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Health News: Monarch Butterfly Numbers Down
May 1st, 2013Times are tough for monarch butterflies: drought conditions and wildfires have decreased their numbers and the milkweed plants they need to survive are also not in plentiful supply. Reports from Mexico (where monarchs have their breeding grounds) show their numbers are down, as has been the trend for much of the past decade.
Health News: Gecko Grip
May 1st, 2013Geckos have the ability to walk up walls due to a dense mat of fingerlike projections on their feet. With this in mind, researchers created a biocompatible medical adhesive featuring a pattern of nanoscale pillars to maximize contact area. The material can stick to a variety of tissue surfaces, including those that are irregular and change shape.
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Making Scents: The Aromatic World of Flowers
May 1st, 2013>>Each scent compound from a flower is an organic molecule known as a volatile.
>>Each odor molecule has a spine built of carbon atoms.
>>Orchids have scent glands called osmophores that ooze liquid scent which evaporates upon air contact.
Nature: The Ultimate Antidepressant
April 1st, 2013Spring is upon us and the outdoors is ready and waiting to be explored. This month’s Inner Balance is excerpted from the new book Nurturing the Soul of Your Family by Renée Peterson Trudeau. Published with permission of New World Library (newworldlibrary.com).
By Renée Peterson Trudeau
Back in Focus
September 1st, 2009To Susan Williams of Charlotte, North Carolina, it was like a speed bump she couldn’t get past. That’s how she described the wall she would hit when work deadlines loomed and her focus pinballed from one subject to the next. “Sometimes I was so easily distracted, the simplest task seemed daunting,” says Williams, 60.
19 ways to manage ADHD without drugs
