Lifestyle
Alongside taking care of other people and the planet, make sure you take good care of yourself. The Lifestyle section at the Optimist Daily has solutions for everyday wellbeing on topics like food, beauty, fashion, and the latest trends. Curious about caring for houseplants, eating plant-based, or parenting tips? It’s all in there.
Central banks consider bitcoin’s technology, if not bitcoin
Blockchains allow several different players to keep a shared spreadsheet using cryptography and so-called consensus mechanisms that provide a way to agree on which transactions happened at what time. For the central banks, the promise of the technology is that it would allow them to track every Read More...
Where politics fails, art calls for empathy with refugees
Donald Trump and right wing politicians in Europe ‘inspire’ more and more people to close their hearts to refugees. Perhaps art can be effective where politics fail. In New York last month, hundreds of life jackets ‘washed up’ onto the shore. In a re-creation of an increasingly common scene Read More...
7 ways to make extra income when you have a full-time job
Is your dwindling bank account impacting your health? The American Psychological Association (APA) released a survey showing that money stress impacts Americans' health nationwide. And, as it turns out, the wealthy are also stressed about money — not just those in lower-income households. You can Read More...
There may be a human on Mars sooner than we think
Will we ever get a human on Mars? If you ask Elon Musk, he’ll say yes. The head of Tesla and SpaceX announced an ambitious plan to colonize the red planet this past week, with a trip to Mars costing around $200,000. Musk wasn’t the only one talking about traveling to Mars as the BOEING Read More...
Why self-care is the least selfish thing you can do
When I was young and I went outside to play with my friends instead of hanging around the house to listen to another screaming match between my parents, they called me "selfish." Now, as an adult, when I go upstairs for much-needed alone time, my kids think I'm self-centered because I don't want to Read More...
Chief FARC negotiator: ‘Nobel Prize will help drive peace talks over the line’
Ivan Marquez, who heads FARC’s diplomatic mission as it seeks to end its standoff with the Colombian government, admitted that guerilla leaders are heading back to the frontline following the failure of the recent peace deal referendum, but told RT he remains hopeful. “We believe that Read More...
Goldman Sachs investments created 129,000 clean energy jobs in past year
Last year financial giant Goldman Sachs announced it was going to invest $150 billion in clean energy projects over the next decade. Yesterday, the bank released a report of the initial results of the program. In the last year, Goldman has invested $41 billion in 89 clean energy companies. These Read More...
The electric car revolution is making these investors very optimistic
Electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf may look no different from the standard family runaround. But the new materials that go into them could revolutionize the market for metals used in the industry, opening up a new field for commodities investors. “We identified electric vehicles as an area Read More...
11,000 migrants saved in journey to Europe this week alone
The refugees in Europe are no longer creating the headlines every day. But they are still coming. In the past week alone, more than 11,000 migrants have been rescued as they attempted the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. The number says it all about the state of affairs in Northern Read More...
Crowdfunding could be huge in Africa but regulatory laws need to catch up
Crowdfunding platforms in Africa raised $32.3 million for various projects in 2015, data from the Afrikstart Crowdfunding in Africa (pdf) report shows. But that figure could be much higher over the coming years if African governments develop regulation on crowdfunding. Despite its rising Read More...