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Good news roundup: The world's biggest battery, faster DNA forensics, and record-breaking Paralympians
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/good-news-this-week-september-7-2024
Published: September 7, 2024 12:00
Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
Iceland locals are saving baby puffins by tossing them out to sea
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/baby-puffins-iceland-thrown-out-to-sea-cliff
Published: September 6, 2024 19:16
Some drop, some flop, but they all end up flying out in the right direction.
Little Free Library debuts interactive map to find banned books in highly-restricted states
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/little-free-library-banned-books-map
Published: September 6, 2024 18:20
In partnership with PEN America and the American Library Association, this new map makes it easier to find free banned books.
Solar power in US schools has quadrupled in the last decade, new report finds
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/solar-power-us-schools-study
Published: September 5, 2024 20:51
Tax incentives and federal investments have made solar power much more accessible for schools.
Firefighters raise nearly $1 million for shelter dogs by modeling in charity calendars
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/fire-rescue-dogs-calendar-charity
Published: September 5, 2024 17:33
This year's Fire Rescue Dog Calendar has arrived.
From 'gerrymander' to 'dog whistle': A history of political words and jargon
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/political-words
Published: September 5, 2024 12:00
We traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.
A new ‘beaky’ headed species discovered in Australia
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/a-new-beaky-headed-species-discovered-in-australia
Published: September 4, 2024 19:16
It was barely bigger than a AA battery in size.
Sexual assault goes underreported due to timely forensic analysis — but new DNA testing could change that
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/sexual-assault-dna-testing-speed-up-forensic-analysis
Published: September 4, 2024 17:44
For years, thousands of untested rape kits have sat dormant.
Scientists bring Arizona river, biodiversity back from the brink — by adding sewage water
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/arizona-santa-cruz-river-restoration-wastewater
Published: September 3, 2024 19:20
Strategically adding effluent to the waterway has reintroduced an estimated 200 species to the local ecosystem, new research finds.
Brad Montague has failed a lot in life, so now he's inviting everyone else to celebrate their own mistakes
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/brad-montague-fail-a-bration
Published: September 3, 2024 15:00
In his newest book, Brad Montague aims to remove the shame from failure and teaches young and old the best way to celebrate their mistakes.
How one man’s battle against gas leaf blowers sparked a national movement
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/quiet-clean-alliance-leaf-blowers
Published: September 3, 2024 12:00
More than 100 US cities have banned gas-powered leaf blowers. Not only do gas-powered leaf blowers create extreme noise pollution — the most powerful can produce sounds of up to 100 decibels of low-frequency noise.
65 suicide prevention quotes to remind you that hope and help are always within reach
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/suicide-quotes
Published: September 1, 2024 14:31
We’ve collected meaningful and hopeful quotes about suicide and suicide prevention — but also about experiencing pain, and heaviness, and the big questions of life.
September is National Suicide Prevention Month: 17 ways to take action and make a difference
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/suicide-prevention-month-week-activities
Published: September 1, 2024 14:25
With events, screenings, activities, and more, Suicide Prevention Month catalyzes us to learn more, seek help, offer support, and open our hearts and minds to vulnerable conversations.
Embrace September’s beauty with these uplifting quotes and poems
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/september-quotes
Published: September 1, 2024 14:12
Looking to add a dose of positivity to kick off September? Welcome fall with a collection of inspiring quotes and poems for the month of September.
Your guide to September's major awareness months, weeks, and days
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/september-awareness-days-months
Published: September 1, 2024 14:03
The ultimate calendar of September’s awareness days, national months, and more...
Buried kelp: seaweed carried to the deep sea stores more carbon than we thought
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/buried-kelp-seaweed-stores-carbon
Published: September 1, 2024 12:00
New studies show coastal vegetation such as seaweed forests are more important to natural carbon storage than we thought.