Could A Dementia Cure Be Just Five Years Away?
If you have ever known anyone who has suffered from dementia, then you know just how terrible of a disease it can be. Can you imagine losing the ability to care for yourself, think for yourself or remember the faces and names of your loved ones? While this may sound too painful to envision, it’s the reality for more...
Jobs Are Back, Yet Millions Still On Food Stamps. Why
The employment rate may have dropped to an eight-year low — 4.9 percent in January 2016 — but the number of food stamp recipients is still high. The numbers are daunting. The program ballooned from under 30 million participants in 2008 to over 47 million in 2013. Participation has been dropping slowly since then, with 45.8 million participants in...
Are You a Distracted Walker? (Don’t Walk and Text)
“I was walking down the street and a guy texting suddenly veered toward me, I had to jump out of the way just to avoid a major accident!” Sound familiar? These days, traveling by foot is no walk in the park. On top of avoiding distracted drivers, there are “distracted walkers” to watch out for. According to the American...
A New “Road Map” To Preventing Food Waste
In the United States, food waste is a gargantuan issue. Individuals and businesses throw away up to 40 percent of the food we produce in this country! Much of this food ends up right in our nation's landfills. So how much food are we talking? According to NPR, “Each year, an estimated 133 billion pounds of food that farmers grow...
7 Strange Facts About Our Presidents You Probably Don’t Know
From late-night drinking sessions to allowing pet alligators to roam through the White House, US presidents have more going on than meets the eye. Here are seven startling presidential facts to ponder this election season: Many of them were hard drinkers — very hard A number of US presidents have had a love affair with the bottle. Abraham Lincoln was...
Under 21 Tobacco Prohibition: Solution Or Desperate Grasp?
If Al Capone taught us anything, it’s that prohibition isn’t effective. But that’s not stopping city governments from upping the minimum smoking age to 21 from 18. The idea is that increasing the minimum age will prevent tobacco addiction that tends to set in during the teen years. The federal government has dragged its heels on the issue, so...
Could Hallucinogenic Drugs Treat Mental Illness?
Hallucinogenic drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms (psilocyn) have been illegal in the US since 1970. They are classified as schedule 1 drugs, “the most dangerous drugs” and of no medical use, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). However, the most recent research is suggesting that hallucinogens may not be as dangerous as once thought. In fact, they might...
It’s Official: NASA Says 2015 Was The Hottest Year In Last 136 Years
When a record is broken, it’s often viewed as a positive accomplishment. In the realm of global temperatures, however, records keep being broken, and it's most certainly not something to celebrate. As the temperature of our planet continues to rise, it’s hard to understand why there are so many people against the concept of climate change and global warming. Since...
Your Christmas Lights = Enough Juice To Run El Salvador
Rein it in, Clark Griswold! We Americans use more electricity lighting up our homes for Christmas than some small countries use in a year. That’s according to a recent report released by Phys.org. Enough electricity to power 14 million refrigerators Animatronic Santas, lights synchronized to music, multiple Christmas trees, glowing nativity scenes, blow-up snowmen, dancing reindeer… the list goes on. We...
They’re Caffeine Junkies Just Like Us + 21 Other Reasons To Love Bees
As you’ve probably heard, the population of bees and other pollinators has been declining in recent years. In fact, according to a recent international study, our buzzing friends are getting closer and closer to extinction. This is a situation we need to do our very best to reverse, as the truth is, our lives would be unimaginably different —...
