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...
Study Shows Elephants Avoid Cancer with ‘Zombie’ Gene
Our giant mammalian cousin the elephant has a weirdly long life span. Simple logic says that cancers should be developing more frequently in elephants, given the sheer number of cells they have in their body....
This Breathing Exercise is Supposed to Get You High Without Drugs
In recent years you may have encountered the term ‘Holotropic Breathwork’, most likely in an article about altered states of consciousness that has all the empirical fortitude of a Goosebumps book. Holotropic Breathwork (or HB...
New VR Therapy Helps Kids in the Hospital Cope With Stress and Pain
Physicians at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford, USA are addressing the challenge of pain and anxiety management in the most innovative of ways— distraction-based virtual reality (VR) therapy. Pediatric anesthesiologists Sam Rodriguez and Thomas Caruso...
10 Everyday Habits That Are Actually Bad for You
It’s now common knowledge that smoking is bad for your health, but of course, that wasn’t always the case. Most of us would like to try and live healthier lives, but might be sabotaging ourselves...
How One of the Driest Countries Now Makes More Freshwater Than it Needs
The desalination age is officially here. With new advances in the technology, Israel – one of the world’s driest countries – is making enough drinking water to supply 1.5 million people. The country is proving...
Discovery Shows Hidden System in the Brain Doctors Didn’t Know About
Back in 1816, an Italian anatomist by the name of Paolo Mascagni thought he found something peculiar. He claimed that he saw lymphatic vessels – which function like a waste drainage system for the rest...
60,000 Year-Old Indigenous Healing Techniques Make Their Way Into Hospitals
For thousands of years, people around the world have used traditional healing methods to heal the sick and wounded. Before the advent of modern medicine, indigenous healers used natural therapies, and plant and animal-based remedies....
Antibody Effective Against 99% of HIV Strains Could Finally Eradicate the Virus
A major breakthrough from collaborating scientists at the US National Institutes of Health and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi means that we could be just a few years away from the worldwide eradication of HIV. HIV...
10 Famous Immigrants Who Made America Great
Immigration, more than ever, generates political debate and polarizes communities – especially in the USA. With President Donald Trump at the helm, much of the conversation around immigration today is negative. Racist generalizations and stereotypes...
How This Acid Attack Survivor Became a Fashion Ambassador
In India, acid attacks are a notorious method for men seeking revenge against women who have rejected their marriage proposals and unwanted sexual advances. In 2014 alone, 309 acid attack cases were reported, but according...
Meet the New Hero in the War on Plastic: Mealworms
The world has a plastic problem. Every year, the U.S. generates over 33 million tons of plastic waste and only 10% is recycled. The rest is buried in landfills where the average Styrofoam cup takes...
In This Isolated Village, Little Girls Are Turning Into Boys at Puberty
For most boys and girls, puberty is an awkward and difficult time. Voices drop, moods swing, and hair grows in places it never did before. But in an isolated village in the Dominican Republic, 1...
NASA Engineer Thinks Drones Will Save the Earth. Here’s How
A company known as BioCarbon Engineering has developed a way to use drone technology as a solution to the relentless devastation of the Earth’s forests. The company, founded by ex-NASA engineer Lauren Fletcher, plans to combat...
The Longest Trek On Earth No One Ever Took (Video)
People have been to the top of the tallest mountain, sunk to the deepest part of the ocean, and even stepped foot on the moon. But according to Joseph Pisenti of RealLifeLore, no one has...
Does This Photo Freak You Out? Your Evolutionary Survival Instinct is Kicking in
Does the image of a lotus pod give you the creeps and make you want to lock your bedroom door and hide under the covers? If so, well, you might suffer from trypophobia: the fear of...