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Optimism: There's always a way
That unfounded optimism always infuriated me. Nor is it the kind of optimism this magazine espouses. Optimism doesn’t mean denying reality. Or seeing sunshine when it’s raining. According to the dictionary, the everyday meaning of optimism is "hopefulness and confidence about the future or the Read More...
"I don’t believe in diets"
A diet, according to Verburgh, assumes that you will, against your will, for a certain period of time, eat less. “That’s wrong on three levels,” he says. “All health benefits matter only if you stick to a diet your whole life, and that doesn’t work for most diets.” Eating against your Read More...
Amur tigers thrive again in Russia after nearing extinction
Good news from Russia is too rare an occurrence to ignore. Here is a successful conservation story, with Amur tigers thriving again in the Far East of the country at more than 540 individuals compared to less than 40 back in the 1940s — with a 28.5-percent population increase in the last decade Read More...
Global moonshot plan aims to make renewable energy cheaper than coal
UK scientists, economists and businessmen including Sir David King, currently the UK’s climate change envoy, Lord Nicholas Stern and ex-BP chief Lord John Browne launched a moonshot plan yesterday. The goal is to make the cost of clean electricity lower than that from coal-fired power stations Read More...
A warming blanket to save millions of newborn babies worldwide
Fifteen million hypothermic babies are born every year around the world, including three million who die during the first month of life. Embrace has developed a tiny sleeping bag with proprietary technology that stabilizes the temperature of the newborn for 1.5 percent of the cost of regular Read More...
The first black female astronaut on fear, self-confidence and belonging
Mae Jemison was the first woman of color to go into space. And that was but one of her many feats. What she has discovered and learned over the course of her career with regard to confronting her fears, growing her self-confidence and taking responsibility for creating community, can inspire every Read More...
How to be more productive while working less
Are you frequently working more than 40 hours a week? Are you frequently sleeping less than six hours a night? Do you typically feel guilty about any time away from work — even if that time is with family and friends? Then you may be one among many who, despite themselves, have become members of Read More...
Nigeria bans female genital mutilation
Globally, an estimated 100 to 140 million women and girls from nearly 30 countries have undergone genital mutilation, with the highest rates concentrated in Africa and the Middle East. They are about 20 million in Nigeria alone, or 27 percent of the female population. Last Friday outgoing Read More...
Deaf children may receive the gift of sound from a brain stem implant
An FDA-approved clinical trial to give the gift of sound and speech to children who were born deaf is already yielding encouraging results. Read the story of Jiya Bavishi, a six-year-old girl who received an auditory brainstem implant. The implant is a microchip that receives sounds picked up by a Read More...
Solutions to clean up the palm oil industry
Palm oil is as ubiquitous in processed foods as it is controversial for its disastrous ecological and social impacts. Transparent supply chains, regulations, strict third-party verifications, alliances of companies and civil society are some of the necessary approaches to clean up the palm oil Read More...