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What sets Japanese sweet potatoes apart, nutritionally speaking
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM If you've bought a Japanese sweet potato, cut into it expecting orange, and found creamy white instead, you've already spotted the first thing that sets it apart. The skin is reddish-purple, the flesh is ivory, and the flavor is sweeter and earthier than the Read More...
6 smart things to do with an empty egg carton before you toss it in the recycling bin
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There's a half-second every time you finish a carton of eggs. The lid flops open, the last two slots are empty, and you're already reaching for the recycling bin. Before you do: cardboard egg cartons are more useful than they get credit for, and once you've Read More...
Indonesia's mosque loudspeakers might save lives during natural disasters
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The hardest part of any early warning system isn't the science. It's finding infrastructure that reaches everyone, holds up under pressure, and gets maintained over years by the people who depend on it. In Indonesia, a team of Japanese and Indonesian Read More...
Why October is the best time to get your flu shot this year
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Flu season usually builds in late fall, but this year it's getting a jump start. During the week ending September 26, 3.4 percent of respiratory samples tested by clinical labs came back positive for flu, according to CDC data. That's roughly seven times the Read More...
Scientists discovered the world's largest octopus nursery off the California coast
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Most of the deep seafloor is cold, dark, and barely mapped. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary covers more than 6,000 square miles of ocean along California's central coast and is better studied than most of it. Even there, researchers from the Read More...
The common skin care mistakes dermatologists say are working against your routine
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There's a particular kind of Sunday evening spiral that happens when you've spent twenty minutes reading about an ingredient you've never heard of, and you're now convinced your entire routine is wrong. Skin care has never been better at making us feel Read More...
How a floating shade can help coral survive a marine heatwave
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When divers installed floating shade structures over 20 colonies of brain coral in the lower Florida Keys in August 2024, the corals underneath began recovering their color. The 20 colonies left unprotected grew paler through the hottest stretch of the Read More...
How to quiet performance anxiety, according to sport psychology
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM You know that moment. The job interview is starting in 30 seconds, and your brain decides now is the perfect time to replay every mistake you've ever made. Or you're halfway through a presentation when a small stumble pulls your focus completely off the Read More...
Australia sets a new renewable energy record, with rooftop solar leading the way
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM On Saturday, September 22, solar and wind met 80.4 percent of demand on Australia's national electricity market, with the grid covering the eastern states, South Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory. For about 30 minutes around lunchtime, rooftop Read More...
Podcast Transcript October 9th, 2026— (Guest Interview) A place to breathe: inside #CreateConnectCare, the youth mental health program giving young people a voice | World Mental Health Day 2026
Episode Description: If you have a teenager in your life and you’ve felt them pull away from conversations you used to have easily, this episode is for you. Kathy Saulitis has spent three years going through what young people write and create when nobody is grading it: the poems, drawings, Read More...