Study: Exercise prompts muscles to fight inflammation on their own
That exercise is good for the body in all kinds of ways is a given, but researchers are only just uncovering a rather surprising effect that exercise has on muscles. Apparently, exercise prompts muscle cells to fight off inflammation on their own. Scientists at Duke University have been Read More...
Is it possible to make up for lost sleep on the weekend?
When you go through a night or several nights of little to no sleep, a common tactic is to use the weekend to catch up on all those lost zzz’s. The question is: Does this strategy actually work? According to Fiona Barwick, director of the Cognitive Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at Stanford Read More...
How the kulhad, a relic of India’s past, can help eliminate single-use plastic
Traditional clay teacups called kulhads will be making an impactful comeback in 7,000 railway stations across India. Kulhads are 100 percent environment-friendly, unpainted, and unglazed. The clay’s natural, earthy fragrance is said to enhance the flavor of the tea, while evoking memories of Read More...
Scientists develop AI that detects prostate cancer with near 100% accuracy
The current method doctors use to screen for prostate cancer involves looking at the levels of a protein called prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in a patient's blood. The problem with a PSA test, however, is that it’s not very accurate. In fact, 70 percent of the people it flags as having prostate Read More...
Shrub species thought extinct for almost 100 years rediscovered in Japan
While out to study the growth of plants in an evergreen forest on the Japanese island of Amami-Oshima, a team of researchers has come across a colony of an unfamiliar plant species. Not long after — after taking a sample to the lab — the researchers realized that what they had recently Read More...
The public now has a direct say on climate matters in Washington state
Oftentimes it feels like regular citizens have little to no say in national or state-level politics. That’s why we’re excited to share news out of Washington state where a new assembly is being formed that will allow 80 randomly-selected members of the public to have a direct say on climate 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...
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...