Researchers discover why catnip makes such a great insect repellent
Spring and summer bring warmer weather and longer days, but they also bring back pesky insects like mosquitoes and flies that can make time outdoors uncomfortable. Fortunately, it turns out catnip is the perfect backyard bug repellant, and researchers from Northwestern and Lund universities have Read More...
March 11, 2021
In honor of one year in a pandemic world, we're sharing solutions for managing family conflict. Plus, how Singapore is using floating solar panels to tackle its renewable energy challenges. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
March 11, 2021
In honor of one year in a pandemic world, we're sharing solutions for managing family conflict. Plus, how Singapore is using floating solar panels to tackle its renewable energy challenges. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
March 11, 2021
In honor of one year in a pandemic world, we're sharing solutions for managing family conflict. Plus, how Singapore is using floating solar panels to tackle its renewable energy challenges. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
March 11, 2021
In honor of one year in a pandemic world, we're sharing solutions for managing family conflict. Plus, how Singapore is using floating solar panels to tackle its renewable energy challenges. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Navigate family conflict with these key strategies
After an entire year in close quarters with each other, many families have experienced at least one, if not several, blowouts and rifts with fellow dwellers. Disagreements with family members are common and natural, but they can be exacerbated by times of stress. Research has shown that even in Read More...
School for female shepherds aims to revive Spain's rural villages
With more and more women leaving Spain’s rural towns in favor of cities, a new initiative has been launched to help save rural Spanish towns that are fading from the map, while offering women a foothold in a trade long dominated by men: shepherding. Spain has a long tradition of shepherding Read More...
First 3D printed homes in US set to hit the market
A couple of weeks ago, we shared how the world’s first 3D printed school was being built in Madagascar. Now, anyone can take part in the 3D dwelling as the first printed US houses hit the market. The houses, constructed by printing firm Icon, are located in a housing development in Austin, Read More...
22 plant-based foods to boost energy production in your body
Caffeine isn’t the only way for your body to summon an extra boost of energy. According to integrative neurologist Ilene Ruhoy, there are a lot of plant-based foods you can eat that have a “high consumption of compounds that enhance energy production of cells.” Below, you’ll find a list Read More...
Conservationists release 36 endangered tortoises on Galapagos island
Following the introduction of predators, competitors, and vegetation change on the Galapagos’ San Cristobal island, the population of the endemic Chelonoidis chathamensis giant tortoise was reduced from 24,000 animals to about 600 in the early 1970s, pushing the species to the brink of Read More...