Western medicine has some good points, and is great in an emergency, but it’s high time people realized that today’s mainstream medicine (western medicine or allopathy), with its focus on drugs, drugs, radiation, drugs, surgery, drugs and more drugs…
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Jan 6 2017
Jeanette Epps will be 1st African-American International Space Station Crew Member
Just as the highly anticipated movie Hidden Figures, the story of three African-American women who were crucial in the launch of the first American into orbit, got released in theaters, more news of black female achievement in STEM (science, technology…
Read moreNov 30 2016
MDMA (ecstasy) aka molly could be for sale legally by 2021
In small studies around the country, a handful of researchers have been investigating how MDMA-assisted psychotherapy can help heal the psychological and emotional damage caused by sexual assault, war, violent crime, and other traumas. Now, federal regulators have approved the…
Read moreMar 31 2016
11 year old businesswoman Mikaila Ulmer puts twist on classic drink with BeeSweet Lemonade
BeeSweet Lemonade was started by Mikaila Ulmer at 4 years old. Her family encouraged her to make a product for a Children's business competition (the Acton Children’s Business Fair) and Austin Lemonade Day. After getting stung by a bee, she…
Read moreJan 4 2016
A computer can grade you by watching you learn, avoiding test
A new algorithm could both improve your knowledge and do away with formal tests altogether. Developed by researchers at Stanford University and Google in California, it analyses students’ performance on past practice problems, identifies where they tend to go wrong…
Read moreDec 27 2015
Chinese Medicinal Herbs may help US Farmers gain a new income stream
Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche market for farmers who plant the varieties of herbs, flowers and trees sought by practitioners. While almost all practitioners still rely on imports…
Read moreApr 18 2015
Maple syrup is not just for pancakes, could help fight infections
Maple syrup is once again making headlines for being the rockstar condiment that every Canadian knows it is, but it's
not the culinary world that's buzzing this time it's the medical world. Newly released research from McGill University
in Montreal…Read more
Apr 11 2014
Weird Science: Vagina grown in lab
A woman from Mexico who was born without a vaginal canal talks to New Scientist about
her pioneering vagina operationMovie Camera. She was 18 when she was diagnosed with
the rare disorder Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKHS). The same year, she
was…Read more
Apr 10 2014
Walmart to Sell Organic Food, Undercutting Big Brands
Walmart plans to announce that it is putting its muscle behind Wild Oats organic products, offering
the label at prices that will undercut brand-name organic competitors by at least 25 percent. The
move by Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer and…Read more
the label at prices that will undercut brand-name organic competitors by at least 25 percent. The
move by Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer and…Read more
Feb 27 2014
Hundreds of foods in U.S. contain 'ADA' plastics chemical
Nearly 500 foods found on grocery store shelves in the United States, including many
foods labeled as "healthy," contain a potentially hazardous industrial plastics chemical,
according to a report issued Thursday by a health research and advocacy group.
Azodicarbonamide, also…Read more
Feb 25 2014
Vinegar may be key Ingredient to Killing Drug Resistant TB
One of the world's oldest known disinfectants and favorite salad dressings may
prove even stronger than previously thought. An international research team has
found that vinegar or, more specifically, the active ingredient in vinegar can kill
mycobacteria, including a highly…Read more
Jan 25 2014
Google's thermostat will spy on your home life
Google shelled out $3.2 billion for smart-thermostat manufacturer NestLabs of Palo Alto, California. But what
does Google want with your central heating? And what could this mean for the future of "smart homes"?
The Nest thermostat is designed to learn… Read more