Home-Based Climate Action and Your Role in the Climate Crisis
Over time, we have come to think of the climate crisis as a political issue. That is a convenient excuse for individual inaction we can no longer afford.
The Stairway to Heaven Exists And It’s 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
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. Fast-food giant Burger King started selling burgers made
The Peculiar Immortality of the Tasmanian Tiger
In extinction, the Tasmanian tiger seems to have undertaken the fantastic journey from oblivion into the unlikely world of immortality. What’s behind persistent rumors of its continued survival?
Facebook Wants to Fight Deepfake Videos by Making Them!
Can Facebook help us decide what is credible in the era of Fake News?
How the humble light-bulb launched planned obsolescence!
If manufacturers made products with truly extended usable lives, they’d be out of business. Imagine a washing machine or a fridge that lasted 25 years.
Fat and getting fatter! America 2030…
Three years back I wrote an article that caused enormous controversy. I was accused of body-shaming and even of being a misogynist (the article highlighted
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
It’s not about you… It’s about those you leave behind!
I’ll Look at Your Facebook Profile Before I Tell Your Mother You’re Dead It kind of keeps me human. You see, I’m about to change
What You Should Know About Sleep Loss
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
The Secret Genius of Honeybees
In late August last year, a runaway swarm of 30,000 honeybees descended on the umbrella of a hotdog cart at Forty-Third Street and Broadway, in
Too much water in your wash cycle is damaging your clothes. Here’s why…
Most of the plastic that is in the ocean is not in the form of cups or straws, but broken-down shreds of plastic.
Suicide and the Lottery of Second Chances
On New Year’s Eve, 1994, I pulled my beat-up old Ford out from the garage of my mother’s home. I drove out to an empty
Insectageddon – why cleaning your windshield has become optional!
I do a lot of driving in rural and isolated areas. I always have. Certainly not as much as a truckie but a lot more
Lower Back Pain: The Myths vs The Facts
If you’ve ever slept in an awkward position or lifted something the wrong way, then you are familiar with that roaring pain in the lower
