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Will crickets be a main feature on menus in 2050?
By 2050 there will be an estimated 10 billion humans living on this planet. Beyond that being a lot of mouths to feed, those folks will be, on average, wealthier than today's population, with a taste for the foods found in regions like the US and Western Europe. But we simply don't have the Read More...
VR is helping seniors rejoice in experiencing life like it was back in the old days
Virtual Reality isn’t just for gamers. The same technology that lets users battle monsters in mythical worlds has proven useful for everything from overcoming phobias and practicing surgical procedures to getting a look inside the International Space Station. Now, VR headsets are showing up in Read More...
Research tells us a positive outlook may be good for your heart
Having a positive mindset doesn’t only benefit your mental health. According to a recent meta-analysis of previous research, having an optimistic mind-set may also reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease and early death. This new meta-analysis, published in JAMA Network Open, included 15 Read More...
How New Jersey is taking extra steps to consider the climate in building plans
This week, New Jersey announced it will become the first state to require potential building projects to pass a climate change impact evaluation before being approved. As a part of Gov. Phil Murphy’s commitment to achieve 50 percent clean energy by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050, building projects Read More...
How Forrest Gump is helping scientists understand human emotion
This week we are celebrating the Power of Positivity. No movie emphasizes the importance of positivity quite like Forrest Gump, so much so that scientists are even using his character to map out our brain emotions. Researchers produced a map of affective emotions called “emotionotopy” after Read More...
Positive thinking sounds great, but what if you’re naturally a bit pessimistic?
At one point or another in life, you’ve probably been encouraged to engage in positive thinking. We understand, however, that positivity can be a bit of a buzzword. That’s why we’re taking a moment to specify what we really mean when we talk about positive thinking. For us, positive Read More...
5 ways to generate more positivity in the online world
Here at the Optimist Daily, our mission is to be a beacon of light in a world that seems to dwell too much on the doom and gloom. We don’t bring you stories about solutions and positive development because of some naive conception of how our world is. Rather, we bring you these stories because we Read More...
Spanish researchers use THC to treat endometriosis and reduce cyst growth
Medical marijuana’s increasing popularity and legality are opening up opportunities for research into its uses. Recently, a team in Spain has been successful in using THC to treat endometriosis pain — the inflammation of the tissue that has grown outside of the uterus on a woman's ovaries, Read More...
IBM is turning to AI to tackle Huntington’s disease
In the past months, we’ve seen a sharp rise in the possible applications of artificial intelligence in the medical world. From diagnosing brain tumors to detecting cervical cancer, the proposition of using AI to save lives is extremely to us. In that same vein, we have a new application of AI to Read More...
Scientists come up with a much greener way to make parts for airplanes
The extremely sturdy yet lightweight carbon-fiber materials used to build airplanes and spacecraft require a whole lot of energy to produce, which, in turn, creates a lot of emissions. The good news MIT engineers have recently figured out a way to create these aerospace-grade composites using Read More...