Holistic News on the Web

Magic mushrooms point to new depression drugs The brains of people tripping on magic mushrooms have given the best picture yet of how psychedelic drugs work and British scientists say the findings suggest such drugs could be used to treat depression. Read more » 01/30/2012

Stonehenge Precursor Found? Island Complex Predates Famous Site Home to northern Europe's oldest painted walls, Scottish site was likely colorful too. Read more » 01/29/2012

Pomegranate seed oil 'no better than a placebo' at easing hot flushes (dailymail.com) Study shows menopausal symptoms may be due to psychological as well as hormonal changes. Read more » 01/28/2012

Solar Storms Reach Earth (edmondsun.com) A solar radiation storm and geomagnetic storm were interacting with the earth’s environment. Read more » 01/27/2012

Dolphins May Sleep-Talk in Whale-Song (LiveScience.com) A group of five captive dolphins in France have been recorded making whale-like noises late at night — despite the fact that they have only heard whale sounds as recordings during their daytime dolphin shows. Read more » 01/26/2012

Odd accounts and strange tales orbit around Shasta (LATimes.com) Majestic Mt. Shasta, a 14,162-foot dormant volcano on the southern edge of the Cascade Range, "has always had a spiritual drawing, but it’s getting more and more popular,” said a supervisor in the visitors bureau of the nearby town of Mount Shasta. Read more » 01/25/2012

Why Does Our Universe Have Three Dimensions? (discovery.com) Why do we only experience three spatial dimensions in our universe, when superstring theory, for instance, claims that there are ten dimensions -- nine spatial dimensions and a tenth dimension of time? Read more » 01/24/2012

What tai chi can teach us about work life balance (theglobeandmail.com) People join with the Western determination to master tai chi immediately, and discover it will take time for their body and mind to integrate what they are learning. Read more » 01/23/2012

Complementary medicine - does it work? (telegraph.co.uk) Many degree courses in aromatherapy and acupuncture are being scrapped. Bad news for those of us who benefit from alternative therapies, says Anna Tyzack. Read more » 01/22/2012

Mind, Body and Soul (tribune.com) Body massage, one of oldest forms of therapeutic treatment, is ever so popular in Pakistan where local massage walis make house calls and work the magic of their fingers. Read more » 01/21/2012

Destress your life in 10 easy steps (cnn.com) The gloomy days of January can be the most miserable and stressful of the year, but it doesn't have to be this way. If you follow this ten step guide to destressing your life, then the next few weeks just might become the most serene and fulfilling ones of the year. Read more » 01/20/2012

US Doctor Prescribes Food as Medicine (VOANews.com) Daphne Miller focuses on nutrition to treat modern diseases. Read more » 01/19/2012

Japan's holistic approach to recycling (guim.co.uk) A leading model of waste recovery has achieved an 85% recycling rate and is starting to generate revenue. Read more » 01/18/2012

Why Materialist Science Cannot Explain Near-Death Experiences (theepochtimes.com) Conventional theories are unable to explain near-death experiences. Read more » 01/17/2012

Einstein, Anne Lamott, and Steve Jobs on Intuition vs. Rationality According to these great thinkers, which type of wisdom is more valuable? Read more » 01/16/2012

Debating yoga: Great for you or damaging? All around the country, class is in session. Far from its ancient origins in India, yoga has become a modern day antidote to stress. But its growing popularity is raising alarms. Read more » 01/15/2012

UFO Sightings Skyrocket into 2012 During the first week of 2012, UFO reports streamed in from around the world as numerous eyewitnesses described and videotaped strange things in the sky. Read more » 01/14/2012

Power of acupuncture to ease migraines questioned in study "Sham" acupuncture worked almost as well on migraine patients as three types of traditional acupuncture, a new study says. Read more » 01/13/2012

Mind Reading: Jon Kabat-Zinn Talks About Bringing Mindfulness Meditation to Medicine Meditation isn't just for hippies any more. And it's not all about saying ommmm. Read more » 01/12/2012

ADHD diet study suggests healthy eating might help kids (CBSNews.com) A new review of ADHD diets by pediatric researchers suggests healthy eating could actually help kids reduce their ADHD symptoms. Read more » 01/11/2012

Global Warming? No, Natural, Predictable Climate Change (Forbes.com) An extensively peer-reviewed study published last December in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics indicates that observed climate changes since 1850 are linked to cyclical, predictable, naturally occurring events in Earth's solar system with little or no help from us. Read more » 01/10/2012

Why we ALL have psychic powers (DailyMail.com) Rupert Sheldrake talks about how thought premonitions and telepathy are more common than we think. Read more » 01/09/2012

University of Pittsburgh stem-cell research slows aging (PittsburghLive.com) University of Pittsburgh scientists improved the lifespan of mice with an aging disease by injecting them with normal stem cells, a finding they say underscores the ability of stem cells to repair muscle, bones and injuries. Read more » 01/09/2012

Climate change models flawed, extinction rate likely higher than predicted (CSMonitor.com) As climate change progresses, the planet may lose more plant and animal species than predicted, a new modeling study suggests. Read more » 01/08/2012

Creatures frozen for 32,000 years still alive (MSNBC.com) A new type of organism discovered in an Arctic tunnel came to life in the lab after being frozen for 32,000 years. Read more » 01/08/2012

Geologists say Ohio quakes directly tied to fracking (MSNBC.com) Recent earthquakes in Ohio and Oklahoma have been directly linked to deep wells used to dispose of liquid wastes for hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" of natural gas, according to geological experts. Read more » 01/07/2012

Brisk walk miles better for you than a marathon (Independent.ie) Moderate exercise strengthens the body's defences against nose and throat infections such as the common cold, flu and sinusitis, according to expert Professor Mike Gleeson. But too much exercise might be as bad as too little for the immune system. Read more » 01/07/2012

Is Yoga Bad for You? A Debate (TheAtlanticWire.com) The New York Times Magazine has posted an expose on "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body," detailing rib and back injuries of yoga practices gone awry. Two experts debate the points of the NYT article. Read more » 01/06/2012

2012 Pictures: 6 Maya Apocalypse Myths Debunked (NationalGeographic.com) The end of the world is near—December 21, 2012, to be exact—according to theories based on an purported ancient Maya calendar. Scientists, though, are tripping over themselves to deflate the ballooning hype as the new year dawns. (NASA itself recently felt compelled to issue a comprehensive 2012 fact check.) Read more » 01/06/2012

It's not fiction: Scientists engage "temporal cloaking" device (PittsburghLive.com) A team of physicists at Cornell University has created a wrinkle in time. Actually, it's more like a teeny tiny moth hole in time. Inside it things can occur that are entirely undetectable, at least to ordinary observers. It's as if they never happened. Read more » 01/05/2012