An open-source app has thousands of Berliners adopting and watering city trees as if they were their pets, helping keep the city green amid repeated summer heatwaves. Gieß den Kiez translates to “water your neighborhood,” and offers users a map of the city with each one of the roughly 900,000 street trees of Berlin accessible as […] The post ‘Like Caring for a Pet’ – the App That Lets You Know if Your Neighborhood Tree Is Thirsty appeared first on Good News Network.

In a mountainous region of southern Norway, scientists are in their 20th year of surveying glaciers for ancient artifacts entombed therein. The most recent chapter of this long-running saga was the recovery of 48 arrow heads and shafts from different eras and made from different materials, some of which appear like they could have been […] The post World’s Largest ‘Glacial Archeology’ Expedition Recovers 48 Stone Age Arrowheads and Shafts appeared first on Good News Network.

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Demining operations have cleared just over 14,000 pieces of derelict explosives in a coastal Libyan city this year. A partnership between the UN’s support mission in-country (UNSMIL), Italian foreign aid, Libyan domestic partners, and the HALO Trust has been working to remove landmines and unexploded ordnance from the country as early as 2018. According to […] The post More Than 14,000 Derelict Explosives Cleared from Libyan City and Nearby Farmland appeared first on Good News Network.

A 5th-century Christian heritage site has reopened to visitors in Aleppo, Syria, after rehabilitation, restoration, and clearing the remnants of war. Syria’s Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums officially reopened the Saint Simeon church complex on October 2 with a ceremony, welcoming visitors after 14 years of closure. Restoration of the Byzantine-era site included clearing landmines, […] The post Ancient Christian Complex Reopens in Syria After 14 Years, a War, and an Earthquake appeared first on Good News Network.

After months of discussions between UK ministries, the tourism sector, and London’s museums, the government has decided that the country’s national museums will remain free to international visitors. These 14 institutions include such renowned museums as the National Gallery, the British Museum, and the Natural History Museum among others, which together attract tens of millions […] The post UK’s National Museums to Continue 25-Year Policy of Free Entry for Foreign Visitors appeared first on Good News Network.

Excavations in central Paris have turned up a stone wall that may have finally settled the debate regarding the true origins of the city. City officials described themselves as feeling “dizzy” looking down onto what is essentially Paris’ zero point in time, made all the more dramatic as it still bore the scars of Julius […] The post This Stone Wall Seems to Have Finally Settled Debate About The Town That Became Paris appeared first on Good News Network.

In 1940 the Royal Air Force resisted major aerial attacks from Germany in what became known as the Battle of Britain. On 18 August, sometimes called the ‘hardest day’ of the fighting, many sites in southern England were targeted. One of them was Kenley, a fighter airfield just south of London.

The success of D-Day hinged on the accurate forecasting of weather conditions by a team of meteorologists.

Wallace letter returns to The National Archives

London’s Waterloo station has become the first major train hub in Britain to employ dogs on regular patrols. Canine caretakers Riley, Buster and Flo are providing “additional reassurance” to passengers as part of a three-month trial. The pups, two cocker spaniels and a Labrador, were deployed by South Western Railway (SWR) and NR Wessex, partnering […] The post Dogs Provide Security and Comfort at Busy Train Station in ‘British First’ appeared first on Good News Network.

The world’s oldest person as acknowledged by the Guinness World Records turned 117 last Friday Ethel Caterham was born in the United Kingdom on August 21st, 1909, when the great-great grandfather of the current king was sitting on the nation’s throne. She was the 7th of 8 children, and told ABC News in an emailed […] The post World’s Oldest Person Celebrates 117 Years of a ‘Nonconfrontational’ Approach to Life appeared first on Good News Network.

Farmers in Ethiopia are slashing their growing costs, increasing food production, and protecting the environment thanks to solar-powered irrigation systems introduced through the Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable and Inclusive Development program led by the international nonprofit Farm Africa. In a country famous for its “13 months of sunshine”, Ethiopia has enormous potential to harness solar […] The post Ethiopian Farmers Save Thousands by Switching to Solar Irrigation–While Cutting Emissions appeared first on Good News Network.

A breeding program at England’s Chester Zoo has restored hundreds of tiny mollusks to their native land after they had grown so rare, they could collectively fit inside a petri dish. The zoo, which participates in many global conservation programs, was given a handful of snails from the last known wild population in an effort […] The post Zoo Plucks 21 Snails From Extinction and Returns Hundreds to Pristine Atlantic Island (WATCH) appeared first on Good News Network.

A harrowing story of survival and perseverance comes to us from Mexico, where a fisherman was rescued after spending 15 days in a pitch black cave. The man, Erasto Crisanto Valdez, said he trusted in god to deliver him from the situation, which he survived by drinking rainwater and breathing from an air pocket. According […] The post Man Rescued Alive After Being Trapped in Underwater Cave for 15 Days Without Food or Light appeared first on Good News Network.

Early farmers achieved an “engineering wonder of the world” by building a giant irrigation system in South America thousands of years ago. Communities living in what is now Colombia created the remarkable network based on cooperation among family groups—without top-down government—according to a new study. The researchers believe modern policymakers could adopt a similar strategy […] The post Early Farmers Figured Out ‘Engineering Wonder,’ Building Huge Irrigation System Without Government or Chief appeared first on Good News Network.

The world’s largest coral system, the Great Barrier Reef, suffered six mass ‘bleaching events’ between 2016 and 2025, due in part to warming oceans. Before the 1990s, any bleaching events were “exceptionally rare” along the 1,400 miles of coastline in north-eastern Australia. Now, earlier this year, a monsoon brought the Great Barrier Reef a reprieve […] The post Great Barrier Reef’s Recovery From Bleaching is Aided by Monsoon appeared first on Good News Network.

Dating back more than 60,000 years ago, humans in southern Africa were engraving ostrich eggshells with intricate geometric patterns that—the longer we study them—look more organized than we previously realized. A new analysis of the markings found on hundreds of eggshell fragments has revealed our ancestors’ remarkable ability to organize visual space according to abstract […] The post Intricate Carvings in Ostrich Eggshells are 60,000 Years Old – and Reveal ‘Remarkable’ Human Thinking appeared first on Good News Network.