Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Study: When given cash with no strings attached, low- and middle-income parents increased their spending on their children. The findings contradict a common argument in the U.S. that poor parents cannot be trusted to receive cash to use however they want. – Source
2. 2 million Brits get a raise as minimum wage jumps to $13 an hour. – Source
3. California condors: Virgin births discovered in critically endangered birds. – Source
4. Philadelphia to become the first major US city to ban police from stopping drivers for low-level traffic violations. – Source
5. Costco raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. The New Normal; Percentage of Canadians who say they’ll eat pineapple on pizza increases by 7%. – Source
7. North America’s first whale sanctuary is taking shape in rural Nova Scotia. – Source
8. 5 Sikh men save hikers from drowning with a rope made of turbans and jackets. – Source
9. Giant owl not seen for 150 years pictured in wild for the first time. – Source
10. Scientists used a tiny brain implant to help a blind teacher see letters again. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. The world’s first clinical trial to use psyliosibin to treat generalized anxiety disorder has been approved in Australia. – Source
12. Mister Rogers is surrounded by kids in a Florida college’s new statue. – Source
13. Volunteers in Switzerland help harvest apples (in this case) to avoid food waste – there should in my opinion be more of this. – Source
14. Muskoka man, 80, fights off a bear that broke into the cottage with his fists, wins a bravery award. – Source
15. New research from Oxford University suggests that even without government support, 4 technologies – solar PV, wind, battery storage, and electrolyzers to convert electricity into hydrogen, are about to become so cheap, they will completely take over all of the global energy production. – Source