The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News

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New York sends $189 million to close the summer hunger gap

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Here's some food for thought: for students, free lunch ends when school does. For the millions of children ...

Learning a new skill triggers both temporary cell swelling and lasting brain ...

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Did you know that every time the brain learns something, it changes physically? A study in PLoS Biology ...

These 5 morning reflections will help you become a better leader

Adding a minute or two of morning reflection to your daily routine is a small but valuable change that can improve your management performance ...

Revealing the history of the earliest transoceanic seafarers

A study carried out by geneticists at Harvard University, in collaboration with Indigenous communities, has revealed five previously undocumented migrations around remote Pacific islands. ...

5 resources for men who want to learn about therapy (without being judged)

Despite evidence indicating that men face mental health issues at equal or higher rates than women, men are less likely to seek counseling. "According ...