By Lucy Clark, Natural Blaze Windmills are just one form of alternative energy production – but, they aren’t without their problems. One being how superincumbent they are on the rural landscape. Here is one that’s inspired by Mother Nature, and fits in nature. It’s a product of the…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor How to escape if your car is submerged in water Did you know that over 400 people each year die inside sinking cars? You would think it would be a rare event, but careening a car into a lake is not…
By Jacob Levine As the most predominantly visible organ of your body – your skin and its appearance are often directly tied to the condition of your internal organs and the overall state of your health. When you live a healthy lifestyle that includes drinking lots…
By Health Tips Now A strong metabolism is connected to more than a thin body! It’s beneficial for fertility, immune function, lean muscle mass, lower rates of degenerative and infectious diseases, brain functionality, longevity, having more energy and vigor, and much more. Actually, one of…
Natural Blaze Eating potassium-rich foods like sweet potatoes, avocados, spinach, beans, bananas — and even coffee — could be key to lowering blood pressure, according to Alicia McDonough, PhD, professor of cell and neurobiology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of…
By Health Tips Now If you often find yourself suffering from back and neck pain, you may have blamed your bed or even your pillow for the discomfort. But the real problem might be something else. Many of us spend hours looking down at our…
By Catherine J Frompovich Over a century ago (1905), when vaccines were still ‘new’, one independent ‘anti-vaxxer’ Pastor Henning Jacobson and his wife resisted mandatory vaccination against smallpox and mumps when made mandatory by Massachusetts. Pastor Jacobson refused vaccinations claiming “he and his son had…
By Alex Pietrowski The eugenics movement has always been problematic, it has always reflected a desire to have people be in perfect health as a society, not really as individuals, but as a group. ~Liam Scheff Eugenics in one form or another has always been a…
By Health Tips Now Some people find spring cleaning therapeutic. No matter if you do it small and plan on doing just one room or are you going to do it big and do the whole house, cleaning is seen as a physical activity. The…
By Katica Maric Agriculture has been practiced since 10,000 B.C.E. and was an essential component in the evolution of society as it allowed humans to adapt to ecosystems by growing their own food and thus settle into communities and develop large populations. Before World War…
By School of Life We associate being dutiful with being safe – that’s how it worked at school. But once we are in the big world, too much of a concern for duty can be our downfall. “We start off in life being very interested…
By Health Tips Now A common solution to anxiety and depression is to take drugs like Xanax or Prozac. In fact, these medications are some of the most widely prescribed drugs. Besides they come with a risk of addiction they also come with a lot…
By Jay, Med School Insiders Reading helped me transform my life. Here’s how, and here’s why you should do it too. Editor’s note: Although this video is intended for med students, it is super useful for everyone else! We don’t necessarily agree with book recommendations –…
Gary G. Kohls, MD, April 4th, 2017 The famous date “April 4th, 1984” appeared in one of the early pages of George Orwell’s most important novel (although “Animal Farm” was in the same league as the novel “1984”). The novel was a warning to readers…
By Carey Wedler California could soon codify resistance to federal marijuana prohibition if state lawmakers pass a recently introduced bill. Assembly Bill 1578 seeks to bar law enforcement in California from cooperating with federal authorities in ways that violate the state’s cannabis laws. Citing both…
James Martin, Macquarie University and Stephen Bright, Edith Cowan University Given the manifest inability of law enforcement to control the illicit drugs trade, it is worth questioning why so much emphasis is placed on law enforcement over other, more effective, evidence-based drug policies. The announcement…
By Derrick Broze At a recent geoengineering conference two Harvard engineers announced plans for a real-world climate engineering experiment beginning in 2018. The science of geoengineering has increasingly become a part of the public conversation around climate change and an ever-controversial topic within the scientific…
By Brianna Acuesta It takes just a few minutes to absorb the mercury from an entire lake. Scientists from the University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Sciences just invented a device that many are calling a “super sponge” that can absorb mercury from polluted…
By Health Tips Now Although marijuana and hemp are members of the same species, Cannabis sativa, they are in effect completely different plants. About a dozen varieties of hemp plants are cultivated for food, and they contain about 0.001 percent the main psychoactive ingredient in…
Ever wish science would surprise you with some unconventional ways to get healthy that don’t take much work? Here are a few counter-intuitive ways to get healthier that may surprise you. If these aren’t on your radar yet, they should be… Cannabis smoothies, anyone? Did…
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