Believing In Activism Is How We Win
Enlisting more people to step up to participate and support activism—even at long odds—is the only way to win.
Good News Headlines 10/2/18
The first large-scale operation to scoop waste plastic from the Pacific Ocean has set off from San Francisco.
What Is Melatonin? Meet The Miracle Hormone
Sleep. It’s absolutely essential to our health and happiness. But, did you know that there’s a vital hormone that makes a tremendous impact on our ability to sleep and the quality of the sleep we enjoy?
Injecting Wastewater Underground Can Cause Earthquakes Up To 10 kilometers Away
Earthquakes in the central and eastern United States have increased dramatically in the last decade as a result of human activities.
What A Society Designed For Well-Being Looks Like
Research has shown that economic inequality could be a significant contributor to mental illness.
Medicare For All And The Myth Of The 40% Physician Pay Cut
A single payer system works by cutting administrative waste, not doctors’ income.
We Know The Wrong Way To Deal With E-Waste. But What Should We Do Instead?
A handful of firms around the world are working to develop environmentally responsible recycling and disposal strategies. Here’s what they have to teach the rest of us.
Good News Headlines 9/25/18
Celebrity chef Jose Andres has been on the ground in the Carolinas this week, helping victims of Hurricane Florence. As a "food first responder," Andres was also in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria tore through the island a year ago…
To See The Full Brutality Of ICE’s Impact On Immigrants, Look Inside U.S. Borders Too
The policy of separating children from their parents at U.S. borders pursued by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has been the target of significant outrage and condemnation over the past few months.
Want To Live Longer? Consider The Ethics
Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer than they do naturally – may one day be possible.
How Silence Leads Us To Awe
A Buddhist lama and an ex-priest discuss the benefits of turning off the noise in our daily lives.
Pittsburgh Food Rescue Nonprofit Expands Nationally
In less than two years, Pittsburgh's 412 Food Rescue has recovered over four million pounds of surplus food, recruited a fleet of over 4,000 volunteer drivers, and pioneered a more efficient and effective way to source and distribute fresh food that would otherwise end up in landfills.
Generation Zapped
Mankind evolved on a planet where background microwave radiation was infinitesimal. Today, most live in a sea of microwave radiation and radiofrequencies (RF) emitted from wireless technologies…
Some Of The Billions Of Organisms That Keep Our Soil Healthy
Long overlooked as just dirt beneath our feet, soil has taken on increasing importance as we recognize its fundamental role in everything from agriculture to climate change to human health. So, too, with the organisms that call it home.
Good News Headlines 9/18/18
Hoover Dam is the focus of a distinctly 21st-century challenge: turning the dam into a vast reservoir of excess electricity, fed by the solar farms and wind turbines that represent the power sources of the future.
6 Questions You Can Ask A Loved One To Help Screen For Suicide Risk
Death by suicide isn’t always related to depression. Relationship, job and legal problems can give rise to feelings of hopelessness. Six screening questions may help.
Placebos Can Work Even When You Know You’re Taking A Dummy Pill
The placebo-effect, in which a patient believes he or she is getting an actual drug and subsequently improves despite receiving no active substance at all, has become a well-recognized phenomenon.
What The Grieving Mother Orca Tells Us About How Animals Experience Death
For many weeks, news of a mother orca carrying her dead infant through the icy waters of the Salish Sea captured the attention of many around the world.
First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Here’s how indigenous leaders pulled together a grassroots movement to resist the pipeline expansion.
Why Defending Indigenous Rights Is Integral To Fighting Climate Change
Historic Protecting Mother Earth Conference brings together hundreds of Indigenous Peoples from around the world to assert Indigenous rights as a climate change solution.
The Wealthiest Man Is Also One Of The Largest Welfare Recipients
The middle class subsidizes the wealthiest person in the world, while his workers struggle to put food on the table.
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December 28, 2025
Energy levels remain buoyant under the waxing Aries Moon. Appetites grow larger as the Moon tests expansive Jupiter this afternoon. Enthusiasm also swells. Sports fans are boisterous. Minds are keen for knowledge and...
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