Jun 30, 2015 10:14AM
Our food supply depends on the quality of our topsoil, and with strategies as simple as a rain garden and paving stones, we can start to protect it right at home.
Dwelling on a stressful event—such as a public speaking performance—raises levels of C-reactive protein, an inflammation marker linked to heart disease.
Lowe’s Home Improvement says it will phase out sales of neonicotinoid pesticides, a leading factor in the disastrous global bee decline.
Scientists have found that letting high-risk children eat peanuts before their first birthday sharply slashes their allergy risk.
Trees, grass, apples and bananas are among the genetically modified products entering the biosphere and the marketplace.
Just 15 minutes of mindfulness meditation a day lowered four markers of hypertension in a study of 15 African-American men.
A study of 3 million people concluded that people that are lonely and isolated have as great a risk of early death as heavy smokers, alcoholics and the obese.
British veterinarians found that cats do indeed pick at their food in hot weather—eating 15 percent less—and logically eat more in winter.
May 29, 2015 10:12AM
All kinds of berries protect brain cells from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), known as “bad cholesterol”, was reduced by 60 percent when overweight adults added an avocado to a moderate-fat diet.
Having two drinks a day in one’s 50s and 60s increases the risk of stroke by a third and lowers the age at which it occurs, Swedish researchers have found.
In just two months of three-times-a-week yoga classes, older adults improved their cognitive functions, reaction times and working memory.
Chinese researchers report that acupuncture and a prescribed heat therapy were 89 percent effective in treating symptoms of benign enlarged prostate.
Efforts are underway to recruit and train veterans to work on small farms for both financial and therapeutic reasons.
Eight square miles a day of irrigated land is vanishing worldwide due to low rainfall and poor agricultural practices.
To combat rising sea levels and absorb more water, the port city of Hamburg, Germany, is creating 27 square miles of linked green space
Abuse and torture of animals is now classified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as being on a par with homicide.
Once an importer of 70 percent of the world’s electronic and plastic waste, China recently decided to prohibit certain plastics; it puts new pressure on U.S. recycling programs.
Small organic molecules that absorb sunlight have been harnessed by scientists to produce power when built into windows and mobile devices.
Ants won’t bother your picnic or barbecue if you use natural materials like cinnamon and garlic to keep them at bay.
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