Good News on This Day in History – March 29
40 years ago today, Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of The Moon spent its 303rd week on the US album chart, becoming the LP that spent the most time on the Billboard chart. It broke the record set by…
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Scientists Discover a Complete Protein Found Nowhere on Earth That Fell From Space, May Hint at Planet’s Origin
A complete protein—a critical ingredient for life, and one that could finally solve the mystery of how life on earth began—was discovered for the first time “on an extraterrestrial source.” Using the latest in mass spectrometry, scientists from Harvard identified…
Sikhs Around the World Are Sending Thousands of Donated Meals to Elderly and People in Self-Isolation
Always in the running for world’s nicest people, the Sikh community of Sydney, Australia has spent over $4,000 Australian dollars on a food donation program for elderly folks stuck in self-isolation. The group known as “Turbans of Australia,” has so…
School Parents Have Pooled Thousands of Dollars as Thank You Gifts to Janitorial Staff Sanitizing Schools
As a means of thanking school custodians for going the extra mile, making sure school facilities are kept clean and sanitary during the COVID-19 outbreaks, appreciative parents from all over the country have raised thousands of dollars for their district…
After the UK Told James Dyson it Needed 10,000 Ventilators, He Invented One in Just 10 days—and is Donating 5000
James Dyson, the manufacturing mastermind behind cyclone vacuum technology and other inventions, received a personal call from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to build ventilators—a medical device sorely needed in the treating of COVID-19 patients. “A ventilator supports a patient who…
Good News in History, March 28 – Good News Network
Happy 65th Birthday to Reba McEntire, the country music artist and actress sometimes referred to as ‘The Queen of Country’. One of the best-selling artists of all time, she’s sold more than 75 million records worldwide, with 29 studio albums…
Love in the Time of Corona: NYC Man is Now Dating His Neighbor After He Creatively Woos Her in Quarantine
Pandemic or no pandemic, love will find a way—just ask Jeremy Cohen, a quarantined New Yorker who is now dating his neighbor after using a drone to give his phone number to the young woman he spotted dancing on a…
FDA Okays Historic Blood Treatment for COVID; Clinical Trials to Use Antibodies From Recovered Patients
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) works to facilitate expedited access to several investigative drug interventions to treat COVID-19 patients, one particularly promising treatment is now set to enter clinical trials in New York. The convalescent plasma treatment…
Watch Spanish Man Share a Drink With Isolated Neighbors By Filling Their Glasses From Two Floors Above – Good News Network
As Spanish residents remain in quarantine during the COVID-19 outbreaks, many neighbors have found creative ways of connecting with each other while still respecting isolation rules. This particular apartment-dweller in Oviedo, Asturias was filmed sharing a drink with his neighbor…
Researchers Have Found a Way to Sterilize and Reuse Face Masks During Pandemic
Facing a critical shortage of N95 face masks that block the coronavirus, researchers from Duke Health research and clinical teams in North Carolina have confirmed a way to use existing decontamination methods to clean and reuse the masks. The process…
