“I think and think for months and years. 99 times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I’m right.” – Albert Einstein
Quote of the Day: “I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I’m right.” – Albert EinsteinnnPhoto by: Dollar GillnnWith 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, August 28
116 years ago today, Roger Tory Peterson, the inventor of the modern field guide, was born. The American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator published his groundbreaking Guide to the Birds in 1934, at age 25, and its first printing sold out in one week. The Peterson Field Guide series eventually included topics ranging from rocks […]
5,000 Are Now Sleeping with Roof Over Their Head Thanks to Oregon Task Force Slashing Homelessness
nnNearly 5,500 Oregonians have been moved out of homelessness and into housing thanks to persistence from a recently-appointed task force.nnThis amounts to a 28% increase from the previous year, and the number of housing placements is the most seen in a fiscal year since the task force’s inception.nnLocated in Multnomah County, one of two counties […]
Passionate Mushroom Researcher Spends Decade Unravelling Mystery of 200-year-old Museum Specimen
nnA passionate expert on fungi has spent a decade trying to discover the identity behind a preserved and mislabeled specimen in an Australian collection—all for the sake of science.nnDespite being one of the 5 kingdoms of life—alongside animals, plants, and two kinds of microorganisms—mycology, or the study of fungi, is not only a niche field, […]
People Seen as Wise Share These Characteristics – All Over the World
nnAcross different cultures and countries, people perceive the wisest members of society to be logical and reflective as well as able to consider other people’s feelings and perceptions.nnThis was found in a new study that examined people’s conceptions of wisdom as a characteristic in 16 radically different world cultures, from Japan and Slovakia to Ecuador […]
Chef Returns to Kitchen Thanks to Floating Seat Invented After a Motorcycle Injury Made Him Immobile (WATCH)
nnAn Austrian chef who lost almost all control of his legs is back on the line again thanks to a brilliant invention from a friend.nnA C-shaped metal hook suspended on a set of rails from the ceiling allows Chef Lammer to literally float through the kitchen, while setting his hands free to chop, dice, quarter, […]
“If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act.” – Howard Zinn
Quote of the Day: “If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act.” – Howard ZinnnnPhoto by: Florian CordillotnnWith 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 […]
Good News in History, August 27
Happy 85th Birthday to Osage-American travel writer William Least Heat-Moon. His debut novel, Blue Highways, (1982) is a chronicle of a three-month-long road trip that Least Heat-Moon took throughout the United States in 1978 after he had lost his teaching job and been separated from his first wife. He tells how he traveled 13,000 miles, […]
‘Everything Went Right’ Says Dad Who Lost His Wedding Ring on the Highway While Delivering Newborn in Backseat
nn”Everything could have gone wrong, and everything went right,” were the concluding thoughts of Danya Mahota, new father for the second time.nnIt all started when his wife Rebecca, at 40 weeks pregnant, felt the contractions coming on fast and hard.nnEn route from their home in Brewster to the hospital in Plymouth, a 56-minute drive in […]
Seven ‘Spectacular’ Silver Bracelets from the Viking Age Unearthed by a Danish Student
nnA 22-year-old Danish student has become the latest metal detective to dig up treasure buried by Vikings.nnIn the area around the Danish city of Aarhus, Gustav Bruunsgaard was out with his metal detector when it started beeping. The lad was already in an area where finds from the Viking Age have been uncovered, and one […]