Eat an orange a day to support your eye health, according to new study
Regular orange eaters are 60 percent less likely to develop a macular disease, one of the most common eye problems that can lead to blindness as we get older, a new research study has discovered. The study tracked the eating habits of more than 2,000 people aged 50 and over for 15 years. The Read More...
The French World Cup win is also a celebration of immigration
French striker Kylian Mbappé, the youngest player since Brazilian’s Pele to score in the World Cup final, comes from a mixed Algerian and Cameroonian background. N’Golo Kanté’s parents came from Mali. Paul Pogba’s parents are Guinean. The winning French team is a tribute to immigration Read More...
You need all your senses for a great night’s sleep: here’s how
Most of us don’t get enough good sleep. And that’s a problem for our health. Good, restful sleep requires caring for all senses (ok, you can’t taste while you sleep). Here’s how to organize your bedroom for a great night’s Read More...
This tiny fern has helped humanity before—it could do so again
This fern is one of the fastest-growing plants on the planet. It has the potential to be a significant carbon sink. And the fern provides multiple additional benefits: it is a great source of biofuel am fertilizer and it acts as insect and pest repellent… and the plant saved life on the planet Read More...
Being near a river, a lake or the ocean, makes you calmer and healthier
Being near water supports psychological and overall health outcomes, research shows. Spending time near the water, “promotes physical activity and general fitness,” reducing the incidence of diabetes and other diseases associated with Read More...
If you want to save on carbon emissions, travel by cargo ship
Many people are concerned about the carbon footprint of their air travel. A round-trip trans-Atlantic flight can easily gobble up a ton of carbon dioxide per passenger—about half the annual emissions an individual should aim for if we’re to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. If you are Read More...
UK and Germany keep setting new clean-energy records
The British grid has not burned any coal for 1,000 hours so far, this year. In Germany this year, coal generated 35 percent of the country’s electricity but, for the first time, renewable resources generated more energy in the same period: 36.5 Read More...
The natural health benefits of “forest bathing”
More than half of humanity lives in cities where the experience of nature is scarce. In that reality, we may forget that nature is our first source of healing. A new therapy is called “forest bathing”. Just being in a forest can help to reduce anxiety and boost the immune Read More...
Crowdfunding campaign to fund delivery of “ugly” vegetables
Supermarkets don't like to sell "ugly" vegetables. A new initiative in London aims to solve this problem. Oddbox partners with local growers and markets to buy surplus, misshapen or otherwise 'unsellable' fruits and vegetables, curates those products into seasonal veggie boxes, and then delivers Read More...
Collecting bottles: is Norway presenting the solution to the plastic crisis?
Norway has a successful deposit-return scheme for plastic bottles and cans. Its success is unarguable – 97 percent of all plastic drink bottles in Norway are recycled, 92 percent to such a high standard that they are turned back into drink bottles. Some of the material has been recycled more than Read More...