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5 things you can do about food waste
Every year roughly 2.9 trillion pounds of food—about a third of all the food available—never gets eaten. A huge part of this is from crops left in the fields or food discarded during processing worldwide. In the United States and other countries with more advanced food delivery systems, Read More...
Katy Perry is a fan of Transcendental Meditation and you should be too
Katy Perry is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, so it's no wonder her life gets pretty overwhelming at times. But in the video above, Katy shares how Transcendental Meditation helps her stay centered despite all the commotion. "Life sometimes can get very difficult and chaotic, and you Read More...
Johns Hopkins grows tiny brains in petri dishes for lab testing
When new drugs need to be tested, the subject of those tests are usually mice. And often successful tests on mice don’t translate to success for humans simply because we aren’t mice. That’s why scientists at Johns Hopkins University have designed and grown something that could be much better Read More...
This 3D printer creates human muscles and tissues that could actually replace real ones
The human body of the near-future will have spare parts in case anything is damaged. At Wake University in North Carolina, researchers say they have created a 3D printer that can produce organs, tissues and bones that could theoretically be implanted into living humans. 3D printers extrude layers Read More...
Resilience is good for your health and career
A recent review of more than a decade of studies, led by researchers at the University of Nebraska and published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, found resilience training in the workplace can help improve employees’ mental health and subjective well-being, and offer Read More...
Organic milk and meat richer in omega-3, study finds
Organic milk and meat contain about 50 percent more beneficial omega-3 fatty acids than conventionally produced equivalents, according to a pair of large-scale studies published Tuesday. Previous research has linked omega-3 with reduced rates of cardiovascular disease, improved neurological Read More...
5 types of meditation that don’t require sitting still
Meditation doesn’t have to mean you’re sitting still with your eyes close. In fact, you can practice meditation virtually anywhere and sitting is definitely not a requirement. What makes meditation beautiful is that you can practice it in the way that suits you best, whether you like to lay Read More...
Parliament House shifted to solar energy
Pakistan’s first net metering project at Parliament House has started generating one MW of electricity, not only making the building loadshedding-free but also paving the way for the general consumers to become self-sufficient with one time investment.As much as 3,940 solar panels of 255 Read More...
The science of how what we believe becomes our reality
"Mind is the Master Power that molds and makes, and we are mind. And ever more we take the tool of thought, and shaping what we will, bring forth a thousand joys, or a thousand ills. We think in secret, and it comes to pass, environment, is but our looking glass." -- James Allen At some point we Read More...
Suburbs embrace food scrap recycling to cut 15 percent of landfill waste
Cleaning your plate will take on a new meaning in some suburbs as food scrap collection grows in practice and popularity. The effort involves collecting food leftovers at the curb and converting them to compost as a way to reduce waste going into landfills. So far, food scrap collection programs Read More...