A chance discovery at a cemetery in Ithaca, New York has led scientists to uncover one of the largest known aggregations of ground-nesting bees ever recorded, with an estimated 5.5 million individuals of the species Andrena regularis living beneath the soil.
When you bow to another, are you really bowing to them with all your being, or are you just going through the motions? If you are committed to living the word, then it’s okay to say it. In fact, if you understand and really mean it, then it’s good to say namaste.
This introductory Core Energetics weekend offers a supportive, experiential space to explore who you are and how you show up, guided by seasoned faculty.
May 1: Questions about money, power, caring and sharing resonate deeply under this afternoon’s commanding full Moon in Scorpio. Overstepping leaders and bosses as well as demanding partners could be on the defensive while Pluto tests the opposing Sun and…
Many consumers who reverted to plastic bags during Covid have been slow to switch back to alternatives. Individuals can play an important role. We can promote the use of reusable bags and encourage friends and family to make the switch.
As I sit on the cusp of letting go of old patterns (and fading hair color), what emerges is a confidence and knowing that my decision is truly mine. No outside influence, no second guessing myself and no longer afraid to shine.
We often misunderstand or are confused by the tragedies of life because they make no sense to us. If we understand that we are unconditional love, we will look at situations differently, and accept that the only person we can control is ourselves.
How many deaths could be prevented if people moved just five to 10 more minutes per day or sat 30 to 60 minutes less? This isn't about marathon training. It's about realistic, bite-sized changes that fit into your current routine.
Mexico’s 120 million citizens will begin to enjoy free, universal access to healthcare from next year, following a decree by socialist president Claudia Sheinbaum. The landmark policy will unify a fragmented and unequal system that has left many unable to receive care.
Women working in same-gender groups face a “collaboration penalty” that solo women escape. Research finds that this pattern holds across venture capital, professional sports, health care and entertainment.
When we stop moving, bones interpret it as a signal that they’re no longer needed and begin to fade away. When we challenge them, they thicken, harden, and renew themselves. Even in old age, this feedback loop can be reawakened.
When you take the spirits into account, things just start to go better — crops are healthier, animals thrive, you have fewer problems with pests, weather may be more favorable, and you may even suffer fewer accidents and breakdowns.
Exposure to plants improves mood, reduces stress perception and increases the sense of comfort in indoor environments. In other words, the presence of greenery makes spaces feel more alive and less artificial, which influences how people think and feel.
Chemicals may get into tampons and other menstrual products in a number of ways; we found lead present in all 30 tampons we tested.
Over Easter weekend, a vast livestream audience tuned in to celebrate something spectacular unfolding 145 feet up a pine tree in southern California’s San Bernardino national forest – the hatchings of two bald eagle chicks.
In the 21st century, I imagine angels will by and large be what they have always been, but it is we who will be different. To see ourselves as angels see us, as fellow creative beings and potential partners, is a liberating gift and a challenge to our own self-images.
The research consistently points toward exactly what every tribal culture already knew: that meaning and belonging are not separate things, that you can’t have one without the other, and that neither of them can be delivered through a screen or legislated into existence.
Spiritual practices don’t automatically generate a sense of wonder and harmony every time you use them. However, from what I’ve seen, even a short time spent in a state of awe and awareness using a spiritual practice can change your life in ways you might not have considered.
Only two states require climate education in science curriculums, so, your child is no slacker if the education being taught is "slacking"!
For most kids, you can’t beat a trip to the zoo. Now animals are streaming into 400 children’s hospitals from San Diego Zoo’s dedicated 24-hour channel for those unfortunate kids whose immune systems are too weak to endure such an excursion; instead, they have the chance to experience it from their hospital beds.
He very much surprised me by saying, yes, there was one best piece of advice, one most important thing across all the varieties of human pathology and suffering and achievement and relationship. So naturally, I asked what it was.
Seemingly harmless habits can have unintended consequences. When something as simple as a pillow starts affecting the body in ways most people never consider, it’s worth paying attention — especially for older adults who are keeping an “eye” on their health.
There are many ways to help migrating birds, or any bird, stay safe while in flight. The following are things for both residential and commercial buildings. Some are very easy and inexpensive, but the lives saved are priceless.
An ‘extraordinary event’ for mountain gorillas has been reported as conservationists celebrate a second twin birth just two months after another set was discovered in Virunga National Park. Barely 250 mountain gorillas were left in the 1970s, and many thought the animals faced extinction.
Breath is simply waiting for you to be aware of it, to use it and harness its powers to shift your reactions, your thoughts, your emotional charges, and your trauma. Breath can be used to regulate hormones, shift nervous system responses, clear trauma, and stop repetitive, totally unhelpful thought cycles.
We see that we will leave this life without any part of our physical form, including opinions, beliefs, likes/dislikes. In that awareness, there is no separation. When the illusion of “other” falls away, compassion and love emerge, and the full light of source energy shines through us all.
April 1: Rabbit! Rabbit! A cascade of possibilities unfolds throughout this fast-paced day. Tune in to your dreams and early morning hunches. These premonitions can prove uncannily accurate and indispensable throughout the busy daytime hours. Tonight, the brilliantly illuminating energies…
Floating solar farms operate similarly to ground-mounted farms. Devices keeping the system buoyant sit on top of the water, cooling the panels, which increases efficiency.
Ask a question about any aspect of your being. What a gift that is for any soul willing to connect to spirit; ask the question and then allow the answer to come forth through your own hand.
Rather than viewing the body as a collection of isolated systems, chakra psychology examines how emotional experience, identity, safety, power, connection, and purpose are stored and expressed through the body's energetic and neurological centers.
Fred Rogers Productions and Little Dot Studios have teamed to bring Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood to a dedicated YouTube channel that will make the wonder, kindness, and human connection of the series more discoverable and accessible than ever.
Quiet courage can look like hesitation. It can look like doubt. It can even look like weakness. But sometimes it’s the difference between walking away from a room full of “chaos” and discovering a room full of brilliance.
Our members of Congress craft special provisions to exempt foreign-owned meat producers from animal welfare rules our states voted for! Please take just 30 seconds to add your voice saying, "No!"
I am weeding among the flower beds blooming amok with irises, nasturtiums, pink and purple anemones and California poppies when the siren — the first of many — shatters the repose. My body jolts upright, cellular memory reawakened from the terrible months after October 7th.
Nothing like this spring has been seen in generations. We are on the cusp of a reimagined world. On April 25th, Uranus returns to Gemini, a planet associated with progressive social movements, libertarian philosophies and cutting edge technologies.
We are powerful energetic creators sending out an energetic signal. The energy of the spoken word and of our thoughts sends out a unique energetic frequency to the universe. Be clear and precise with your request, then sit back and watch the universe create it for you.
Teachers on Reddit making a teacher salary with “teacher mental health needs” shared the affordable and no-cost mental health resources they discovered to help them stay well on a small budget after refusing to pay $175/hour.
I want to go back to the miracle of no longer enjoying blaming the past and identifying with my wound. Perhaps the exhaustion of being a victim for so many years left me immune, although saying this is unfair: I have worked throughout my life to stop being “my wound.”
The convergence of ancient wisdom and modern science points to one profound truth: The heart is more than a physical organ. It is the seat of our emotions, a center of communication, and a key player in our health.
Long before the mind assembles an explanation, the body registers strain, misalignment, and truth. A tightening in the chest, a heaviness in the gut, a fatigue that doesn’t lift with rest. These signals arrive quietly, without argument, without justification.
New elephant ambulance marks its inaugural rescue mission, bringing a 27-year-old to the hospital with a leg injury in Uttar Pradesh, India. The specially designed truck is built to move elephants in a way that protects both them and everybody else on the road.
The idea of quiet clean drones replacing noisy fireworks that leave a trail of toxic chemicals and paper behind is an idea whose time has come. However, we humans are slow to change, and nothing acts slower than government.
While Minnesotans rose up to oppose the surge in the streets, doctors and nurses have quietly operated informal, underground medical networks, dodging detection to care for patients at home.
I stood there in the darkness slowly munching my stalk of celery. I wondered if this is why animals eat grass; maybe it’s to help their digestive systems. By the time I had finished the stalk my heartburn had subsided. This was shocking!
Understanding that your immune system never stops managing tattoo pigment raises a natural follow-up question: what exactly is it managing? The answer lies in ink chemistry — and it's more industrial than most people realize.
People who reported frequently encountering, commenting on or sharing political content online consistently exhibited the highest overall levels of political stress in our survey, compared with those who primarily consumed political information passively and without engaging.
Louisiana is among the worst-performing states in maternal and infant health outcomes. So, New Orleans is trying to catch health issues early — and get families off to an easier start — by adding home health visits during the crucial first months of life.
Have you ever looked at a person and felt their bad mood, or felt a person enter a room before you’ve seen them? Now you can scientifically explain how you know these things. As science progresses and human minds reach outside their comfort zones, we see science explaining the unexplainable more and more every day.
The good arm can be strengthened. In a newly published research in the journal JAMA Neurology, it was found that training the less-impaired arm in people living with chronic stroke can improve everyday hand function.
At seventy-eight, I carry more gratitude than certainty that nonviolence will prevail, yet I live with the unshakable conviction that violence, its alternative, must be resisted, especially during this tumultuous period in American history.
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