Every Sunday I post my favorite headlines from my favorite good news websites. These are some of the things that were reported on in the last week, July 11 to 17, 2021.
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- Farmer to donate crop profit to mental health charities after friend’s death (source) (source)
- Innovative New Nanotechnology Will Create Energy from Mechanical Force (source) (source)
- One Man’s Crazy Idea For Michigan Town Lands Them As Finalist in ‘Nicest Places in America’ Contest (source)
- Smart Technology is Not Making Us Dumber After All, According to New Study (source)
- This California Creek Bed Was A Wildfire Risk, Then The Beavers Went To Work (source)
- Irish Musicians Saving Oral History By Recording Elders Singing Old Campfire Songs (source)
- Volunteers in India Do it Again–Planting 250 Million Saplings in Single Day and Seeing 80% Survival Rate (source)
- Artwork Painted By Picasso Discovered in a Closet in Maine After a Half Century (source)
- UN sets out Paris-style plan to cut extinction rate by factor of 10 (source) (source)
- Visiting Grandparents Will Extend Their Life (source) (source)
- Canada: It costs thousands of dollars just to apply to medical school — new group has a plan to fix that (source) (source)
- How solar panels on farmland could help California fix its water and power crises (source) (source)
- Canada announces steps to reduce wildfire risk after heat wave (source) (source)
- Canada to donate almost 18 million surplus AstraZeneca doses to low- and middle-income countries (source) (source)
- Massive Georgia plant to turn plastic into fuels, chemicals (source) (source)
- Teen With Special Needs Raises Huge Amount for Charities Through 1,600 Acts of Kindness (source)
- World’s First Underwater Vegetable Garden Reopens Growing Lettuce and Basil in Perfect Temperature (source)
- Dementia Cases Have Declined by 13% in US and Europe Every Decade Since 1988, Researchers Found (source)
- This Cab Driver Has Been Delivering Groceries To Seniors For 15 Years (source)
- 11-year-old girl brings mission of love and hugs for police (source)
- Missouri Governor Signs Bill Creating ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ Day (source)
- From Working At McDonald’s To Competing At The Olympics, This US Track Youngster is Living American Dream (source)
- Town Uses Inspiring Teamwork to Save Crashed Pickup Truck: ‘They came without even asking’ (source)
- Researchers Design T-shirt Fabric That Reduces Body Heat, Protecting People From Rising Temperatures (source)
- Teen Invents Clever Fire Extinguisher to Save Your Home When You’re Away – and He’s Donating All the Profits (source)
- No More Pricks: Scientists Are Rolling Out First-of-its-Kind Blood Sugar Test for Pain-Free Delivery to Diabetics (source)
- Paramedics in the UK Have a New Teammate – a Robot That Does the CPR for Them (source)
- NASA Helicopter Sends Stunning Photos of Martian Landscape from 33 Feet Up (source)
- Venom From Extremely Poisonous Caterpillar May Hold Healing Tonic That Saves Lives (source)
- Italy bus driver saves 25 children from vehicle blaze (source) (source)
- Owner of Ohio Pizzeria Gives Full Day of Sales to Employees to Show His Gratitude (source) (source)
- Jeff Bezos donates $200M to Smithsonian - the largest donation in its history (source) (source)
- First baby beaver born on Exmoor in 400 years (source) (source)
- Parents Who Never Stopped Searching Reunite With Son Abducted 24 Years Ago (source) (source)
- Donations Pour In For Mechanic Who Fixes Old Cars And Gives Them To People In Need (source)
- The artist touring the UK in an ice-cream van, to talk about grief (source)
- African scientists have created a CRISPR-edited banana that’s resistant to a disease ravaging farms across the continent (source) (source)
- Defaced Marcus Rashford mural covered in supportive notes (source) (source)
- Despite Dry conditions, Human-Start Wildfires Are Down So Far In 2021 (source) (source)
- Watch Filipino Inventor Fly His Hoverboard For 2 Miles, Setting World Record For Longest Flight (source)
- Seoul is Using AI to Prevent Suicide Attempts on Bridges (source)
- Edinburgh Airport to build solar farm next to runway (source) (source)
- The farmers’ market on wheels tackling one of America’s worst food deserts (source) (source)
- Campaign to save California’s mountain lions raises millions to build one of world’s biggest wildlife bridges (source) (source)
- Mozambique: Over 825,000 Seedlings Planted to Restore Native and Exotic Species (source) (source)
- Once a fixture on a West Seneca corner, man leaves sign behind saying he’s found a job (source) (source)
- ‘Hubble is back!’ Famed space telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch (source) (source)
- A Recovery Plan Has Been Introduced For Caracals In India (source) (source)
- Cop rescues child accidentally locked in hot car, then offers to help pay to replace broken window (source) (source)
- Church buys and cancels medical debt of families in New Mexico and Arizona (source) (source)
- US to begin evacuating Afghans who aided American military (source) (source)
