Hunt for Subway Hero Who Gave Blind Man His Shoes After Theirs Fell into the Gap
nnFrom the London subway comes the story of a Good Samaritan who saw a blind man lose a shoe and offered his own to make sure the man could keep his balance.nnIt was recounted to British media by a passenger on the train that day named Sami, who had originally shared it on Reddit.nnIt happened […]
Salmon Have Already Returned Far Upriver to Spawn in Historic Habitat After Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project
nnNot two months have passed since a series of four dams were demolished on the Klamath River, and salmon are already spawning in creeks and tributaries far upriver.nnIt’s the ultimate goal that a coalition of tribal, state, and federal government entities have campaigned for since the early 2000s.nnGNN reported on the dam demolition, concluded on […]
Awesome Bridge Swings Back and Forth to Allow Boats to Pass Over Long-Divided Scottish River (LOOK)
nnIn a delightful show of Scottish engineering, a new moveable bridge to span the Clyde River works like a drawbridge but horizontally.nnIt’s one of the world’s first large “double-leaf swing bridges,” to use the proper term, which opens to allow boat traffic to pass by swinging each half of the bridge like the paddles in […]
Multiplayer Online Gaming is Associated with Better Teamwork, Problem-Solving at the Office
nnAt the University of Houston, online video gamers are the focus of a new paper on productivity at work, and the results may not be what you expect.nnThe paper reports that—contrary to popular belief—massively multiplayer online gamers have their skills in the workplace enriched by those seemingly endless hours erroneously thought of as frittering away […]
“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that WE can be extraordinary to somebody too.” – Helen Hayes
Quote of the Day: “We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we can be extraordinary to somebody too.” – Helen HayesnnPhoto by: Ben IwarannWith a new inspirational quote every day, atop the perfect photo—collected and archived on our Quote of the Day page—why not bookmark GNN.org for a daily uplift?nn
Good News in History, November 21
50 years ago today, Congress voted in a two-thirds majority to override President Gerald Ford’s attempted veto of the Freedom of Information Act, after he was influenced to try the veto by Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. That decision gave the country the FOIA which it still maintains today, out of which have come dozens […]