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Breaking
Sam Neill Beat Cancer After 5 Years. Now He's Ready to Work Again.
Good News Network
A Teen Made a Promise When He Was Little. He Kept It at Prom.
Sunny Skyz
Community Wins
Over Half of US States Are Considering Laws That Would Let Renters Install Balcony Solar Panels Good Good Good
The sharp dividing line between a lush forest and the white sand dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil r/BeAmazed
"Brazil Has a Game Where You Win Groceries Instead of Toys" r/MadeMeSmile
Thousands of Cancer Patients in England Are About to Get Access to a New Immunotherapy Jab r/UpliftingNews
She Pulled Up on Her Motorcycle. Then She Said 3 Words to the Little Girl Watching. r/MadeMeSmile
Around the World
Salmon Parasites Are Rising. Scientists Say That's Actually Very Good News. The Bright Side
Medical Breakthroughs
A Lower-Cost Version of the World's Best-Selling Cancer Drug Could Be Coming Soon. The Bright Side
A 6-Year-Old Had Waited 6 Months for This News. His Reaction Stopped Everyone Cold. r/BeAmazed
Woodland Walks Cut Anxiety, According to a New Study. Here's What the Numbers Show. Positive News
Doctors Have Been Waiting 30 Years for This. It Was Just Approved. The Guardian
Science
These Platypuses Lived 25 Million Years Ago. What Scientists Just Found Changes Everything. Good News Network
A Young Inventor Has a Plan to Pull 90% of Plastic From the Ocean. His Deadline Is 2040. Positive News
Doctors Tried to Explain What Exercise Does to the Body. The Answer Surprised Them. Science Alert
Young inventor plans to stop 90% of floating sea plastic by 2040 Positive News
Scientists Finally Mapped Every Smell the Human Nose Can Detect. What They Found Was Stunning. Science Alert
Working Together
Endangered Butterflies Were Disappearing. Then Incarcerated Women Stepped In. Reasons to Be Cheerful
Genius parents devise bedtime ritual: son is allowed to stay up late, but he has to run Upworthy
Seeds Can 'Hear' the Rain — And the Sound Waves Make Them Grow 30-40% Faster, Shows MIT Study Good News Network
All refs should take a lesson right here... this is what it means to ref youth sports. r/HumansBeingBros
Heroes Among Us
She Quit Her Job and Spent 5 Years Chasing Sea Turtles Around the World. Here's What She Found. Good Good Good
David Attenborough Spent 70 Years Teaching the World About Earth. Yesterday He Turned 100. r/BeAmazed
Two vacationing paramedics deliver a baby at 30,000 feet with a shoelace and borrowed blankets Upworthy
‘My guardian angel’: Oak Island guide diagnosed with cancer after tourist urges him to call doctor r/UpliftingNews
Animals & Pets
500 Turtles Were Trapped When Their Lake Began Drying Up. Then the Students Arrived. Good Good Good
He Walks to the Pond Every Day. The Geese Know Exactly Who He Is. r/HumansBeingBros
A Kayaker Was Floating Quietly When Something Climbed Onto His Paddle. r/MadeMeSmile
A Calf Was Getting Petted by a Stranger. Then Mom Showed Up. r/MadeMeSmile
14 Toucans Were Smuggled Across the Border. Now They're at the Bronx Zoo Good News Network
Acts of Kindness
He Drove Patients to the Hospital for Free. Then the Doctors Did Something He Didn't Expect. r/MadeMeSmile
She Spent 14 Years Giving Away Bikes. Now Thousands of Kids Have Somewhere to Ride. Good News Network
Southwest Just Gave a Retiring Pilot the Send-Off He Deserved After Spirit Airlines Let Him Down Upworthy
Disney Just Re-Animated 3 Iconic Songs — and the Deaf Community Has Something to Say About It Upworthy
Environmental Victories
85 Million Acres Just Got Permanent Protection. Here's What That Means. Good News Network
Scientists Were Delighted by a Rare Rescued Sea Turtle. Then They Ran a DNA Test. Good Good Good
A Trail Camera Just Caught Something in the Swamp That Has Scientists Talking Good Good Good
The Great Lakes Fishing Industry Just Adopted a Model That Wastes Nothing Reasons to Be Cheerful
A Tribe Near Seattle Started Flooding Its Own Farmland. Here's the Reason Why. NPR
Kids Making a Difference
A Baby Took Her First Steps. The Entire Arena Was Watching. r/MadeMeSmile
She Was 4 Years Old When She Saved Her Grandmother's Life. Here's How. Sunny Skyz
Someone Left a Pot on the Stove Overnight. A Student Turned It Into a Life-Saving Device. Upworthy
A Japanese Teen Founded an Organization at 14. Now She's Changing How an Entire Country Votes. Global Citizen
Pizza Hut's 'BOOK IT!' Summer Reading Program Returns to Provide Voracious Young Readers with Pizza Parties and More r/UpliftingNews
Uplifting Videos
These are amazing! 😄🌟 r/BeAmazed
Dog Finds An Injured Parrot And They Become Best Friends | The Dodo Odd Couples thedodo
I Rescued a BABY PARROT for My AVIARY!! youtube/Paul Cuffaro