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A new scientific study shows that bright electric light exposure of preschool children in the evening suppresses…

You can make your dreams come true. Persistence is the key word and the magic key to success in any endeavor. Never…

Chamomile – that yellow flower so often made into a tea, enjoyed before bed – is a very interesting plant. It was…

After years of being derided as a joke by car manufacturers and the public, interest in electric vehicles has increased…

Recent scientific studies have claimed, almost vampire-like, that transfusions of blood from teenagers can help delay…

Many of us have become so steeped in what is wrong with ourselves in relationship that dysfunction becomes our accepted…

The natural world is our natural home. This may sound obvious, but to many it’s a forgotten truth. There is so much…

Menstruation is often called the “last great taboo” in women’s sport. But periods are the media’s taboo, not…

And although drug use has declined over the past decade, new and potentially life-threatening trends continue to…

Most women expect to experience the effects of hormonal changes when they come to menopause and many anticipate…

Protein supplements for athletes are literally sold by the bucketful. Protein supplements are expensive, and might not…

When the issue of “How safe is mom or dad?” and “Can they stay in their home?” arises, it often causes a conflict…

With springtime comes the desire to shed those few extra pounds, in preparation to don swimsuits and head to the pool.…

Before I started working on real-world robots, I wrote about their fictional and historical ancestors. This isn’t so…

Pollinating insects like bees, butterflies and flies have had a rough time of late. A broad library of evidence…

Hundreds of thousands of people fall short of their dieting and weight loss goals every year, and the incidence of…

Participating in yoga and mindfulness activities at school may help anxious third-graders improve their well-being and…

Drawing on their decades of practice along with the latest medical data, Gill and three geriatric experts agreed to…

Two college majors are better than one. That is the conclusion that researchers are beginning to reach.

We have so confused money with fulfillment that the very meaning of the word has been lost. Fulfillment can only be…

Around a third of the population have trouble sleeping, including difficulties maintaining sleep throughout the night.…

An ageing population is leading to a growing number of people living with dementia. Dementia is an umbrella term for a…

Slugs and snails are the bane of almost every vegetable planting gardener and farmer. Slugs in particular have…

Researchers have uncovered exactly where a key protein forms before it triggers the flowering process in plants.

After many years of practicing energy techniques, specifically shiatsu, I have been able to realize to what extent, for…

A review of studies on exercise and happiness addresses some lingering questions about the effects of physical activity…

You might be intrigued by what your genes could tell you about your ancestry or the health risks hidden in your DNA. If…

Appalachian attitudes about technology’s role in daily life are extremely sophisticated – and turn out to be both…

It was March 2017, and a winter storm named Stella promised to deliver up to a foot and a half of snow to New York City…

Most people think that the human spine is one of evolution’s great flaws. After all, around 80% of adults suffer from…

The idea of arts on prescription and social prescribing may seem like a new one, but it is actually more than 10 years…

We poisoned ourselves with lead during the 20th century in most industrial nations. We used the metal widely, because…

Maintaining good posture is not something we think about in our everyday lives. We perhaps take it for granted that we…

Even in the 20th century, it was commonly believed that people born blind were unable to have a true understanding of…

Feng Shui focuses on enhancing the harmony and vitality of your environment. Surrounding yourself with things that lift…

A major challenge to healing emotions regarding money is that many of us have learned poor coping skills when it comes…

Life’s intelligence, received through our inner guidance, is habitually interrupted or camouflaged by the mind’s…

Scientists have searched for and recently found out why some people live to be over one hundred, while being physically…

According to scholars throughout history, we actually aren’t living in the year that is printed on our calendars.

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The definition of sentient is simply “able to perceive or feel things”. Today most of us would probably also say that…

The proportion of adults with diabetes around the world has risen from 4.7% in 1980 to more than 8.5% today.