Will Eating Nuts Make You Gain Weight?
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The Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend we eat 30g of nuts – a small handful – each day. But many of us know nuts…
What Happens To The Natural World If All The Insects Disappear?
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Despite their ubiquity in the animal kingdom, a recent report warned of a “bugpocalypse”, as surveys indicated that…
Why Smiling Depression Is Particularly Dangerous
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The term “smiling depression” – appearing happy to others while internally suffering depressive symptoms – has become…
What Causes Most Birth Defects
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The development of a baby, from the time of fertilization through to the moment of birth, is an incredibly complex…
Mindful Eating: Trend That Could Help You Lose Weight And Transform Your Health
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Mindfulness has helped many people to develop the skills necessary to manage chronic pain, depression, anxiety, stress…
How The Brain Remembers Amputated Limbs And Continues To Control Them
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Most people who have lost a limb still feel its presence decades later. This phenomenon, dubbed “phantom limb”, has…
Twelve Ways To Tell If You're A Spiritual Being
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Twelve beliefs and practices for you to cultivate as you develop your abilities to manifest miracles in your life. I…
Horoscope Current Week: February 18 to 24, 2019
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This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you…
Contemplating and Integrating the Power of the Force
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The more you observe, the more you allow yourself to experience the infinite field of energy swirling in you and around…
How Falling In Love Boosts Women’s Immune System
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Falling in love may boost genes in women’s immune systems related to fighting infection, according to new research.
The Power of Listening and Observing
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There is nothing wrong with setting goals, making plans, and then moving into action! Having a sense of direction and…
Why Costa Rica Tops the Happiness Index
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How a focus on peace is helping this Central American country top the Happy Planet Index.
How Climate Change Is Killing Off Earth’s Little Creatures
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But a global review of insect research has found another casualty: 40% of insect species are declining and a third are…
This Common Weed Killer Ups Risk Of Some Cancers By 40%
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Exposure to glyphosate—the world’s most widely used, broad-spectrum herbicide and the primary ingredient in the weed…
Most People Don't Realize What Companies Can Predict From Their Data
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Sixty-seven percent of smartphone users rely on Google Maps to help them get to where they are going quickly and…
Giving Advice To Your Grown-up Children?
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Giving advice is one of the points of greatest tension and conflict. But giving advice often makes matters worse. Your…
Once Upon a Time: Research, Flying, and Acne
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We tell ourselves science is king, but our understanding of the world is shaped through story. We tell stories about…
Finally Fulfilled: Attaining Food Enlightenment
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It is so incredibly easy to get sucked into the illusion that weight loss is all about food. The logical mind thinks,…
How The Body And Mind Talk To One Another To Understand The World
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Have you ever been startled by someone suddenly talking to you when you thought you were alone? Even when they…
Will Going Gluten Free Cause Weight Loss?
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Although people have been eating wheat for thousands of years, one third of US adults now shun foods containing wheat…
Back Pain? A Physiotherapist May Offer The Most Effective Treatment
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Back pain is a common and costly health problem. It is the leading cause of disability worldwide and a “call to action”…
Why Interior Design Of The Future Will Seem Like Magic
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Imagine a house where the walls change colour depending on your mood, or your tablecloth changes shape when you’re…
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm Shows Video Games Can Make Us Think Seriously About Climate Change
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A new expansion has added environmental challenges to Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, the latest in a popular series of…
Breaking Through The Healing Barrier Using Our Body's Healing System
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Within each one of us there lies a "healing system" capable of fighting off disease, combating infection and bringing…
Sacred Partnership: Letting Our Love Flow Into The World
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Today, I am committed to spending every day that Charlie and I are together being kind, caring, considerate and loving.…
How Urban Agriculture Can Improve Food Security In US Cities
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These images were reminders that for an estimated one out of eight Americans, food insecurity is a near-term risk.
Identifying Your Family Myths and Seeking New Beliefs That Can Help Your Relationship
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Couples fight. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. Sometimes these fights provide comic relief. At other times they…
Do You Really Need To Take 10,000 Steps A Day?
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Regular walking produces many health benefits, including reducing our risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and…
Confusing And High Bills For Cancer Patients Add To Anxiety And Suffering
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Weeks after my father passed away from cancer in 2010, my newly widowed mother received a bill for US$11,000.
What Government And Business Can Do To Protect Our Privacy
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What can we do about looming threats to our privacy online and the theft of important personal information? Ari…
Considering Using IVF To Have A Baby? Here's What You Need To Know
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You don’t look infertile, you don’t feel infertile, but after many months (or years) of trying to start a family,…
It Pays to Trust Your Inner Knowing
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You and I are home to an unexplainable intuitive guidance. The counsel we receive from this wise and loving presence is…
Why Visual Illusions Appear In Everyday Objects
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Optical illusions are cleverly designed to distort reality, but did you know that the same distortions occur frequently…
Why Community Based Exercise Class Boosts Quality Of Life After Cancer
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Community-based exercise programs improve physical fitness and quality of life for people with cancer, according to a…
A Rational Checklist Is No Match For Emotions In Matters Of The Heart
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For many people, there are few things more rewarding than crossing an item off a checklist. But what if the checklist…
Did We Evolve To Pick Our Phones Over Our Partners?
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Our evolutionary history may explain why humans are so drawn to their smartphones, even when the devices take us out of…
Why Do We Itch?
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We’ve all experienced the unpleasant sensation of being itchy. For many years, scientists suspected that pain and itch…
The Biggest Spiritual Challenge
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I always found spirituality, the disciplines of meditation and silence, very simple. My challenge was between activity…
How Air Pollution Exposure May Lead To Autism
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Researchers have previously linked air pollution exposure—particularly traffic-related air pollution—to a higher risk…
5 Tips To Help Your Kids Succeed In Sports
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Here are five points for parents, athletes and sporting organisations to consider for talented sports programs – and…
Why Family Group Texts Cause Anxiety, And How To Escape Them
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I am not known for being especially easy to get hold of via text. I tend to keep my phone on silent as the high-pitched…
The Science Behind One Of Nature's Greatest Displays
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Watching starling murmurations as the birds swoop, dive and wheel through the sky is one of the great pleasures of a…
Love Relies On Being Nice, Not Matching Personalities
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The key to relationship happiness could be as simple as finding someone nice.
How To Get Out of the Blame Game
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Most of us think of blame as the melodramatic pointing of a long, crooked finger towards one who has done scandalous…
5 Ways To Ensure Your Flowers Are Ethical For Valentine’s Day
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If you take an interest in ethical consumerism and plan to treat someone special this February 14, what dilemmas lie…
Why Some People Say No Thanks To DNA Ancestry Tests
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At-home DNA testing kits may be popular, but new research finds that not everyone is eager to find out whether they are…
Why It's Wrong To Label Students "At-Risk"
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Of all the terms used to describe students who don’t perform well in traditional educational settings, few are used as…
How To Make Your Home Comfortable Without Cranking Up The Air Conditioning
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Summer in Australia seems to bite harder each year. Adelaide set a record maximum temperature for the nation’s capital…
Most Men Don't Realize Age Is A Factor In Their Fertility Too
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Most people want to have children sometime in their life and expect this will happen when the time is right for them.
Eating Fruit And Vegetables Is Linked To Better Mental Well-being
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It is well known that eating lots of fruit and vegetables is good for your physical health, but our latest research…
How To Practice Silence: Be Quiet and Listen Carefully
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From TV sets and radios to sirens, jet aircraft, horns, and the constant yammer of too many people with too much to…
5 Ways To Develop Your Children's Talents
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Some people think talent is born. The often-told story of Mozart playing piano at 3 and composing at 5 reinforces such…
How Last Night's Fight Affects The Way Couples Divide Housework
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Housework is traditionally understood as an economic exchange – housework for money – or as a form of patriarchy drawn…
Why We Need To Overhaul How We Work
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In a popular BuzzFeed article, Anne Helen Petersen describes how millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996) became…
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