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Science confirms you should stop and smell the roses

Via: pj • Health, Science & Technology • 12 Comments • 8 years ago

Is it any wonder that most happiness idioms are associated with nature? Happy as a pig in muck, happy as a clam, happy camper. A UBC researcher says there's truth to the idea that spending time...

What this father dreams for his autistic son

Via: pj • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • 8 years ago

What this father dreams for his autistic son Photographer, Bob Lee, freeze frames his days of raising a son with autism so that we can understand. The response I often get whenever...

Your Bedroom on Mars Will Look a Lot Different

Via: 321steve • Health, Science & Technology • 1 Comments • 8 years ago

Before you sign up for any mission to Mars, be prepared to say goodbye to the concept of the bedroom as you know it. On Mars, as in outer space generally, it would...

Trump administration releases report finding 'no convincing alternative explanation' for climate change

Via: galen-marvin-ross • Health, Science & Technology • 1 Comments • 8 years ago

The Trump administration released a dire scientific report Friday detailing the growing threats of climate change. The report stands in stark contrast to the administration’s efforts to downplay...

When Daylight Saving Time 2017 Is and Why We Do It

Via: galen-marvin-ross • Health, Science & Technology • 1 Comments • 8 years ago

I thought I'd put this here since it is a part of technology, in a way. Enjoy. Daylight saving time (DST) ends on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 2 a.m. ET. Most Americans will set their clocks back...

A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt cancer cells to commit suicide according to new Israeli research.

Via: krishna • Health, Science & Technology • 11 Comments • 8 years ago

Cymbopogon citratus It all began when researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev discovered last year that the lemon aroma in herbs like lemon grass kills cancer cells in vitro,...

Why opioids are such an American problem

Via: pj • Health, Science & Technology • 18 Comments • 8 years ago

Why opioids are such an American problem By Owen Amos BBC News, Washington DC 25 October 2017 When it comes to taking opioids, the United States has the dubious honour of leading the world....

Saudi’s creepy new robot woman a Wahhabi dream come true

Via: larry-hampton • Health, Science & Technology • 1 Comments • 8 years ago

Saudi Arabia just granted citizenship to a human-looking robot named Sophia. Great. Now about those women’s rights … Is this the new Wahhabi way of controlling its female population — by...

Where did October go?

By: sunshine • Health, Science & Technology • 33 Comments • 8 years ago

As many of you may know October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please take it serious ladies. If you breathe, you can develop breast cancer. I know you get preached at a lot, but early...

Drug company founder indicted in US-wide opioid conspiracy

Via: pj • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • 8 years ago

Drug company founder indicted in US-wide opioid conspiracy By ANITA SNOW and PAUL DAVENPORT Today PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. prosecutors brought a fraud and racketeering case Thursday against the...

Why Haven't We Found Aliens?

Via: krishna • Health, Science & Technology • 26 Comments • 8 years ago

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How Hemp Threatens the Corporatocracy | Brainwash Update

Via: krishna • Health, Science & Technology • 17 Comments • 8 years ago

11-year-old named top young scientist for developing device that detects lead levels in water

Via: larry-hampton • Health, Science & Technology • 12 Comments • 8 years ago

An 11-year-old from Colorado has been named the country’s top young scientist after developing a system that can quickly detect the presence of lead in drinking water. Gitanjali Rao , a...

10 disruptive Israeli companies that can wean the world off fossil fuels

Via: krishna • Health, Science & Technology • 3 Comments • 8 years ago

Solar, water, geothermal and wind power, battery techs and electric-car components are areas where Israelis are leading the renewable revolution. One of Ormat Technologies’ geothermal...

It’s Official: The Left Has Abandoned Evolution

Via: vic-eldred • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • 8 years ago

Its pursuit of “social justice” now trumps “science” every time. Of all the absurd and ill-informed clichés being parroted by today’s politicos, the notion of s cience as a saber wielded...

Scientists may have found a cause of dyslexia

Via: hal-a-lujah • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • 8 years ago

Source A duo of French scientists said Wednesday they may have found a physiological, and seemingly treatable, cause for dyslexia hidden in tiny light-receptor cells in the human eye. In...

ISRAELI-DEVELOPED ALS TREATMENT REVERSING MOTOR DECLINE BREAKTHROUGH

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Health, Science & Technology • 8 Comments • 8 years ago

ISRAELI-DEVELOPED ALS TREATMENT REVERSING MOTOR DECLINE BREAKTHROUGH BY MAX SCHINDLER Jerusalem Post OCTOBER 17 2017 Israeli firm leads new way to fight ALS, doesn't slow down the...

A delimma for our future with Digital Data, and how turning to biology may solve it

Via: shepboy • Health, Science & Technology • 15 Comments • 8 years ago

I am in the process of writing a paper for my CIS 395 Cryptography class. We are allowed to pick any topic we wanted, so I researched this. This paper is actually formatted 2 column APA style,...

5 Scientifically Supported Benefits of Prayer

Via: krishna • Health, Science & Technology • 33 Comments • 8 years ago

According to a 2013 Pew Research Poll, over half of Americans pray every day. A 2012 poll found that over 75 percent of Americans believe that prayer is an important part of daily life. Other...

Anti-Vax Message Gets Meaner on Social Media

Via: eginnj • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • 8 years ago

by Maggie Fox Oct 11 2017, 9:06 am ET It’s getting ugly out there on social media. Anti-vaccine activists are attacking pediatricians head-to-head on Twitter, Facebook and other...

SCIENCE Is a Bunch of Racist Misogyny, Claim Female Mad Scientists

Via: johnathon • Health, Science & Technology • 444 Comments • 8 years ago

First they came for basic biology, and I did not speak out… STAFF WRITER OCTOBER 8, 2017 Now, professors at Seattle Pacific University are calling for science–that singularly human...

Sorry, But Your Husband’s Most Disgusting Habit Is Helping You Live Longer

Via: hal-a-lujah • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • 8 years ago

Source Just about everyone has heard by now that being married is good for your health and longevity, with hitched people having lower rates of high blood pressure risk...

Open-Ocean Wind Farms Could Meet Current Global Energy Demand

Via: larry-hampton • Health, Science & Technology • 2 Comments • 8 years ago

O cean-based wind farms in the North Atlantic could generate enough power in winter to meet all of humanity’s current energy needs, a study published Monday found. The research, which explains...

Is There Something Unique about the Transgender Brain?

Via: calbab • Health, Science & Technology • 42 Comments • 8 years ago

Imaging studies and other research suggest that there is a biological basis for transgender identity Some children insist, from the moment they can speak, that they are not the gender...

New Clues to How Neanderthal Genes Affect Your Health

Via: larry-hampton • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • 8 years ago

If your arthritis is bad today or you’re slathering on aloe for an early autumn sunburn, Neanderthals may be partly to blame. Scientists announced today the second complete,...

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