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Reforesting Zambia
Greenpop is a South-African non-profit organization is responsible for planting 17,000 trees in Zambia since opening its doors in late 2010. Many parts of Zambia’s rainforest have been devastated because of reckless farming and detrimental living practices. In 2012 Greenpop launched Trees for Read More...
A new hope for treating Down syndrome
Researchers just recently discovered a way to quiet the extra chromosome, chromosome 21, which is responsible for Down syndrome, by adding a gene found in females. An international science journal, Nature, published a study this week that gave the details of how stem cells were used to mute the Read More...
Bond with your teen over Twitter or Facebook
Social media like Facebook and Twitter can help parents have closer relationships with their kids, a new study shows. Social networking is a form of communication that is only growing, and nearly all adolescents use it in some way. There is fear that social media can disconnect us from our friends Read More...
Who needs coffee when you have water?
Water helps us remain hydrated throughout the day, but it can also help us to react and respond faster, a new study shows. When we feel thirsty, we become distracted from what we are doing. This study shows that by drinking more water, we retrieve the ability to concentrate on a given task – Read More...
Effortless Meditation: The Spirit of Now
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Jurriaan Kamp, Editor-in-Chief [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Just as Peter Russell is sitting down on the deck of his houseboat, a great cormorant lands on the tall wooden pole jutting up from the water nearby. Russell’s boat is moored in the Read More...
Nature's got your back
If you live by or have visited the coast you have probably noticed man made attempts at protecting coastal residents from rough seas and rogue waves. Breakwaters and seawalls do a good job of defending seaside residents from stormy weather, but what about nature’s natural protection of its Read More...
It's all in your head
Jim Willett ran a ½ marathon while undergoing cancer treatment. Some call him crazy, some call him stubborn, but Willett simply calls himself an optimistic runner. Willett is the founder of The Optimism Revolution, a social media movement geared towards improving the mindset of anyone he can Read More...
Sustainable smoking
Throwing a cigarette butt onto the beach is like throwing a plastic cup or can into the ocean. Cigarette companies keep customers uninformed that the cigarette butts they throw out won’t actually biodegrade - it turns out that they can stay in the environment for 10 to 15 years. The Read More...
Recycling your rice
Nature doesn't know the concept of waste - and we humans are continually learning from it. Researchers just found a way of taking advantage of rice-husks, the outer protective layers of the rice plant. So far, they were only recycled into pest control, bio-fertilizer additives, and low quality Read More...
The higher calling of fat
Fat cells play an important role in weight gain, that’s what we all know. But we’re currently learning that those cells are not just passive storage depots. Recent research shows that certain fat cells in your body react to cold temperatures by burning calories. Cell biologist Bruce Spiegelman Read More...