A look inside the race to create functional artificial blood
Someone in the US needs a blood transfusion, alluding to the importance of blood supplies to modern healthcare. The problem is blood is in incredibly short supply, and the pandemic has only made things worse due to the forced cancellation of many collection drives. That’s why there has been a Read More...
Letters from kids inspires LEGO to phase out plastic packaging
Back in August, we wrote about LEGO’s groundbreaking braille bricks, which were designed to help people who are blind or visually impaired become familiar with the braille alphabet. Today, we have more good news from LEGO. The Danish toymaker announced plans to ditch plastic packaging for its Read More...
You can take these 11 popular Yale courses online for free
Back in March, we shared how you can now take Yale’s most popular class, “Psychology and the Good Life,” online. Now, we are happy to share 11 additional top courses you can take for free online from the top-ranked university. The university offers a wide variety of courses through its Read More...
September 16, 2020
Michigan is funding free college education for its essential workers and a study from Tufts has found that over 300 metropolitan areas in the US could grow all their food locally. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
September 16, 2020
Michigan is funding free college education for its essential workers and a study from Tufts has found that over 300 metropolitan areas in the US could grow all their food locally. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
September 16, 2020
Michigan is funding free college education for its essential workers and a study from Tufts has found that over 300 metropolitan areas in the US could grow all their food locally. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
September 16, 2020
Michigan is funding free college education for its essential workers and a study from Tufts has found that over 300 metropolitan areas in the US could grow all their food locally. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
This startup wants to stop hurricanes in their tracks. Is it possible?
It seems like an outlandish idea, but a Norwegian startup called OceanTherm believes it can prevent catastrophes by stopping hurricanes as they develop. Hurricanes are more violent than ever, and a big part of that is rising ocean temperatures: just a one-degree rise in surface temperature can Read More...
Scientists discover 30 new species of deep sea marine life in the Galapagos
The charted world of ocean life has gotten slightly bigger as marine scientists have recently discovered 30 new species of invertebrates deep beneath the ocean’s surface surrounding the rocky Galapagos Islands off of the coast of Ecuador. An international team of marine scientists from the Read More...
Scientists say mealworms could serve as alternative source of protein
Population booms in developing countries have led to a shortage of protein sources. For that reason, scientists from Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have proposed yellow mealworms as an alternative protein source for animals and, possibly, humans. In the new study, Read More...