Traveling perspective
Does traveling make one optimistic? I pondered this question during the 20-hour flight from Nairobi, Kenya to San Francisco, California. I was returning from a week in Mombasa, Kenya attending meetings and giving a keynote speech about my International Bill of Rights work. My answer: yes. Even when Read More...
Mind over molecules for arthritis pain management
If you expect something to hurt, it probably will. This simple premise has now shed new light on how we adapt to chronic pain and suggests that so-called “talking therapies” like psychotherapy and meditation could offer relief to millions of people suffering from arthritis and other Read More...
Banking on plastic
You’ve heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—that blob of plastic bits floating in the ocean current—but you probably didn’t think of it as a valuable asset, one that could be mined just like any natural resource. A lot of that plastic washes up on beaches around the world, and a new Read More...
Mushrooms grown on green waste
Coffee is grown under stringent conditions. From growing beans, to roasting and brewing, almost every step in the processes of taking a bean from the farm to getting it into your mug is monitored closely to maximize flavor and uniformity of taste. Coffee is also one of the most wasteful crops, only Read More...
Breakthrough in high-temperature cancer treatment
As reported in the April issue of What Doctors Don’t Tell You, high fevers and medically induced hyperthermia have been linked with cancer remission for decades. Now a new study by researchers at Dartmouth provides even more evidence for how heat therapy works, while also proposing a new therapy Read More...
The 3 best plants to clean your air
The world’s air quality is deplorable, and you don’t have to look far to find examples of how bad it is. Harder to find are solutions to this problem. Government mandates and clean air initiatives help the goal of reducing greenhouse gases on a larger scale, but these measures do little to help Read More...
The power of a wave
Located just outside of Los Angeles, the Morro Bay power plant had been in use since the 1950s. It created jobs and a community in an otherwise barren environment, but was recently shut down due to the growing number of environmental standards. One of these standards, the California Renewables Read More...
Citrus firefighters
Why does milk put out the fire induced by a hot pepper? Because the pepper is a base and too much of it makes your mouth tingle, milk is an acid and when introduced to the system, neutralizes the fiery base. This process of food acids neutralizing spicy bases is what stuck in Swedish product Read More...
One in five taking a drug that worsens other symptoms
Over three-quarters of older Americans are being treated for more than one chronic condition. A new study has highlighted the possible risks of this practice, finding that more than 20% of senior citizens are receiving a medication that may cause another pre-existing condition to get worse, and Read More...
Flight of the eco-drones
At the edge of a Sumatran forest on a clear day last November, a six-rotor drone lifted off and sailed gracefully out over the wilderness in search of flowering trees. The small, robotic aircraft is a member of ConservationDrones’ fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), built not to spy or drop Read More...