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Francis Angevine

The brain consumes half of a child's energy -- and that could matter for weight gain: New paper proposes that variation in brain energy expenditure during childhood could be linked to obesity risk

we have no idea how much the brain's energy expenditure varies between kids. This is a huge hole in our understanding of energy expenditure.

Plate tectonics may have driven 'Cambrian Explosion'

A team of scientists have given a fresh insight into what may have driven the "Cambrian Explosion" -- a period of rapid expansion of different forms of animal life that occurred over 500 million years ago. While a number of theories have been put forward to explain this landmark period,

New research shows an iceless Greenland may be in our future

"How Greenland will look in the future -- in a couple of hundred years or in 1,000 years -- whether there will be Greenland, or at least a Greenland similar to today, it's up to us"

Human migration in Oceania recreated through paper mulberry genetics: Humans carried the plant, used to make barkcloth, as they colonized new islands across Oceania

The colonization of the remote, long-uninhabited Pacific islands has fascinated early European explorers, current scientists and members of Pacific Island communities today.

Mental Health Problems—The Sad “New Normal” on College Campuses

College campuses are witnessing record levels of student mental health problems, ranging from depression and anxiety disorders to self-injurious behaviors and worse.

Rebirth of an Ancient Calling: The Modern Medicine Woman

The following essay is excerpted from Psychedelic Mysteries of the Feminine, edited by Maria Papasyrou, Chiara Baldini, and David Luke, published by Inner Traditions.

The Neoliberal Disaster of US Healthcare

Imagine if a political party in the UK included in its manifesto a pledge to increase public spending on the NHS by 55%! Such a pledge would be derided by Neoliberals as being delusional accompanied by the TINA claim that the only way forward is privatizing the NHS in order

Gates Foundation Funded Fact-Checker POLITIFACT censors GreenMedInfo on Facebook for Reposting Accurate Vaccine Meme

Yet another independent media outlet is attacked for sharing content that questions vaccines..

Yoga Nidra: The Yoga of Sleep

Yoga Nidra is a form of meditation that seeks to help you understand yourself by truly learning to experience yourself as pure Awareness. Yoga Nidra uses like keen attention and deliberate relaxation to leverage the rational concept we have placed around our Self