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This is the one role founders should absolutely outsource
In a startup’s earliest days, founders are the only salespeople by default. And founders who don’t have any previous sales experience are often...
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The funniest animal photos of 2026: Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards finalists revealed
This year’s competition attracted more than 10,000 entries from 112 countries - a record for the awards.
Man United fans must accept reality, which is both better and worse than they think
Man United fans go from thinking the team will win the Premier League to thinking the sky is falling. The truth is in the middle and it's unlikely...
London’s Oxford Street gets fully pedestrianized this month: here’s what that means
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Oxford Street, one of the busiest shopping streets in the world, goes traffic-free on October 26. London...
The common skin care mistakes dermatologists say are working against your routine
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a particular kind of Sunday evening spiral that happens when you’ve spent twenty minutes reading...
Berlin mapped 900,000 street trees. Now 12,000 people water them.
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Amanda Gläser-Bligh named her street tree Linda. Linda is a linden, eight years old, growing outside...
Super El Niño sets another record as it strengthens to 'unprecedented levels'
El Niño has continued to strengthen, with several key measures now in record territory. Simon King explores how it compares to previous events.
How a floating shade can help coral survive a marine heatwave
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When divers installed floating shade structures over 20 colonies of brain coral in the lower Florida Keys in...
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri becomes Morocco’s first woman prime minister
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM On September 29, King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s prime minister, making...
Lunardi: These 10 games are worth your time this November
A game for the Pope? Championship rematch?? Final Four preview??? These games are worth watching in November.
Montana High School Softball Player Discovered Long-Lost Sister on Opposing Team
A softball diamond in Montana was the scene of a larger-than-life family reunion. Like something out of Field of Dreams, a teen softball player...
Noah’s Ark mystery: 3D-printed model created of Turkey’s 157-metre formation after deep drilling
Researchers investigating Turkey’s boat-shaped Durupınar formation, believed by some to be Noah’s Ark, have created a 3D-printed model using...
What We’re Reading: Rat Rangers to the Rescue
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record
Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds.
300 Years Before ChatGPT, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels Imagined Machines Writing Books and Producing Knowledge (1726)
The printing press was invented in the middle of the fifteenth century, and it’s been downhill for the written word ever since. Even before then,...
Tkachuks feed into Frozen Frenzy, combine for nine points in Panthers' win
On the NHL's Frozen Frenzy night, the Tkachuk brothers fed right into it, as Brady Tkachuk had a natural hat trick and his brother Matthew Tkachuk...
15 Questions to Discover Your Life Purpose, and the Step Most Lists Skip
Purpose question lists leave you with nice sentences and no decision. These 15 questions read your actual record, then turn the answers into one two-week
A new fleet of electric school buses hits New York City streets
NEW YORK CITY — School districts nationwide are grappling with record diesel prices this fall as they resume shuttling students back and forth....
Lost Gertrude Abercrombie Painting Found for $30 Sells for $1.35 Million
Lost Gertrude Abercrombie Painting Found for $30 Sells for $1.35 Million You never know what a simple yard sale find could be worth. Just this...
What Would Your Team Do If You Were Hacked Tomorrow? Cybersecurity Starts with Awareness.
The cybersecurity threat landscape is changing faster than most organizations can keep up. AI is creating new opportunities for innovation while...
F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office
OpenAI said that the employee had placed a device built to evade detection and that he had planned to secretly record meetings in other sensitive spaces.
US fines Bank of America $1.2bn for money laundering, sanctions violations
The second-largest US bank faces record penalties for failing to comply with money laundering and sanctions laws.