Diabetic Mice Cured Using Human Stem Cells

Diabetic Mice Cured Using Human Stem Cells

Scientists had earlier figured out how to create insulin-producing cells out of human stem cells. But they have been unable to demonstrate the effectiveness in mice – until now.

How Slow Motion Multitasking Can Help You Achieve Your Goals

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You’ve probably heard this countless times — jack of all trades are a master of none. But did you know that’s actually not the full phrase? The complete version actually goes like this — jack of all trades, master of none, but better than a master of one. Growing up, it’s always been drilled into […]

The Glorious Stairway to Heaven with 999 Steps in China!

An image of the stairway to heaven in China.

Heaven really is a place on earth, but the path you need to take is long and hard. Located in the Hunan province, Tianmen Shan or Heaven’s Gate Mountain claims to have not just the Stairway to Heaven but also “Heaven’s Door”. Tianmen Cave is the highest naturally formed arch in the world and it […]

Pork Without Meat? It’s Possible With Impossible!

Pork Without Meat? It’s Possible With Impossible!

Silicon Valley-based company Impossible Foods is making plant-based ‘meat’ and it’s been gathering a lot of attention. Pork Without Meat: How Impossible Is Changing the Game Fast-food giant Burger King started selling burgers made with Impossible Beef – aptly named Impossible Whopper – in Missouri as what some believed to be an April Fools’ joke […]

Climate, Energy and the Will to Change!

Climate, Energy and the Will to Change!

Only a fool – or those politicians sitting on the religious right or in the pocket of big business – can continue to deny the link between our carbon emissions and global warming. We are the problem. We have to be the solution. Your children and their children are counting on our success. As I […]

What You Should Know About Sleep Loss

Sleep Loss and Its Consequences

Some years into World War II, the US military realized it had a problem. Due to the enormous pressures of aerial combat, many of its pilots were amassing levels of stress so devastating they were beginning to crack. The stress caused poor judgment and performance during missions. Pilots began making deadly mistakes. They were shooting […]