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Tips to keep your skin hydrated through the winter months
Cold air and gusty winds can leave your skin feeling raw and parched during the winter months. Dry indoor heat doesn’t help with this issue, but fortunately, we have some tips to keep your skin soft and smooth all winter long. Moisturize after washing. Washing your skin strips it of Read More...
Doctors just used augmented reality to perform knee replacement surgery
Augmented reality systems (AR) are starting to prove incredibly useful in the medical world. Just last month, doctors completed the first AR-assisted knee replacement surgery in the US. Before we talk more about the surgery, let’s dive a little deeper into what AR actually is. By now, you’re Read More...
Illinois directs marijuana sales revenue to areas harmed by war on drugs
One argument for the legalization of marijuana is the opportunity to fund critical community projects and organizations with the tax revenue from legal sales. The state of Illinois is doing just this and they are being very precise with where this money goes. The state is distributing $31.5 million Read More...
January 29, 2021
You know that Bernie Sanders mitten meme? Well it's raised $1.8 million for Vermont-based charities. That and how scientists are creating lab-grown wood today on the Update! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
January 29, 2021
You know that Bernie Sanders mitten meme? Well it's raised $1.8 million for Vermont-based charities. That and how scientists are creating lab-grown wood today on the Update! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
January 29, 2021
You know that Bernie Sanders mitten meme? Well it's raised $1.8 million for Vermont-based charities. That and how scientists are creating lab-grown wood today on the Update! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
January 29, 2021
You know that Bernie Sanders mitten meme? Well it's raised $1.8 million for Vermont-based charities. That and how scientists are creating lab-grown wood today on the Update! Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
MIT scientists are figuring out how to grow wooden furniture in a lab
We’ve written a whole lot about cell-cultured meat grown in a lab, but today we’re here to tell you about an entirely different lab-grown endeavor: lab-grown wood. In an attempt to mitigate the environmental harm of the logging industry, scientists at MIT are growing wood-like plant tissue from Read More...
A snowy owl has been spotted in Central Park for the first time since 1890
Snowy owls reside in the Arctic for most of the year, but they migrate south in the winter in search of milder climates and more abundant food. These owls are usually sighted in upstate New York, but this year, for the first time since 1890, one has been spotted in New York City’s Central Read More...
Bernie Sanders’ mittens memes help raise over $1.8 million for charities
Unless you do everything in your power to stray away from the Internet, you’ve probably seen the endless memes of the US. Sen. Bernie Sanders sitting with his arms and legs crossed at the recent inauguration, wearing recycled wool mittens, an ordinary brown parka, and a face mask. Sanders was Read More...