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Letter from Publisher

Feb 26, 2021

March is upon is! After the jarring reality of February’s snow and cold, it’s time for a literal breath of spring when a new season officially begins on March 20 at the equinox.

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Saving a Drop to Drink: Our Role in the Coming Water Crisis

Mar 04, 2019 ● By Jim Motavalli

Fresh water supplies are dwindling globally, including in the U.S., yet we can do things on a personal level to help hold onto this finite resource.

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Air Care for Kids: Keeping the Homefront Allergy-Free

Mar 04, 2019 ● By Avery Mack

Kids are especially sensitive to the pollen, chemicals, dust mites, mold and pet dander that cause allergies, but simple strategies can keep these culprits in check.

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Fight Back Naturally When Allergies Put the Bite on Pets

Mar 04, 2019 ● By Sandra Murphy

Because they’re built lower to the ground, our dogs and cats can pick up seasonal allergens on fur from grass, weeds, pollen, lawn chemicals and fleas.

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Meditation and Music Slow Cellular Aging: Mindfulness Combats Memory Loss

Feb 28, 2019

Doing a chanting meditation or listening to classical music can alter biomarkers associated with cellular aging and Alzheimer’s disease in adults with early memory loss.

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Vegetables and Orange Juice Protect Memory: Certain Fruits and Veggies Reduce Memory Loss

Feb 28, 2019

A Harvard study of 27,842 older male health professionals found those that ate the most vegetables and drank the most orange juice suffered less memory loss over a span of two decades.

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Lemon Balm Lowers Blood Pressure, Reduces LDL: Herb Helps Patients with Chronic Stable Angina

Feb 28, 2019

Taking three grams a day of powdered lemon balm for two months significantly improved the condition of Iranian patients with chronic stable angina.

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Rose Hip Reduces Cold Symptoms: Lowers Chances of Occurrence and Severity

Feb 28, 2019

Danes that took two grams of liquid rose hip during the winter had 13 percent fewer colds and less coughing, headaches, stiffness and fatigue when they did get sick.

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Pine Bark Soothes Prostate: Extract Improves Symptoms of BPH

Feb 28, 2019

Italian men with benign prostate hypertrophy that took 150 milligrams a day for two months of a pine bark extract significantly improved in urination frequency, urgency, intermittency and nighttime occurrences.

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Poles Apart: Earth’s Extremities on the Edge

Feb 28, 2019

With the recent years of record-breaking temperatures, both the North Pole and South Pole are melting at alarming levels, say scientists.

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Eco Fill-up: Liquid Fuel Stores Solar Energy

Feb 28, 2019

Swedish scientists are developing a liquid molecule composed of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen that when exposed to sunlight, converts into a new isomer that theoretically can be released later to heat a household.

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Fake Foliage: Bionic Leaf Tops Plants in Photosynthesis

Feb 28, 2019

A new artificial photosynthesis system named Bionic Leaf 2.0 is ten times as efficient as normal plant photosynthesis at converting solar energy to biomass.

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Shocking Development: Oceanic Blasts Harm Ecosystems

Feb 28, 2019

Oil companies are using seismic airguns to find offshore oil and gas deposits from New England to Florida, killing marine wildlife, harming commercial fisheries and disrupting coastal economies.

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Techno Timber: Artificial Wood Resists Fire and Water

Feb 28, 2019

A new, lightweight synthetic wood made of polymer resin and chitosan, a sugar polymer derived from the shells of shrimp and crabs, can withstand fire and water damage.

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Wave This: Planet Earth Has a Flag

Feb 28, 2019

A new planetary flag designed by a Swedish student shows seven rings intertwined on a deep-sea-blue background, forming a flower in the middle.

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