Plastic Pollution: The Hidden Threat in Supermarket Aisles
I recently opened a packet of crackers. OK… ‘specialty’ crackers. They were packed in a cardboard outer. On opening the box, I see a plastic sleeve. Open the sleeve and there are the contents sitting in a clam-shell style plastic tray. In total, there were exactly 16 crackers.They weighed 80 grams.The packaging weighed 35 grams.Unfortunately, […]
Scientists Discover New Human Organ!
We know so much and yet so little. We can land a rover on Mars. We’ve studied Pluto in astounding detail. We’re discovering new planets in far flung solar systems almost daily. We’ve been to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Yet we are still making major discoveries about our own body! A New Human Organ? […]
Are You Using These 17 Boring Words?
As always, I walked my dogs yesterday. Except that it’s more a stroll since they stop constantly to smell the ‘next best thing’. I happened to pass two roadside workers who were chatting. Perhaps they were talking, conversing or, more probably, whinging. I say that (or perhaps decry or profess it) because every second word […]
Want that job? Quit smoking!
Most western countries have banned smoking in the workplace. But those same countries typically give smokers special rights to indulge their habit during working hours. ‘ Last year, a Japanese marketing firm gave its non-smoking workers an extra six days of paid leave a year. The non-smoking employees argued – obviously successfully – that their smoking colleagues […]
Exploding E-cigarettes? Just Another Reason
Only a fool or someone living in a total bubble could argue against the dangers of tobacco. From heart disease and emphysema to the unbelievably insidious cancer of the tongue, there can be no rational reason for believing that you won’t be effected. Yet people continue to ignore the obvious and the inevitable. In recent […]
The Ketogenic Diet: Is the Hype Worth a Try?
It’s ‘new’ and lots of people are raving about it, but is it for you? Will it really help you get back that body you once had? Let’s face it, these past few years, people have been introduced to many and various ways to help achieve their health and fitness goals: taking pills, following a […]
Does Vinegar Really Kill Germs?
Incomes have been pretty much stagnant for years. Meanwhile the price of just about everything goes up around us. Is it any wonder we’re all looking for ways to rein in unnecessary expenditure. Take household cleaners as an example… Generic white vinegar costs $0.25 cents per litre. In comparison, Earth Choice brand multi-purpose cleaner is […]
Ladies! Your Vaginal Scent Is Who You Are…
Vaginal perfumes, douches, scented panty liners, cucumber washes and now vaginal steaming? Really? I mean REALLY? Ladies, do you really want to rid yourself of the very essence that makes you YOU? That scent is uniquely yours. It is everything you are from your genes to what you eat and drink to who you sleep […]
Light Pollution Is Affecting Your Health!
The comprehensive World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness has appeared in Science Advances. Written by a group of distinguished scientists lead by Italian Fabio Falchi, it is a noteworthy accomplishment. The first atlas appeared in 2001, but was based on a less precise satellite measurement system. This latest atlas provides far more clarity. Light […]
The Case of the Disappearing Night: Where Did the Stars Go?
Change is often imperceptible. It happens day by day so that we don’t see apparent differences. But over the past 1,460 nights, while you’ve been sleeping, the world has become 8.8% brighter. That brightness is from two sources: Anyone who has driven out of darkness toward a town or city would be familiar with the […]