Recent Good News

Research shows happier people tend to live longer, be healthier and enjoy more successful lives. And “very happy people” have more of these benefits relative to only averagely happy people. But pursued in certain ways, happiness or positivity can become toxic.

Word on the street is that pets are the new kids, plants are the new pets, and candles are the new plants. 

Lead Pastor Robinson, of Good Church, had never considered a nearby, affordable laundry facility could be of greater importance than dinner, but he has since learned about “hygiene poverty” — or the condition of being unable to afford hygiene products — and its effects.

People lead better, happier, and more satisfying lives when people in their communities share high levels of trust. There are specific reasons trust and happiness are so deeply connected...

The remarkable fact is that children still draw pictures during war. Their expressions are invaluable for documenting war and its impact, and it’s important to study them.

The Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy in Minneapolis offers its Native American clientele the services of any ordinary drugstore

Dr. Wasser and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Forensic Science at the University of Washington in Seattle are coordinating efforts to battle well-organized transnational criminals and the trafficking of contraband from timber to pangolins.

As many as 120,000 jobs could be created by stopping abandoned oil and gas wells leaking climate-warming methane into the atmosphere.

Glennon Doyle is an author and activist known for her brilliant wisdom, brave storytelling, and bold activism. May her words inspire us that we can do hard things.

An Indigenous-led conservation program in British Columbia, Canada, has successfully increased a caribou herd from 38 individuals to 113 in less than a decade, according to a new study.