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Social media linked to rise in mental health disorders in teens, survey finds

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 9 Comments • 5 years ago

By Shamard Charles, M.D. Mental health issues have risen significantly over the last decade and the rise of digital media may be one reason why, according to a national survey released...

Eggs Are Bad Again: Study

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Health, Science & Technology • 27 Comments • 5 years ago

Eggs Are Bad Again: Study The research results come after federal dietary guidelines in recent years reversed their warnings about eggs and cholesterol. By Alexa Lardieri , Staff...

Cells from a 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth have been 'revived'

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Health, Science & Technology • 44 Comments • 5 years ago

Cells from a 28,000-year-old woolly mammoth have been 'revived' By Bryan Nelson, Mother Nature Network, March 13 2019 The revived cells were retrieved from this mammoth carcass, named...

New interactive map shows how light pollution affects your hometown

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 22 Comments • 5 years ago

By Denise Chow Scientists track pollution in the air as well as in the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers. And now, there's a simple interactive tool that affords a detailed look at pollution of...

Goodyear unveils flying car tire concept that works on the ground and in the air

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 13 Comments • 5 years ago

By David Freeman Sensing a possible shift from conventional automobiles to flying cars, one tiremaker has come up with a tire that doubles as a propeller. Goodyear's Aero tire is...

Daylight saving time 2019 starts on Sunday. Here's how to prepare so you're not tired on Monday.

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 39 Comments • 5 years ago

* To reduce the effects of DST, try to reset your clock by going to bed and waking up 15-20 minutes earlier starting a few days before the time change. By Nicole Spector This Sunday, we’ll...

Why saving Earth from a rogue asteroid might be harder than we thought

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 11 Comments • 5 years ago

By Meghan Bartels, Space.com If humanity ever truly felt our existence threatened by an asteroid , one potential recourse would be to smash the looming space rock into pieces — but new...

Selma Blair's MS diagnosis reveals battle chronic illness sufferers like me fight to be taken seriously

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • 5 years ago

By Caira Conner The second to last time I saw the actress Selma Blair onscreen was in a 2018 horror film called “Mom and Dad,” a Hulu recommendation based on my questionable taste in...

Scientists create super-mice that can see in the dark. Here's what that means for humans.

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 19 Comments • 5 years ago

By David Freeman No one is ditching the night-vision goggles just yet, but scientists working in the United States and China have developed a technique that they say could one day give humans...

‘This Policy Has Led to Reduced Access to Critical Health Services’

Via: don-overton • Health, Science & Technology • 0 Comments • 5 years ago

Janine Jackson: Put in effect in 1984 by Ronald Reagan, the Mexico City Policy prevents foreign organizations that receive US government funding from performing abortions, even if they...

Ten creatures threatened by climate change

Via: john-russell • Health, Science & Technology • 6 Comments • 5 years ago

Ten creatures threatened by climate change by Sam Smith Earth Action - NASA scientists announced that 2018 was the fourth hottest year on Earth, exceeded only by 2017, 2016 and...

As measles cases rise, unvaccinated teens secretly receive shots

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 27 Comments • 5 years ago

Revolutionary new 'battery' could let us bottle sunshine

Via: hal-a-lujah • Health, Science & Technology • 11 Comments • 5 years ago

A plastic-like material may do for solar power what high-performance electrical batteries have done for iPhones and Tesla cars. Solar energy is clean, abundant, and irritatingly inconvenient:...

World's largest bee, once feared extinct, rediscovered in Indonesia

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 47 Comments • 5 years ago

By Phil Helsel The world’s largest bee, last seen by a scientist in 1981, is not extinct after all. A single female was found and documented earlier this year on an Indonesian island, an...

'Young blood' company Ambrosia halts patient treatments after FDA warning

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 11 Comments • 5 years ago

By Shamard Charles, M.D. A company that charged patients thousands of dollars for infusions of blood plasma from younger donors said Tuesday that it had stopped treating patients after...

Mysterious fast radio bursts detected from deep space

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 263 Comments • 5 years ago

Jan. 10, 2019, 4:27 PM EST / Source: Live Science By Brandon Specktor, Live Science Don't look now, but Earth is being bombarded with mysterious, invisible light. Among the typical array...

World's first 'floating tunnel' proposed in Norway

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 31 Comments • 5 years ago

By Denise Chow Steep, icy mountains and deep fjords make western Norway famously scenic, but they also make life difficult for motorists. With seven ferries along the way, the almost 700-mile...

Providing A Way to Account for the Emotion of Pride.

By: enoch • Health, Science & Technology • 42 Comments • 5 years ago

Pride is an interesting emotion. If the pride is about self, it is considered a negative feeling. See Moses on it in Numbers 12:3. Abraham view in Genesis 18:27. Saul, First King of Israel in I...

After 15 Years, An Eye on Mars Peers No More

Via: johnrussell • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • 5 years ago

Opportunity, the longest-lived roving robot ever sent to another planet, explored the red plains of Mars for more than 14 years, snapping photos and revealing astonishing glimpses into its...

Dr. Doris Wethers, 91, on Front Lines Against Sickle Cell, Dies

Via: jasper2529 • Health, Science & Technology • 2 Comments • 5 years ago

Dr. Doris L. Wethers, who broke racial barriers in the medical world before gaining renown for research and advocacy that helped lead to mandatory testing of all newborns for sickle cell anemia,...

A hole opens up under Antarctic glacier — big enough to fit two-thirds of Manhattan

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 100 Comments • 5 years ago

By Denise Chow Scientists have discovered an enormous void under an Antarctic glacier, sparking concern that the ice sheet is melting faster than anyone had realized — and spotlighting...

Sedentary lifestyle could increase risk of colorectal cancer in young women

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • 5 years ago

By Shamard Charles, M.D. For the first time, a scientific study has identified sedentary behavior as a potential risk factor to explain the sharp rise in colorectal cancer among those under...

Denver voters to weigh decriminalization of magic mushrooms

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 84 Comments • 5 years ago

By Dennis Romero Denver's mile-high reputation could get another boost after psychedelic drug advocates received the green light Friday to put an initiative before city voters to decriminalize...

Facebook vs. Apple: Tech's biggest cold war heats up — and gets personal

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 6 Comments • 5 years ago

By David Ingram SAN FRANCISCO — Apple CEO Tim Cook has rarely missed an opportunity in the past year to hit Facebook about its privacy issues. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t been shy...

E-cigarettes outperform patches and gums in quit-smoking study

Via: perrie-halpern • Health, Science & Technology • 14 Comments • 5 years ago

A major new study provides the strongest evidence yet that vaping can help smokers quit cigarettes, with e-cigarettes proving nearly twice as effective as nicotine gums and patches. The British...