3 simple ways to save an extra $250 per month
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Everyone loves to save money, so here are three easy ways you can free up $250 in your budget per month. Cancel subscriptions you don’t use Review your monthly bank statement for recurring charges, like subscriptions you may have forgotten you signed up Read More...
Green policies, citizen science, and reversing the trend of wildlife losses
Amid big declines in wildlife, action can still help to reverse the trend for some species. This is the conclusion from a new analysis out of the UK which shows that freshwater insects, mosses and lichens are bucking the trend of wildlife losses in the country and have expanded their ranges since Read More...
Here’s an eco-friendly alternative to your child’s disposable dinnerware
It’s not uncommon for a china set of dinnerware to be passed down generation by generation in a family, so why do we treat kids’ dinnerware like a disposable addition to our cabinets? That was the problem married couple Adam and Ai Su Bonnier wanted to tackle when they created Miniware, a Read More...
Here’s the most straightforward path to a better attention span
Your attention span can be influenced by internal factors (your own brain leads you to shift from one task to another) or by external factors (something in the outside world calls to you). To boost your attention span, you must deal with both internal and external factors. Internal factors: One Read More...
The UK is acquiring the world’s fastest weather supercomputer
Weather forecasts could soon see a sharp increase in accuracy after the UK’s weather service, the Met Office, announced it will spend £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) to acquire the world's most powerful climate supercomputer. The Met said the computer will create a "digital twin" of our atmosphere Read More...
Escaped beavers have brought quantifiable benefits to English rivers
In 2013, a group of beavers that had escaped from captivity were found living wild along a river in Devon, England. When plans to exterminate the animals were greeted by a popular outcry, the government agreed to a scientific trial to measure the environmental impact of the beavers, with the funds Read More...
This couple is buying land near a tiger reserve and just letting it regrow
It was his love for nature and wildlife that led Aditya Singh to quit his Indian civil services job, leave his well-appointed house in Delhi and settle in a remote corner of Rajasthan, abutting the famous Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, in 1998. Over the last 20 years, Singh has been buying tracts of Read More...
MRI imaging method could lead to new way to detect early-stage cancer
A new method of detecting early-stage cancer is getting the green light from the FDA, meaning human trials will commence in the coming two years. The new imaging method was intended for detecting metastatic cancer in the liver, but the researchers say it could be applied to a number of other types Read More...
Tips for designing an environment that helps you make healthy food choices
If you were sitting in a team meeting with donuts on the table, you’d likely reach for a donut. But if that same meeting offered fresh fruit or vegetables, you’d inevitably make a healthier choice. The point is the physical space around us can impact the way we make nutritious choices. With Read More...
The largest oil refinery on the East Coast is closing for good
It’s official! On Thursday, a federal judge finally confirmed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan of Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES), the company that ran the benzene-polluting mega refinery that closed after bursting into flames last June. The plan includes the sale of PES’s 1,300-acre Read More...