Good News Headlines 10/30/18
XPrize Of $1.5M Goes To Couple Who Turn Air Into Water
from CBS News
It started out modestly enough: David Hertz, having learned that under the right conditions you really can make your own water out of thin air, put a little contraption on the roof of his office and began cranking out free bottles of H2O for anyone who wanted one… Read More
Kind World: New Ink
by Erika Lantz, WBUR
The whole thing started when a man walked into Dave Cutlip’s shop, Southside Tattoo, with a prison gang tattoo on his face. The man wanted to cover the tattoo with a new one… Read More
FDA Recognizes Psilocybin As ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ For Depression
by Jacob Sullum, Reason
The designation could be a prelude to approving the forbidden psychedelic drug as a medicine… Read More
Charging An Electric Vehicle With SparkCharge: As Easy As Ordering A Pizza
by Jeff Kart, Forbes
Founder and CEO Joshua Aviv says the company's device is intended to relieve range anxiety, an ailment suffered by electric vehicle drivers who worry they'll be stranded if their charge runs out… Read More
Cannabis Oil ‘Significantly’ Improves The Symptoms Of Crohn’s Disease In Small, First-of-its-Kind Study
from Good News Network
In a randomized, placebo-controlled study, researchers from Israel have shown that cannabis can produce clinical remission in up to 65% of individuals after 8 weeks of treatment, even though – contrary to previous medical thinking – the treatment was shown to have no effect on gut inflammation… Read More
Every U.S. Public Library And YMCA Will Soon Get Narcan For Free
by Jamie Ducharme, Time
Emergent BioSolutions, which this month completed its acquisition of Narcan maker Adapt Pharma, will provide a free kit including two doses of the nasal spray, as well as educational materials, to each of the 16,568 public libraries and 2,700 YMCAs in the U.S… Read More
This Real Estate Company Figured Out A Simple Way To Offer The Homeless A House And A Job
by Adele Peters, Fast Company
In 2014, Chris Finlay, managing partner of Middleburg Real Estate Partners, a D.C.-area real estate company, saw an opportunity to connect property manager jobs with people who were struggling with homelessness… Read More
European Parliament Approves Ban On Single-Use Plastics
by Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a ban on single-use plastics such as straws, plates, cutlery and cotton-swab sticks in Europe by 2021, joining a global shift as environmentalists emphasize the urgency of halting the use of materials that are detrimental to the planet… Read More
How 7 Things That Have Nothing To Do With Rape Perfectly Illustrate The Concept Of Consent
by Angie Aker, Upworthy
In 2013, Zerlina Maxwell ignited a firestorm of controversy when she strongly recommended we stop telling women how to not get raped… Read More
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