“Our plants aren’t looking too good,” astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted from the International Space Station on December 27, 2015. He was right: The attached picture showed four baby zinnias bathed in magenta light. Three of the four leafy stalks were discolored ...
The phrase "First, do no harm" doesn't actually appear in the text of the Hippocratic Oath, yet it's frequently considered a fundamental principle of medicine. At the same time, we believe firmly in the principle of informed consent, the idea that ...
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Everyone's heard some version of a hangover cure. Some people swear that remembering to chug water before bed will cure a hangover. Others have more elaborate routines, involving various types of food, drink, or physical activity. The problem with trying to ...
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Campaign to highlights potential harm of digital platforms and social media on young people, alongside a call to regulate tech companies.
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At the Sunnybrook Institute in Toronto, doctors have begun using focused ultrasound, delivered through helmet-like devices such as this, to loosen the blood-brain barrier, making it possible to deliver life-saving drugs.
(Reuters) - Aetna Inc's (AET.N) board of directors was meeting on Sunday to approve the U.S. health insurer's sale to U.S. drugstore chain operator CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) for approximately $207 per share in cash and stock, according to people familiar ...
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Many top executives have long touted the benefits of an early morning start. Apple CEO Tim Cook famously wakes up at 3:45 am. PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi is up by 4:00 and in the office by 7:00. General Motors ...
While visiting New York City a few weeks ago, I knew I had to check out the ultrapopular (crazy hard) workout at DOGPOUND gym in TriBeCa. I got the chance to take a class with Rhys Athayde, founding trainer at DOGPOUND, ...
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Did you watch the total solar eclipse of 2017? If so, you may have permanently damaged your eyesight if you didn't take the necessary precautions to protect your eyes from the sun's harmful UV rays.
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Personally used by almost everyone in my family and a lot of friends who code non-stop all day: Acer R271 Monitors
About 99 percent of the people who start marathons in the United States finish them. That's an astoundingly high number considering the pain and turmoil that every marathon runner faces. What each runner has in common, says author Jesse Itzler, is ...
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Age-old stories and advice would have us believe drinking a gallon of water a day will solve every problem we have—from weight loss to anti-aging. But is it a myth? I can't imagine it would help much more than the frequency ...
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There’s no federal law requiring e-waste to be recycled, and procedures nationwide are often fragmented and cumbersome.
These talks drive home the many different ways to get better at what you care about.
Complaining isn't usually the most productive way to handle a bad situation and, in fact, can actually make matters worse.
The most comprehensive review of evidence on health consequences of caffeine use has just been published.
Many people of today's generation don't know where their food comes from, nor how it's produced. This presents many health problems in today's society. Farmbot Genesis is a project to alleviate such concerns. It is an open source robot which enables ...
Dale Archer, psychiatrist and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and author of The ADHD Advantage: What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength(Avery, 2015), talks about how having ADHD ...
Many people wonder how they can become highly successful, not realizing that they hold within them everything they need to achieve all of the success they desire. Successful people are where they are today because of their habits. Habits determine ...
Career expert and "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" author Ramit Sethi works out every morning. He started when he noticed that all of the successful leaders he read about shared that ...
