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France will ban the culling of unwanted male chicks by 2022
Each year, about 50 million male chicks — not wanted for meat or eggs — are culled in France, usually by shredding or gassing. That number, however, will soon become zero, thanks to a new law passed by the government, which will ban the killing of male chicks from next year. Billions of male Read More...
This campaign wants to remove single-use plastics from the big screen
Have you ever noticed that characters in your favorite movies and TV shows tend to use a lot of single-use plastics? Whether it’s a busy professional grabbing a cup of coffee on the go or an athlete drinking out of a plastic water bottle, modern media definitely normalizes the consumption of Read More...
This endangered baby tapir is on an important conservation mission
The Baird’s tapir is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List, with less than 5,500 animals left in the wild. As a result of habitat loss induced by logging and land clearing for agriculture, the animal population has decreased by over 50 percent in the past three decades. Tapirs Read More...
July 26, 2021
We're back and we've got stories about how Maine is revolutionizing the modern recycling system and how snake venom is providing a new life-saving medical material. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
July 26, 2021
We're back and we've got stories about how Maine is revolutionizing the modern recycling system and how snake venom is providing a new life-saving medical material. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Snake venom is the special ingredient in new life-saving super glue
If someone were to ask you to think of a life-saving substance, snake venom is probably low on the list—especially if you’ve read our recent article about snakes in India—but scientists from the Universities of Manitoba, Shantou, and Western Ontario have discovered how this unlikely Read More...
Meet Pattie Gonia, the environmentalist drag queen fighting for inclusivity
The climate movement could use all the help it can get, and environmentalist drag queen Pattie Gonia is determined to make sure it can by pushing for it to be more inclusive. Pattie uses her Instagram account, which has more than 300,000 followers, to challenge what a conventional climate Read More...
Google Maps launches feature showing which subway cars are least crowded
If you live in New York or Sydney, you will soon be able to use Google Maps to see how busy each transit car is before stepping aboard a train or subway. The new feature is part of a product update announced by Google last week, which will allow users to observe live crowd data on individual Read More...
Are your kids hyperactive? Try these strategies to help them wind down
Children are full of energy and many months of pandemic uncertainty have likely been a challenge for kids (and their parents) who are used to having access to multiple recreation areas outside of the home. Sometimes, as any parent or guardian would know, high energy and excitement can morph very Read More...
Cracked phone screens could soon repair themselves thanks to novel material
From a simple cosmetic issue to a completely shattered display, most of us have experienced a broken phone screen at least once. Well, cracked screens might soon become a thing of the past thanks to a team of scientists in India who have developed a self-healing crystalline material that can repair Read More...