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Restaurant Feeds Community With Free Fridge–Then Gets Paid Back When Business Faces Closure in Austin, Texas
A husband and wife in Austin, Texas have been honored as heroes for nourishing neighbors-in-need by hosting a community fridge outside their restaurant.
Now, the...
Texas Tiny Home Community Thrives With 2,000 Neighbors: Easing Homelessness in Austin
In Travis County, beyond the zoning laws of Austin city, a village of tiny homes has been easing the chronic homelessness in Austin for...
Car Fanatic’s Roadtrip Reunites 90-year-old Vintage Austin With Every Previous Owner
A car fanatic has taken an extraordinary road trip to reunite his vintage motorcar with every owner who had cared for it during its...
First 3D Printed Neighborhood is Providing 100 Sturdy Affordable Solar Homes Near Austin For $400K+
Out in Austin, a 3D-printed neighborhood is taking shape, where 100 homes are being simultaneously made to start next year for around 30% less...
Visit ‘Fortlandia’ Where Designers Have Built Odes to Childhood Fort-Building in Austin, Texas
An annual mass ‘fort building’ event is going on now which for years has brought smiles uncountable to the faces of children visiting in...
Austin, Texas Votes ‘Yes’ on a $7 Billion Transportation Revolution
The Texas state capitol of Austin is getting ready for a public transit revolution, with a $7 billion plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
This Austin Restaurant is Making the Wittiest Pandemic Signs Anywhere
A restaurant that’s famous for its hilarious signs has been pulling out all the stops to bring laughs in the era of COVID-19.
Austin-based restaurant...
After Exhausting Day of Hard Work, Two Friends Find ‘Heaven Sent’ Fridge in the Middle of a Field (GNN Podcast)
Not only was the mini-fridge a perfect reward for their hard labor, they became folk heroes and learned the history of the ‘Little Appliance That Could’.
After Exhausting Day of Hard Work, Two Friends Find Fridge Full of Cold Beers in the Middle of a Field
Not only were the beers a perfect reward for their labor, the men were also able to find the fridge's original owner as well.
Innovative Austin Micro-village Will Rent to Homeless for $210 a Month
On Wednesday, an overflow crowd gathered at a groundbreaking for an innovative concept to take homeless people off of Austin streets. Alan Graham, president...
World’s First LEED Platinum Hospital Thriving in Austin
Unique among its peers, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is the first healthcare facility in the world to achieve a LEED Platinum...
Almost a Fourth of New Homes in Austin are Green
Long known for its save-the-planet ways, Austin, TX continues to be a national leader in producing eco-friendly homes. More than...
Good News in History, November 6
807 years ago today, the Charter of the Forest was signed in England by King Henry III. This law document is sometimes described as...
Good News in History, November 4
287 years ago today, the Teatro di San Carlo was inaugurated in the city of Naples with the opera Achille in Sciro. It is the...
Man is Creating 1,500-Mile Trail Across Texas for Hikers, Bikers and Horses, Investing $10,000 to Get it Done
A philanthropic Texan is currently charting a 1,500-mile trail that covers all of his home state tip to tail.
From the bayou to El Paso,...
Researchers Make First Food Using a 3D Printer For People With Swallowing Difficulties or Dysphagia
Scientists at a British university have become the first create 3D printed food–to help people with swallowing difficulties.
Academics led by UWE Bristol have used...
Sunday Funnies: Cat Teaches New Kitten The House Rules By Dragging Him Off Kitchen Counter (Watch)
A family's surveillance video has captured a cat teaching the house rules to the new kitten—picking it up by the scruff of the neck...
Good News in History, October 5
Happy 66th Birthday to popular science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. Born in the Big Apple without a star in the sky to look up...
World’s Only ‘Bookstore Airbnb’ Has 2-Year Wait List for Guests Wanting to Sell Used Books By Day
More than 450 guests have enjoyed accommodations in the “world's only book shop Airbnb” where guests spend the night—and run the store during the...
New $1 Test Using Origami Paper Sensors Can Detect Infectious Diseases Like Covid–With Just a Mobile Phone
A cheap new test using origami paper sensors can help detect infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, much earlier and easier than current methods, say...