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Cultivating school gardens encourages children to eat more vegetables
Many of our eating habits are formed as young children and these become increasingly more difficult to change as we get older. It turns out that cultivating school gardens can increase the daily vegetable intake of elementary school children by offering an opportunity to educate them about Read More...
This technology allows plants to communicate with farmers
Scientists at the Swiss deep tech company Vivent have created technology that allows us to know exactly what our plants need. Before this, farmers have relied on secondary indicators for finding problems with their crops, looking, for example, for signs of drought by checking out their roots. But Read More...
A small patch could soon replace blood tests
Drawing blood is a common component of many medical tests, but this somewhat invasive process may soon be a thing of the past as researchers at the University of Washington have developed a small patch that adheres to the skin to scan for biomarkers and signs of disease. The patch is the size Read More...
These emergency shelters can later be converted into permanent homes
When a natural disaster occurs, aid organizations typically send emergency relief tents to those who have lost their home as a result. While extremely helpful, these tents usually last a year at max, after which they become no longer functional and end up in the landfill. In a bid to extend the Read More...
February 10, 2021
Today we're talking about the revival of America's Civilian Conservation Corps and how Paris is repurposing its underground parking garages as urban mushroom farms. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
February 10, 2021
Today we're talking about the revival of America's Civilian Conservation Corps and how Paris is repurposing its underground parking garages as urban mushroom farms. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
February 10, 2021
Today we're talking about the revival of America's Civilian Conservation Corps and how Paris is repurposing its underground parking garages as urban mushroom farms. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
February 10, 2021
Today we're talking about the revival of America's Civilian Conservation Corps and how Paris is repurposing its underground parking garages as urban mushroom farms. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Love is Kindness
BY: Summers McKay & Kristy Jansen “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” - Buddha Love is the most curious and powerful of forces. It has the unique ability to both build strong alliances and tear down unnecessary walls. It can Read More...
MIT researchers create origami-like patch to seal internal injuries
MIT researchers have developed a biodegradable medical patch that could soon help robot surgeons mend internal injuries and could ultimately lead to wider use of robots in medicine. Today, bioadhesive patches are already in use for surgeries that intend to seal internal damage, but the problem is Read More...