Previously Unknown Mozart Song Discovered in German Library After 200 Years
nnImagine if you were flipping through records at a store and discovered an unreleased single from Jimi Hendrix or Freddie Mercury.nnThat’s what archivists must have felt when they held up 200-year-old sheet music for a composition about 12 minutes long.nnThey realized that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was about to drop a new track, more than 200 […]
Gene Therapy at Duke Improves NC Dad’s Failing Vision Just in Time for His Baby’s Birth
nnA touching story comes now from North Carolina of a man who saw a reversal in his progressive blindness just in time to see the face of his newborn son.nnThe new father was born with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and knew even from a young age that it would mean a total loss of vision.nnTyler Wilfong […]
“The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.” – Jerzy Kosinski
Quote of the Day: “The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.” – Jerzy KosinskinnPhoto: 1883 painting by Walter Langley – Birmingham Museums TrustnnWith 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 September 30
161 years ago, George Bizet’s famous opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles, The Pearl Fishermen, debuted at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Set in ancient times on the Island of Sri Lanka, it tells the story of how two men’s vow of eternal friendship is threatened by their love for the same woman, whose own dilemma […]
55-Year-old Janitor Cleans Up on America’s Got Talent Winning $1M for Heart-Wrenching ‘Don’t Stop Believing’
nnRichard Goodall, a 55-year-old school janitor, became the winner of America’s Got Talent season 19 in a true underdog story that culminated with him claiming a $1 million prize.nnHe beat out a drone light show, and a dog act to win the finale with a belting rendition of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin.’”nnHe made it to […]
Telescopes Capture Black Hole in Unprecedented Color Photo Using Triple-Frequency
nnFor generations, humanity has had to be content with artistic illustrations of black holes as a means to imagine these difficult-to-imagine cosmic objects.nnNow, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration which gave the world its first real image of a black hole in 2019, has imaged the same object with different frequencies and at the highest […]
Vertical Strawberry Farm in Virginia Uses AI to Create Maximum Berries With Peak-Season Flavor Year-Round
nnIn Virginia, a company has opened what it is calling the world’s first indoor strawberry farm.nnPlenty Unlimited says their AI-based system makes it possible to grow produce with peak-season flavor, year-round, almost anywhere in the world.nnMore than 10 million data points are analyzed by AI each day across 12 grow rooms, adapting each grow room’s […]
What Makes the Perfect Forest for the Perfect Autumn?
n Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel. nDepending on where you live in the world, you may be opening this story with every tree in your neighborhood blushing bright yellow, orange, and red, or you could be wondering why all the colors didn’t show up.nnThe […]
“Happiness comes from living as your inner voice tells you to.” – Shonda Rhimes
Quote of the Day: “Happiness comes from living as your inner voice tells you to.” – Shonda RhimesnnPhoto by: Le Minh PhuongnnWith 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 September 29
143 years ago today, Ludwig von Mises, the most influential economist of the 20th century was born in Lemberg. Today, Mises is remembered not as the founder, but the master of “praxeology,” a study that forms economic theory based on human actions as the fundamental units of analysis. He published several seminal economic treatises throughout […]