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Hungary’s Famous Thermal Baths Are Saving the Country’s Famous Grasslands from Desertification

Andy Corbley — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:00:26 +0000

Drought is affecting the Great Hungarian Plain like never before, but a team of concerned citizens have hatched a clever plan to address it in the short term. It’s arguable what the Eastern European country is more famous for, its grasslands and horse heritage, or its thermal baths. The capital of Budapest is filled with […]

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Western Tatami Mat Mania Keeping Alive Japan’s Traditional Woven Grass Flooring Industry

Andy Corbley — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:00:20 +0000

Western admirers of Japanese aesthetic are keeping afloat tatami craftsmen in Japan, where modernity and maintenance requirements are driving down interest in this artisanal form of flooring. From Europe to the US and even in the Middle East, eager importers of tatami mats now account for a sizable amount of orders from workshops like that […]

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4,500 years ago, Worship of the Sun Took Place in This Recently-Uncovered Temple in Egypt

Andy Corbley — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:00:39 +0000

An Italian-Egyptian archaeological mission has finally excavated a temple for the worship of the sun after it was identified over 100 years ago. It’s only one of two sun temples that have been definitively identified, and dates to the reign of King Nyuserre, the sixth ruler of the Old Kingdom’s Fifth Dynasty. He is credited […]

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India’s Beautiful and Historic Stepwells Restored to Working Order for the Thirsty Nation

Andy Corbley — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:30:45 +0000

Ancient Indian stepwells are being restored to modern water storage facilities to help cure modern water shortages. Recently, an Indian environmentalist and editor was invited to share his incredible work restoring hundreds of natural and man-made water sources all across India on CNN. His nonprofit, Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI), has cleaned and reshaped more […]

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Stunning Crocheted Christmas Tree Helped Knit Together a Community of Extraordinary Women – LOOK

Andy Corbley — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:00:15 +0000

This incredible Christmas tree was designed and manufactured by incredible women in India’s state of Goa who felt another fake plastic Christmas tree was something the world didn’t need. Made entirely of crocheted yarn, the community tree was designed to help revive a fading craft, feature women’s labor, and offer a sustainable alternative to plastic-heavy […]

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Colossal Statues of Ancient Pharoah Stand Again in Luxor After 30 Years of Work

Andy Corbley — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:00:50 +0000

On Sunday, Egyptian authorities unveiled the completed restoration works on two colossal alabaster statues of a notable Egyptian king. Located in Luxor, and standing over 30 feet tall, the two statues were destroyed in an earthquake 1,200 years ago, making their reconstitution an awfully long time coming. King Amenhotep III (spellings may vary) ruled between […]

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Their Husbands Were Killed by Tigers. Now These Women Are Restoring the Big Cat’s Threatened Habitat

Andy Corbley — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:56 +0000

They are called “swami khejos,” translated to “Husband Eaters.” In reality, it’s just a superstition, as it was the tigers of the Sundarbans forest that ate these husbands, not the women. This unique region of eastern India/western Bangladesh contains the world’s largest mangrove forest, and the 200 or so Bengal tigers that live there inhabit […]

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Cutting-Edge Facility Generates Pure Water and Hydrogen Fuel from Seawater for Mere Pennies

Andy Corbley — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:18 +0000

One might call the first three weeks of operations for a new, state-of-the-art seawater desalination plant in coastal China a ‘watershed’ moment for the industry. Long held back by fundamental difficulties in turning seawater into pure water, this new installation beats out previous flagship desalination plants in Saudi Arabia and California in terms of cost-effectiveness, […]

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Town on the Banks of the Nile Turns Flooding into Fortune

Andy Corbley — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:00:16 +0000

In South Sudan, on the banks of the Nile, a flood of rare destructive power swept an already water-stressed city into poverty before acting as the catalyst for a transformative humanitarian success. Development funding from the Netherlands and South Korea has made a big difference in the city of Bor, where tens of thousands of […]

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30,000 Animals Rescued from Illegal Captivity in the Largest Wildlife Trafficking Raid in History

Andy Corbley — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:00:28 +0000

INTERPOL recently executed the largest-ever edition of its annual series of coordinated of raids to dismantle criminal shipments and networks of trafficked and poached wildlife. Called Operation Thunder, some 30,000 live animals were seized in 4,620 raids across 134 countries, 30% more than last year. INTERPOL identified 1,100 suspects and issued 69 notices of criminal […]

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Photographer Captures Incredible Luminous Event Over His Italian Town–For the Second Time (LOOK)

Good News Network — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:16:32 +0000

Incredible images captured by an amateur astrophotographer show a bizarre red ring, 143-miles wide, floating in the sky. Valter Binotto not only managed to capture the otherworldly sight over his hometown of Possagno, amazingly, it’s the second time he has recorded the rings from his location in northern Italy, nestled in the foothills of Monte […]

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Genetic Mutation Could Pave the Way for Self-Fertilizing Cereal Crops and a Revolution in Agriculture

Andy Corbley — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:01:36 +0000

Danish researchers have found a molecular switch that lets plants partner with nitrogen-fixing bacteria instead of fighting them, opening the way to self-fertilizing cereal crops like wheat and barley. Their new research highlights an important biological clue that could help reduce agriculture’s heavy reliance on artificial nitrogen fertilizer. Plants require nitrogen to grow, and most […]

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46,000 Knitted Mice Donated to Rescue Cats Setting Guinness World Record for Crafting Community

Good News Network — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 20:39:50 +0000

The readers of Woman’s Weekly magazine have a long tradition of coming together through knitting and crocheting—always to provide comfort and joy for others. This year’s crafty compassion project was their biggest ever, officially breaking a Guinness World Record. Earlier this year, the magazine invited readers to create woolen mice for rescue cats living in […]

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1,500 Year-Old Reindeer Trap and Hunting Equipment Uncovered in the Ice of Norway’s Mountains

Andy Corbley — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:00:26 +0000

A hiker in Norway discovered a one-of-a-kind wild reindeer trap that Iron age inhabitants would have used to catch their dinner en masse. Alongside the large wooden trap was a trove of hunting supplies and other artifacts, revealing a wealth of information about the culture and organization of early Norwegian society in the far north. Dating […]

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Fisherman Creates First Program that Lets Doctors Give Angling Prescriptions for Anxiety – Now Wins King’s Award

Good News Network — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:50:14 +0000

After fishing turned out to be the saving grace during his recovery from a decade of mental health struggles and alcohol addiction, an Englishman wanted to hook others on the soothing sport—and now his program is a medicine being prescribed by doctors. Founded five years ago, the service staffed by fishing volunteers, has partnered with […]

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Timbuktu’s Medieval Manuscripts Return Home After a Decade Away Safe from Insurgents

Andy Corbley — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:00:28 +0000

Thousands of ancient Arabic texts have returned to their rightful place in the legendary Saharan trade city of Timbuktu after years of safe-keeping further south. Having undergone extensive digitization, fear that the content of the manuscripts may not survive the centuries due to security concerns or funding have abated somewhat. Mali was once the center […]

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Nobel-Worthy Prime Minister Attempts to End Century of Ethnic Hatred for Armenians

Andy Corbley — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:00:02 +0000

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Matthew 5-9) It’s a quote befitting the actions of the world’s oldest Christian nation, especially because its government just concluded a landmark agreement for peace and reconciliation rarely seen in a post-World War II era. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has made an […]

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Man Returns Dad’s ‘Souvenir of Parthenon’ and Turns Out it Was Even Older Acropolis Relic

Andy Corbley — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:15:21 +0000

In 2022, an elder Chilean man walked into the Greek embassy in Santiago on a mission: to turn himself in. Not that 77-year-old Enrico Tosti-Croce had done anything wrong, but rather he was putting a small family matter to rest. In the 1930s, a young Italian submariner visited Athens with the Italian Navy and paid […]

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Grand Egyptian Museum Finally Opens in Sight of the Pyramids After Decades of Setbacks

Andy Corbley — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:22:41 +0000

A $1 billion museum built to showcase the finest of ancient Egyptian artifacts has finally been opened in Giza after more than 2 decades of planning, building, and setbacks. Fireworks and drone light shows lit up the desert night. Below, a gala of Egyptian elite, heads of state, and foreign dignitaries gathered around the spectacular […]

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Concealed for 100 Years by Empress Who Defied Hitler, Royal Jewels Thought Lost are Set for Public Exhibit

Andy Corbley — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:57 +0000

A collection of jewels belonging to arguably Europe’s greatest ever royal dynasty is now set to go on display to the public for the first time in over 100 years. The jewels, including one of the largest cut diamonds in the world when it was set, had been thought lost or stolen, but had in […]

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Recyclers Switch from Smelting to Solvents, Recovering Precious Metals from E-waste with Fewer Emissions

Andy Corbley — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:00:33 +0000

A startup in the UK is recovering important manufacturing metals without energy-hungry smelting methods. Using an intense solvent at room temperature, shredded circuit boards can have plastic retaining components left behind, while metals like gold, cobalt, and copper are selectively dissolved and made available for recovery with simple magnets. It’s one part recycling research, one […]

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World War I Message in a Bottle Found in Australia and Delivered to Families More Than a Century Later

Nathan Frederick — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 15:27:12 +0000

Australian soldiers slipped the letters into a bottle, closed the cap, and pitched it overboard from a ship in the Pacific Ocean as World War I battlefields beckoned them both. The bottle was a time capsule that would be delivered by fate—and it arrived for overjoyed ancestors last month—more than 100 years after the bottle […]

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Driverless Electric Bus Eases Driver Shortages and Congestion In Madrid During Maiden Service

Andy Corbley — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:00:52 +0000

After five years of testing, an autonomous electric bus has been deployed to a park in Madrid for one final, real-world experiment in driverless vehicles for public transit. If it succeeds, the cute little caterpillar-shaped bus may become a mainstay in the Spanish capital, ferrying passengers around Casa de Campo park and beyond. Developed through […]

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Archaeologists Uncover 5,500-year-old ‘Ritual Landscape’ in Jordan

Andy Corbley — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:00:53 +0000

During the dawning years of civilization, a landscape in what is today Jordan was undergoing a transformation from an agricultural, residential one to a ritualistic one with an intense focus on the afterlife and communal events. This is described in a paper that debuts the discovery of a series of ancient ritual structures, including standing […]

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Ancient Stone-Lined Basin Discovered at Roman Town Reveals Engineering Brilliance Predating Concrete

Andy Corbley — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:29 +0000

A massive, early republican-era water basin was recently uncovered in the ancient Roman town of Gabii, central Italy, that was constructed without concrete. While architectural students from around the world come to marvel at the Romans’ structures of marble, brick, and self-healing concrete, this basin was made of meticulously stacked stones in harmony with the […]

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Nonprofit Removes 300,000 Landmines in Sri Lanka, Allows 280K People to Return to Their Homes

Andy Corbley — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:30:50 +0000

In northern Sri Lanka, an area largely avoided by the 2 million tourists who visit the island every year, an organization has safely removed its 300,000th landmine leftover from the island’s civil war. Those mines and unexploded bombs were cleared across an area 33% larger than the island of Manhattan, and their removal allowed for […]

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Quarter Century of Collecting Seeds From Around the World Safeguards Them From Extinction

Andy Corbley — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:30:23 +0000

After 25 years of diligent work, an English botanic gardens is ready to face whatever reality climate change may throw at us, safe in the knowledge that a large chunk of the world’s plant diversity lies safely tucked away underground for future generations. By the numbers, the Millennium Seed Bank holds over 2 billion seeds […]

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You Can Buy This 100-year-old Convent for a Promise–That You Preserve its History

Andy Corbley — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:00:19 +0000

This is the convent of Gravelbourg, a small town in Canada that boasts a long-time motto: “a touch of Europe on the prairie.” For over a decade this stately building—a true stunner in the middle of very little else—has been useless and vacant, but the town is determined to preserve it until someone can propose […]

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Huge Fortress Unearthed in Egypt Features Thick, Curving Walls Built 3,500 Years Ago

Andy Corbley — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:30:40 +0000

Rather than keeping out invaders, it’s believed the curves in these ancient fortress walls helped prevent them being eroded away by sand. And look at what a good job they did: still intact after 3,500 years in the Sinai weather. Discovered during recent excavations at the Tell el-Kharouba archaeological site in the northern Sinai Desert, […]

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These Welsh Puppies are Helping Stop Wildlife Poachers in Africa

Andy Corbley — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:00:55 +0000

In the lush, emerald hills and valleys of Wales, dogs are trained to protect endangered wildlife a whole hemisphere away. Their scent tracking allows them to turn hunters into the hunted, and catch poachers even in total darkness; even hours after they’ve left their kill sites. After a decade of work in Africa, these special […]

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First African Nation to Eliminate River Blindness Treated Millions with Ivermectin to Achieve Great Success

Andy Corbley — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:00:01 +0000

Everyone remembers during the COVID years the sudden demonization by major media outlets of Ivermectin. Now, one of the most-used medicines on Earth, just helped Niger to become the first country in Africa to eradicate a debilitating parasitical disease. Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is spread via the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus transmitted through black flies […]

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Sea Turtles Rebounding Worldwide as Nests and Habitat are More Protected, Says 2025 NOAA Study

Good News Network — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:11:33 +0000

Once hammered by overhunting and habitat loss, sea turtles have persevered with new protections and conservation efforts—and a new study has found their populations are still rebounding, even as oceans change. “Sea turtles are a shining light of marine conservation with recoveries of many nesting populations,” said Marine Science Professor Graeme Hays at Deakin University […]

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Visitors Gaze on Parthenon Free of Scaffolding for the First Time in 200 Years

Good News Network — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:43:05 +0000

Stunning images show the ancient Parthenon temple scaffolding-free for the first time in 200 years. Visitors to the marble wonder found in Athens, Greece, can finally enjoy a clear view without scaffolding for the first time in two centuries. The removal of the latest iron cage – erected about 20 years ago on the temple’s […]

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Library is Rescuing Historical Treasures Trapped on Old Floppy Disks from the ‘Digital Dark Ages’

Andy Corbley — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:01:41 +0000

Cambridge University archivists are leading an important project to extract and conserve valuable information from floppy disks before they become unusable. The initiative began when the archive received a box of 5.25-inch floppy disks from a DOS-formatted computer that belonged to none other than physicist Steven Hawking, who was able to use early computers despite […]

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First Nature Reserve to Record 10,000 Species in UK–Thanks to Moth That Looks Like a Wasp

Good News Network — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:35:17 +0000

A nature reserve has become the first in UK to record 10,000 species, with the discovery of a unique moth that imitates a wasp. The National Trust’s Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, England, hit the total when a rare species of moth—the six-belted clearwing—was recorded on the reserve for the first time. Named Bembecia ichneumoniformis, it […]

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$25 Thrift Shop Purchase May be ‘Priceless’ Glasswork Belonging to Scottish King Robert the Bruce

Good News Network — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:00:21 +0000

An antique dealer who bought a stained glass window in a Scottish thrift shop for $25 says it belonged to King Robert I, popularly known as Robert the Bruce from the 1300s. Richard Drummond spotted the colorful glass for sale in Moffat, Scotland, and was told it had been discovered in an old house in […]

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Police Actually Follow up on iPhone Theft Reports and Bust Global Smuggling Ring

Andy Corbley — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:30:20 +0000

In the rare occurrence that police actually looked into the case of a woman who had her phone stolen in London, it turned into the crumbs on a bread crumb trail which led to a huge organized crime effort. The sirens quiet now, and the London Met. Area Police report that approximately 40% of all […]

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Scotland May Have Had a Western King–A Forgotten Medieval Island Castle Tells a Story

Andy Corbley — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 18:00:30 +0000

For nearly 3 centuries, Scotland’s western isles were ruled by men who considered themselves kings equal to those in Edinburgh or London. The island of Islay was the seat of the Lordship of the Isles, but evidence of a castle from an earlier period, as well as finds from a palatial complex built on a […]

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Stray Dog Saved From ‘Death Row’ Turns into Brilliant Detective, Sniffing out Lost Animals

Good News Network — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 19:56:04 +0000

A stray dog that was saved from being euthanized has become an expert pet detective, displaying an uncanny knack for sniffing out lost animals. Rico was just days away from being put down when kind-hearted Rachel Rodgers, who runs a dog training school, paid almost $200 to rescue him from the Portuguese dog pound. “I […]

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Thousands–Including Many Visitors–Volunteer in Taiwan to Help Flood Victims Following Typhoon

Andy Corbley — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:00:30 +0000

Taiwan society has mobilized in response to flooding after a typhoon made landfill on the East Asian island, including visitors and foreign residents. With those arriving with rainboots and shovels dubbed “Shovel Supermen” and those arriving to cook meals for those whose homes were destroyed dubbed “Cooking Supermen,” it’s a touching and inspiring example of […]

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Britain’s Oldest Working Brick Windmill Still Spinning After 250 Years–Grinding Grain Into Flour

Good News Network — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:54:18 +0000

Britain’s oldest brick tower windmill which sits in the middle of a housing development is still operating, more than 250 years after it was first built. Located in Holgate, a suburb of York, the walled city in northeast England, the Holgate Windmill has been working since 1770 after being built by George Waud, from Selby, […]

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Families from Opposite Sides of Atlantic Meet by Chance at Grave of Ancestor ‘Absolutely Thrilled’ to Meet 4th Cousins

Good News Network — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:17:48 +0000

Cousins from opposite sides of the ocean met by complete chance after turning up at their ancestor’s grave at the exact same time and discovering they were all related. Ian Brandon and Malcolm Atkins from the UK were visiting the grave of their great, great, great, grandfather Anthony Smith only to find another couple from […]

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Huge Camel Carvings Dating Back 12,000 Years Marked Wet Season Oases Like Cultural Road Signs

Andy Corbley — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:00:56 +0000

12,000-year-old engravings of desert animals like the dromedary camel were used by ancient Arabian tribes to mark where water could be found, a new discovery hypothesizes. An international team of archaeologists discovered more than 60 rock art panels containing 176 engravings in three previously unexplored areas: Jebel Arnaan, Jebel Mleiha, and Jebel Misma, along the […]

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Austria and Italy Finish Digging World’s Longest Rail Tunnel–Ready to Reshape Travel Maps

Andy Corbley — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:00:49 +0000

In mid-September, a boring machine defeated the last meter of rock 4,500 feet under the Brenner Pass in the Alps to connect the world’s longest tunnel dug for railroad track. Envisioned as an important connecting vein that will one day see trains running from Helsinki, Finland, to Palermo, Sicily, it will slash commuter times across […]

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The 2025 ‘Tree of the Year’ Is a Scottish Ash Growing in the Middle of Glasgow

Andy Corbley — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:00:18 +0000

England’s coveted Tree of the Year award, on which GNN reports yearly, was won this year by a Scottish ash tree 75 feet-tall. Towering above sandstone row houses, the tree on Argyle Street, in Glasgow has survived a recent ash tree plague, as well as the Clydeside blitz, and recent urban development. It was described, […]

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Tourists Surprise Driver with His First-Ever Safari –Buying a Ticket So He Could Go Instead of Waiting in Car (Watch)

Good News Network — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:00:21 +0000

German tourists captured the wholesome moment when they surprised their driver with his first-ever safari experience. Gina Haerle was on holiday in South Africa with her friend Marina, staying at a private game reserve, about two hours from Cape Town. Their driver had mentioned that he had never been on a safari and the tourists […]

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Zero-Emissions Ferryboat to Glide Commuters Up and Down Historic River in European Capital

Andy Corbley — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 18:30:43 +0000

Lithuania’s capital Vilnius recently debuted a new electric ferryboat for transit up and down the River Neris. Called the Lašiša, it joins a trend of electric ferryboats on the famous rivers and bays of Europe such as the Elbe or the Copenhagen harbor. Tickets can be bought online and through an app for just €3, […]

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100,000 New Jobs Will Clean Up the Coastline and Protect Species from Plastic, Overdevelopment

Andy Corbley — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:00:11 +0000

Among all the world’s coastlines, those stretching across central and southern India are among the most vulnerable to erosion. In the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, a program funded by the World Bank aims to create 100,000 jobs that will help protect these sensitive and biodiverse areas for the posterity of fishermen, urbanites, and […]

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Rarest Monkeys Now Number Close to 2,000 Thanks to One Man’s Jane Goodall-like Passion

Andy Corbley — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:00:03 +0000

From the BBC comes the story of an intrepid and dedicated scientist who has spent decades working in China’s mountain forests in an effort to protect and understand one of the nation’s most amazing animals. The golden sub-nosed monkey is revered alongside the giant panda as “national treasures” of Chinese wildlife, yet this couldn’t protect […]

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The Seine in Paris Now Cools 800 Buildings in the Summer: ‘People Are So Proud’

Andy Corbley — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:00:21 +0000

The world’s most romantic river also helps prevent residents from getting all hot and bothered, cooling their offices and homes through a heat transfer system. Currently, around 60 miles of piping channels water to and from the Seine in Paris, but it has nothing to do with plumbing. Rather, this network, which includes pumps and […]

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