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Scientists create first-ever map of every coral reef in the Caribbean
If we want to protect our precious coral reefs from the effects of the climate crisis, then we need to know the exact locations where protective regulations and restoration efforts should be aimed. That’s why scientists have developed the first-ever map that visualizes every single coral reef in Read More...
New giant database lets people learn about the lives of millions of slaves
While we know the dark history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the number of Africans forcibly taken from their homes, we hardly know anything about the lives of individual slaves. Only a few historical enslaved people are known by name, and most are lost to history. In a colossal effort to Read More...
December 11, 2020
Today we're talking about a night club in Switzerland turned blood bank and how the tide is finally turning on E-waste. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 11, 2020
Today we're talking about a night club in Switzerland turned blood bank and how the tide is finally turning on E-waste. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 11, 2020
Today we're talking about a night club in Switzerland turned blood bank and how the tide is finally turning on E-waste. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
December 11, 2020
Today we're talking about a night club in Switzerland turned blood bank and how the tide is finally turning on E-waste. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
These tools are designed to help deliver surplus food to those in need
It’s mind-boggling that while 40 percent of the food supply in the US ends up in the bin, millions of Americans are still food insecure. One of the main reasons behind this problem — which has been exacerbated by the pandemic — is poor logistics. “We probably have two to four times as much Read More...
Jack Dorsey donates $15 million to fund more guaranteed income pilots
Back in July, we wrote about the founding of a coalition called Mayors for Guaranteed Income, which was started by Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs. The group’s purpose is to start piloting guaranteed income programs in cities as a way to support people who are struggling during the economic crisis Read More...
Lockdown-shuttered nightclub gets new life as a blood donation center
After more than 10 months of being under lockdown, a Swiss nightclub in the student town of Lausanne has once again opened its doors. This time though it’s nurses and blood donors who are bringing new life into the empty multi-floor warehouse rather than revelers ready to strut their Read More...
Animal park welcomes birth of critically endangered Sumatran orangutan
To maximize the odds of survival for the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan species, a special program was set up at the Pairi Daiza animal park in Belgium to help stimulate the birth of new Sumatran orangutans. The program works by studying the DNA of orangutans that already live in the park Read More...