If you’ve ever stepped on the scale first thing in the morning and let the number decide how you feel about yourself, what kind of exercise you’re going to suffer through that day, or whether or not you deserve pasta at dinner, you’re not alone. In fact, most of the women I work with have…
For many women, existing birth control options come with some sort of trade-off. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) can last for years, but many report painful insertions and heavier periods; oral contraceptives are effective when taken consistently, but can sometimes cause nausea, headaches, and mood changes. With its non-hormonal contraceptive ring, a Nova Scotia healthtech startup is…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A brush swab of the mouth. Four genes. Results in under an hour. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, working with partners in India, have shown that this simple approach can match the diagnostic accuracy of a surgical biopsy, without a scalpel anywhere near the inside of your…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Most people treat happiness as something that arrives when conditions are right. The last decade of psychological science tells a different story. Happiness isn’t mainly a mood or a simple feeling. It’s an output of how your life is structured, the choices you make consistently, and the environment you…
Raven-Symoné is taking her fans back to the early 2000s! She recently riled up ‘That’s So Raven’ fans after spilling a lil’ show tea. Her reveal had fans cackling in the comments and asking for more behind-the-scenes facts from the Disney superstar. RELATED: Get It, Rae! Fans Bring Up Raven-Symoné’s “Black Side” & Wife After She…
The nightmare is officially returning. Earlier this month, Paramount Pictures announced that a brand new A Nightmare on Elm Street film is in development through its new horror label, Paramount Primal. The project is being produced in partnership with the Wes Craven estate and will be based on Craven’s original 1984 screenplay, marking the franchise’s…
A Medicine Hat, Alta.-based aerospace defence company has expanded its partnership with European aviation company Airbus to bring advanced drone simulation training to the Canadian market. The news: Airbus Defence and Space Services announced the partnership with autonomous aircraft company Landing Zones Canada (LZC) earlier today at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow. The partnership will…
A rogue AI breaking containment sounds like a hackneyed science fiction trope. It’s also what an OpenAI model did last week. OpenAI said a combination of models was undergoing internal testing when the agents broke through company guardrails to access the internet in order to find an answer to a question. Those agents then hacked…
Genre Drama Release Date October 2026 (Theatrical) Director Chris Rock Cast Rosalind Eleazar, Chris Rock, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace, Anthony Anderson, Kelli Garner, Amy Landecker, Rich Sommer Plot Summary Years after her Hollywood breakthrough, Misty Green is offered a chance at redemption when a director from her past casts her in…
Toronto’s APX Lending has teamed up with one of its investors, Netcoins, to help the Vancouver-based company’s customers access cryptocurrency-backed loans. The news: APX, which got its start providing crypto-backed loans directly to consumers and businesses last year, has developed a software platform designed to help partner companies launch embedded credit products that use Bitcoin…
