By Marco Torres The growing interest in biodetection from consumers has reached a global audience. Detecting genetically modified organisms and pesticides in very low concentrations with smartphones will one day be a reality. An international team of researchers led by Ivo Stassen and Rob Ameloot…
By Justin Gardner As the baby boom generation begins to reach age 65 and beyond, the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease is escalating rapidly. This debilitating condition causes deterioration of thinking skills and memory, leading to the inability to recognize loved ones or carry…
By Derrick Broze In response to recent studies which show dangerous levels of lead in public drinking water, over 60 members of Congress have signed a letter calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to lower the federal standard for lead in drinking water. Members…
By Anna Hunt With empathy, the ability to recognize and feel other people’s emotions, comes the disadvantage of also absorbing the suffering and negativity of the others around you. When this occurs, your ability to function at your best can be significantly impacted. Even a person…
By Brandon Turbeville In late June 2016, CIA director John O. Brennan appeared at the Council on Foreign Relations to give a brief talk and take questions from members of the council. The discussion was designed to address threats to national and global security as…
By Jefferey Jaxen The most basic of all human rights is the ability to have control over your own body and be able to exercise informed consent when making medical decisions… The year was 2014 and California just passed Assembly Bill 2109 in the face…
By Seeker Stories As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution that’s been implemented around the world. Vertical farms produce…
By Neenah Payne Emergency room nurse Sally Pacholok says in her book Could It Be B12?: An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses, “Very rarely in medicine can such a severely debilitating and potentially life-threatening disorder be so easily diagnosed, and so easily and inexpensively treated.” The article…
By Amando Flavio A new study by researchers from Denmark and the United Kingdom, who have studied antidepressant drugs and their effects, have found that the drugs indeed push people to commit suicide, especially children. The study is said to be the biggest ever to have been…
By Amanda Froelich Using a sauna after a refreshing swim – or yoga class – can be a relaxing treat, but are you aware just how beneficial a sweat session can be? Reportedly, spending time in a sauna – which is basically a hot box, heated to…
By Jeffrey Green Can you picture yourself living a homesteading lifestyle? Waking up early to milk the cows, release the chickens to scratch the barnyard, collect their eggs and then update your blog before your stay-at-home family rises. The rest of the day you do…
By Matt Agorist Touted as a risk-free pain reliever, Tylenol sends as many as 78,000 people to the emergency room annually and results in 33,000 hospitalizations a year, according to federal data. The active ingredient in Tylenol, acetaminophen is also the leading cause of acute liver failure,…
By Amando Flavio n many countries in Africa, it is very common to find villages and towns not connected to the national electricity grid. Such towns and villages have no choice than to depend on kerosene-powered lamps. In such areas, people’s lives are restricted. They…
By Amanda Froelich Food waste is a big issue, especially in first-world nations such as the U.S.A., where 40% of the food produced and purchased is thrown in the trash and tossed into landfills. With 795 million people still going to bed hungry each night,…
By Amanda Froelich Though the Zika virus was first discovered in 1947, it was rarely considered a concern until 2015 when the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert regarding an outbreak of the virus in Brazil. On February 1st of 2016, the World…
By Jon Rappoport The entire platform of “proof” that the Zika virus causes a birth defect called microcephaly has descended into gibberish. I’m not going to recapitulate all my Zika-hoax articles here. Suffice to say, researchers have only established a very weak correlation between the…
By Amanda Froelich One of the most difficult challenges might be to sit indoors when the weather outside is glorious. Luckily, a new invention actually encourages people to transport their work and office space elsewhere, and the brilliant concept is quickly gaining attention. The GreenPod…
By Chris “Kikila” Perrin Can we farm sustainably? Can we endeavour to produce enough food to feed the world’s growing population in a way that is respectful to animals, and mindful of the stress agriculture places on the land? These are some of the questions…
By Justin Gardner A new scientific study carried out by the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) is casting doubt on the assumed connection between the Zika virus and microcephaly. The study was prompted by the fact that no similar epidemics of microcephaly are being…
By number23 Larval fish are becoming addicted to consuming micro-beads, according to a new study by a group of Swedish researchers. The study, entitled “Environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastic particles influence larval fish ecology,” was published earlier this month in the journal Science. As outlined in…
