Holistic News on the Web
Every black hole contains a new universe
(foxnews.com) Our universe may exist inside a black hole. This may sound strange, but it could actually be the best explanation of how the universe began, and what we observe today. Read more » 05/21/2012
When Your Guru Calls Shotgun
(nytimes.com) By the time we reached the first rest stop, a Burger King in Cle Elum, in central Washington State, I was suffering two anxieties: That I would kill the guru, and that if I didn’t, he would ignore me for the next 3,000 miles. Read more » 05/21/2012
Is healthy food really more expensive?
(msnbc.com) Contrary to popular belief, it can actually cost more to eat badly. In fact, a new government report finds that nutritious foods – such as grains, vegetables, fruit and dairy – typically cost less than items high in saturated fat and added sugars. Read more » 05/20/2012
Unhurtful Thoughts: A Preoccupied Brain Produces Pain-Killing Compounds
(scientificamerican.com) Thinking of something else is a time-honored method for coping with pain. Indeed, psychologists have demonstrated repeatedly that what you think about can modulate the pain you experience. But what's less clear is how exactly that effect plays out in the body. In a study published today in Current Biology, neuroscientists have found that distraction does more than merely divert your mind; it actually sends signals that bar pain from reaching the central nervous system. Read more » 05/20/2012
More Americans using acupuncture for common ailments
(foxnews.com) A new survey demonstrates increasing acceptance and utilization of acupuncture for treatment and health promotion. Overall, the researchers found that between 2002 and 2007 there was a significant increase in the number of patients using acupuncture. Read more » 05/19/2012
Peace of Mind is a Powerful Tool Against Cancer
(medicaldaily.com) Reducing stress can go a long way for cancer patients. Calming techniques like yoga and meditation do wonders to relieve stress during cancer treatments. Read more » 05/19/2012
Reports of near-death experience increase with medical technology
(khou.com Houston) Near-death experiences have been described as peaceful and loving mystical events that will stick with you for the rest of your life, and because of medical technology, now more than ever people are experiencing and coming forward with their near-death stories. Read more » 05/18/2012
Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene Thinks You Might Be a Hologram
(wired.com) Brian Greene, host of the recent PBS special "The Fabric of the Cosmos," is starting to wonder if every object in the universe isn’t some sort of hologram. “Let me just point out, this is a hard idea even for physicists who work on it every day to fully grasp,” says Greene. “We’re still trying to really dot the i’s and cross the t’s and understand in detail what this would mean.” Read more » 05/18/2012
NASA estimates 4,700 'potentially hazardous' asteroids
(cnn.com) About 4,700 asteroids are close enough and big enough to pose a risk to Earth, NASA estimated Wednesday after studying data beamed back from an orbiting telescope. Read more » 05/17/2012
Organic Valley dishes up "grassmilk" to consumers in US West
(reuters.com) The largest provider of organic milk in the U.S. is now offering milk from cows that primarily eat grasses, but never corn, soybeans or other supplemental grains commonly fed to dairy and beef cattle, and the owner is hopeful there's a growing market for it. Read more » 05/17/2012
The Gaia Hypothesis: Is the Earth actually a living 'creature'?
(dailymail.co.uk) A new chemical clue - sulphur - could allow scientists to work out whether Earth is in fact 'alive' - a huge chemical system that in turn sustains us all. Read more » 05/16/2012
9 most sickening food ingredients
(foxnews.com) Besides pink slime and ammonia, what other surprises lurk in the food we eat? That question was put to food safety as well as food manufacturing experts, and it turns out all kinds of things go into refined and processed foods that you wouldn’t willingly put in your mouth. Read more » 05/16/2012
Chinese Researchers Quantum Teleport Photons Over 60 Miles
(forbes.com) Since 1997, researchers have been able to quantum teleport photons with a major record being set by researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China in Shanghai. In 2010, that team successfully teleported a photon over 16km. Now that same team has released new findings, in which they claim to have teleported photons nearly 100km, or over 60 miles. Read more » 05/15/2012
Could Chicken Be Contributing to the Obesity Epidemic?
(huffingtonpost.com) The amount of fat in modern chicken may be five or even 10 times what it used to be, according to a UK-based study published in the journal Public Health Nutrition. Read more » 05/15/2012
Role of Meditation in Brain Development Gains Scientific Support
(nytimes.com) Many meditators believe that the practice has not only expanded the boundaries of their consciousness, but that it also has beneficial effects on their brain. Now more than ever before, studies are being conducted examining possible links between meditation and physical benefits. Read more » 05/14/2012
Global Warming: An Exclusive Look at James Hansen’s Scary New Math
(time.com) A new analysis by the NASA climatologist for the first time ties specific weather events to human-induced climate change. Read more » 05/14/2012
Dalai Lama fears poison plot by fake believers
(msnbc.com) The Dalai Lama says he fears that Chinese agents might send fake devotees to poison him, the Sunday Telegraph reports. Read more » 05/13/2012
What Are The Top 10 Healthy Foods?
(medicalnewstoday.com) Imagine a selection of foods that were delicious, nutritious and good for you - i.e. they reduced your risk of developing diseases. According to several different surveys and sources in North America and Western Europe, these ten foods are generally considered to be the most healthy. Read more » 05/13/2012
A Few of the Paths to a Calmer Life
(nytimes.com) According to a 2007 study by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, meditation was the third-most widely used mind-body therapy among Americans. Read more » 05/12/2012
Studies of alternative medicine not worth the money, prominent researcher says
(mnn.com) The National Institutes of Health should stop funding most studies of complementary and alternative medicine because they are not based on sound science, one prominent researcher argues. But one expert said some studies funded by NCCAM have had results indicating the therapy works better than the placebo, nothing of which is mentioned in Offit's opinion piece. Read more » 05/12/2012
New Mayan Calendar Discovered That Doesn't End in 2012
(theatlanticwire.com) Archeologists have unearthed what they say is the oldest known version of the Mayan calendar and one that doesn't "end" with the Earth's destruction later this year. Read more » 05/11/2012
Canada's Heroic Pets Honoured: Animals' Sixth Sense Saves Lives
(sacbee.com) Animals are gifted with an extraordinary sense of sight, smell, sound and touch. They also seem to have a sixth sense, or intuition, that allows them to pick up on illness and medical emergencies earlier than humans are capable of detecting. Read more » 05/11/2012
Study: Atheists more driven by compassion than highly religious people
(rawstory.com) Highly religious people are less motivated by compassion than atheists, agnostics and less religious people, according to a new study. Read more » 05/10/2012
How Chemicals Affect Us
(nytimes.com) Scientists are observing with increasing alarm that some very common hormone-mimicking chemicals can have grotesque effects. Read more » 05/10/2012
Seaweed: Should people eat more of it?
(theaustralian.com.au) It has been eaten by coastal people since prehistoric times, and today 145 species of red, brown or green seaweed are used worldwide as food. But modern Westerners have lost their appetite for the stuff. "We've forgotten to eat seaweed," says physicist Prof Ole Mouritsen, from the University of Southern Denmark. Read more » 05/09/2012