Good News Headlines 8/11/2020
Highly detailed image of the NGC 2899 planetary nebula. ESO
Extreme ‘Space Butterfly’ Captured By ESO Telescope
by Melissa Breyer, Treehugger
One of the great wonders of being a human on Earth is gazing upward to the sky and pondering the heavens beyond… Read More
Satellites Find New Colonies Of Emperor Penguins
by Jonathan Amos, BBC News
It’s a welcome development given that this iconic species is likely to come under severe pressure this century as the White Continent warms… Read More
Apple And Its Suppliers Aim To Go 100% Carbon Neutral By 2030
by Victoria Sinla, Nature World News
A few weeks ago, Apple announced on its website that the company is already carbon neutral for corporate emissions globally but would still aim for a notch higher… Read More
89% Of People Think Happiness Can Be Controlled – And They Are Much Happier For It
from Good News Network
How far can the self-belief that you make your own happiness carry you, creating conditions for a self-fulfilling prophecy? A new study shows there is a happy correlation… Read More
High School Senior’s Tool To End Food Insecurity Wins National Competition
by Reena Advani, NPR
How might accurately predicting crop harvests help curb malnutrition? Lillian Kay Petersen, a 17-year old from Los Alamos, N.M., has created a tool that’s intended to do that… Read More
In The Middle Of A Pandemic, A Miracle Came To Father Greg Boyle And Homeboy Industries
by Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times
Father Greg Boyle, the local saint of unconditional compassion, has been unceremoniously booted out of his office at Homeboy Industries and relegated to the parking lot… Read More
Human-Like “Organ Chips” Could Eliminate Animal Studies
by Teresa Carey, Freethink
Researchers have built a proxy for the human body by linking together “organ chips,” a technique that could speed up research on diseases and new treatments… Read More
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