http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2012 2012-02-07T08:36:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/transplant_jaw_made_by_3d_printer_claimed_as_first/?source=rss A 3D printer-created lower jaw has been fitted to an 83-year-old woman's face in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science, Technology, Health 2012-02-07T07:36:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bicycling_and_walking_benchmarking_report_2012_bicycling_is_on_the_rise/?source=rss The Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report shows that bicycling is getting more popular as a method of transportation; the number of commuters who bicycle to work increased by 57% from 2000 to 2009. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Health Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Health, Regions, North America, United States 2012-02-05T09:17:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/satellite_study_reveals_critical_habitat_and_corridors_for_worlds_rarest_go/?source=rss Conservationists working in Central Africa to save the world's rarest gorilla have good news: the Cross River gorilla has more suitable habitat than previously thought, including vital corridors that, if protected, can help the great apes move between sites in search of mates, according to the North Carolina Zoo, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and other groups. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Cameroon, Nigeria 2012-02-05T09:13:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/researchers_identify_key_peptides_that_could_lead_to_a_universal_vaccine_fo/?source=rss Researchers have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead to the development of a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, including seasonal, avian, and swine flu. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Health, Medical Discoveries 2012-02-02T17:30:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/california_orders_hike_in_number_of_super_clean_cars/?source=rss California, long a national leader in cutting auto pollution, pushed the envelope further Friday as state regulators approved rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and put significantly more pollution-free vehicles on the road in coming years. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Health Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Health, Regions, North America, United States, California 2012-02-01T20:31:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/fungi_discovered_in_the_amazon_will_eat_your_plastic/?source=rss The Amazon is home to more species than almost anywhere else on earth. One of them, carried home recently by a group from Yale University, appears to be quite happy eating plastic in airless landfills. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Land, Wildlife, New Species Discoveries, Regions, South America, Brazil 2012-01-30T19:31:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/a_375_year_old_french_bank_forgives_debts_of_paris_poorest/?source=rss Just as France was being chastised for excessive national borrowing with a sovereign debt downgrade, thousands of lucky French people had their financial obligations forgiven after the country's oldest bank decided to simply wipe their slate clean. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Europe, France 2012-01-29T20:42:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/gates_donates_750_million_to_fight_aids_tb_and_malaria/?source=rss The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World, Health, Feel Good, Heroic Stories 2012-01-27T08:51:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/the_cleanweb_takes_off/?source=rss This past weekend in New York, a group of high tech companies, venture investors, hackers, college students held the second Cleanweb Hackathon -- a gathering where software developers and serial entrepreneurs, fueled by coffee and burritos -- or similar fare -- stay up one, two or more nights writing code for apps that just may change the world. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Science, Technology, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, North America, United States, New York 2012-01-26T17:06:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/leatherback_sea_turtles_granted_massive_protected_area_along_us_west_coast/?source=rss The U.S. federal government has designated 108,556 square kilometers (41,914 square miles) as critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), the largest of the world's marine turtles and one of the most endangered. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, California, Oregon, Washington 2012-01-24T19:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/stem_cell_retinal_implants_safe/?source=rss Early results from the world's first human trial using embryonic stem cells to treat diseases of the eye suggest the method is safe, say researchers. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Health, Medical Discoveries 2012-01-24T07:21:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/swedish_cities_close_to_building_a_bicycle_superhighway/?source=rss With all the handwringing over aging infrastructure, rising energy costs, high speed rail and other public transportation projects that are spiraling in costs, cities and towns could look at solutions that can improve mobility and do not the bust the budget: bicycles and bicycle paths. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Regions, Europe, Sweden 2012-01-22T07:34:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/indonesia_to_conserve_half_of_borneo_region/?source=rss Indonesia's forestry ministry said Thursday it would conserve nearly half its share of Borneo island, which is covered with dense rainforest, so as to meet a presidential pledge to reduce gas emissions. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Forests, Regions, South-East Asia, Indonesia 2012-01-20T21:54:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/support_wanes_in_us_congress_for_anti_piracy_bill/?source=rss Eight US lawmakers have withdrawn their support for anti-piracy laws, after 'blackout' protests on thousands of internet sites. Top Headlines, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, North America, United States, Washington D.C. 2012-01-19T08:21:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/keystone_oil_sands_pipeline_rejected_for_now/?source=rss The Obama administration rejected a bid to expand the controversial Keystone oil sands pipeline Wednesday, saying the deadline imposed by Congress did not leave sufficient time to conduct the necessary review. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Land, Water, Business, Regions, North America, United States, Washington D.C. 2012-01-19T08:17:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/levis_drops_asia_pulp_paper_due_to_its_link_to_deforestation_in_indonesia/?source=rss Levi Strauss & Company became the latest firm to drop Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) as a supplier due to concerns over APP's continued clearing of rainforests in Sumatra, reports the Rainforest Action Network, a green group in the midst of a campaign against APP. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Environment, Forests, Business, Regions, South-East Asia, Indonesia 2012-01-18T07:30:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/personal_medicine_is_a_little_bit_closer_sequence_your_genome_for_under_100/?source=rss Thanks to advances in chemistry and software, researchers can soon sequence a human genome for $1,000 in a day. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Science, Technology 2012-01-16T08:35:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/burma_joy_as_freed_prisoners_head_home/?source=rss When Ko Ko Gyi arrived at Rangoon airport the crowd had been waiting several hours and rushed to greet him. Ko Ko Gyi is one of the best known of the 88 generation of student leaders, along with Min Ko Naing, the most famous. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, South-East Asia, Myanmar 2012-01-13T19:56:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/no_rhinos_poached_in_nepal_last_year/?source=rss As rhinos again fell to poachers in record numbers in 2011, there was one bright-spot: Nepal. Not a single rhino was killed by poachers in the Himalayan nation, the first poach-free year in 29 years. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Indian Sub-Continent, Nepal 2012-01-10T22:10:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/businesses_seek_californias_new_benefit_corporation_status/?source=rss On the first business day after a state law took effect, a dozen companies committed to social and environmental causes file papers to legally put those efforts on par with their goal of making profits. Top Headlines, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, North America, United States, California 2012-01-09T21:56:00-08:00