We lost an hour this morning, awaking to an already sunny sky. Some may feel robbed an hour from their day. So why, again, do we do this?
To some degree, we may have Benjamin Franklin to thank.
Why Do We Have Daylight Savings Time?
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Good news! We're eating healthier!
The big news from the 2015 Natural Products Expo West was that the American consumer is buying healthy foods at volumes never seen before. Health and wellness products are achieving three times the sales growth as conventional food products.
A survey conducted by SuperMarket News found that 80 percent of surveyed food-industry wholesalers and retailers had sales growth in health and wellness products. A third of survey respondents reported an astounding 20 percent increase in annual sales!
Gluten- and allergen-free is now top wellness trend
Is rain dependent on soil moisture?
It rains in summer most frequently when the ground holds a lot of moisture. However, precipitation is most likely to fall in regions where the soil is comparatively dry. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at ETH Zurich following an analysis of worldwide data. Their study contributes to a better understanding of soil moisture, a little explored climatic factor.
Tobacco smoke impacts the unborn too
A fetus exposed to tobacco smoke may be at increased risk for diabetes in adulthood, a new study of adult daughters finds. The results will be presented in a poster Saturday, March 7, at ENDO 2015, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in San Diego.
Women whose parents smoked during pregnancy had increased risk of diabetes mellitus independent of known risk factors, adding to the evidence that prenatal environmental chemical exposures can contribute to adult diabetes mellitus.
Las normas de contaminación del aire de la UE ¿Son más débiles que las de China?
A las plantas de energía de Europa, que usan carbón, se les permitirá emitir contaminantes más letales que sus notorias contrapartes chinas, según las propuestas de la Unión Europea (UE) para la nueva normativa de calidad del aire, fuertemente influenciadas por intereses de los grandes productores de energía, de acuerdo con una nueva investigación.
Una investigación de Greenpeace ha encontrado que actualmente se debaten nuevos límites de contaminación de las plantas eléctricas de carbón por parte de la Unión Europea y que son...
Alcoholic Russian Bears may finally get the help they deserve!
Taken in as cubs, two bears have been living in a small trash-ridden cage at a restaurant in Sochi, Russia, for over 20 years. In an effort to help the bears, some local animal advocates notified Anna Kogan, founder of Big Hearts Foundation (BHF), an animal welfare organization that helps animal causes in Russia.
BHF worked along with the Prosecutor General in Sochi to get the bears released and sent to a sanctuary and, on February 3, 2015, the court ruled in favor of the bears.
The Story of Misha and Pasha
Never receiving veterinary care and given inappropriate food–as well as alcohol by restaurant patrons–the two male bears, named Misha and Pasha, have become addicted to alcohol.
