What!? Scientists discover life 3,000 ft below Antarctic ice shelf
Scientists have been forced to rethink the limits of life on Earth after accidentally stumbling upon marine organisms living on a boulder 900 meters (3,000 ft) below an Antarctic ice shelf. The scientists were attempting to sink a borehole through nearly a kilometer of the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf Read More...
Meet the Spanish designer who created a cosmetic line out of food waste
A third of the European Union’s horticultural production is estimated to be rejected by supermarkets based on sub-par cosmetic quality, meaning that plenty of perfectly good food is needlessly going to waste. But Spanish designer Júlia Roca Vera has created a sustainable cosmetic line made of Read More...
February 16, 2021
Kristy and Amelia discuss Bhutan and the pandemic response success of the small country that bases policy making decisions on the Gross National Happiness Index. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
February 16, 2021
Kristy and Amelia discuss Bhutan and the pandemic response success of the small country that bases policy making decisions on the Gross National Happiness Index. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
February 16, 2021
Kristy and Amelia discuss Bhutan and the pandemic response success of the small country that bases policy making decisions on the Gross National Happiness Index. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
February 16, 2021
Kristy and Amelia discuss Bhutan and the pandemic response success of the small country that bases policy making decisions on the Gross National Happiness Index. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
The Optimist View: "Our Moment of Choice" - Reflections on hope for the future
“A conscious business is a mission with a business, not a business with a mission.” - Steve Farrell, in Our Moment of Choice BY ARIELLE TIANGCO As I reflect on the unexpected events of this past year, I am confronted with a strange mix of emotions. Trepidation clashes with gratitude. Read More...
New concrete recipe enables the material to absorb CO2 twice as fast
Concrete is the most widely used material in the world. And as you might know already, it’s also one with a gargantuan environmental footprint, producing over eight percent of the world’s CO2 emissions. What’s less known about this binding material, however, is that it can also capture CO2 Read More...
What we can learn from pigs playing video games
Pigs are highly intelligent animals with an arsenal of skills that include sniffing out truffles, swimming, and demonstrating empathy. Now scientists have discovered another surprising talent that pigs can develop: gaming! This past Thursday, Frontiers in Psychology published an extensive study Read More...
Bhutan: A case study for pandemic solutions
Countries like New Zealand and Vietnam have been praised for their rapid and comprehensive covid-19 response, but one of the most impressive pandemic successes comes from a small and often under-publicized country: Bhutan. On January 7, 2021, Bhutan reported its first covid-19 death. Not of Read More...