The American is tired of bad news and reminded us all what good things happened in 2017

There is a bias towards bad news in the media: headlines more often report politics, terrorism, wars and crimes, while positive stories are only mentioned in passing. Perhaps this is the result of evolution: people respond better to the most dangerous events that may threaten their survival.

Twitter user Jacob Atkins has compiled a short list of interesting and cool things that happened this year, but were little covered in the media. Here is a translation of his story.

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I'm bored, and there was a lot of bad news in 2017, so I found some positive stories that you probably haven't heard of.

5. The number of honey bees has increased by 27%, and researchers have found an insecticide that does not kill bees.

6. A company in Argentina produces shoes from recycled tires and employs only women from rural areas.

7. Conservationists have agreed to plant 73 million trees in the Amazon rainforest over the next six years. The new Prime Minister of New Zealand is going to plant 100 million trees next year.

10. In the American city of Lexington, you can pay parking fines with canned food, which will then be sent to charitable food funds.

11. In Iowa, the fans of the local university football team have a good tradition: at the end of the first half, they get up and wave to the children from the hospital across the street from the stadium.