The headline might be more dramatic than the original: “Species’ extinction threat grows”. But it’s more to the point. If they are dying faster, nature is changing faster. Humans can not adapt to an environment much different from the one we inhabit, especially in terms of temperature, moisture, oxygen. But mostly, we’ll just run out …
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Category:7 Holonics and Life
Curry for cancer, arthritis and dementia
It seems that tumeric can fight cancer, as well as arthritis and dementia. Tests by cancer researchers show that a compound curcumin tumeric kills off gullet cancer cells in the lab. Dr McKenna said “Scientists have known for a long time that natural compounds have the potential to treat faulty cells that have become cancerous …
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Are we saying goodbye to privacy in EU? and the world?
Norway, a member state of the EU, makes most tax information available to the public for free, online and with analysis tools. You can compare incomes and wealth of celebrities, friends, yourself. You can see where people live. There are positive aspects to this open approach to disclosure – it supports a more egalitarian economy. …
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Nurture emotional intelligence at primary level
Further research has been released supporting the benefits of nurturing emotional intelligence rather than cognitive intelligence up till age six. This means that education should focus on games, music, art, social skills, teamwork, nature appreciation, experiential learning rather than maths, reading and writing which can be picked up gently rather than force feeding and entrance …
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Hunger still kills people.
A child dies of hunger every 6 seconds. A nasty statistic that we’d rather ignore. The latest Hunger Report by The International Food Policy Research Institute shows that there are far more people hungry than we imagine. We, who enjoy cars, TV, wifi, chocolate and junk food should be ashamed. Maybe we would be if …
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Magnetricity demonstrated
The world of electro-magnetism appears to overlap the world of spirituality. We’ve know for a couple of centuries that electricity creates a magnetic field. Now researchers have demonstrated magnetic particles behaving like electricity to conduct a charge. It’s demonstrated at the atomic level and in very cold conditions so we’re not going to start lighting …
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Sweets for children = violence in adults
The report is full of maybes, but the message is clear: children who are given sweets daily have poor self-control and tend to become unhappy, violent adults. It’s not just the red ones either. Parents know that red food colour has a tendency to make children frenetic and irritable, but this study illustrates the consequences …
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The recession has not slowed humanity’s consumption of the planet.
You would have thought that an economic recession, which has slowed spending, raised unemployment and impacted trade, would have had a beneficial effect on humanity’s ecological footprint. But it has not. The Consumption Explosion continues. Humanity’s footprint is still as large as ever. Today is “ecological debt day”, the day that humanity has used the …
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Happy Planet Index 2.0
See here the Happy Planet Index by NEF (pdf).
Smoking bans’ benefits greater than expected.
Two new studies report that smoking bans cut the number of heart attacks in Europe and North America by up to a third. This “heart gain” is far greater than both originally anticipated and the 10% figure recently quoted by England’s Department of Health. Second-hand smoke is thought to increase the chances of a heart …
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