The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News

Cancer-fighting bacteria: how engineered microbes could “eat” tum...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Cancer treatment has no shortage of big ideas, but this one has a certain dark charm: send in ...

Heart health study of 200,000 people finds food quality matters more than low...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For decades, nutrition debates have centered on a familiar question: Is it better for heart health to cut ...

Here’s how to dive into your local food scene

We all know that we should be eating local, yet it often falls to the bottom of the list—especially when we’re busy and on ...

Canadian project addresses global insect crisis

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Insects, the often-overlooked building blocks of our ecosystems, are disappearing at an alarming rate. "Of all the mass ...

Namibia elects its first female president: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah makes history

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Namibia made history by electing its first female president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, in an election that has strengthened the ...