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Smart exercise helps you age well and feel young. Here’s how to do it
Physical decline as the body ages is inevitable, something to be grumbled about, accepted and dealt with. That fundamental law has not changed, but the way we manage aging has. Getting older need not mean getting weaker, at least not until the end is truly near. Just look at athletes like Roger Read More...
Three-minute brain stimulation found effective for hard-to-treat depression
A new study finds that a three-minute version of a brain stimulation treatment is just as effective as the standard 37-minute version for Read More...
How traditional health claims about India’s ayurvedic foods make big business
In India, you can buy saffron that is “useful in asthma, indigestion, body pain, fever, dry skin diseases and pregnancy”, ghee that increases “memory power”, intellect and digestion, and lemon pickle that “improves your immunity level and helps the human body develop resistance against Read More...
Big businesses are saying no to plastic trash in the UK
Over 40 companies including Coca-Cola, Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble have pledged to slash the amount of plastic they use and throw away in the United Read More...
10 of the tallest trees in the world
Trees may be stuck in the ground, but they've clearly got some enviable traits – I mean, who wouldn't want to live in a pretty forest for a few thousand years? But despite all the things that trees are famous for, it's perhaps their height that inspires the most reverie. Humans may have a lot of Read More...
The last Indian village without electricity now has power
In a big step towards nation building, the Indian government has claimed that the last Indian village which had not been electrified was brought in the national power grid on Read More...
Refugees in Cameroon are replanting thousands and thousands of trees
An area about the size of a city block in Manhattan is typically cut down per person per year in Cameroon for use as firewood or to make charcoal. The Minawao refugee camp in Cameroon, which has a population of more than 60,000 people who fled from Boko Haram, has only led to a further decimation Read More...
This app helps pay off your credit card debt for you
The automatic mobile app Digit is a service that saves money for you once connected to your checking account. Instead of setting a finite amount that is withdrawn on regular schedule, it learns when your bills are due, looks at your spending habits, and then only withdraws cash when it thinks you Read More...
Why mushrooms need to become a part of your diet
In the past, food scientists often praised mushrooms as healthy because what they don't contribute to the diet; they contain no cholesterol and gluten and are low in fat, sugars, sodium and calories. But that was selling mushrooms short. They are very healthy foods and could have medicinal Read More...
Study: Inclusivity builds a city both relationally and economically
A new, in-depth analysis by the Urban Institute of the largest 274 cities in America found that the ten cities faring best in terms of “inclusion” were also the cities flourishing economically. The analysis displayed that the more inclusive a city was, the more likely the ability of low-income Read More...