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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM

You’ve arranged the furniture. You’ve put up the art. The room looks fine. But it still feels a little off, heavy or flat, like you can’t quite settle into it.

The fix might not be another trip to the store. “Most people spend all their time on furniture and finishes and never think about these three things,” says


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When 15 Girl Scouts in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, gathered to watch the Artemis II launch, troop leader Heather Willard wasn’t sure how captivated they’d be. Then the rocket lifted off.

“All of the girls were mesmer...


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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM

Only seven percent of Britain’s native woodlands are in good condition. Pests, pathogens, and invasive species have worked through the rest. And rising fertilizer costs, driven by ongoing conflict, have not helped. A Bristol-based startup thinks part of the answer has been sitting in festival portable toilets all along.

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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM

The moment you plant a seed, a race begins. Your vegetable seedlings need to establish themselves before weeds do, and the longer germination takes, the harder that race...


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BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM

Most people have two main places: home and work. The idea that you need a third sounds obvious the moment you hear it, which is maybe why sociologist Ray Oldenburg felt the need to write a whole book about it in 1989.

That book,


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