January 25, 2021
Today we share how a middle schooler used her science fair project to convince her school district to switch to all-electric buses and some beautiful news from space. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
January 25, 2021
Today we share how a middle schooler used her science fair project to convince her school district to switch to all-electric buses and some beautiful news from space. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
January 25, 2021
Today we share how a middle schooler used her science fair project to convince her school district to switch to all-electric buses and some beautiful news from space. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
January 25, 2021
Today we share how a middle schooler used her science fair project to convince her school district to switch to all-electric buses and some beautiful news from space. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Student science project convinces school district to switch to electric buses
Miami-Dade County Public Schools will convert all their diesel school buses to all-electric models by the end of 2021. This change has great environmental and public health benefits, but it wouldn't have happened without the help of Holly Thorpe, a local middle school student. Thorpe created a Read More...
ISS captures footage of blue lightning bursting upwards towards space
Witnessing a thunderstorm is one of the most incredible natural phenomenons to behold, but have you ever seen one from space? Recently, the European Space Agency released footage taken on the International Space Station that shows the electrical activity of a thunderstorm from above. As reported Read More...
A look into Piñatex, the alt-leather made from pineapple leaves
While working in the Philippines during the 1990s, Spanish leathergoods expert Dr. Carmen Hijosa grew horrified at the environmental impact of leather production. The problem for her was that she didn’t approve of petroleum-based alternatives either. In search of a better alternative, Hijosa Read More...
Study suggests eating healthy makes vaccines more effective
As you may have heard, the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in America has been slow. But if you are one of the fortunate ones to have gotten vaccinated or plan to get vaccinated soon, then you might want to read the results from a new study out of Ohio State University. In the study, Read More...
Sweden to build reindeer bridges so the animals can safely cross highways
Sweden’s reindeer typically rely on lichens for food, which are buried beneath the snow. But in recent years, the animals have been increasingly struggling to feed themselves as a result of global warming. This is because warmer temperatures mean more rain instead of snow. When the air freezes, a Read More...
Executive order shuts down construction of Keystone XL pipeline
In a major win for Native American tribes and environmental activists, an executive order was signed last week to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit and shut down the construction of the pipeline immediately. This may be the final chapter in what has become a notorious political game of Read More...