Every Act a Ceremony
The following article was originally published on CharlesEisenstein.org I met a woman a few weeks ago who works with a Kogi mama, or shaman, from the Sierra Nevada of Colombia.
Dan Simmer
Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles' tails regenerate
It has long been known that some animals can regrow their tails following amputation -- Aristotle observed this in the fourth century B.C.
Polymers jump through hoops on pathway to sustainable materials
Most consumer plastics are blends of linear polymers..
Galaxy blazes with new stars born from close encounter
The right side of the galaxy is ablaze with star formation, shown in the plethora of young blue stars and star-incubating pinkish nebulas..
New Study Finds Chemicals In Sunscreen Break Through Your Skin & Seep Into Your Bloodstream
A new study, one out of many, has shown that it takes less than a day for the chemicals within sunscreen to penetrate the skin and enter into ones bloodstream, beyond levels that are considered safe.
New clues about how ancient galaxies lit up the Universe
Researchers report on observations of some of the first galaxies to form in the universe, less than 1 billion years after the big bang (or a little more than 13 billion years ago)..
Broccoli sprout compound may restore brain chemistry imbalance linked to schizophrenia
They say the results advance the hope that supplementing with broccoli sprout extract, which contains high levels of the chemical sulforaphane, may someday provide a way to lower the doses of traditional antipsychotic medicines needed to manage schizophrenia symptoms, thus reducing unwanted side effects of the medicines. "It's possible that
Explosions of universe's first stars spewed powerful jets
These first stars were likely immense, short-lived fireballs, and scientists have assumed that they exploded as similarly spherical supernovae.
A comprehensive map of how Alzheimer's affects the brain: Analysis of genes altered by the disease could provide targets for new treatments
This analysis could offer many potential new drug targets for Alzheimer's, which afflicts more than 5 million people in the United States.
Human influence on global droughts goes back 100 years, NASA study finds
The study, published in the journal Nature, compared predicted and real-world soil moisture data to look for human influences on global drought patterns in the 20th century.
Duck-billed dinosaurs: Evolutionary bursts led to weird and wonderful head crests
Called the 'sheep of the Mesozoic'as they filled the landscape in the Late Cretaceous period, hadrosaurs walked on their hind legs and were known for their powerful jaws with multiple rows of extremely effective teeth.
They also had hugely varied head display crests that signalled which species each belonged to
Why you love coffee and beer
Scientist Marilyn Cornelis searched for variations in our taste genes that could explain our beverage preferences, because understanding those preferences could indicate ways to intervene in people's diets. To Cornelis' surprise, her new Northwestern Medicine study showed taste preferences for bitter or sweet beverages aren't based on variations in our
Running may have made dinosaurs' wings flap before they evolved to fly: New evidence suggests that passive wing flapping may have arisen earlier than gliding flight
The findings, published in PLOS Computational Biology, provide new insights into the origin of avian flight, which has been a point of debate since the 1861 discovery of Archaeopteryx.
Water found in samples from asteroid Itokawa: Up to half of Earth's ocean water may have come from impacts by asteroids
The team's findings suggest that impacts early in Earth's history by similar asteroids could have delivered as much as half of our planet's ocean water.
Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean
"Thinking of arsenic as not just a bad guy, but also as beneficial, has reshaped the way that I view the element," said first author Jaclyn Saunders, who did the research for her doctoral thesis at the UW and is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution