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Despite having her college years ahead of year, and only just obtaining the right to sign her name, a young Virginia woman has joined the ranks of American small business owners with a distinctly rustic flair. With a childhood spent browsing old-timey general stores among the mountains of North Carolina, Lindsay Goodwin wanted to bring […] The post College Freshman Brings a Nostalgic General Store Back to Olde Towne Community in Virginia appeared first on Good News Network.

"Procrastination is rarely about laziness or poor time management." The post Psychologist uncovers the unexpected reason we procrastinate and the trick to stopping it appeared first on Upworthy.

It's not just nostalgia—it's neuroscience. The post Therapist explains surprisingly scientific reason we never stop loving the songs from our youth appeared first on Upworthy.

The process used to take 15 hours. The post Delightful clip from 1955 shows how globes were once painstakingly made by hand appeared first on Upworthy.

GNN often stays abreast of births among the Chester Zoo’s incredibly diverse residents of rare and endangered species, but few have ever been cuter or rarer than this Roloway monkey. Chester Zoo is one of only two places in the UK that Roloway monkeys can be found, a spokesman said, and the breeding population there […] The post Surgeons Perform First-Ever Surgery for Critically-Endangered Monkey Weeks Before She Gave Birth appeared first on Good News Network.

The population of one of England’s most-elusive birds is flourishing again thanks to conservation efforts in the south of the country. The nightjar, sometimes called the nighthawk, becomes active at twilight, and they’re famous for their chortling calls and fantastic camouflage. Their numbers declined some 51% between the 1970s and 2000s after substantial forest loss. The […] The post Elusive Nightjar Populations Doubled in 5 Years, a ‘Remarkable Comeback’ Conservationists Say appeared first on Good News Network.

Russia has 11 time zones, 140.13 million people and 17.1 million km2 of territory, which is an incredible logistical challenge but one that the Russian people have faced with optimism and endeavor. Ensuring that people’s food needs are met is one of the core commitments of the state and Russia has enshrined this in a […] The post Food Systems in Russia: A Taste of Success appeared first on The Borgen Project.

This story was originally reported by Chabeli Carrazana of The 19th. Meet Chabeli and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. A third of American workers now have access to some form of government-issued paid leave — the biggest share ever. The United States is one of... The post A Record Number of Americans Can Access Paid Leave appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful.

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A new clinical trial from Johns Hopkins University produced results that surprised even the researchers behind it. Participants who took a single dose of psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, had more than six times greater odds of being cigarette-free at the six-month mark compared to those using nicotine […] The post A single dose of psilocybin gave smokers six times better odds of quitting than the patch first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

"Everyone wears some kind of a mask." The post Behavioral expert reveals the number one question to instantly read someone appeared first on Upworthy.

It's not about being selfish. The post Psychologists reveal the positive personality trait that childfree people share appeared first on Upworthy.

It combines strength training and aerobic exercise without being strenuous. The post The two-step test that accurately predicts longevity in women over 60 appeared first on Upworthy.

Even the most stoic broadcaster can't compete with the antics of a cat. The post An adorable compilation of cats interrupting serious news reports is pure joy appeared first on Upworthy.

A gothic style Catholic church in the middle of the Canadian prairies! That's not an everyday view at all. With red brick, stained glass, and a towering steeple, this church would be more at home in Europe, but here it is, in the middle of farmland. Built first as a more permanent replacement to an overcrowded wooden church in 1922, it was designed with distinctive Gothic characteristics; nave, side aisles, transept, apse, stained glass windows, rose window, dome, lantern and spire.  While all these parts are Gothic, it has many interesting elements all together, such as a dome is done in the more typical German Baroque style, Doric columns, and a Maltese cross stained glass window.

Should a conversation always be interesting and meaningful for both people? The post Experts explain exactly how, and when, to tactfully change the subject of a conversation appeared first on Upworthy.