of thousands of acres wide, the survival of the possum on the South Australian island is a sign that wildlife […]

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Good News in History, December 14

35 years ago today, Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to be elected chief of a major American Indian tribe, taking office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. For a decade, she revitalized the Nation’s tribal government and improved its education, health, and housing. During her tenure the nation’s membership more than […]

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This is How Close We Are to Eliminating Malaria – 7.6 Million Deaths Averted in 20 Years, Thanks to Generous Nations

The World Health Organization reported that malaria deaths fell last year to the lowest level ever recorded. The mortality rate has dropped by almost 60% in the last two decades, and 1.5 billion malaria cases have been averted globally in the period between 2000 and 2019. Together, the various organizations have achieved 7.6 million fewer […]

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Toronto’s Oldest Tree Will No Longer Be Cut Down Thanks to Last-Minute Decision By City Council

One of the oldest trees in Canada, a towering red oak believed to be more than 250 years old, was facing the axe when a new homeowner bought the property. But now, thanks to a last-minute vote by the city, the tree will be saved for future generations. On November 26, the Toronto City Council […]

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Walking Through the Doorway of Change – How to Thrive Through Uncertainty

This is an excerpt from Thriving through Uncertainty: Moving Beyond Fear of the Unknown and Making Change Work for You By Tama Kieves… You may feel like things are challenging at this moment in your life. But let’s get this straight right now. It’s not because you’re failing, or broken. The Doorway You’re standing at […]

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Family Finds 15th Century Gold Coins While Pulling Weeds in the Garden–6,000 Have Dug Up Treasures During Lockdown

A “miraculous” haul of gold coins dating from the late 15th century was discovered by a family digging in their garden. The highlight of the hoard was a collection of four coins bearing the initials of the wives of Henry VIII—Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour, according to the British Museum. The 63 […]

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Good News in History, December 13

Happy Birthday to beloved entertainer Dick Van Dyke, who turns 95 years old today. Known for his beaming smile, physical dexterity, impeccable comic timing, and unforgettable screen roles, the actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer starred in films such as Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang—and on television in The […]

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Americans Living in These States Are the Best at Saving Money – And They’re Saving For Different Things in 2020

New Yorkers are the most savings-conscious compared to any other state, according to a new poll of 5,000 Americans from all 50 states. Interestingly, the results also showed that 58% of those polled said COVID-19 has completely changed how they approach savings, with 53% saying they’ve started saving for different things since the pandemic started. […]

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Chain Reaction of Kindness Involved Over 900 Vehicles Driving Through a Minnesota Dairy Queen

What began as a single act of kindness ignited a chain of good cheer stretching 900 cars long. A Dairy Queen restaurant in Brainerd, Minnesota was the scene of the pay-it-forward chain that lasted nearly three days. The store manager Tina Jensen was excited on December 3 when a man said he’d like to pay […]

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This Natural Gel Might Soon Be a Holistic—And Cheap— Herbal Answer to Psoriasis Troubles

Using a variety of cumin, scientists in India have patented their innovative herbal gel for affordable, effective treatment of mild to moderate psoriasis. The inflammatory skin disorder that causes itchiness and irritation from red and scaly rashes already affects millions of people around the world and the numbers may be up during the pandemic. Treatments […]

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In ‘Huge Victory for Polar Bears’, Court Rejects Arctic Offshore Drilling Project

Now that the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled on an offshore oil drilling project in the Arctic, polar pear protectors finally have a reason to celebrate. Bastions of unusually-rich biodiversity in the waters of the Beaufort Sea will remain undisturbed with the project’s defeat, as it would have required building not only the oil […]

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Sports Chat: How Soon Should Athletes Get The COVID-19 Vaccine?

Where should athletes be in the line to get coronavirus vaccinations, and a college coach questions whether their basketball season should continue. NPR's Scott Simon talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant.

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Detroit Area Entrepreneur Launches Bowling Alley On Wheels During the Pandemic

Terence Jackson, Jr., 34, runs Luxury Strike Bowling, a rentable, private mobile bowling alley that offers a unique entertainment alternative to Zoom parties as the city remains on lockdown.

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Good News in History, December 12

150 years ago today, Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first black congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives. Born into slavery in South Carolina, he was freed in the 1840s by his father, a slave who had been allowed to work as a barber and split the profits with his “master”. With his […]

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Bend It Like Fuller: How A College Soccer Star Broke Ground For Women In Football

When Sarah Fuller was tapped last-minute as a kicker for the Vanderbilt Commodores, she became the first female football player in the history of the NCAA's Power 5 conferences.

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See the Stunning Winners of the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year Competition

The stunning beauty of one of nature’s most spectacular events has been captured in this series of spell-binding images. On special nights far from the equator, the sky is illuminated by a dazzling, celestial light show. The aurora borealis and aurora australis are caused when cosmic radiation hits electrically charged particles in Earth’s atmosphere. The […]

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Blind Mice with Glaucoma See Again Through Simple Technique that Promotes Youthful Gene Expression

Some of the below was reprinted with permission from World at Large, a news outlet focusing on space, health, conservation, environmental and foreign policy, and travel. Researchers at Harvard Medical School have successfully restored vision loss and reversed glaucoma-induced damage in mice. In the mice, the retinal ganglion cells, a principal cell that enables vision, […]

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Conservation Success for European Bison is ‘Living Proof’ That Ambitious Biodiversity Targets Work

Far from the rolling plains of the Dakotas, Wyoming, and Montana, wild bison in Europe are also recovering in large numbers. The European wood bison population has grown so much as to no longer be considered “Vulnerable” according to the global authority on conservation, the IUCN, in their latest Red List update. Present in Poland, […]

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2 Lonely Otters Introduced at a Sanctuary Are Now Living ‘Happily Otter After’

What’s better than being utterly in love? How about being “otterly” in love? When we last reported on erstwhile Asian short-clawed otter Harris who’d lost his mate, he’d just dipped his toe back into the dating pool. Now, thanks to the online otter dating service Fishing For Love (because there apparently is such a thing), […]

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