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Fruit and veggies as good for your mind as your body
We all know that eating ‘5 a day’ – five servings of fruit and vegetables – is good for your physical health, reducing the risk of heart disease, cancer and many other conditions. Now researchers have found that it may be just as beneficial for your mental health. Researchers from the Read More...
Majority of Australians thinking about switching to solar
The prices of solar installations are falling faster than anyone can keep up, and it’s becoming increasingly obvious that solar will power the future. That future might be closer than you think. A recent survey found that 90 percent of Australians are considering a switch to solar energy. Read More...
Stem cell can replace damaged retinas
Sixteen years ago the isolation of embryonic stem cells was said to be the foundation for a future of interchangeable body parts—when a liver failed you would just grow a new one. These predictions seemed pretty close to science fiction, but a recent study has shown that this could soon be Read More...
Exercise makes you smarter
Brains and brawn have don’t usually go together but as it turns out a gym membership might be as valuable as a library card. When you exercise your body gets more oxygen to feed to you muscles, but your brain also picks up on a little bit of that extra air. Additionally when you exercise you have Read More...
Battery investment makes wind and solar more viable
Yesterday we reported that wind is the cheapest form of energy. A major hurdle for wind and solar energy to overcome is power storage—peak wind and solar production hours often can’t handle peak usage time and storing energy has been too costly. Now an energy utility that powers 14 million Read More...
The healing power of laughter
In 1964, American journalist Norman Cousins received a terminal diagnosis. He had a life-threatening form of arthritis, and doctors told him his chance of survival was 1 in 500. Determined not to be one of the 499, Cousins began researching his illness. The hospital gave him a mountain of Read More...
Wind power is the cheapest energy source
Clean energy sources are slowly taking over, and though the prices of solar adoption are falling at record rates, wind power is actually the least expensive source of energy. An EU analysis reported that on a per megawatt/hour basis onshore wind energy was cheaper than gas, coal, and nuclear power Read More...
Turn right for enlightenment
Eastern monks and Western yogis have spent centuries meditating to enable the creative right brain to serve as a healthy counterpoise to the usually dominant left-brain and to synchronize both halves on the path to a deeper awareness. And a growing body of research shows that this harmonious Read More...
Possible cure for type 1 diabetes
Three million Americans have type 1 diabetes—that’s the kind where your body is unable to produce insulin. But good news is on the horizon—scientists have recently been able to create fully formed human insulin cells in a laboratory. While more tests still need to be carried out before the Read More...
X-ray technique limits child radiation
Dental x-rays are part of a child’s routine check ups—but why? Though the doses of radiation absorbed are very low, it is still radiation, and it’s often unnecessary. A new campaign called Image Gently advocates for physicians to conduct as few x-rays on child patients as possible, and if Read More...