Good News Headlines 9/18/18
Hoover Dam is the focus of a distinctly 21st-century challenge: turning the dam into a vast reservoir of excess electricity, fed by the solar farms and wind turbines that represent the power sources of the future.
6 Questions You Can Ask A Loved One To Help Screen For Suicide Risk
Death by suicide isn’t always related to depression. Relationship, job and legal problems can give rise to feelings of hopelessness. Six screening questions may help.
Placebos Can Work Even When You Know You’re Taking A Dummy Pill
The placebo-effect, in which a patient believes he or she is getting an actual drug and subsequently improves despite receiving no active substance at all, has become a well-recognized phenomenon.
What The Grieving Mother Orca Tells Us About How Animals Experience Death
For many weeks, news of a mother orca carrying her dead infant through the icy waters of the Salish Sea captured the attention of many around the world.
First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Here’s how indigenous leaders pulled together a grassroots movement to resist the pipeline expansion.
Why Defending Indigenous Rights Is Integral To Fighting Climate Change
Historic Protecting Mother Earth Conference brings together hundreds of Indigenous Peoples from around the world to assert Indigenous rights as a climate change solution.
The Wealthiest Man Is Also One Of The Largest Welfare Recipients
The middle class subsidizes the wealthiest person in the world, while his workers struggle to put food on the table.
Help Keep Holistic Healthcare Available And Accessible In Massachusetts
Get involved on the ground level and participate in protecting alternative healthcare practitioners in Massachusetts by helping to develop and pass the necessary legislation!
Good News Headlines 9/11/18
Ayanna Pressley upsets incumbent in primary; on track to become Massachusetts’ 1st black congresswoman… and more good news!
The Promise Of Worker-Run Farming
Many Americans are turning to sustainable farming operations to enrich their communities and personal lives.
I Inherited My Grandfather’s Trauma—And His Healing Culture
Returning to culture is a duty my grandfather believed Native elders had to their communities. He passed this on to me, along with his trauma.
Time-Restricted Eating Can Overcome The Bad Effects Of Faulty Genes And Unhealthy Diet
Everything in our body is programmed to run on a 24-hour or circadian time table that repeats every day. Nearly a dozen different genes work together to produce this 24-hour circadian cycle.
When School Is Based On What Kids Want To Learn
With self-directed education, students become their own teachers. But the biggest learning curve may be for parents.
For The Parents Of Gender-Nonconforming Kids, A New Approach To Care
Ari had a difficult time talking about his gender. He had always been feminine, insisting on wearing only androgynous clothing, flowing pants in bright colors, patterned shirts and scarves.
Bayer Needs More Than An Aspirin To Cure Its Monsanto-Sized Headache
Despite Monsanto’s efforts, the science linking glyphosate—Roundup’s active ingredient—to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma has passed the critical inflection point.
The Real Culprit May Not Be Gluten At All
Gluten might not be the bad guy after all. Evidence suggests it may be the fructan molecules in wheat that cause stomach problems in people with an intolerance.
Good News Headlines 9/4/18
For more than two decades, Eskaton, a nonprofit organization serving seniors for 50 years, has reached out to homebound elders via its Telephone Reassurance program.
Will John McCain Be The Last Republican Leader In The Senate To Address Climate Change?
“He was just doing his job.” When I asked a longtime staffer to Sen. John McCain why the senator battled to address climate change in the early 2000s, that was his answer.
15 Organizations Creating Edible Landscapes
With an emphasis on native perennials and food-producing plants, edible landscapes can be a great way to create green space and provide healthy, fresh food.
Let’s Follow New Zealand’s Lead And Make People And Nature As Important As GDP
By requiring planners to consider impacts on society and the environment as well as economics, New Zealand is setting a much-needed example for other nations.
Why Stretching Is (Still) Important For Weight Loss And Exercise
There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the value – or lack thereof – of muscle stretching to accelerate recovery after exercise. “Stretching clears out your lactic acid,” and other similar claims abound. Is any of this true?
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May 2, 2026
Insomniacs are treated to a sense of joyful wonder. Writers and other creative folks could find the wee hours of the morning most fruitful. By dawn the Scorpio Moon has embarked on a lengthy void of course period, lasting...
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