>assuming 2017 will be less bonker

The gene responsible for ALS has been found, meaning we are closer to an effective treatment.
A solar powered plane circumnavigated the world.
Michael Jordan donates 2mil to try and help bridge connection between police and the community.
Tiger numbers are growing.
Pakistan has made strides towards outlawing honor killings.
70,000 Muslim clerics declared a fatwa against ISIS.
Pokemon Go players went insane with placing lure modules near hoapitals for sick kids.
California is now powering over 6 million homes with solar power (a record in the US).
Someone in Salem, Oregon is hiding $100 notes in diapers and toilet paper to help out others.
Uttar Pradesh in India planted 50 million trees in 24 hours (to spite Iran, who held the previous record).
ISIS is at its weakest since its rise to power.
These are all very recent stories, they just get forgotten quickly and bumped down below all the depressing shit.