Today’s Solutions: March 03, 2026

October 22, 2020

October 22, 2020

We're covering underwater and outer space today with NASA's successful asteroid sampling and a new deep sea air conditioning solution. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...

October 22, 2020

October 22, 2020

We're covering underwater and outer space today with NASA's successful asteroid sampling and a new deep sea air conditioning solution. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...

October 22, 2020

October 22, 2020

We're covering underwater and outer space today with NASA's successful asteroid sampling and a new deep sea air conditioning solution. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...

October 22, 2020

October 22, 2020

We're covering underwater and outer space today with NASA's successful asteroid sampling and a new deep sea air conditioning solution. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...

Allbirds launches clothing lin

Allbirds launches clothing line made from discarded marine shells

Allbirds launched its sustainable shoes made from ethical wool farmed in New Zealand back in 2016. Years later, the brand made headlines in The Optimist Daily for donating sneakers to healthcare workers during the pandemic. Now, the company is launching a new sustainable clothing line made from the Read More...

NASA collects samples from a s

NASA collects samples from a space asteroid for the first time

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has spent nearly two years in space circling Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid. Now, it has successfully helped NASA gather samples from an asteroid in space for the very first time.  In a momentous milestone for space exploration, the spacecraft’s robotic arm was Read More...

Research says seawater air con

Research says seawater air conditioning could cool coastal cities

There’s no better feeling than a cool dip in the ocean on a hot day, but what if this same idea could be used to cool our home and buildings? A new study from the International Institute of Applied System Analysis (IIASA) showed that seawater air conditioning (SWAC) could be a greener alternative Read More...

October 21, 2020

October 21, 2020

Did you know new research shows getting naked can boost your personal body image? This and a heartwarming story of a ballet dancer from India who overcame the odds on the Update this morning. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...

October 21, 2020

October 21, 2020

Did you know new research shows getting naked can boost your personal body image? This and a heartwarming story of a ballet dancer from India who overcame the odds on the Update this morning. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...

October 21, 2020

October 21, 2020

Did you know new research shows getting naked can boost your personal body image? This and a heartwarming story of a ballet dancer from India who overcame the odds on the Update this morning. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...