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Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time
Peacemaker is a new video game about the conflict in the Middle East that let's players assume the roles of either the Israeli prime...
Online Video Gamers Pull Cancer Victim From Financial Fire
The World of Warcraft online forum chronicles the outpouring of generosity and goodwill by a gaming guild who came to the aid of one...
3.8 million Acres of California Ocean Floor Protected
The Nature Conservancy announced this week the purchase of six trawling permits and four trawling vessels from commercial fishermen in Morro Bay as part...
London Birdwatchers Awed as Avocet Hatches in City Wetlands
LONDON — With its striking black and white plumage and elegant upturned bill, the avocet is one of the most distinctive birds. It's also...
Humble Grocer Quietly Gave Away Millions
Waldemar Kaminski, who quietly ran a food stand in Broadway Market for more than 50 years, has been revealed to be a self-made millionaire...
EPA Plans to Phase Out Use of Pesticide
A pesticide commonly used on apples, pears, nuts and other crops will be phased out in the United States after lawsuits and complaints by...
Cats to Compete in Reality TV
Ten cats in search of owners, chosen from shelters around the country, will compete for loudest purr, most prolific sleeper and who can catch...
FDA Approves New Cervical Cancer Vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration today approved the first vaccine that protects against the viruses known to cause 70 percent of cervical cancers. In...
New Technology Turns Garbage Into Gold
(Reprint of a GNN story from 2003; in preparation for a followup article soon)
IMAGINE. . . Imagine a machine that can turn almost...
760,000 people in 118 countries Walk to Eradicate Hunger
Last Sunday, more than 760,000 people took to the streets of more than 100 countries to walk five kilometres in support of Fight Hunger:...
Corporate Board Rooms Open the Doors to Green Advisors
Environmentalists Cooperate With Business, Praise Every Good Step A special collection in the New York Times Business section...
Israel Opens Crossing to Gaza Eases Crisis
Israel made a decision to open the main cargo crossing to the Gaza strip for the first time in several months out of humanitarian...
Newly Approved Bird Repellant Saves Corn and Cranes
A ten-year cooperative effort has finally yielded a clever solution to solve the conflict between corn farmers and the endangered sandhill cranes that eat...
Freedom and Opportunity, not Language, Define American Values
In honor of Cinco de Mayo and regarding the immigration debate the US is embroiled in, you might want to read an opinion piece...
Soda Sales in Schools Voluntarily Slashed
Former President Bill Clinton and the American Heart Association negotiated a deal with the biggest beverage distributors in the U.S. whereby they will voluntarily...
Schools Take Action on Overweight Kids
In response to a steep rise in obesity among children, some public schools are taking action. It shocked me to learn that only 6...
Transforming a Barren Savannah to a Tropical Rainforest: The Remarkable story of Las Graviotas
EARTH DAY SPECIAL — Imagine miles and miles of desolate savannah in South America, without a tree or bird in sight, a veritable no-man's land....
Homeless Man Returns $900 in a Wallet
A homeless man found $900 in a wallet in a trash bin but returned it to the owner.
Kim B., who works as a janitor...
Tiny Town in Newfoundland Hosts 10,000 Stranded Airline Passengers on 9-11
On September 11, thousands of Good Samaritans were inspired to generosity, kindness and helpfulness. In turn, we were inspired by them.
When all North American...
Rebecca Looked for the Good in Everyone (even the robbers who took all her money)
All I need to know about Rebecca Eddlemon, who died March 31 in Grand Prarie, Texas, is captured here in the first two paragraphs...