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Scientists call for a plastic cap

Climate scientists call for a plastic diet, asking governments to cap production. 

Tehran wins “world’s most polluted city” in April

The Iranian city now passes as one of the world's most polluted cities, as smog, dust and smoke overcomes it. 

The wild dozen and why you should care about these plants

There are wild ingredients found in your home that are now under threat. Brazil nuts, argan oil, and shea butter are now classified among a dozen wild, threatened and at risk plants known as flagship species that need protecting.

Top Tips On How To Use CBD Products To Boost Sleep

Covid has created a lot of loss, pain, depression and anxiety. Some people have turned to safer self-medicating using CBD, others need help with harder problems.

Are water bongs healthier than smoking?

The water bong is easily associated with a stereotype of "lazy pothead" but it's actually an important low-tech tool for administering cannabis as medicine to the elderly. It's clean, simple and easy to dose quickly and precisely, unlike ingesting which has slow release and sometimes overly powerful effects.

ED Diet: Best & Worst Foods

While it is far more common in older men, erectile dysfunction can strike at any age, and according to many urologists, it can happen for multiple reasons.

Make magical baharat, the 7 spice blend of Middle East cuisine

Baharat is an essential blend you can make at home. It's like a Middle Eastern answer to curry. But distinct.

Why green potatoes are toxic

I love potatoes (especially in Moroccan cooking like mafroum) and coming from an immigrant family from Holland and Scotland, eating potatoes was basically a...

5 Vitamin-Rich Foods To Incorporate Into Your Vegan Diet 

Here is a guide to help vegans find more Vitamin D.

Anti-virals freshen up a woman’s eggs for IVF

"Within a decade, I hope we will be able to increase fertility among older women using anti-viral drugs," shared Klutstein.

What Are All The Various Phases In A Clinical Trial?

In this article, we provide you with all the information that you need to know about clinical trials and their various phases. Read on for the details.

Your baby and air pollution

Your baby's birth weight is affected by air pollution finds a new study.

Tips to get a killer smile

Getting a smile may mean looking to natural solutions.

Microplastics are pairing up with pollutants. This is bad news.

More worrying is that microplastics themselves are not inert, and they have the ability to pull along other environmental toxins with them, amplifying the toxicity effect, finds a new research study. 

Microplastics found in baby poop

But plastics - why should you care if you don't care about turtles choking? It turns out microplastics are terribly bad for you if you consume them and can amplify the effects of other toxins in the environment by clinging to them, found a recent study out of Israel.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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