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Apr 26, 2026

Wild Swimmers Reducing Single-Use Plastics

As England proposes thirteen new designated bathing water sites, a growing community of wild swimmers is becoming an ...

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Apr 25, 2026

Doctor Adopts Boy Who Showed up to Surgery Completely Alone

A five-year-old boy named True arrived for open-heart surgery with no parent, no guardian, no one to hold his hand ...

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Apr 24, 2026

When a Simple Act of Kindness Got Complicated

When Nate Walls' barbecue catering company collapsed with the pandemic, he took what remained in his bank account ...

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Apr 23, 2026

A Century After Vanishing, a Gentle Giant Returns

A century after the last wild European bison was shot in the Carpathian Mountains, these gentle giants are returning ...

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Apr 22, 2026

The Musician Racing to Preserve a Disappearing Soundscape

When audiences mocked Rewben Mashangva for singing the ancient songs of his Tangkhul Naga tribe, calling them "too ...

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Apr 21, 2026

Ramen, Potatoes, Pozole: Food as a Common Fabric

Ron Guier developed a gift and love for cooking as a very young child. His parents were often absent for long ...

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Apr 20, 2026

Is Being a 'Speck' the Key to Happiness?

Imagine a moment when the weight of your personal stresses vanishes, not by resolving each concern, but through the ...

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Apr 19, 2026

Retired Accountant Becomes 'School Grandma'

In Denver, Colorado's Family Star Montessori, retired accountant Sue Alexander finds new purpose. As a child leans ...

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Apr 18, 2026

Non-Speaking Autistic Novelist on His Journey From Write-off to Writer

Woody Brown is a great writer. He graduated with top writing honors from UCLA, and completed his master’s at ...

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Apr 17, 2026

Corrective for a Broken Heart

Maria Popova reframes heartbreak not as shattering but as dislocation -- a temporary loss of bearing in a universe ...

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Apr 16, 2026

Strangers Answer a Mysterious Red Telephone on a Bridge

When a red telephone appears on a London bridge, strangers pick up, and something unexpected happens. Artist Joe ...

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Apr 15, 2026

A Dance of Invisible Kindness

For a year, Helen Eveleigh and a fellow member of the Auroville Community in South India inquired about kindness ...

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Apr 14, 2026

Why 100% Is Easier Than 98%

Clay Christensen was the starting center on his university's varsity basketball team. They had fought all season to ...

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Apr 13, 2026

Dusking: the Dutch Twilight Ritual Helping People Slow Down

A Dutch writer is reviving "dusking" -- the nearly forgotten practice of pausing to watch the day fade into darkness ...

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Apr 12, 2026

Neighbors Transform Tent Encampment Into Shelter Village

Matthew Stone, who was living in a tent with his dog in the woods of a central Illinois city, was among the first 55 ...

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Apr 11, 2026

Sister Berta's Legacy

In 1968, Sisters Berta Sailer and Corita Bussanmas were teaching at a Catholic elementary school. “One day, a mom ...

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Apr 10, 2026

Sleeping with Furniture Against the Door

At five, Neha Kirpal was told not to brush her teeth because her mother believed the toothpaste was poisoned. Her ...

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Apr 9, 2026

Why Pain Is Different From Suffering

It was an "utterly unfun experiment to be part of," recounts Cortland Dahl with a smile. "But it was also very ...

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DailyGood Newsletters

Wild Swimmers Reducing Single-Use Plastics

Doctor Adopts Boy Who Showed up to Surgery Completely Alone

When a Simple Act of Kindness Got Complicated

A Century After Vanishing, a Gentle Giant Returns

The Musician Racing to Preserve a Disappearing Soundscape

Ramen, Potatoes, Pozole: Food as a Common Fabric

Is Being a 'Speck' the Key to Happiness?

Retired Accountant Becomes 'School Grandma'

Non-Speaking Autistic Novelist on His Journey From Write-off to Writer

Corrective for a Broken Heart

Strangers Answer a Mysterious Red Telephone on a Bridge

A Dance of Invisible Kindness

Why 100% Is Easier Than 98%

Dusking: the Dutch Twilight Ritual Helping People Slow Down

Neighbors Transform Tent Encampment Into Shelter Village

Sister Berta's Legacy

Sleeping with Furniture Against the Door

Why Pain Is Different From Suffering

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