(GNN) A South Carolina couple has been using their musical talents to bring their community together for weekly street concerts—all while respecting social distancing guidelines.
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Cast of ‘Parks and Rec’ Raises $3M for COVID Relief After Reuniting for Quarantine Episode (WATCH)
(McKinley Corbley) It has been five years since the beloved Parks and Recreation television show aired what viewers believed to be its last episode—but this week, the show’s original cast came together for a half-hour reunion episode to raise money for COVID-19 relief.
Readers Have Reported So Many Good Deeds, We Can Barely Keep Up; Here’s 10 to Get You Through the Day
(Good News Network) Since the hardships of COVD-19 began to simmer in people’s psyches and in communities for weeks, the creativity inevitably boiled over into new projects or ideas about how to ease the worry and how to soothe the loneliness.
Newly-Developed Enzyme That Breaks Down Plastic Bottles in Hours is On Track to Change the Recycling Game
(Andy Corbley) Utilizing an enzyme found within composted leaves, scientists are now breaking down plastic all the way into a recyclable form in a matter of hours. Carbios, the French company responsible for the breakthrough, is already collaborating with Pepsi and L’Oréal to unleash industrial market-scale production of the new substance within five years.
For First Time in History, AI Learns to Translate Silent Human Brain Activity into Text for Locked-In Syndrome Patients
(Andy Corbley) Have you ever heard of locked-in syndrome? Sometimes called pseudocoma, it describes a rare condition where the patient is “locked-in” their body. They are aware, but cannot act in the world due to complete paralysis of all voluntary muscles in the body, but with a normal exception being their eyes.
6-Month Suspension on U.S. Federal Student Loan Payments Now in Effect During COVID Outbreaks
(Andy Corbley) The federal government is suspending student loan payments and waiving the interest on those loans for a total of 6 months in order to ease the burden of debtors during the COVID-19 outbreak. This unprecedented action was included in the 2.2 trillion dollar stimulus package President Trump signed recently.
Family Cheers Up Neighborhood By Spending 6 Hours Coloring Each Brick of Their House With Rainbow Chalk
(Good News Network) As a means of cheering up their neighbors in lockdown, this English family spent six hours coloring in every brick of their home with chalk to create a “rainbow house”.
Music Takes 13 Minutes to ‘Release Sadness’ and 9 to Make You Happy, Says New Stud
(Andy Corbley) The British Academy of Sound Therapy (BAST) has been studying the beneficial effects of listening to music for therapeutic purposes for years.
Heartwarming Photo Captures Man’s Gesture of Gratitude Towards the Nurses Who Saved His Wife’s Life
(McKinley Corbley) A New Jersey man is winning hearts across social media after he was photographed using a cardboard sign to express his gratitude to local hospital workers last week.
Mystery Mom Has Been Leaving Out Free Bagged Lunches ‘Made With Love’ for Anyone Who May Need Them
(McKinley Corbley) An anonymous Maryland mother is being hailed for leaving out hundreds of bagged lunches for her community during the novel coronavirus shutdowns.
Researchers Unveil Ultra-Precise, Mind-Controlled Prosthetic: ‘It’s like you have a hand again’
(Nicole Casal Moore) In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, University of Michigan researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive, finger-level control of a robotic hand.
40-Year-old Man Confirmed to Be World’s Second Person Cured of HIV After 30 Months Virus Free
(Good News Network) A study of the second HIV patient to undergo successful stem cell transplantation from donors with an HIV-resistant gene, finds that there was no active viral infection in the patient’s blood 30 months after they stopped anti-retroviral therapy.
Goodness: People Are Stocking “Little Free Libraries” With Food And Supplies For Neighbors
(Mandy Froelich) Trials and tribulations may befall the human race, but our species will never lose its resiliency. This has never been more apparent than in the current age of Covid-19. Yes, fights over toilet paper have been documented around the world. But, plenty of positive action has also been witnessed in the wake of the pandemic. For instance, many good Samaritans are stocking Little Free Libraries with food, toilet paper, and other supplies for neighbors.