This week’s news headlines from around the world have brought together another batch of COVID-19 updates that are both positive and noteworthy. For starters, the number of novel coronavirus deaths in Spain dropped for the fourth consecutive day in a…
A compassionate Michigan man is being praised for using his savings to buy gas for nurses fighting the novel coronavirus outbreaks. Last week, Allen Marshall stood on the corner of the Exxon gas station near the Detroit Medical Center holding…
A new form of magnetic brain stimulation rapidly relieved symptoms of severe depression in 90% of participants in a small study conducted by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers are conducting a larger, double-blinded trial in…
Since seniors have been shown to be particularly susceptible to the risks of COVID-19, nursing homes all over the world are taking extra care to keep their elderly residents safe in isolation. With few activities to keep them occupied, the…
As millions of adult employees around the world start working from home during the COVID-19 shutdowns, this devoted dad took an adorable video of his average social distancing day on the job—and the resulting footage is pretty darn sweet. (WATCH…
“I cannot think of another time in the last million years when our species has been united against a common enemy,” said David Sinclair, Harvard Medical School genetics professor, in an interview with Peter Diamandis. We are all stuck at…
Contrary to the image of greedy fossil fuel billionaires lobbying politicians for favors, it is now the free market, not world governments, that are doing the most to advance the use of clean renewable energy. In the most basic sense,…
As a means of thanking their employees for their essential work during the COVID-19 outbreaks, one of the largest grocery store chains in America is offering a “hero bonus” to all of their hourly workers. Kroger, which is the United…
This week, National Geographic released the trailer for a new documentary about the incredible life of scientist and activist Jane Goodall—and it is already shaping up to be a much-needed lesson in global optimism. The 2-hour documentary Jane Goodall: The…
A middle school teacher from South Dakota is being praised for going above and beyond the call of duty to help one of his students with her math homework—all while respecting social distancing guidelines. Last week, 12-year-old Rylee Anderson had…
