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Got hair? Here’s how to donate your locks to those in need
For individuals undergoing cancer treatment or experiencing alopecia, wigs can be a great resource for self-expression and regaining confidence, but a high-quality wig can cost thousands of dollars. Fortunately, there are organizations that accept hair donations to make wigs for those without the Read More...
Beauty giant to make perfumes with ethanol made of recycled CO2 emissions
The world’s largest fragrance company, Coty, will soon start making perfumes with alcohol made from recycled carbon emissions. Producing the fragrance lines for luxury brands like Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, and Calvin Klein, Coty has recently partnered with biotech company LanzaTech to use its Read More...
March 5, 2021
We're talking flying creatures today with a wind company investing money to protect and breed California condors and good news for bees in the UK. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
March 5, 2021
We're talking flying creatures today with a wind company investing money to protect and breed California condors and good news for bees in the UK. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
March 5, 2021
We're talking flying creatures today with a wind company investing money to protect and breed California condors and good news for bees in the UK. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
March 5, 2021
We're talking flying creatures today with a wind company investing money to protect and breed California condors and good news for bees in the UK. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
This retro milk truck is now delivering zero-waste products to Londoners
Ella Shone’s ‘Topup Truck’ started out 20 years ago delivering morning milk to bleary-eyed Londoners. Now, the vehicle’s got a new lease on life as an electric-powered zero-waste goods delivery truck. After being furloughed from her sales job as a result of the coronavirus pandemic last Read More...
Wind farm funds condor breeding program to offset potential species harm
Wind turbines are a great source of renewable energy, but they also pose a hazard to local bird populations. Some wind farms have started painting turbines black to prevent this, but wind company Avangrid Renewables has gone one step further and launched a condor breeding program to compensate for Read More...
A first for invertebrates: Cuttlefish can delay gratification
Have you ever heard of the “marshmallow test?” It’s a type of experiment designed at Stanford in the 1960s by Walter Mischel to test whether human children have the self-control to wait for a better reward. In essence, the children were given a choice between having one marshmallow now or Read More...
Research: The success of San Francisco’s pandemic hotel housing program
When the pandemic hit, San Francisco was one of the cities that took advantage of empty hotel rooms to safely house the unsheltered and slow the spread of Covid-19. Now, almost a year down the line, researchers are understandably curious about the impact this public health move had on the city’s Read More...