Today’s Solutions: September 17, 2026

Overall, there are slightly more men than women in the world. According to United Nations estimates for 2015, there are 101.8 men for each 100 women, with the number of men rising gradually each year since 1960. But a map by the Pew Research Center with the latest U.N. data clearly shows that men and women are distributed unequally around the globe. In the countries of the former Soviet Union, for example, women outnumber men. Conversely, there are more men…

Print this article
More of Today's Solutions

8 low-cost hobbies that add hours of joy to your week

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Research has put a number on the value of a good hobby: eight hours. That is how much ...

Read More

The world’s largest battery-electric ferry just crossed an ocean

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In 2019, a South American transport company ordered a diesel ferry. By the time it launched six years ...

Read More

Travel scams have gotten harder to spot. Here’s what changed and what t...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The old cues for spotting a scam are becoming unreliable. Misspelled words, strange formatting, unfamiliar sender names, requests ...

Read More

Europe establishes its first wild river national park in Albania

The Vjosa, one of Europe's few wild rivers, has become Europe's first national park. From the Pindus mountains in Greece to the Adriatic coast, ...

Read More