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Dogs are helping conservationists preserve endangered species
Dogs and their sensitive noses are known for finding people during search and rescue efforts, sniffing out drugs and even diseases like cancer. Something they're lesser known for is their ability to act as a radar for finding endangered animals. To do that, dogs are being trained to identify the Read More...
The Optimist View: A Business Warrior Monk's Core Principles
By Summers McKay & Rinaldo Brutoco The Optimist Daily is a business on a mission. We are determined to accelerate the shift in human consciousness by catalyzing 100,000,000 people to start each day with a positive solutions mindset. We live and breathe this mission. It drives our every Read More...
Peatlands store vast amounts of carbon, which is why Scotland is restoring them
The burning Amazon rainforests, with their jaguars, monkeys, and colorful birds, have grabbed global attention in a way the destruction of the world's mossy peatlands never has. Yet protecting the world's peatlands, which store at least twice as much carbon as forests, is critical in the fight Read More...
How a network of sensors could soon help firefighters stop blazes faster
As wildfires become more common and more deadly in California, firefighters are exploring new technological means to get an advantage over them, so that they can be controlled quicker. This summer, fire department officials from the Bay Area’s Contra Costa County intentionally set four test Read More...
Why you might want to skip breakfast before working out
If you want to make your morning exercise routine more impactful on your health, you might want to consider skipping breakfast before you work out. Over the course of a 6-week study, researchers from the universities of Bath and Birmingham studied dozens of sedentary men who were overweight or Read More...
3D-bioprinting shows great potential to help patients in need of living skin
It certainly would be great if, instead of having to be harvested from a patient's own body, permanent skin grafts could be 3D-printed as needed. Well, we may be getting a little closer to that point, as scientists have now bioprinted living skin, complete with blood vessels. While there already Read More...
This 3D-printed device can detect cancer in a patient’s blood sample
The goal of creating personalized cancer treatment just got a big boost after scientists developed a device that weeds out blood cells to find cancer. In a new report, researchers outlined their new method which uses 3D-printed cell traps to separate cancer cells from billions of blood cells in a Read More...
These tips will help you start reading more in the digital age
Many of us put “read more” on our resolutions each year, and many of us find ourselves most of the way through the year with no more books under our belts than we started with. So, how can you improve your reading habits in the digital age? The trick is to start small and build up. This Read More...
Bristol might soon be the first city in the UK to ban diesel cars
While London has been busy implementing restrictions on gas-powered cars, the city of Bristol wants to take it one step further by banning diesel cars from the city center. That would make it the first UK city to implement such a ban. Under the city council’s proposals, diesel vehicles will be Read More...
Even Denny's is taking part in the plant-based meat movement
Two years ago you would have never expected the world's fast-food restaurants to start serving plant-based meat, but now they're all jumping onto the bandwagon one after another. Restaurants such as KFC, Burger King, and McDonald’s have all adopted meat alternatives to their fast-food classics. Read More...