Some habits are really good to have- brushing your teeth, exercising regularly, and eating lots of fruits and vegetables all keep you healthy and feeling your best. Bad habits, however, are easy to form and hard to get rid of. Some bad habits are fairly obvious- smoking, nail-biting, or staying up until three o’clock in...
Have you ever experienced a radiating pain starting from your lower back that extends all the way down one or both of your legs? If yes, then whether you knew or not, you were likely experiencing sciatic nerve pain. (1) This condition affects anywhere from 10% to 40% of the population, so you are not...
According to the National Sleep Foundation, adults should get between seven and nine hours of sleep every night. Teenagers need 8.5 to 9.5 hours, and school-age children need between ten and eleven hours [1]. Unfortunately for many of us, sleep can sometimes be elusive, and sleep problems are common. Some of us have trouble falling...
I can’t be the only one who didn’t know dolphins could be completely pink. Could albinism get any more adorable? Dolphins are some of the sweetest and friendliest animals in nature. Many of us grew up reading stories of dolphins rescuing drowning sailors in turbulent seas. Dolphins generally make people feel positive emotions of love...
Home milk deliveries from local dairies and creameries used to be a part of the daily routine for many families up to the 1950s and ’60s. However as it became easier and cheaper to purchase milk from the store, the milkman began to disappear. Now, a change in consumer behavior is bringing back the milkmen....
After decades of aircraft design staying the same, the future of flying might just be here. Meet the new flying-v prototype from Royal Dutch Airlines. The Flying-V From KLM A scaled model of Royal Dutch Airline’s (KLM) new airplane design has undergone its first-ever test flight. Called the Flying-V after it’s v-shaped design, this may...
Sometimes to get a job done you just have to do it yourself. That’s exactly what this Toronto man did when his community garden was in desperate need of new park stairs. Now, the city has threatened to tear it down. Toronto Man Builds Park Stairs In the summer of 2017, Adi Astl of Etobicoke...
Brazilian scuba diver Bartolomeo Bove has proven to the world in an incredible video that the largest species of snakes, the giant, green anaconda, are not aggressive as they are often misunderstood to be. In the Formoso river of Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil, Bove and his friend Juca Ygarape were scuba diving when...
Have you ever found mold on your bread, scraped it off, or cut it away and still ate it? Or, did you toss that slice but then grab another slice from the same loaf? Well, I hate to be the one to tell you, but you could potentially be ingesting some pretty bad toxins –...
A university student from the United Kingdom, aged 21, has suffered heart failure and near death after consuming four energy drinks a day over a period of 24 months. His excessive use of energy drinks left him in the intensive care unit and unable to continue his studies. 21 year old suffers heart failure: the...
Women are the subject of unwanted sexual advances and physical contact all the time. Despite this, they often have a hard time being believed. In 2018 Swiss beverage company Schweppes teamed up with Brazilian advertising agency Ogilvy to create dresses that records groping. This is their “Dress for Respect” project. (1) Dress For Respect: Dresses...
About 17 miles away from Mount Rushmore, rests a monument for a Native American hero. Crazy Horse was the leader of Oglala Lakota who fought in many famous battles of the American Indian Wars, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn where he killed General Custer. He fought to defend Oglala land, but eventually, he...
