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Research says 6000 steps per day for exercise prevents mobility loss. Every 1000 extra steps adds over 15% to reduction.
The best way to prevent knee arthritis is through exercise, particularly walking. According to a recent study published in Arthritis Care and Research, the commonly cited 10,000 steps per day suggested to prevent arthritis is excessive, and 6,000 steps a day will do. While walking the extra 4,000 Read More...
What you don’t know about the microorganisms in your body
Scientists are continuing to learn more about the collection of microorganisms that live in and on our bodies: our micro-biome. The Dutch science journalist Jop de Vrieze wrote a book about it: Allemaal Beestjes (All kinds of critters). The Dutch team at The Intelligent Optimist collected nine Read More...
Cynical distrust can lead to dementia, study shows
A new study from University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio has found that cynical distrust– thinking that people’s actions are motivated by selfish means, could cause dementia later in life. “We are not born cynical, but our personality is something that develops during our lifetime,” Read More...
Smog eating roof tiles
Students from University California Riverside have designed a roof tile that breaks down smog particles present in the atmosphere. Roof tiles are coated with a layer of titanium– oxide, the titanium–oxide then interacts and breaks down nitrogen–oxide gas– what is emitted by motors that run Read More...
Vegan school
Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of Academy–Award winning director James Cameron, co–founded the Muse School, an alternative school that boasts of near zero waste and teaches sustainability, in 2005. Now the California based Muse School will be the first to offer their students a 100% vegetable based Read More...
Mosquito repellant newspaper
Malaria still runs rampant throughout much of South and Southeast Asia, and Dengue Fever infected so many people in Sri Lanka in the last 6 months an epidemic has been declared. Recently India’s most popular newspaper has been experimenting with a way to repel mosquitos, which saves lives, while Read More...
Interactive air pollution map
Last March the World Health Organization announced that there were 7 million premature deaths in 2012 that were a result of unclean air, which equals out to about one out of every eight deaths globally resulting from poor air quality. The 2014 Environmental Protection Index showed that the number Read More...
Cynical distrust can lead to dementia, study shows
A new study from University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio has found that cynical distrust– thinking that people’s actions are motivated by selfish means, could cause dementia later in life. “We are not born cynical, but our personality is something that develops during our lifetime,” Read More...
Psychological effects of public health messaging
Public health communications like the American Medical Associations labeling obesity as an epidemic, or the overall effects of public sexual education, do more than address public health concerns but reveal deep fundamental perceptions about belief and behavior. Scientific American conducted a Read More...
London festival of architecture
This month the London festival of architecture kicks off its exhibition and installments have already started popping up around London. One in particular is a piece by a Chilean– German architecture firm GUN. The installment, designed to mimic a rainforest, is made up of hexagonal columns a Read More...