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.
Try stealing this bike while not vomiting
The Optimist Daily also has roots in the Netherlands, a country with more bikes than people. A country too with low crime rates. However, stealing bikes happens all the time. As far as we know, the Dutch haven’t figured out this very effective solution: A lock that emits chemicals that make Read More...
Why real peace in Colombia matters to the U.S. and the rest of the Americas
In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel The General in His Labyrinth, the Columbian Nobel Prize laureate imagines General Simon Bolivar musing as he tries to liberate South America in the 19th century: “I go to seek a great perhaps.” This moody sentiment has distinct echoes in Colombia Read More...
Regular meditation more beneficial than vacation
As mindfulness meditation and yoga have become mainstream and more extensively studied, growing evidence suggests multiple psychological and physical benefits of these mindfulness exercises, as well as for similar practices like tai chi and qi gong. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses analyzing Read More...
Training in your sleep leads to better physical performance
What if you could use the hours you sleep at night to train yourself physically? It’s long been known that when you picture yourself performing a sport, the same neurons are fired up as if you were actually playing it. This act strengthens your motor connections between the brain and the body, Read More...
South Sudan artists paint for peace in Juba
After nearly three years of devastating civil conflict, South Sudanese artists have come together to try and get the country thinking and talking about peace, by launching a public art project in the capital Juba. Having spread its message over many of the walls in Juba, the team now plans to Read More...
Crowdfunding: the new buzzword for academics needing research money
When Professor Dave Goulson decided to study the impact of pesticides on bees, he didn’t rate his chances of getting funding from one of the big research councils. The University of Sussex biologist turned to the public, raising almost £8,000 through crowdfunding for the screening for Read More...
Capital One is trying to bring the blockchain to health care
Capital One is going to test out blockchain for health care claims and analytics, the company announced Monday. The banking giant is teaming up with mix of partners including blockchain startup Gem, the health care API platform firm PokitDok, and analytics companies Viewpost and ClearGraph, in Read More...
Refugees can be a solution, not an issue, for America
Contrary to Donald Trump’s antithetical rhetoric, refugees entering the U.S are not arriving to threaten the country’s safety. The real issue that surrounds refugees coming to America is the system that fails to fully integrate refugees into the American economy. The U.S has programs set up to Read More...
How migration has enriched the UK’s booming food culture
The subject has become a key issue in the Brexit debate: who gets in and who has to stay out. And what will Britain look like if we put up insurmountable barriers to people from other countries and cultures who want to live and work here? The Conservative government has already been tightening up Read More...
What Donald Trump can learn from George Bush
In the nasty heat of the U.S presidential elections, it’s easy to forget that politicians can be gentlemen—yes, this is about men—too. Read this note that the elder George Bush left in the Oval Office for his successor Bill Read More...