Lifestyle
Alongside taking care of other people and the planet, make sure you take good care of yourself. The Lifestyle section at the Optimist Daily has solutions for everyday wellbeing on topics like food, beauty, fashion, and the latest trends. Curious about caring for houseplants, eating plant-based, or parenting tips? It’s all in there.
Artificial intelligence could eliminate the need to check your email ever again
In Slack's vision of the future, it will be totally unnecessary to try to get your inbox to zero every day. In fact, it will be unnecessary to read most of your emails. The communication software company lets teams chat in real time and share files. Earlier this year, Slack introduced the Slackbot, Read More...
Which European countries are the most optimistic about the future
The smallest country in the European Union also happens to be the most optimistic one. When asked whether their children will be financially worse off than themselves, only 4 percent of Estonians said "yes". The country of 1.3 million seems to think the future will be bright. See here how other Read More...
Colombian government and FARC to sign new peace deal
Colombia's government says it will sign a new peace accord with Farc rebels on Thursday, after a previous deal was rejected in a referendum last month. The new revised agreement will be submitted to Congress for approval, rather than put to a popular vote. But opposition groups say it still does Read More...
Blockchain technology is coming to the solar panels on your roof
Where there’s a market with creaking infrastructure to be disrupted, blockchain technology will disrupt it. At least that’s what some proponents of blockchain tech, which shares many of the same principles underpinning bitcoin, are hoping to do with the energy sector. While blockchain Read More...
Pope Francis: Priests may continue forgiving abortion
The Catholic Church is an institution that operates like a supertanker: It can only change its course slowly and gradually. However, Pope Francis is doing everything he can to make the church more welcoming, merciful and inclusive. Now he has said that the church will allow priests throughout the Read More...
What if age was nothing but a mind-set?
For two decades, a group of scientists looked at more than 4,000 subjects and found that men who were bald when they joined the study were more likely to develop prostrate cancer than men who kept their hair. The researchers couldn’t be sure what explained the link, though one researcher Read More...
Is pessimism really bad for you?
The glass can be half-full, or it can be half-empty, depending on your outlook on life – or on which side of the bed you get out of any particular morning. But can optimism or indeed pessimism really affect your health? It’s been a bone of contention for many years, and the issue has Read More...
Australian women are creating crafts work for refugees
Refugees need a new life. For that they need work. Increasingly, in western countries, women are setting up social enterprises to help to get refugees and migrants into work. Social Traders is an Australian nonprofit that supports women setting up social enterprises that assist migrants to start Read More...
The world would look like this if there would be equal space for all of us
If you don’t live in Yemen, Ireland, Brazil or the United States you live in the wrong place. According to this map, at least. The map reflects the world as if the biggest populations occupy the largest countries and each world citizen would have as much space on the planet. So China moves to Read More...
Indiegogo just made it easier to own a stake in what you crowdfund
Indiegogo, a crowdfunding site that’s popular for movies, games, and other creative works, has paved the way for backers to own a stake in the creative projects they crowdfund. The platform announced a new service yesterday that allows entrepreneurs and creators to offer backers an equity Read More...