13 Reasons Why We Hate Television
Netflix, the streaming TV service, recently noted that many its users are binge-watching series and finishing them in a week. This got us at The Alternative Daily talking about all the ways that television is bad for one's physical and emotional health, as well as for broader social awareness and habits. Netflix says that “binge-watching is clearly the new normal” — 70% of users...
5 Reasons We Loved That (Fake) French Ban on Weekend Work Emails
News of a French ban on weekend and evening work emails sent the Internet afire recently. The "ban" turned out to be no more than a proposed labor agreement — hardly a nationwide policy. Yet we loved the idea here in America. The reason why has a lot to do with how our work lives have changed in recent...
TSA Bomb-Sniffing Dogs First Line Of Defense Against Airline Terrorist Attacks
The first line of defense against airline terrorism has four legs and a tail. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has invested in specially bred and trained canines for deployment at the nation’s airports to sniff out explosives and stop terrorist attacks. Many of the dogs undergo training at Lackland Air Force Base located in San Antonio, Texas. Since 9/11, the...
Maryland Becomes The First State To Ban Bee-Killing Pesticide
Honeybees are among the most fruitful and amazing creatures. Though their brains are fairly small, they engage in a complicated geometric “waggle dance” to communicate the location of food sources to members of their hive. As pollinators, they play an indispensable role in sustaining crop production and the food chain. In the last decade, however, mysterious declines in bee populations...
Why Are More Kids Living At Home Into Their 30’s
According to a Pew Research Center study released this month, living with parents has become the most common arrangement for Americans aged 18–34. Before this year, the percentage of young people living with a partner was most common. From the 1940s through the 1960s, and today That isn’t to say that more young people are staying home than ever before. Thirty-five...
What Are Those Squiggly Eye Floaters? Do I Need to Be Concerned?
Our field of vision opens up a whole new world, allowing us to experience colors, familiar faces, breathtaking landscapes, and everything in between. The gift of sight is something we often take for granted — well, until we notice that something just isn't quite right. Have you ever experienced small, squiggly floaters in your eyes? Similar to these? These mysterious, almost...
Tame Your Wild Gut With Ginger
To many people, nausea is one of the worst, most-dreaded feelings in existence. Whether it's from food poisoning, a seasonal bug, or motion sickness, just the thought of a churning gut and stomach acid welling up in your throat is enough to make spines shiver. In order to combat this icky feeling when it occurs, some of us turn...
5 North American Landmarks In Danger From Climate Change
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” The words of poet Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus” are mounted inside the Statue of Liberty, giving voice to the spirit of this magnificent gift from France. However, the “mighty woman with a torch” is just one of several major landmarks now in danger from climate change...
[UPDATED] Toddler Snatched By Alligator At Disney Resort
Another incredibly sad story emerges from Orlando after a toddler is attacked in a lagoon at a Disney hotel near Orlando. Despite the father’s efforts to save his 2-year-old son from the alligator’s jaws, the boy was taken. UPDATE 8:34pm ET: Officials now say the boy has been found nearby and is intact but dead, likely drowned by the same gator. Gator swims...
Should All Women Have Children?
I was eight years old when I decided I didn't want to have kids. I was at the swimming pool, watching kids run around, and I understood then that I wanted to be an artist or a writer and do something good for the world. Since then, I've faced all sorts of pressure to have children, though I suspect much...
