Want to Heal Your Body & Mind? Try the Japanese Art of Forest Bathing
If there were a way to feel happier, boost immunity, and lower blood pressure all at the same time, you’d feel like it’s too good to be true. A simple activity, however, might do just...
Can This Frog’s Special Power Save Millions of Lives?
Since Alexander Fleming’s rather fortuitous discovery of penicillin in 1928, a vast array of antibiotics have been discovered and developed. Recently, in response to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, scientists have been investigating the...
Scientists Might Have Just Accidentally Cured Our Plastic Epidemic
Plastic waste is creeping into every corner of the planet; but thanks to an unexpected ally in the form of a bacterial enzyme, we may have a chance at solving this growing pollution problem. Because...
We Are Killing 100k+ Dolphins and Whales a Year For No Reason and It Has to Stop
A report released earlier this month has revealed that over one hundred thousand dolphins and whales are killed each year to be used as food or bait. The practice of killing cetaceans, a species group...
Psychedelics Can Heal Damaged Brain Cells in Patients With Mental Illness
Every year that goes by, it becomes a little more evident that the hippies from the 60s and 70s had it right. They were hard into yoga, consumed raw and organic foods, and partook pretty...
All Blue-Eyed People Might Be Related To One 10,000 Year-Old Ancestor
“Behind Blue Eyes,” “It’s Blue Eyes Blue,” “Don’t Make My Brown Eyes Blue”; baby blues have long been a popular reference in pop music, but they’re actually a genetic mutation. A team at the University...
Why Some People are Still in Denial Over Climate Change & Evolution
Author Jonathan Swift once said: “You cannot reason someone out of something he or she was not reasoned into.” Three hundred years later, man hasn’t changed much. Today in America, where you can access information...
These Tourist Attractions Promoting Animal Cruelty Should be Banned Already
550,000 wild animals currently suffer at hands of wildlife tourism. Last week in Cambodia, the death of a working elephant caused a global uproar and prompted thousands to sign a petition calling to ban the use...
A Bunch of ‘Kayactivists’ Blocked a Pipeline Expansion in the Most Creative Way
Dozens of colorful kayaks and canoes dotted the water, while hundreds of sign-bearing protesters marched to the Seattle waterfront on May 15th. Although they came from differing backgrounds and activist groups, they all shared a...
10 Psychological Exercises That Will Challenge What You Believe In
Sometimes we encounter people, places, and things that challenge our perspectives and make us question everything. This is a healthy part of life that makes us think, and open up to new ideas. These ten...
These Prisons Are Experimenting with Ayahuasca. Is it Working?
Brazil has one of the highest rates of intentional homicide in the world, and its prison system includes over seven hundred thousand people in incarceration. It’s a place where violent prison revolts are common, and...
Changing History: CT Scans Help Unravel Mystery of 2000-Year-Old Scrolls
Rising from the ashes of an ancient volcanic eruption, 21st-century technology is helping to uncover the mystery locked inside scrolls that are over 2,000-years-old. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D, it destroyed the ancient...
Tons of Guns, But No Mass Shootings: What We Can Learn From the Swiss
Switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world, with over 2 million firearms in circulation of its 8.2 million citizens. Swiss citizens regularly learn to shoot when they are still...
Scientists Say Exercise Should Be Prescribed To Some Patients Before Depression Meds
If you ask most Americans what the greatest country on Earth is, most would emphatically say “The United States!” But there’s a troubling statistic that cuts to the heart of that sentiment: Americans take more...
This Eleven Year-Old’s Invention is Why We Need More Women in Science
Recently, the Young Scientist Lab named Gintanjali Rao America’s Top Young Scientist, a remarkable achievement for an eleven-year-old. Selected from a group of ten finalists who spent three months working in collaboration with scientists to...
Should We Redesign Our Hospitals to Improve Staff and Patients’ Lives?
A visit to the hospital is certainly far from pleasurable. In addition to the burden of pain, discomfort and embarrassment that is associated with our ailment, we are further troubled by the prospect of spending...
San Diego Has an Unusual But Effective Way to House its Homeless Vets
On any given night in the United States, around 40,000 homeless veterans are left without a roof over their heads. Homelessness is a global issue with a cycle that has proven difficult to break. However,...
Early Data Shows The Coronavirus Is Awful For Humans But Great For the Planet
If there’s a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s the effect it has had on the environment. In Italy, people have been on lockdown since March 9 and the lack of human activity has...