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EPISODE · Apr 18, 2022 · 15 MIN

Self-Repairing Plastics and Sponge Cities

from The Optimist Daily's Weekly Roundup

Today's sustainable news: Scientists at the University of Tokyo engineer a plastic that can repair itself at room temperature, and the Big Apple to become more resilient against climate change by becoming "spongier." If you'd like to lend your voice to the Optimist Daily Update, send an email to: [email protected]. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

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