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DATE: March 27, 2025 at 02:30PM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Three Critically Endangered Orangutans Rescued from Illegal Captivity and Returned to Their Forest Realm

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In a heartwarming milestone for great ape conservation, Mary, a rescued orphaned orangutan, has been released into the jungles of Borneo following rehabilitation. After spending four years at the Bornean Orangutan Rescue Alliance (BORA) Rescue and Rehabilitation Center learning how to survive independently in the jungle, she has been allowed to return to her home […]

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Good News Network · Three Critically Endangered Orangutans Rescued from Illegal Captivity and Returned to Their Forest RealmAfter learning how to survive independently in the jungle, she has been allowed to return to her home in the Busang Ecosystem.

DATE: March 16, 2025 at 09:00AM
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TITLE: Merely Watching Scenes of Nature Can Reduce Pain, Says New Study

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A new neuroimaging report says merely looking at nature can help ease how people experience pain by reducing the brain activity linked to pain perception. It is well known to reduce feelings of anxiety and depression as well, and the report serves as a reminder of how much good the great outdoors can do for […]

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Good News Network · Merely Watching Scenes of Nature Can Reduce Pain, Says New StudyIt is well known to reduce feelings of anxiety as well, and the report serves as a reminder of how much good the great outdoors can do.

DATE: March 07, 2025 at 03:00AM
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TITLE: Good News in History, March 7

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176 years ago today, the renowned American botanist and horticultural pioneer, Luther Burbank, who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants, was born. He created the Shasta daisy, the Delicious apple, and the Russet potato, which he invented to be resistant to the blight that wiped out crops throughout Europe and caused the […]

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Good News Network · Good News in History, March 7 - Good News NetworkCheck out our daily column that features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—March 7.

DATE: February 13, 2025 at 09:00AM
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TITLE: Tribal Bison Ranchers Return Thousands of Animals to Native Lands and Witness an Ecosystem Rejuvinate

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A tribal-led nonprofit is creating a network of native bison ranchers that are restoring ecosystems on the Great Plains, restoring native ranchers’ connections with their ancestral land, and restoring the native diet that their ancestors relied on. Called the Tanka Fund, they coordinate donors and partners to help ranchers secure grazing land access, funds needed […]

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Good News Network · Tribal Bison Ranchers Return Thousands of Animals to Native Lands and Witness an Ecosystem RejuvinateThe return of the bison means the return of the prairie, one of the three great grassland ecosystems on the planet.

DATE: December 28, 2024 at 10:00AM
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TITLE: Insurer Denies Prosthetic So Family Crowdfunds $30k–But Angel Steps In and Girl Gives Money to Boy Who Needs One

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The family of a 9-year-old who was born without a left hand raised the $24,000 needed for a new prosthetic arm, after the cost was denied by their insurance company—but now the girl is paying it forward to another child, after a Good Samaritan stepped in to cover the full cost of hers. Remi Bateman, […]

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Good News Network · Insurer Denies Prosthetic So Family Crowdfunds $30k–But Angel Steps In and Girl Gives Money to Boy Who Needs OneAfter raising $24k for their child's bionic arm, a company stepped in to cover the cost, so the girl gave the money to a boy who needs one.

DATE: December 28, 2024 at 03:00AM
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TITLE: Good News in History, December 28

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51 years ago today, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn published The Gulag Archipelago, a literary investigation of the prison-labor camp system in the Soviet Union between 1918 and 1956 that forever destroyed the credibility of communism. This Nobel Prize-winning book, which has been called the single greatest indictment of a political regime ever written, and the best non-fiction […]

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Good News Network · Good News on This Day in History – December 28This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—December 28.

DATE: December 24, 2024 at 09:00AM
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TITLE: Hidden Fresco of Last Byzantine Emperor Discovered in Greek Monastery: ‘Exudes Calmness and Kindness’

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From Greece comes the discovery of the first-ever portrait of the last-ever Byzantine Emperor, Constantine XI Phalaiologos. Discovered at a monastery Constantine’s brothers once patronized, it dates to the 15th-century fall of the great empire and offers a vision of the man painted according to his likeness, rather than according to Imperial custom. Located in […]

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Good News Network · Hidden Fresco of Last Byzantine Emperor Discovered in Greek Monastery: 'Exudes Calmness and Kindness'It dates to the 15th-century fall of the great empire and offers a vision of the man painted according to his likeness.

DATE: December 22, 2024 at 07:00AM
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TITLE: Revolutionary Infertility Treatment Uses Tiny ‘Robots’ to Clear a Pathway in Clogged Tubes

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Tens of millions of people worldwide affected by infertility due to fallopian tube obstruction may soon benefit from a tiny robotic screw capable of clearing the pathway. Researchers at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) developed the innovative solution using a magnetically driven robotic microscrew to treat fallopian tube blockages. “This new technology offers […]

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Good News Network · Revolutionary Infertility Treatment Uses Tiny ‘Robots’ to Clear a Pathway in Clogged TubesMillions affected by infertility due to fallopian tube obstruction may soon benefit from a tiny robotic screw that of clears a pathway.

DATE: December 19, 2024 at 07:00AM
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TITLE: Endangered Thick-Billed Parrot That Once Roamed the US Is on the Way to Recovery

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A public-private partnership in Mexico just announced that the current population of thick-billed parrots is approximately 2,500 individuals—at least 10% higher than that recorded 12 years ago. The number was determined in a recent population survey in a protected area in the state of Chihuahua, where once upon a time this charismatic species roamed north […]

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Good News Network · Endangered Thick-Billed Parrot That Once Roamed the US Is on the Way to RecoveryThe thick-billed parrot is a characteristic and emblematic species of the Southwest, and occurred in both Arizona and New Mexico.

DATE: December 18, 2024 at 11:30AM
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TITLE: First Ever National Civics Bee Crowns 8th Grade Girl From Alaska for Knowing How Government Works

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A month ago, an 8th-grader from Alaska won the inaugural National Civics Bee aimed at cultivating the next generation of leaders through competition. Winning the Alaska state civics bee, Emily Brubaker was able to participate in the national competition at the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation building in Washington on November 12th. Her victory was […]

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Good News Network · First Ever National Civics Bee Crowns 8th Grade Girl From Alaska for Knowing How Government WorksShe wants to be a satellite programmer for NASA, and thinks MIT would be the best course of action for such a career.

DATE: December 12, 2024 at 11:30AM
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TITLE: 400,000 Kids Now Have LEGOs to Play with Thanks to Parents Donating 1.2 Mil Pounds of Used Bricks So Far

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LEGO 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. In a pair of lovely celebrations in Boston and Richmond, giant LEGO birthday cakes bearing the number ‘5’ were decorated by children who then got […]

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Good News Network · 400,000 Kids Now Have LEGOs to Play with Thanks to Parents Donating 1.2 Mil Pounds of Used Bricks So FarFive years on there have been 1,229,072 lbs. of LEGO bricks donated to the program which has distributed them to almost 400,000 children.

DATE: December 11, 2024 at 09:00AM
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TITLE: Hawaiian Crow That Went Extinct in the Wild Decades Ago Released on Maui

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5 Hawaiian crows have just been released onto the island of Maui in an attempt to return this species to the islands. Extirpated 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 […]

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Good News Network · Hawaiian Crow That Went Extinct in the Wild Decades Ago Released on MauiThis cooperative effort is the first release of Hawaiʻi’s endemic crow on Maui and the first reintroduction attempt beyond the Big Island. 

DATE: December 03, 2024 at 02:00PM
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TITLE: Octopus Tentacle Suction Cups Could Help Dentures Stick to the Mouth

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/octopus-te

Scientists have found a way to help dentures better stick to the mouth—which is a bigger problem than you think—by mimicking the powerful suction cups found on octopus tentacles. Since 1 in every 10 users of dentures have trouble keeping them in place, they sometimes have to resort to various denture cements and adhesives to […]

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Good News Network · Octopus Tentacle Suction Cups Could Help Dentures Stick to the MouthIt has always been popular in engineering and inventing to rely on inspiration from nature, often referred to as "biomimicry."

DATE: December 02, 2024 at 11:30AM
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TITLE: Bumblebees Increase by More than 100x in ‘Remarkable’ Scotland Rewilding Project–From 35 Bees to over 4,000

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A Scottish field once home to mono-crop barley has become a pollinator’s paradise after intervention from a local trust saw bumblebee numbers increase 100-fold. Entitled Rewilding Denmarkfield, and run by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, the project has also seen a sharp increase in the number of species passing through the rolling meadows after they were […]

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Good News Network · Bumblebees Increase by More than 100x in ‘Remarkable’ Scotland Rewilding Project–From 35 Bees to over 4,000But by 2023, just two years of letting "nature take the lead" one can find 4,000 bees, with the number of different bee species doubling.

DATE: November 23, 2024 at 03:00AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Good News in History, November 23

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/events0611

61 years ago today, the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on the BBC. An Unearthly Child, starring William Hartnell, is set amid a power struggle between warring Stone Age factions who have lost the secret of making fire after the original “companions” Ian and Barbara, find the Doctor’s time-traveling spaceship in a London junkyard. READ […]

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Good News Network · Good News in History, November 23 - Good News NetworkThis daily column at GNN.org features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—November 23.

DATE: November 22, 2024 at 11:30AM
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TITLE: Saber-Tooth Cat Cub Is First to Be Found Mummified in Ice – and it Still Has Hair

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/saber-toot

Despite hundreds of scientific illustrations, no one knew for sure what a saber-tooth cat actually looked like, until now. As is sometimes the case, Siberian prospectors looking for mammoth tusks, likely illicitly, have uncovered another incredible Pleistocene mammal frozen in permafrost—in this instance, a “saber-tooth kitten.” Belonging to the species Homotherium latidens, paleontologists at the Russian […]

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Good News Network · Saber-Tooth Cat Cub Is First to Be Found Mummified in Ice – and it Still Has HairThe authors introduce the world to the first real image of a saber-tooth cat, and they've picked out a variety of interesting details. 

DATE: November 19, 2024 at 10:00AM
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TITLE: In 10 Seconds, an AI Model Detects Cancerous Brain Tumors Often Missed During Surgery

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Researchers have developed an AI-powered model that can determine in 10 seconds during surgery if any part of a cancerous brain tumor that could be removed remains. The technology, called FastGlioma, outperformed conventional methods for identifying what remains of a tumor by a wide margin, according to the research team led by the universities of […]

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Good News Network · In 10 Seconds, an AI Model Detects Cancerous Brain Tumors Often Missed During SurgeryFastGlioma detected and calculated how much tumor remained with an average accuracy of approximately 92% compared to 75% with other methods.

DATE: November 16, 2024 at 01:16PM
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TITLE: When Your Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons Grow and Heal 4x Faster, MIT Study Shows

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There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good—strengthening muscles and bolstering our bones, blood vessels, and immune system—but now, MIT engineers have found that it also has benefits at the level of individual neurons. They observed that when muscles contract during exercise, they release a soup of biochemical signals called myokines. In the presence […]

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Good News Network · When Your Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons Grow and Heal 4x Faster, MIT Study ShowsThere’s no doubt exercise does a body good—but now, MIT engineers found that it also creates benefits at the level of individual neurons.

DATE: November 16, 2024 at 11:44AM
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TITLE: Kurt Vonnegut’s Lost Board Game Finally Published After 70 Years–It Turned Out to be ‘Deep and Very Fun’

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Fans of author Kurt Vonnegut are celebrating his original board game finally being brought to life, after it was lost to the world following his unsuccessful marketing attempt in 1955. And the game turned out to be deep and strategic, while still being easy to learn and fun to play. Kurt Vonnegut’s son Mark was […]

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Good News Network · Kurt Vonnegut’s Lost Board Game Finally Published After 70 Years–It Turned Out to be ‘Deep and Very Fun’Kurt Vonnegut fans are buying his new original board game GHQ brought to life after it was shelved in 1955 when he failed to sell it.

DATE: November 15, 2024 at 09:01AM
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TITLE: Hope for Patients with Aggressive Breast Cancer: Vaccine Trial Results in 88% Survival Rate After 3 Years

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Breast cancer patients have been given fresh hope after a new vaccine showed “promise” in treating an aggressive form of the disease. The results came in a clinical trial involving American patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an experimental drug designed to prevent the recurrence of tumors. The trial, using a therapy designed by […]

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Good News Network · Hope for Patients with Aggressive Breast Cancer: Vaccine Trial Results in 88% Survival Rate After 3 YearsAfter surgery, the team analyzed and compared the tumor tissue with the healthy tissue of the same patient to find unique genetic mutations