Links we like: Cars in the operating room, solar powered mosques and a sweeter solution to plastics

These stories represent the efforts of innovative people to change narratives and re-think the status quo. In doing so, they are able to create solutions like providing power to a town without electricity, reimagining what beauty can look like and so much more. Check out all 5 stories below:

A 4-year mission to present a new vision of beauty


Scientists have made biodegradable plastic from sugar and carbon dioxide




Hospital allows kids to drive themselves to the operating room



The mosque that powers a village


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