A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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Power to the people: how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising US utility costs | Solar power | The Guardian
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Could nature itself hold the solution to climate change? | Climate crisis | The Guardian
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A landmark MIT study debunks persistent myths about electric vehicles
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The 10-minute habit that helped David Attenborough reach 100 years old | The Optimist Daily
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The unlikely ingredient that cleans wastewater and turns it into fertilizer: Bubbles.
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Power to the people: how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising US utility costs | Solar power | The Guardian
More Americans are using small solar panels in their back yards or balconies as a clean way to cut their…
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Could nature itself hold the solution to climate change? | Climate crisis | The Guardian
Technological interventions face huge financial or practical challenges. Why not embrace the Earth’s feedback loops?
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A landmark MIT study debunks persistent myths about electric vehicles
Think EVs don’t make sense in cold climates, or that a dirty power grid cancels out the benefits? Rigorous new…
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The 10-minute habit that helped David Attenborough reach 100 years old | The Optimist Daily
At 100, Sir David Attenborough says sitting in nature for 10 minutes is one of the best things you can…
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The unlikely ingredient that cleans wastewater and turns it into fertilizer: Bubbles.
Scientists found that plasma bubbles strip contaminants from industrial wastewater while locking in nitrogen. Garlic that grew in it nearly…
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Coal plants are dimming the world’s solar panels
Pollution from coal plants is canceling out roughly a third of every year’s new solar capacity. The fix is obvious.…
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How a cave fungus became a municipal-finance problem…and a conservation solution.
New research links the spread of white-nose syndrome to higher municipal bond yields—and points to a novel way for investors…
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‘Think outside the bots’: How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush
GPS ruined our sense of direction. Search engines weaken our memory. AI, scientists warn, could do the same to everything…
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Embrace the buzz by attracting beneficial bugs to your garden | The Optimist Daily
Create an inviting garden retreat and observe nature’s helpers at work.
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Amazon bets on what could be a game-changing heat pump
The tech giant signed a multiyear contract with Transaera, a startup with MIT roots, for next-gen heat pumps that will…