A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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How the UK plans to end smoking for an entire generation | The Optimist Daily
The UK’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill has cleared Parliament, making it permanently illegal to sell tobacco to anyone born after January 1, 2009.
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A new liquid battery stores solar heat for weeks
Scientists have engineered a water-soluble pyrimidone molecule that captures solar heat and releases it days or weeks later—enough to boil water on demand.
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It’s never too late: quitting smoking at any age can add years to your life, study finds | The Optimist Daily
Quitting smoking, regardless of age, can increase life expectancy, according to recent studies.
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Is No Mow May helping bees or just overgrown hype? Here’s what the experts say | The Optimist Daily
No Mow May is buzzy, but is it good for bees? Experts weigh in on the benefits, the flaws, and how to make your lawn truly pollinator-friendly.
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5 unexpected solutions to the plastic crisis | BBC Earth
The plastic crisis is one of the greatest challenges facing planet earth. Here are five of the strangest solutions.
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Clean energy surge leads to historic coal decline in China and India | The Optimist Daily
For the first time since the 1970s, coal power fell in China and India thanks to a massive clean energy expansion. Here’s why that matters globally.
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Britain becomes the first G7 nation to end coal power | The Optimist Daily
The closure of the UK’s last coal power plant marks a historic turning point, ushering in a new era of renewable energy.
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The world is sitting on $7 billion of wasted fertilizer
Researchers mapped hotspots of human and animal waste and matched it against US crop nutrient demand. The numbers work. The logistics don’t. Can we fix that?
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This is junk science, in the best possible sense
Chemists discovered that two waste problems—spent lead-acid batteries and hard-to-recycle polymers—can solve each other, with sunlight doing most of the work.
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Engineers turn dirty water into clean hydrogen
New Princeton research shows that reclaimed wastewater can replace purified water in hydrogen production, cutting treatment costs by 47%.
