A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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Life in the soil was thought to be silent. What if it isn’t?
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Helsinki marks a year without traffic deaths, thanks to slower speeds and smarter streets | The Optimist Daily
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Heat pumps can help clean up factories — and save lives
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How to listen like a therapist with four ways to build deeper connection and trust | The Optimist Daily
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Dublin expands car-free zones to improve bus travel and city life | The Optimist Daily
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Bernie Sanders Wants to Tell the Story That Corporate Media Fail to Tell
Frustrated with the media’s neglect of economic issues that matter to the working class, the senator tells The Nation how…
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The science of fake news gets a boost
Scientists call for studies of fake news. Plus a word about so-called “chemtrails.”
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Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet
The trolls are winning. How do we fix life online without limiting free speech? Andrew Marantz reports.
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The Genre of Post-Genre
William Brittelle has drawn from classical music, punk rock, and electronica to produce music that is at once free-ranging and a…
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Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Tariffs. He’s Running a Con.
Neither Democrats nor the media should get distracted by the show; instead, they should expose the harsh reality behind the…
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Top 10 things about brown recluse spiders
It’s their active season. Here are some things you might not know.
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Inside The Never-Ending Trump-Clinton Twitter Psychodrama
Never-reported details reveal how the social network and presidential campaigns stumbled in real time in 2016. Will Twitter learn from…
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The Bright Future of Solar Power
Solar is booming. Solar power is now cheaper than coal in some parts of the world, and generating power from…
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The “organic” label is often meaningless.
Here’s the next food phrase big brands are banking on. Food brands including Annie’s Homegrown, Ben and Jerry’s and Dannon…
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Meet Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s Left-Wing, Environmentalist, Feminist Prime Minister
She’s one of a number of young women leaders who offer a refreshing contrast to right-wing populism.