How Indigenous Knowledge Is Transforming The March For Science
“Indigenous peoples were always scientists. Their lives depended on it."
How Climate Change Is Impacting Vermont’s Maple Sugar Industry
With production values totaling US$59.7 million in 2016, maple is big business in the state of Vermont.
3 Research-Based Things A Doctor Says Should Be Part Of Your Weight Loss Efforts
Imagine that you are running a company, but you cannot get to your goal because all of your good workers keep quitting.
Mothers Dying After Childbirth Is A Medical Issue—But Cultural, Too
Even as the U.S. rate of infant mortality has decreased, the rate of maternal mortality has increased. Here’s what male-dominated medicine has to do with it.
How Mind Body Approaches Reduce Blood Pressure Better Than Medication
Decades of research continue to unravel the relaxation response--the physiological and psychological opposite of the well-known fight-or-flight stress response that can be achieved through relaxation techniques like yoga or mediation--can reduce blood pressure in people with hypertension.
What Will We Do With All Those Solar Panels When Their Useful Life Is Over?
As solar power booms, businesses are exploring ways to ensure valuable components don’t end up in landfills.
Good News Headlines 4/17/18
The New Zealand government will grant no new offshore oil exploration permits in a move that is being hailed by conservation and environmental groups as a historic victory in the battle against climate change…
5 Places To View Pre-Colonial America
The ancient history of this country is often overlooked. Here are landmarks significant to Indigenous people that were renamed by white settlers.
10 Unneeded Healthcare Treatments
Diagnostic tests are better than ever but they pick up conditions that might be perfectly harmless, forcing us to rethink when things are best left alone.
A New Poor People’s Campaign Is Gearing Up To Launch On Mother’s Day
A major new report makes the case for a ‘fusion movement’ against systemic racism, poverty and inequality, militarism and the war economy, and ecological devastation.
In Search Of Safe Replacements For Harmful Chemicals Used In Cookware, Carpets, Clothing, Cosmetics And More
After ditching two notoriously toxic compounds, manufacturers subbed in other versions of their chemical class. But are they any better?
How Big Wireless War-Gamed The Science On Risks, While Making Customers Addicted To Their Phones
A conversation with Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation’s environment correspondent and investigative editor, who co-authored a major new exposé, “How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe.”
Good News Headlines 4/10/17
A Massachusetts state education board unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a resolution against arming teachers in the state.
BEC Or Eggplant Extract: Stunning New Way To Flush Away Skin Cancer
There are reports that extracts of plants from the Solanaceae family of vegetables are effective for treating cancer dating back nearly 200 years to 1825.
Self-Compassion, Self-Care
What is compassion to you? Is it the simple practice of opening your heart? Of appreciation and gratitude?
How To Get More Out Of Your Kitchen Stash And Minimize Your Trash
Learn to trust yourself more and worry less about the date labels on your food.
5 Indigenous Women Asserting The Modern Matriarchy
They’re reclaiming the tradition of female leadership and turning the old, white, male-dominated perspective of history on its head.
Can Food-Focused Medicine Cure Food-Related Disease?
So-called “modern” food, produced through industrialized, chemical-intensive farming practices, is causing a host of chronic, hard-to-diagnose and hard-to-treat health problems in children and adults, say Michelle Perro, MD and Vincanne Adams, PhD, authors of What’s Making Our Children Sick?
Good News Headlines 4/3/18
Every week in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Zibin Guo guides veterans in wheelchairs through slow-motion tai chi poses as a Bluetooth speaker plays soothing instrumental music.
Silver Nanoparticles In Clothing Wash Out – And May Threaten Human Health And The Environment
Humans have known since ancient times that silver kills or stops the growth of many microorganisms. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, is said to have used silver preparations for treating ulcers and healing wounds.
Daily Astrology
February 28, 2026
The overnight period is busy. Retrograde Mercury’s post-midnight conjunction with Venus could stir up pleasant memories. Messages may arrive from longtime acquaintances, some of whom have not been seen or heard...
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