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How mindfulness meditation can transform health care
The cost and access to health care has been a controversial issue for as long as I can remember. While it is debatable whether recent legislation has fixed the problem, statistics show that the rise in health care cost has outpaced the rate of inflation for 9 of the last 10 years. And if this trend Read More...
Study: Preschoolers need more outdoor time at child care centers
A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds child care centers play a pivotal role when it comes to the physical activity levels of preschoolers. Yet few children get to experience outdoor recess time as it is scheduled. Only 3 in 10 children had at least 60 minutes Read More...
Shoppers don't want processed, pre-packaged food anymore
A drastic change in the way people shop and eat is having a huge impact on Big Food, which is scrambling to catch up. Big Food is having a panic attack. Sales are plummeting steadily because shoppers are simply not interested in what big food companies have to offer. McDonalds’ sales per Read More...
No beef allowed: inside the schools that have banned meat
School dinners are a minefield, as Jamie Oliver discovered when he came up against mothers defiantly pushing burgers through the fence to their chicken-nugget deprived offspring. It’s fine to change your curriculum, sack your headteacher, flatten buildings and replace them with uglier ones, Read More...
How gentrification may benefit the poor
When a poor neighborhood attracts higher income residents, expensive cafes and pricy vintage clothing stores move in, making daily living more expensive. The narrative is that gentrification displaces low income residents and in the worst case scenario causes homelessness. Now, a new storyline is Read More...
Mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than placebo, study shows
A new scientific study shows that it is possible to train your mind to feel less pain. To the surprise of the researchers conducting the study, mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than a placebo. Brain scans show that mindfulness meditation produced very different patterns of Read More...
The price of energy from floating wind farms set to plummet
Floating offshore wind farms offer clean energy without the aesthetic drawbacks of having a turbine close to shore. Yet, its development around the world, especially in the U.S., hasn’t been all too fast considering it's more expensive than most energy sources. That will all change however, after Read More...
Small artificial kidneys may free patients of big dialysis machines
If you suffer from kidney failure, you're confined to visiting a hospital or clinic several times a week, to be hooked up for hours to a dialysis machine. Doing so, you're likely to develop buildup of fluids and minerals, which can result in high blood pressure and breathing problems and require Read More...
This swimming robot powers itself by cleaning polluted water
Meet the Row-Bot, an ingenious tiny boat that can clean a body of water by eating the bacteria and “digesting” it in its artificial stomach. The mechanism has a remarkable ability to depollute water. What’s even more impressive is the way it powers itself. The Row-Bot gulps in water, consumes Read More...
A guide to help you enjoy the little things in life even more
"Enjoy the little things in life." It's the kind of advice you often hear, but which is difficult to execute. That's also what Utpal Dholakia, professor of marketing, found when he realized he started to like his favorite restaurant less. The first time he was there, he enjoyed it Read More...