Good News Headlines 4/28/21
A research team has found a way to make biodegradable plastics actually disappear, unlike the ones that only claim to break down...
A research team has found a way to make biodegradable plastics actually disappear, unlike the ones that only claim to break down...
“Social medicine” practices are built upon three pillars. The first is “accompaniment,” the second is to address the “structural violence” of racial discrimination and inequality, and the third is “a preferential option for the poor”.
Why it is that a more accessible, cheaper vaccine that could easily be transported and stored, why has such a vaccine not been invested in earlier?
Lingering sunlight and suggestions of swelter are lifting spirits across the United States. For many, the spring air marks a transition out of the seasonal depression that comes with winter. For others, however, rising temperatures…
Millions of bison once roamed the great plains. Now, in a unanimous vote, the Denver City Council gave the final approval Monday to donate 13 buffalo—around half of which are pregnant—to the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations in Oklahoma and one buffalo to Tall Bull Memorial Council in Colorado to enhance conservation herds on tribal lands.
New York recently became the 15th U.S. state to legalize cannabis for recreational use. While 67% of U.S. adults support marijuana legalization, public knowledge about cannabis is low. A third of Americans think hemp…
If you are someone who wishes to grow, improve yourself and become a better person, we have a lot in common. I’m passionate about personal growth, and want people around me to live a successful,…
Imagine seeing a news report about lead contamination in drinking water in a community that looks like yours. It might make you think twice about whether to drink your tap water or serve it…
Derek Chauvin’s trial is bringing down the “blue wall of silence” as long-serving officers in the Minneapolis Police Department have testified to Chauvin’s use of excessive force…
A little over a year after the pandemic began, conditions have improved enough that many communities will observe Earth Day in 2021, providing lots of socially-distanced volunteer opportunities...
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world’s…
Each spring, I like to share my excitement about nettle, one of the great medicinal plants of the western herbal tradition...
Addiction is often a result of trying to escape a stress, a trigger, or something more, and is most often a symptom of other underlying mental health conditions...
In November, the National Heritage Corridor acquired an adaptive bicycle that allows the disabled or people with mobility issues to enjoy a bike ride...
Despite the difficulties associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the world added a record amount of new renewable energy capacity in 2020, according…
PTSD, a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening traumatic event...
What if none of the heroes in books or movies ever looked like you? What if you always resembled the villain? What if you and everyone else in the world believed in that vision, so when you placed your Brown body in front of a wall of armored police, by default you became the villain and the police became the heroes?
Sig was first exposed to dowsing by his mother forty years ago when she taught him to dowse with wire coat hangers using his home's underground water pipe as a target. But it wasn't until the summer solstice of 1970 that he realized dowsing was his life work…
Beyond Pesticides and its investigative arm, OrganicEye, filed suit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia against two companies that market CBD (cannabidiol) products identified with false or misleading organic status claims. In August 2020, OrganicEye published an…
With his 1979 song "The Rainbow Connection," Kermit the Frog has a place in music history as the recording joins the National Recording Registry. The song has appealed to generations of Muppets fans.
Livestock treatment in the agricultural industry isn’t full of open fields and pet-like treatment of animals. Here’s how to improve the animals’ treatment even if you aren’t in direct contact with them.
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