Summertime is the time for travel for most families. The kids are out of school, the weather is great, and you need a break from work to regenerate. So where do you go? Chances are you want a place that entertains the kids while still providing a relaxing and hopefully pampering atmosphere for you. If…
Ever go to a concert and not dance? Try to stand there during a concert with a funky beat and not move your body. Difficult? It appears you aren’t alone. Mitochondria have a hard time not moving in their environment as well, but it isn’t a serious beat keeping them oscillating. Instead, the oscillations are…
Imagine having your parents call the police to implement any disciplinary actions? In my upper middle class neighborhood, the police department would have come and had a good laugh with my parents while trying to scare the s*** out of me, at worst, but never would they have arrested me. My brother took my parents…
Sometimes it is a good idea to step away from our daily grind and get a bit of perspective on things. If we pay attention, nature has a way of resetting our minds and our spirits. Have a look at this spectacular video from Nature on the structure of our Universe. Brent Tully, an astronomer at…
As Betsy DeVos, the new Secretary of Education, plots and plans the future funding of our public schools, we should take a look at the system she wants to install, vouchers and charter schools. Currently, there are 14 states, and the District of Columbia, that have voucher systems. They include: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia,…
“Some players have questioned whether soccer is having a concussion crisis, similar to American football. The issue of dementia in soccer began drawing attention after the death of British player Jeff Astle in 2002 at the age of 59.” By Meera Senthilingam and Nadia Kounang, CNN
February 8, 2017, FDA issues recall alert: “The food recall warning issued on February 3, 2017 has been updated to include additional products. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation. Loblaw Companies Limited is recalling PC Organics brand baby food pouches from the marketplace because they may…
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society team up again for the Great Backyard Bird Count, an online real-time citizen-science project to gather data on wild birds. What better way to get your kids into nature, or just your backyard, and contribute to a worldwide science project? Spend 15 minutes for one or more…
“There’s some long-term things you may not have considered.” Source: The science of spanking: What happens to some spanked kids when they grow up?
Amanda Ripley decided it was time to gather more data and find out why kids in the U.S. were not performing as well as kids in the top 15 countries, but in order to do so, she had to do something other reporters had never done. ARVE