Most Read Good News Articles in June

Just in case you missed any of them, here's a quick summary of the half dozen most popular OGN articles published last month.

Bennifer Rebooted: There's something rather different about this time around. Is this pop culture comfort food providing reassurance and familiarity after five years of political insanity, general cultural nastiness and, of course, social distancing?

Harvard Study Reveals How to be Less Depressed: The early bird catches the worm and is way less melancholy about worm availability and options. This is the finding of a new study from researchers at Harvard, MIT, and the University of Colorado, who explored whether waking earlier lowers depression risk.

Shipwreck That Changed the Course of British History: Drowning of the heir to Henry I cast a shadow that led to generations of unrest – now the vessel on which he died may have been discovered.

App Gives Anywhere and Everywhere an Address: We don't mean your house or anything as mundane as that.

Vaccine Incentives Around the World: Netherlands becomes latest country to offer jab incentives to encourage take up. What's the rest of the world offering?

The Appalachian Apple Hunter: 80-year-old man searches high and low for nearly extinct heirloom apple trees – many the last of their kind – and reintroduces them to the world.

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Today's OGN Sunday Magazine articles:

• Best of Vladimir: Following Donald and Boris over the last two Sundays, it's now time to enjoy the best quotes of Vladimir Putin!

• Automat: Contactless, fast food dining began at the turn of the 20th century with the automat. Is it time for a comeback?

• Greening the Heart of a City: Empty 1970s shopping centre to be transformed in a post-pandemic urban rewilding project that may become the template for other cities to follow.

• Zero Emissions: Eviation, described as the “Tesla of aircraft”, looks set to launch the first compelling long-range electric aircraft.

• Rankings: 142 presidential historians have considered the presidential rankings, declaring that Trump is not the worst president ever.

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