Nature

What Makes Rain Smell So Good?

Source: Smithsonian.com. Step outside after the first storm after a dry spell and it invariably hits you: the sweet, fresh, powerfully evocative smell of fresh rain. If you’ve ever noticed this mysterious scent and wondered what’s responsible for it, you’re not alone. Back in 1964, a pair of Australian scientists […]

Scientist Shows What Happens To ‘Soul’ After Death

Huff Post: by Jahnabi Barooah. In a video that recently aired on “Through the Wormhole” narrated by Morgan Freeman on the TV channel Science, Dr. Hameroff claims, “I believe that consciousness, or its immediate precursor proto-consciousness, has been in the universe all along, perhaps from the Big Bang.” Understanding where consciousness […]

Earthquakes: The map

Source: USGS.GOV Seems like everyday, there is another earthquake. Here is a map of all tracked events. Earthquakes – 7732 in last 30 days M Location Click event below for details Time UTC Lat Lon D km 1.4 10km ESE of Cloverdale, California 2012-09-07 11:57:16 38.772°N 122.900°W 5.9 1.7 58km […]

A chilling recipe for eternal life

RT: What if it takes one single pill to rewind your clock of life? No more health issues, you are no longer getting old… Impossible? According to some, not in the future. And as a Russian cryonics firm insists, they have the way of taking you there. Panacea pill Speaking […]

Satellites reveal sudden Greenland ice melt

Source BBC The surface of Greenland’s massive ice sheet has melted this month over an unusually large area, Nasa has said. Scientists said the “unprecedented” melting took place over a larger area than has been detected in three decades of satellite observation. Melting even occurred at Greenland’s coldest and highest […]

Cranky Old Man

This message, despite being falsely attributed to several sources, hits a universal tone within each of us.   When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value. Later, when the […]

Benefits of Green Roofs

Homesteading/survivalism.com Green roofs are excellent insulators. Studies have shown that a green roof can reduce your cooling costs by 50% and more during the summer months and in the winter your home will retain 15-30% more heat than if you had a conventional roof. On a sunny, 80-degree-F day, a […]

Prescription for health and happiness

The Sudbury Star Do you want to be happier, healthier, and smarter? I have just the prescription for you: add a daily dose of nature to your routine. Over the past decade, researchers from fields as diverse as biology, psychiatry, engineering, horticulture, neuroscience, and medicine have realized what most of […]

5 Minutes Outside Can Boost Your Mood

MSN Health The next time you’re looking for a natural mood elevator, turn to nature itself. Research published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technologyconfirms what anyone who’s experienced a sunny-day high already knows: Nature is almost foolproof at boosting your mood and self-esteem. And, amazingly, it only takes […]