“You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin
Quote of the Day: “You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.” – Joseph B. WirthlinnnPhoto by: Getty Images for Unsplash+nnWith 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 27
Happy 48th Birthday to Il Capitano—Francesco Totti. The most iconic Italian football forward of the 21st century, Totti spent a 25-year professional career in the red and orange on the AS Roma team—and is remembered as one of the greatest players of his generation. In 619 appearances for Roma he scored 250 goals, the second […]
Vertical Greening Brings Nature to Urban ‘Heat Islands’ Quickly and Easily (LOOK)
nnNow at the London Design Festival, a nifty piece of “street furniture” allows for rapid urban greening with little effort and maximum impact.nn”Vert” is a simple polygonal assembly of boards, nets, and ropes that will allow climbing plants to scale quickly and easily, bathing an area of exposed concrete in shade and moisture.nnThe idea behind […]
Moderate Coffee and Caffeine Consumption Is Associated with Preventing Onset of #1 Killer
nnRegular coffee or caffeine consumption may offer a protective effect against developing multiple cardiometabolic diseases like coronary heart disease and stroke, the most common killers in human society today.nnDetailed in new research published in the Endocrine Society, three cups of coffee per day were associated with those in the study cohort who had a lower […]
Researchers Discover 200-year-old Message in a Bottle: A ‘Magic Moment’
nnA team of student archaeologists in France received an amazing surprise while working on a site dating to Gaulic times.nnCarried out under the direction of Guillaume Blondel, director of the municipal archaeological service of the city of Eu, the excavations delivered, among other things, a moving and very special testimony from the past.nnLocated in a […]
To Save Sea Turtle Population Invasive Deer Successfully Eradicated from Island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
nnIn Australia, wild deer that were destroying sea turtle habitat on an island near the Great Barrier Reef have been eradicated.nnThe result is that Australia’s largest flatback turtle rookery is now a safe haven for these ocean-goers once again.nnnnIt’s just the latest in a string of high-profile success stories from islands all over Australia’s territorial […]
“Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.” – Rumi
Quote of the Day: “Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.” – RuminnPhoto by: Ben Blennerhassett (cropped)nnWith 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 26
41 years ago today, the lives of two Soviet cosmonauts, Gennady Strekalov and Vladimir Titov, were saved in the only use of an emergency shuttle eject system in the history of manned spaceflight. Their Mission Soyuz-U was on the launch pad when mission control detected a serious fuel leak in the rockets. A mere 20 […]
Inspired by Avatar and His Asthma, Indian Man Creates ‘Biosphere’ to Connect Adjacent Land to National Park
nnIt’s being called India’s first private biosphere—a 32-acre forest haven bursting with life and inspired by James Cameron’s Avatar. nnEnvironmentalist and clean air activist Jai Dhar Gupta dreamt of a place like Pandora, the fictional planet in the film—a luscious Darwinian playground of evolution vibrant with sound and color.nnFor the entrepreneur’s 50th birthday, he teamed up with […]
Virginia State Parks Install Viewfinders for Colorblind Visitors–Just in Time for Autumn Leaves
nnIn preparation for leaf-peeping season, Virginia State Parks have equipped all 43 managed properties with special viewfinders for the colorblind.nnThe lenses in the viewfinders allow those with red-green Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) to experience the full breadth of color inherent in the autumnal leaf displays that Virginia is famous for.nnRed-green CVD is the most common […]