Graphene circuits are the newest supplier of limitless clean energy
Earlier this week we discussed the rise of wave energy in the renewable energy sector. Now, scientists have discovered yet another potential source of green power drawn from the thermal motion of graphene at room temperature. The new technique captures the nanometre-sized rippling and random Read More...
Wisdom Supply Company makes back to school waste-free
Heading back to school this fall looks very different for most children, but what hasn’t changed is the heavy use of single-use plastic in school supplies. Binders, notebooks, dividers, and mechanical pencils that help students learn are all usually made with plastic that will pollute our world Read More...
Lighting systems that mimic natural light can help the elderly sleep better
Elderly residents of nursing homes have a tendency to fall asleep at any hour of the day. The problem with this is that they can get a bit too much sleep during the day, meaning they have periods of wakefulness during the night. This can lead to a vicious cycle of fragmented sleep, which can put Read More...
This study gave homeless people $5,660 each. The results are beautiful
In 2018, a Vancouver-based charitable organization called Foundations for Social Change started a groundbreaking research project that gave cash payments of $7,500 CAD ($5,660 USD) to 50 homeless people. The idea was to check on recipients over the course of a year to see how they were faring. Read More...
Get lost in these incredible x-ray images of the universe
You would only need to be subscribed to the Optimist Daily for a little while to know we are geeks for outer space. That’s why we were over the moon when NASA released a gallery of jaw-dropping imagery of the universe captured by telescopes from around the world. The gallery is a “treasure Read More...
Thought Leader Series: Jay Inslee on the power of optimistic climate action
The climate crisis is an increasingly present and visible threat to our world and few know this better than Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington, who watched more than 600,000 acres burn in his state during just the beginning of the second-worst fire season on record. In this week’s Thought Read More...
Archaeologists in Egypt unveil 59 coffins that date back millennia
Archaeologists in Egypt recently announced the exciting discovery of 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins dating back to more than 2,500 years ago. The extraordinary discovery took place in the desert necropolis of Saqqara, believed to have served as an extensive burial ground for Memphis, Read More...
October 8, 2020
We're all about mushrooms today! We've got alternative packaging grown from carbon-absorbing mycelium and major fashion brands ditching cows in favor of fungus leather in 2021. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
October 8, 2020
We're all about mushrooms today! We've got alternative packaging grown from carbon-absorbing mycelium and major fashion brands ditching cows in favor of fungus leather in 2021. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
October 8, 2020
We're all about mushrooms today! We've got alternative packaging grown from carbon-absorbing mycelium and major fashion brands ditching cows in favor of fungus leather in 2021. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...