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Preventing asthma might be possible with right gut bacteria, study shows
Faecalibacterium, Lachnospira, Veillonella, and Rothia. They're impossible to pronounce, but these bacteria might be the key to reducing a child's risk for asthma. If children acquire the four microorganisms before the third month of life asthma will not develop, Canadian scientists found. Their Read More...
Coca-Cola and Dow Chemical announce to clean up ocean trash
The Ocean Conservancy has teamed up with Dow Chemical and Coca-Cola to implement a large-scale, long-term plan to eliminate ocean trash by preventing it from getting into the oceans in the first place. The plan focuses on doing this in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, five Read More...
US government introduces new rules to reduce smog pollution, improving health
The Obama administration announced a new smog pollution limit yesterday. The standard for US smog levels is now reduced to 70 parts of ground-level ozone per billion, down from 75. Ground-level ozone—the main ingredient in smog—is formed when pollutants such as nitrogen oxides from cars and Read More...
New technology makes it possible to convert radio signals into energy
Radio frequency signals are all around us. They make it possible to have cell phone service, Wi-Fi, and digital broadcast television programming. For years and years, smart minds have been thinking about catching these radio frequency waves around us to recycle them for something else. Now, they Read More...
Best to eat veggies and fruits, and leave the antioxidant supplements
Eating the recommended 5-9 servings of vegetables and fruits each day may not be an easy thing to do, so wouldn’t it be easier and more efficient to get your antioxidants in the form of a pill? It may seem logical, but antioxidant pills might actually do more harm than good for your health. Read More...
How the power of optimism helped build a world-renowned brand
It seems like people are labeled as either a pessimist or an optimist. But I think the truth is we all have moments of both ends of the spectrum throughout life. When things are looking bad, it’s easy to be “realistic” which can easily become pessimistic. But is there value is Read More...
3 ways for improving sleep without medications
Sleeping problems are very common among humans, especially with the abundance of technology in today’s world. Natural circadian rhythms are based upon daytime and nighttime, as well as behavioral habits that signal when an organism should be awake or asleep. With the introduction of Read More...
US food industry backs government plan to aggressively cut food waste
In September, the US government announced the first ever national goal to reduce America’s food waste, giving an extra push to a movement on the part of big brands to cut down on waste. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – in Read More...
India pledges to source 40% of electricity from renewables by 2030
India, the world’s third biggest carbon emitter, has pledged to source 40% of its electricity from renewable and other low-carbon sources by 2030. It is the last major economy, following 140 other countries including China, the US and the EU, to submit a climate change plan to the UN before Read More...
5 tips for homeschooling through chaos
Job loss. Moving. New babies. High risk pregnancy. Hospitalization. Injury. Chronic pain disability. These are a few of the things that we, at the Non Stepford house, have dealt with during our almost (gasp!) eight years of homeschooling. That’s one of the many things nobody warns you about Read More...