The signage varies but the message is working; drinking by pregnant women is down 11% in states requiring point-of-sale warning signs. According to a health economist at the University of Oregon, the benefits to heeding the warnings show up in fewer extremely premature births (less than 32 weeks gestation) and very-low-birth-weight babies (less than 3.5…
GoodNewsNetwork.com shares: For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, England went 24 hours without the use of coal for electricity. According to the National Grid, the longest amount of time without coal was a 19-hour span of time in May. Then on Friday, it broke the record for the first full day without coal-power.…
The Mind Unleashed.com shares: Sometimes these days, it seems a feeling of hopelessness has settled on activists, people who care about the future. From the hopelessness that can arise from watching so called left and right wing people battle on college campuses instead of directing their righteous indignation at those responsible, to the lack of…
McKinley Corbley from GoodNewsNetwork.com writes: 37% of Norway’s automotive market is currently taken up by electric and hybrid cars – but now the northern nation is planning to make it 100% by 2025. Over the course of the next eight years, the Norwegian Parliament is attempting to make sure that all cars sold in the…
I was recently speaking with some friends about trusting the Universe and how that is not always the easiest thing to do. We got on the topic somehow of the movie The Arrival and were asking one another if we had all seen it. My response was kind of unusual in that I had, but…
TheMindUnleashed.com shares: The idea that the Earth is not the only world that hosts life and that other living beings may exist somewhere else in the universe has been captivating human minds for centuries. After finding water on Mars, this idea has become more real than ever. Numerous hypotheses and theories provide various arguments in…
GoodNewsNetwork writes: Pope Francis has just opened an establishment for the homeless population of Rome can do their laundry for free. “Pope Francis’ Laundry” opened its doors to the public on Monday. Six washing machines, dryers, and clothing irons were donated by Michigan-based appliance company Whirlpool, while the detergent and cleaners are being provided by Proctor…
Ivan from Ewao.com writes: An ancient—antediluvian text— literally speaks of how Giants—aka Nephilim—walked on Earth. Discovered in the Qumran Caves, the Book of Giants describes how the Nephilim lived on Earth creating chaos and destruction. The Qumran caves—a series of caves, some natural, some artificial, found around the archaeological site of Qumran in the Judaean Desert of…
ExpandedConsciousness.com shares: Gravity hills are a strange natural phenomena in the world where the natural laws of physics seem to be working in reverse. There are numerous ‘gravity hills’ located all over the world, meaning you might have passed through one without even noticing. Strange things happen, such as your car moving up a hill,…
TheMindUnleashed.com shares: Albert Einstein stated that if bees disappeared from the surface of the earth, the human race would follow in 4 short years. Of 4,337 native bee species in North American and Hawaii just researched, 347 are precariously close to full-stop extinction. No bees, no food, people. No morning coffee. No roses. No arugula…