Story at-a-glance It’s long been known that calorie restriction can increase the lifespan of certain animals. More recent research suggests that intermittent fasting can provide the same health benefits as […]
Business Insider: by Dina Specter. A world without honeybees would also mean a world without fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Nearly one-third of the world’s crops are dependent on honeybees for pollination, but over the last decade the black-and-yellow insects have been dying at unprecedented rates both in the United States and abroad. Pesticides, […]
Smithsonian.com: by Joseph Stomberg. You probably don’t feel much remorse when you bite into a raw carrot. You might feel differently if you considered the fact that it’s still living the moment you put it into your mouth. Of course, carrots—like all fruits and vegetables—don’t have consciousness or a central […]
CNN: Editor’s note: This post was created for your reading pleasure as a collaborative effort between the editorial staffs of BuzzFeed and CNN. (BuzzFeed/CNN) — Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former […]
ScienceDaily: Hours spent at the video gaming console not only train a player’s hands to work the buttons on the controller, they probably also train the brain to make better and faster use of visual input, according to Duke University researchers. “Gamers see the world differently,” said Greg Appelbaum, an […]
Can the red-brown spice with the unmistakable fragrance and variety of uses offer an important benefit? The common baking spice might hold the key to delaying the onset of –– […]
theguardian: by Michele Catanzaro. There is much evidence that public views on nanotechnology will be shaped by religious beliefs. If synthetic bacon has never been part of a living pig. Is it still forbidden under Islam’s halal laws? In the science fiction short story Halo, a panel of Muslim scholars discuss a […]
Source: NY Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS WASHINGTON — Countries around the world, including allies of the United States, have used laws on blasphemy and apostasy to suppress political opponents, the State Department said on Monday in an annual report chronicling a grim decline in religious freedom that has resulted in rising […]
ScienceDaily: May 15, 2013 — Women’s immune systems age more slowly than men’s, suggests research in BioMed Central’s open access journalImmunity & Ageing. The slower decline in a woman’s immune system may contribute to women living longer than men. Researchers looked at the blood of healthy volunteers in Japan, ranging in […]
Smithsonian.com To be honest, I’ve never associated motherhood with science. I assume this has everything to do with the fact that I’m one of eight kids, and while I’m sure we were a study in chaos theory, my mother didn’t have much time to nail the concept and work it […]
Source: USA Today By Cathy Lynn Grossman Devotion to Islam shapes the lives of most Muslims but their views on democracy, religious law known as sharia, and family life are varied, a new study finds. The research report on Muslim views on religion, politics and society was released Tuesday by The […]
Epigraph: “Those who believe, and whose hearts find comfort in the remembrance of Allah. Aye! it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts can find comfort; ‘Those who believe and […]
ScienceDaily. Apr. 25, 2013 — In many places around the world, people are living longer and are having fewer children. But that’s not all. A study of people living in rural Gambia, published in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April 25, shows that this modern-day “demographic transition” may lead women to […]
BBC Future: Ever been forced to defend a particular position and ended up believing it? You’ve succumbed to one of the most famous theories in social psychology. If at first you don’t succeed, lower your standards. And if you find yourself acting out of line with your beliefs, change them. […]
by Harun Yahya HUFFINGTON POST The word Islam conjures up a disturbing picture in the minds of some people outside the Muslim world. It is a fact that many in the West imagine Islam to be a faith far removed from modern life, closed to science and that attaches no […]
Source: Digital Journal By Eliott Elwas Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement from the papacy in February 2013. The Pope’s sudden retirement reminds many biblical eschatologists of St. Malachi’s famous prophecies for the 112 Catholic popes. Pope Benedict XVI retired on Thursday, 28 February 2013. He is the first pope […]
Science and Islam is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by Jim Al-Khalili. The series is accompanied by the book Science and […]
Smithsonian.com. At last count, at least 33 people in the world could tell you what they ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner, on February 20, 1998. Or who they talked to on October 28, 1986. Pick any date and they can pull from their memory the most prosaic details of […]
Source: The Local A research vessel carrying German and Taiwanese scientists set sail for waters off the island’s southwestern coast over the weekend in search of methane hydrate, a potentially […]
ScienceDaily. Mar. 27, 2013 — Getting a good night’s sleep isn’t always easy for women at menopause. Exercise may help, but women can have a tough time carving out leisure time for it. The good news from a study published online today in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society, […]