Monarch butterflies depend on milkweed and its poisonous compounds that are deadly to most other insects. But a new study finds global warming may be making the very plant monarch butterflies need to survive too toxic even for them.
As a massage therapist I see a lot of people who are hurting. But, I didn’t expect that it would be a client (an RN), who would put me on my own path to healing.
Researchers at the University of Washington have designed a convenient and natural product that uses proteins to rebuild tooth enamel and treat dental cavities.
Boston-area billionaire hedge fund manager Seth Klarman will now start funding mostly Democrats after a history of giving large donations to Republicans.
“Indigenous peoples were always scientists. Their lives depended on it."
With production values totaling US$59.7 million in 2016, maple is big business in the state of Vermont.
Imagine that you are running a company, but you cannot get to your goal because all of your good workers keep quitting.
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.
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.
As solar power booms, businesses are exploring ways to ensure valuable components don’t end up in landfills.
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…
The ancient history of this country is often overlooked. Here are landmarks significant to Indigenous people that were renamed by white settlers.
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 major new report makes the case for a ‘fusion movement’ against systemic racism, poverty and inequality, militarism and the war economy, and ecological devastation.
After ditching two notoriously toxic compounds, manufacturers subbed in other versions of their chemical class. But are they any better?
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.”
A Massachusetts state education board unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a resolution against arming teachers in the state.
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.
What is compassion to you? Is it the simple practice of opening your heart? Of appreciation and gratitude?
Learn to trust yourself more and worry less about the date labels on your food.
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