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  • social media, lurkers, mental health, dopamine, self worth
    Photo credit: Canva – Why do some folks use social media but don't engage?
    Health

    Psychologist says people who never comment on social media share these 5 positive traits

    Erik Barnes

    8/20/2025
  • scientist, hiccups, hacks, hiccup cure, scientific research
    Photo credit: Canva, pixelshot (left) and nicoletaionescu from Getty Images (right) – A scientist shared his surprise upon learning of a hiccup "cure" with a 92% success rate.
    Science

    Scientist ‘disappointed’ we have a 92 percent successful hiccup cure and nobody is talking about it

    Ryan Reed

    8/20/2025
  • teacher stories, Reddit, malicious compliance, workplace drama, school funding, teacher appreciation, viral stories, petty revenge
    Photo credit: Canva – A teacher smiles for the photo in his classroom
    Culture, Past Events

    Teacher gets glorious payback after school forced him to pay for a class trip himself

    GOOD Staff

    8/20/2025
  • milestones, adults, rights of passage, millennials, business, finances, careers, education
    Photo credit: Image via Canva – Photos by Jay Scott and View Apart – Professional businesswoman and 3 millennials.
    Culture

    Only 1 in 4 young adults are meeting the traditional milestone markers of adulthood

    Mark Wales

    8/20/2025
  • recycling, environment, home ownership, money, down payment
    Photo credit: Canva, Vadreams (left, cropped) / Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels (right, cropped) – A man earned an estimated $45,000 through recycling, saving up for a down payment on a house.
    Money

    Man in his 30s recycles nearly half a million cans to earn a down payment on a house

    Ryan Reed

    8/20/2025
  • air travel, flight etiquette, parenting, AITA, Reddit, travel stories, entitled parents, plane etiquette, viral stories
    Photo credit: Canva – A crowded airplane cabin
    Culture, Media, Past Events

    A passenger refused to move for a toddler’s tantrum on a flight, sparking fierce debate

    GOOD Staff

    8/19/2025
  • arnold schwarzenegger, vladimir lenin, gerrymandering, politics, American
    Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons – Why does the Terminator own a bust of Vladimir Lenin?
    Politics

    Arnold Schwarzenegger keeps a statue of an evil dictator in his home. His reasoning is perfect.

    Erik Barnes

    8/19/2025
  • human embryo, fertility, IVF, in vitro fertilization, research, ex vivo implantation platform, microscopy, doctors
    Photo credit: Image via Canva – Hands hold a symbolic baby and a woman.
    Health

    In major fertility breakthrough, scientists film first-ever embryo implantation

    Mark Wales

    8/19/2025
  • guitar, prince, the roots, captain kirk douglas, guitar smashing
    Photo credit: Julio Enriquez via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, cropped (left) / Micahmedia via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, cropped (right) – In 2013, Prince borrowed someone's guitar—and then smashed it on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.'
    Culture

    Prince broke a borrowed guitar with a wild onstage toss in 2013. But the story ended well.

    Ryan Reed

    8/19/2025
  • good deed, acts of kindness, altruism, returned wallet, faith in humanity
    Photo credit: Canva – Richard Guilford lost his wallet and got it back 11 years later.
    Featured, Good People

    Mechanic returns wallet to stranger 11 years after he lost it and it changes the man’s life

    Erik Barnes

    8/18/2025

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