The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News

What’s in a name? Dozens of American birds to be renamed to promote inc...

"Names have power, and power can be for the good or it can be for the bad," says Colleen Handel, President of the American ...

Greece’s sea turtle nests reach record numbers as conservation efforts ...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM After decades of tireless conservation efforts, the endangered Caretta caretta sea turtle is making a spectacular recovery on ...

UK aims to tackle drink spiking to protect women and girls

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The UK government announced a game-changing move to tackle spiking, a crime that has haunted nightlife and endangered ...

6 habits to break for better mental health: what therapists want you to know

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM It is easy to believe that improving your mental health is simply about adding self-care habits to your ...

Super small dissolvable pacemaker offers safer, simpler heart treatment

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In a brilliant medical innovation, researchers developed the smallest known pacemaker—smaller than a grain of rice—that dissolves in ...