By Emma Fiala Natural Blaze Editor’s Note: Clearly we think this is an absolute nightmare, but we need to hear exactly how this is being marketed. Of course, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is right at the center. As the author does note, this…
By Patricia Burke Lessons from Morning Musical Beds When my youngest son was a toddler, at about 4 a.m. nearly every morning, he would stand in our bedroom doorway, crying that he was cold. Depending on the relative level of exhaustion of each of his…
By Amanda Froelich Imagine beginning your day with a fresh, steaming cup of psilocybin-infused coffee. Before long, such a routine could be possible – at least in the city of Denver, Colorado. Following the historic decriminalization of psilocybin, or “magic mushrooms,” Sträva Craft Coffee has…
By Sara Tipton During the holiday season, house fires are more common. There are many reasons for this, but there are a few ways to prevent the fires and things you can do to make your home safer. Los Angeles Fire officials say they definitely…
By Carrie Ijichi, Nottingham Trent University Would you brush off a serious injury as “just a scratch”? Perhaps you’re the opposite and a stubbed toe is unbearable. Anyone who follows sports will be used to seeing rugby players spending 90 minutes pretending they’re unhurt while…
By Elias Marat A research team at the University of Central Florida has successfully used artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a special liquid called “perovskite” which they hope can eventually be used to create spray-on solar cells. The new development, dubbed “perovskite solar cells” (PSCs),…
By Andrea Mechelli, King’s College London Over half of the world’s population – 4.2 billion people – live in cities. This number is expected to rise, with 68% of the global population estimated to live in urban areas by 2050. Among the world’s megacities –…
By Jessica Corbett The revelation Monday that a blowout last year at an Ohio natural gas well owned by an ExxonMobil subsidiary was one of the country’s largest-ever leaks of the potent greenhouse gas methane provoked impassioned calls for a rapid, just transition to 100%…
By Manuel García Aguilar In 2013, 18-year-old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup in his hometown in the Netherlands to develop a system to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific trash vortex. The patch is an immense…
URBANA, Ill. – Pet owners are increasingly treating their “fur-babies” like members of the family. In response, some pet food companies are developing diets that more closely resemble human food, incorporating human-grade meat and vegetable ingredients that pass USDA quality inspections. Until now, little research…
By Caitlin Lloyd, University of Bristol Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder with one of the highest mortality rates of all psychiatric disorders. It is estimated that as many as 4% of women in the West will have the condition at some point in their…
By Arjun Walia The Facts: According to a report released in June by The Environmental Working Group, all children’s foods made from aats are all contaminated with glyphosate, the popular weed killer that’s been getting a lot of criticism. Reflect On: How are these products…
TRENTON, N.J., Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In a big victory for New Jersey citizens and medical and religious freedom, the State’s Senate failed in its attempts to pass a new bill that would have eliminated religious exemptions for vaccinations, according to non-profit Informed Consent…
A $2.2 billion industry to help people lose weight through artificial sweeteners may be contributing to type 2 diabetes, according to researchers from the University of South Australia. A recently published review led by UniSA Professor Peter Clifton reveals that people who use low-calorie sweeteners…
Barcelona, 17 December 2019. Women who live less than 300 metres from green space may be at lower risk of excess weight or obesity. This is the main finding of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by…
By Amanda Froelich Hey, beauties. This year has sped by, hasn’t it? I feel like every time I begin a blog post, I simply remark on my fascination of time passing. Apologies if this is boring… but seriously – where did it all go? Today,…
By Elias Marat We all know that consumerism is a force that’s destructive to the environment, but too frequently the blame is placed on cultural factors — for example, our personal habits as consumers. However, the enormous burden placed on the environment is primarily due…
By Sara Tipton A recent article on the importance of home cooking caused us to start thinking if all the snack foods we had in our pantry were doing our body’s a disservice and you won’t believe what we discovered! Parents normally try to do…
By Rosanne Lindsay, Naturopath What happens when the side effects of a procedure or medication become direct effects? How often does a prescribed solution create a bigger problem? Is it possible to reverse the process to find true healing? Read on… The package insert of…
By Elias Marat An affiliate of the U.S.-based pharmaceutical company that brought us OxyContin, the blockbuster painkiller blamed for propelling opiate addiction to epidemic proportions, is now seeking to cash in by selling the cure to overdosing on the same drug. While Purdue Pharma, the…
