Homegrown catnip plants have proven to be as effective as DEET for repelling mosquitoes in rural Uganda. Presented at an […]

Episode Description: Greece just launched the world’s first satellite constellation built specifically for wildfire detection. It can spot a fire […]

  There’s an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. That was true for this lonely […]

During the recent heat dome over Europe, multiple regions of Spain were scorched by wildfires. But in the idyllic Iberian […]

When the BBC visited China’s frigid northeastern province of Heilongjiang (Black Dragon River) in 2008 hoping to catch a glimpse […]

70 years ago today, the MGM musical comedy High Society was released. Starring Bing Crosby and a young Frank Sinatra, […]

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A lotion made from catnip oil matched DEET in field trials in Uganda, according […]

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In 2025, researchers publishing in Nature Medicine found microplastics in human brain tissue at […]

The US and Canadian governments recently approved a plan for the transfer of captive beluga whales which have been stranded […]