Photo©videst/123rf Between Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies and holiday cookies, the end of the year is often packed with opportunities to consume sugar. But what happens in your mouth during those first minutes and hours after eating those sweets? While you’re...

Photo courtesy Maylin Tu/Next City People Are Painting Crosswalks Across L.A. To Protect Pedestrians by Maylin Tu, Reasons to be Cheerful Painting a crosswalk is cheap and easy. A group of neighbors can paint an entire intersection in one morning for $100 or less....

Artwork©HerasymchukVolodymyr/123r When I was in my early 20s, I became curious about my dreams in a new way. I had had vivid and emotionally evocative dreams as a child. I remember some that were particularly intense and, at times, I was intimidated by all that they...

Photo©aberrantrealities/123rf This summer, at dinner with her best friend, Jacki Barden raised an uncomfortable topic: the possibility that she might die alone. “I have no children, no husband, no siblings,” Barden remembered saying. “Who’s going to hold my hand while...

Photo courtesy Do512, FlickrCC, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Dear EarthTalk: Is Joe Rogan right that the planet is actually cooling right now, and we are not in a global warming crisis? —  Bruce P., via email Many media influencers, including Joe Rogan, a comedian and podcaster on...

Artwork©artfirst/123rf Sound waves at frequencies above the threshold for human hearing are routinely used in medical care. Also known as ultrasound, these sound waves can help clinicians diagnose and monitor disease, and can also provide first glimpses of your newest...

Photo©arthit krapee/123rf Colombia Bans All New Oil And Mining Projects In Its Amazon–An Area The Size Of Sweden by Andy Corbley, Good News Network It’s 42% of Colombia’s territory. It’s 7% of the total Amazon Rainforest. It’s the same size as Sweden, and it’s now...

Photo©liudmilachernetska/123rf Chewing a single piece of gum can release up to 3,000 plastic particles directly into your mouth. That’s not a typo. According to researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, even a few minutes of chewing gum exposes you...