Family Is Finally Ready to Sell 1,000 Christmas Trees Planted a Decade Ago to Fund Their Grandchildren’s Education
nnIn rural Indiana, a couple are selling around 1,000 stately fir and pine trees for Christmas to help fund the education of their 8 grandchildren.nnShawn and Bruce Carpenter planted around 5,000 tiny trees a decade ago, reasoning that by the time they reach between 6 and 10 feet tall, their grandchildren will begin shipping off […]
400,000 Kids Now Have LEGOs to Play with Thanks to Parents Donating 1.2 Mil Pounds of Used Bricks So Far
nnLEGO is celebrating 5 years of success for its flagship sustainability initiative Replay which allows consumers to ship used and unwanted LEGO bricks back to the company for redistribution to others.nnIn a pair of lovely celebrations in Boston and Richmond, giant LEGO birthday cakes bearing the number ‘5’ were decorated by children who then got to […]
Trillions of Microscopic Sea Plankton Recruited to Solve the Carbon Problem
nnAmerican scientists have proposed a new method for recruiting trillions of microscopic sea creatures and their insatiable appetites for the fight against climate change.nnThe technique harnesses the animals’ daily habits to essentially accelerate the ocean’s natural cycle for removing carbon from the atmosphere, which is known as the biological pump, according to the paper in […]
Shipwreck Near Kenya May Be from Vasco da Gama’s Final Voyage and Would Be ‘Archaeological Stardust’
nnNot far off the Kenyan coast, maritime archaeologists believe they have found the wreckage of a galleon belonging to Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese navigator who found the route to India around Africa.nnWhile the true provenance of the vessel is unclear, the discovery would be of monumental importance to the study of maritime archaeology, and […]
“We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.” – Mother Teresa
Quote of the Day: “We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.” – Mother TeresannPhoto by: public domainnnWith 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?
Good News in History, December 12
122 years ago today, Theodor Mommsen received the Nobel Prize for Literature, with a special mention for A History of Rome, a history so well-researched, so precise, measured, and yet also expansive in its scope, that it remains critical to contemporary historical research today even 170 years after its publication. READ what Mark Twain had to say […]
Anonymous $3.5 Million Gift to Milwaukee Art Museum Provides Free Admission for Children
nnThanks to the kindness of a generous donor, children 12 and under will now be able to visit the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) for free.nnThe gift of $3.5 million was given anonymously but with instructions to establish an endowment supporting child attendance at the museum.nnThe donor “shared fond memories of visiting the museum with their […]
UPDATE: High Schoolers Who Found ‘Impossible’ Proof of Pythagorean Theorem Discover 9 More Solutions to it
nnLast year GNN reported on two Louisiana high schoolers who used trigonometry to properly demonstrate Pythagoras’ Theorum, a mathematical concept that remained unsolved for more than 2,000 years.nnNe’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson made national headlines, won their school a large grant, and were invited to publish papers on their discovery after making it.nnOn October 28th, […]
Hawaiian Crow That Went Extinct in the Wild Decades Ago Now Released on Maui
nn5 Hawaiian crows have just been released onto the island of Maui in an attempt to return this species to the islands.nnExtirpated from its native Big Island in 2002, all remaining members of the species have been bred in captivity since then. However, the animals were raised to retain their wilder instincts in the hope […]
4-Year-old Brit Taught Himself All 195 World Flags And Knows Every Country on the Map (WATCH)
nnIf you have 2 minutes to be charmed, watch the video of this Dr. Livingston in the making, who can name all 195 flags of the world at just 4 years old.nnArthur Weekley has been interested in flags since he was 3 after his dad Bobby bought him a puzzle with different flags on it.nnAfter […]