TheMindUnleashed.com shares: Motivated by air pollution that was so bad last December in Beijing, China, that flights had to be cancelled in the city’s international airport due to low visibility, the city just announced that 67,000 gas-guzzling, emission-creating taxis will be replaced with electric cars, and all new taxis will be electric as well. You…
Expanded Consciousness shares: Even though it is one of the most studied objects in human history, the human brain is still by and large one of the most mysterious things we’ve ever encountered. Neuroscientists, regardless of how much research they do, continue to be puzzled by its power, and how it is capable of producing…
Good News Network shares: These dads may not know a thing about ballet, but that didn’t stop them from putting their best foot forward and donning little pink tutus for the sake of their talented daughters. The Philadelphia Dance Center in Pennsylvania hosted a parents dance day at their studio earlier this week. While the moms…
NASA has spent years refuting the idea that life could exist anywhere else in the solar system, let alone our galaxy, yet, today NASA is proclaiming that not one, not two, but SEVEN potentially watery planets are rotating around a single star in a solar system not far from ours – a veritable copy-cat of…
McKinley Corbley from GoodNewsNetwork.com writes: As honeybee populations continue to dwindle in the United States, this small town in Iowa is starting a groundbreaking initiative to save the precious pollinators. The 1,000 Acre Pollinator Initiative in Cedar Rapids is a campaign to populate 1,000 acres of the local area with wildflowers and prairie grasses essential to honeybee…
McKinley Corbley from GoodNewsNetwork writes: Charlotte McCourt believes that honesty is the best policy – that’s why she wrote astonishingly blunt reviews of every Girl Scout cookie for her customers. The 11-year-old gave the Do Si Do cookie a 5 out of 10 score because of its “bland, unoriginal flavor”. Her most scathing 1/10 review was for the Toffeetastic; saying…
McKinley Corbley from GoodNewsNetwork writes: Almost all of the train stations in India will soon be powered by solar panels. While announcing the Union Budget for the 2017–2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley declared plans to power over 7,000 Indian railway stations with solar energy. The project has already started implementing the renewable energy system at 300…
GoodNewsNetwork.com shares: Six formerly homeless men in custom-tailored suits were given the chance to strut their stuff on the the catwalk as a way of raising money for the local homeless shelter that used to take care of them. The Runway to Change fashion show fundraiser, created by two creative communications students from Red River…
Cassius Kamarampi from TheMindUnleashed.com writes: Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan have found that dogs and capuchin monkeys have a human-like sense of morality. In particular, they react less positively to humans who are less kind, less willing to share or assist other people. Their paper was published in the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.…
DavidWolfe.com shares: Being a teacher often in involves some creativity. Whether it’s making a lesson easier to understand or keeping the class interested, teachers often find unique ways to help their students succeed. Speech language pathologist Amy Maplethorpe is no exception. Amy teaches at Raymond Ellis Elementary School in Round Lake, Illinois. With a little…