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Changing Your Diet Could Add Up to 13 Years to Your Life, Study Says
Small changes in our diets could reduce mortality from heart disease and cancer such that it adds 10-13 years to our lives.
Large dietary studies...
Mysterious Purple Coating Found on Mars Rocks in Every Direction
A presentation on data gathered from the Perseverance rover is trying to explain the ubiquitous coatings of unknown, dark grey, almost purple material on...
7 Things You Must Keep in Your Car – Learn From Stranded Drivers on Freezing Interstate Highways For 21-48 Hours
Recently, winter storms left drivers stranded on interstate highways in their cars— sometimes without food or water—for up to 48 hours. What can you...
New Smart Pack Could Make Food Poisoning a Thing of the Past, and It’s Eco-Friendly
A new 'smart' form of packaging could eradicate food poisoning, according to a new study.
Scientists say it kills harmful bugs—such as E.coli, Salmonella, and...
The 2022 New Year’s Horoscopes From Rob Brezsny’s ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
Bio-compatible Glue For Repairing Corneas – A Sight for Sore Eyes
A biocompatible, antimicrobial adhesive for corneal repair and grafting could replace sutures and conventional adhesives that have bad side effects.
An assistant professor of bioengineering...
Yale Researchers Develop mRNA-Based Lyme Disease Vaccine
Yale University researchers have developed a novel vaccine that in guinea pigs offers protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and...
Probiotics Improve Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy, Study Shows
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers found that probiotics significantly improve the symptoms of pregnancy-related nausea, vomiting, and constipation.
Nausea and vomiting affect about 85% of...
Ponds of Poop Turned into Clean Power for 16% of Pork Production in Australia
Ranchers in Australia are gradually allowing the "back end" of their animals to take care of their own back end when it comes to...
Washington, DC Sewage Plant Spins Human Sewage into Fertilizer Gold
In Washington D.C., a sophisticated sewage treatment plant is turning the capital's waste into a form of capital: living capital that is fertilizing the...
‘Healthy Food’ Isn’t Healthy for All: Learn Valuable Info About Your Gut Microbiome With Home Test Kit
Are tomatoes healthy? Avocados? Nuts? According to Viome, a health technology company, there is no such thing as a universally-healthy food: What's healthy for...
‘Genetic Goldmine’ Unearthed in the Desert Could Help Crops Survive Global Warming
A "genetic goldmine" that could help crops survive global warming has been unearthed—in the driest desert in the world.
Plants growing in the Atacama Desert...
The Many Health Benefits of Eating Mushrooms That Are Wild – And Picking Them Doesn’t Deplete Supply
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
A pair of anthropological forces are driving humans...
Scientists Perfect Renewable Power from Urine While Cleaning Wastewater in South Korea
South Korean scientists are leading a revolution in pee-powered fuel cells that generate "clean" energy and purify wastewater.
A common organic molecule in fertilizer and...
New Hydrogel Tablet That Can Purify a Liter of River Water in an Hour
As much as a third of the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water, according to some estimates, and half of...
Landmark Trial Successfully Eliminates Invasive, Disease Carrying Mosquito Spreading Dengue, Yellow Fever and Zika
In a first for the Southern Hemisphere, researchers have shown a bacteria can successfully sterilize and eradicate the invasive, disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito which...
Naturally Occurring Antibiotic Kills Lyme Disease and Nothing Else: A Potential Breakthrough Treatment
Researchers studying naturally occurring antibiotics have isolated one which eradicated the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, potentially offering a revolutionary treatment for the pathogen...
Wood Alternative Made From Sustainable Kombucha Waste Wins 2021 Dyson Award
This year’s American James Dyson Award winner, Gabe Tavas, takes on deforestation with his invention, Pyrus. His mission is simple: Make wood without cutting down trees.
By embracing a balance between...
9 Unique Ways to Use Rosemary – Backed by Mom and Science
Like many wild herbs, the number of uses for rosemary are nearly endless. A nutritional supplement, an herb, a cleaning agent, a pest repellent,...
Student Invents Toilet That Converts Poop into Energy – And Pays in Digital Currency if You Help to Fill it!
One man's trash is another man's treasure, they say. Well, in a South Korean school, one man's poo is another man's pennies.
The invention of...