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All you need to know about winter bird feeders

As the planet warms, we are experiencing shifts in weather patterns that are downright bizarre. Even people who are fortunate enough to not have ...

Roman jars reveal the secrets of ancient winemaking

Archaeologists are still putting the full story of human history together. From the discovery of a Viking shipyard in Sweden to the Sistine Chapel ...

Shopping cart handles are an unexpected ally in the fight against heart arrhy...

Liverpool John Moores University researchers fitted a device into the handles of shopping trolleys to monitor for atrial fibrillation (AF), a common heart arrhythmia ...

Project Green Light by Google: transforming urban traffic for a cleaner commute

Google's Maps app tapped into a rich mine of everyday traffic data, which holds the key to changing urban mobility. This information, gathered from ...

Investing in planetary health could unlock $20 trillion a year by 2070, says ...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A sweeping new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) lays out an ambitious, but achievable, economic ...