DATE: June 02, 2025 at 07:00AM
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TITLE: Electric Ferry Boat Makes Historic First Crossing from Europe to Africa Cutting Energy Use by 80%

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An electric ferryboat has gone from Spain to Africa and back in the same day, proving decarbonization of strait crossings is possible. The Swedish-made vessel traveled from Sotogrande, Spain, to Ceuta, North Africa—a 24-nautical mile trip—in just over one hour, matching the speed of conventional fast ferries. After recharging, the vessel returned to the Spanish […]

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DATE: May 23, 2025 at 07:00AM
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TITLE: West African Man Becomes Kung Fu Master, Brings Chinese Martial Arts and Meditation Back Home

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/west-african-man-becomes-kung-fu-master-brings-chinese-martial-arts-and-meditation-back-home/

Meet Master Degbo, a Chinese Shaolin kung fu and tai chi teacher on the other side of the world from China. From the West African nation of Benin comes the ultimate story in intercultural exchange, whereby a young man inspired by Jackie Chan films took up kung fu and persisted to run the largest Chinese […]

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DATE: May 11, 2025 at 10:30AM
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TITLE: Watch Shopkeeper’s Chaotic Attempt to Wrangle Kittens into Their Cage in Hilarious Surveillance Video

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CCTV footage captured the hilarious scene as a shop owner struggled to wrangle kittens into their cage—scooping up each one while another was escaping every time. Shared by a pet store in Chongqing, China, on April 30, 2025, the video shows the worker battling to transfer five tiny kittens from their carriers into the cage. […]

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DATE: May 09, 2025 at 02:30PM
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TITLE: New Caledonia Bans ‘Dangerous’ Seabed Mining for Half a Century in the South Pacific

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The Pacific island territory of New Caledonia has announced a moratorium on seabed mining for nickel across 1.3 million square kilometers of ocean. The rare and sweeping move places the French territory among the most restrictive in the world in terms of seabed extraction, and should enable the protection of roughly one-third of the world’s […]

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DATE: May 03, 2025 at 07:00AM
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TITLE: Revolutionary New Antidote Neutralizes Venom of 19 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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A revolutionary new antidote neutralizes the venom of 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes, including the black mamba, king cobra, and tiger snakes. Researchers used antibodies from a human donor with a “hyper-immunity” to snake venom to develop the most broadly effective antivenom to date. It combines protective antibodies and a small molecule inhibitor and […]

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DATE: April 27, 2025 at 05:57PM
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TITLE: Bride Skis Down the Aisle in her Wedding Dress to Get Married at 8,000-feet (WATCH)

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Instead of walking down the aisle, this bride decided to ski down in her wedding dress, tying the knot at 8,000-ft on a snowy mountain. Jess and Ladis Hoefkens got married on March 28, at the top of Mont Brévant in Chamonix, France, in an intimate ceremony with 20 guests joining them on the slopes […]

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DATE: April 27, 2025 at 10:45AM
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TITLE: 9-Year-old Begs His Mom to Drive Back After Seeing Frantic Cow–Then Saves a Calf He Found in Ditch

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A nine-year-old boy was convinced something was wrong when he spotted a cow in a field acting erratically—and he would not stop begging his mother to turn the car around. Wyatt Ban was heading home with his mom after getting breakfast on Tuesday when he saw the mother cow running around frantically near Eminence, Indiana. […]

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DATE: April 21, 2025 at 07:00AM
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TITLE: The Lasting Power of Affectionate Mothering: Nurturing Now, Thriving Later

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Affectionate mothering in childhood may have a lasting impact on important personality traits, potentially influencing life outcomes such as educational achievement, economic success, and health and well-being. Found in the results of a new twin study, the data suggests that positive maternal parenting could foster important traits such as openness, conscientiousness and agreeableness. “Personality traits […]

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DATE: April 19, 2025 at 01:41PM
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TITLE: Group Celebrates 20 Years of Steering Surplus Office Furniture Away from Landfill and into Communities

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/group-celebrates-20-years-of-steering-surplus-office-furniture-away-from-landfill-and-into-communities/

Founded on Earth Day in 2005 with a vision to work with corporations to divert their surplus furniture into the hands of communities, instead of piling up in landfills, ANEW is celebrating 20 years of environmental stewardship. Founder Rose Tourje had a bleak realization during her successful career in commercial interior design when one day […]

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DATE: April 19, 2025 at 12:18PM
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TITLE: Extraordinary Reuse of Vacant Church: Transforming into a Public Swimming Pool in the Netherlands

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/extraordinary-reuse-of-vacant-church-transforming-into-public-swimming-pool-in-the-netherlands/

Two architecture firms teamed up to win the competition to transform the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen into a public swimming pool. Nicknamed “Holy Water”, the project gives the vacant church a new social function, while preserving the historic elements of this listed national monument. The plans from MVRDV and Zecc Architecten incorporate […]

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DATE: April 15, 2025 at 01:18PM
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TITLE: Kindness Activists are Adding Benches to City Bus Stops After Man With Cane Has to Sit on a Curb

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/samaritan-activists-are-adding-benches-to-city-bus-stops-after-man-with-cane-has-to-sit-on-a-curb/

A photo showing a man with a cane sitting on the ground at a bus stop led to a groundswell of compassion and a determination to make things right. From that uncomfortable predicament, a local movement in Berkeley, California, was born. It started when Darrell Owens noticed his neighbor, who had just undergone surgery for chronic […]

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DATE: April 13, 2025 at 03:42PM
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TITLE: FREE Service that Finds Lost Pets–Already Reunited 40,000 Animals Using QR Codes and Network of a Million People

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/free-service-finds-lost-pets-has-reunited-40000-animals-using-qr-codes/

There’s already an Amber Alert for children—now, one entrepreneur has asked the question, why isn’t there an Amber Alert for pets? That’s how FidoAlert was born. Using technology, a QR code, and SMS texting, it’s an alert for animals. And the best part is… it’s free. The pet alert network currently has over a million […]

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DATE: April 09, 2025 at 02:00PM
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TITLE: Elk Can Migrate Through Private Colorado Ranch After First-of-its-Kind Deal with Conservation Group

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/elk-can-migrate-through-private-colorado-ranch-after-first-of-its-kind-deal-with-conservation-group/

A Colorado rancher has signed a first-of-its-kind agreement that will see a conservation organization help pay for his land leases in exchange for letting wildlife access it. America is a leader across many dimensions, few more so than in innovative conservation strategies. From the concept of the ‘national park’ to the Federal duck stamp, America […]

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DATE: April 09, 2025 at 07:00AM
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TITLE: Trading Cards Featuring Middle-Aged Men Go Viral in Japanese Town, Boosting Volunteerism and Awe of Elders

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In a story that will make you ‘aww’ and ‘aha’ like the best Pixar film, a Japanese community center released a line of collectable trading cards featuring the town’s older male residents. Seeking a way for the younger generation to connect with the “amazing” community members middle-aged and older, the center’s secretary general leveraged the […]

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DATE: April 05, 2025 at 07:53PM
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TITLE: Philadelphia Zoo’s 100-Year-old Galapagos Tortoises Hatch 4 Babies–to Help Ensure Species Survival

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-philadelphia-zoos-galapagos-tortoises-are-new-parents-at-100-years-old/

The Philadelphia Zoo is overjoyed to announce the hatching of four critically endangered Galapagos tortoises for the first time in the Zoo’s 150 year history. The parents, Western Santa Cruz tortoises, are the Zoo’s two oldest residents, each estimated to be around 100 years old. Additionally, the female named Mommy is considered one of the […]

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DATE: April 04, 2025 at 02:30PM
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TITLE: World’s Smallest Pacemaker is Made for Newborns, Activated by Light, and Requires No Surgery

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Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so small that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe and be non-invasively injected into the body, according to a new study published in Nature. Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of newborn […]

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DATE: March 31, 2025 at 02:00PM
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TITLE: Presumed Extinct: World’s Smallest Otter Found in Busy Nepal River After 186 Years without a Sighting

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Though officially classified as vulnerable, no credible sighting of the Asian short-clawed otter, the smallest species of its kind, has been made in almost 200 years. So when forestry officials in Nepal found an injured, juvenile otter at the confluence of two major rivers last November, they never imagined that their actions might determine the […]

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DATE: March 16, 2025 at 09:00AM
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TITLE: Merely Watching Scenes of Nature Can Reduce Pain, Says New Study

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A new neuroimaging report says merely looking at nature can help ease how people experience pain by reducing the brain activity linked to pain perception. It is well known to reduce feelings of anxiety and depression as well, and the report serves as a reminder of how much good the great outdoors can do for […]

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DATE: March 14, 2025 at 09:30AM
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TITLE: Over-the-Counter Ibuprofen Can Speed Up Recovery From Concussion By 20%: Study

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Over-the-counter painkillers such as ibuprofen speed up the recovery from concussion, according to a new study. Concussion injury patients who took the pain reliever pills recovered 20% faster than those who did not take them, said scientists from the University of Washington in Seattle. “These results are exciting as there are limited treatment options for […]

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DATE: March 07, 2025 at 03:00AM
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TITLE: Good News in History, March 7

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176 years ago today, the renowned American botanist and horticultural pioneer, Luther Burbank, who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants, was born. He created the Shasta daisy, the Delicious apple, and the Russet potato, which he invented to be resistant to the blight that wiped out crops throughout Europe and caused the […]

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