May 28, 2021 ● By Matt Preston
The many benefits of Yoga for men include fitness, flexibility, better digestion of food and liquids, relaxation and more. Plus, it's fun.
May 28, 2021 ● By Sheryl DeVore
Bluebirds are nesting in many manmade boxes all over the country, including in the Chicago region. Hundreds of volunteers in Chicago and the suburbs are tending to nest boxes set up to give these songbirds a place to raise their young. Writer Sheryl DeVore explores how Chicago area residents can help bluebirds to thrive.
May 28, 2021
After a rather chilly spring here on the left coast of Lake Michigan, we’re ready to open the windows and let in the new season! Step outside, look up at the sky, feel the breeze (or the gusty southwest winds bringing warmth) and open your mind to the start of summer, the happy beginning of longer days and new possibilities.
Four widely used artificial sweeteners—saccharine, sucralose, aspartame and acesulfame potassium—promote the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental and clinical settings.
Research has found that sleeping with a weighted blanket can lead to better sleep and reduced fatigue, depression and anxiety, and increased levels of daytime activity.
Older people with high levels of life satisfaction—a favorable attitude toward life—have healthier habits, less depression and pain, better sleep and a longer life, reports researchers.
New research has found that two and three daily servings of fruit and vegetables, respectively, were linked to the most longevity.
Research has found that peptic ulcers and irritable bowel syndrome, along with other gut disorders, are linked to depression.
With technological advances, falling costs, increased interest, the ability to relieve carbon dependency and the tremendous economic potential, offshore wind energy holds great promise.
An agreement between farmers, tribes and dam owners will result in the deconstruction of four aging, inefficient dams along the Klamath River in the Pacific Northwest to restore salmon runs.
The proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada has passed a review by the Bureau of Land Management, but unhappy residents and conservation groups are filing lawsuits.
A proposed bill banning sunscreens containing the chemicals avobenzone or octocrylene, harmful to humans, marine animals and coral, has progressed through the Hawaiian House and Senate.
A new study predicts that if emissions of greenhouse gases go unchecked, summers in the Northern Hemisphere could last nearly six months by 2100.
A Dutch company, Crowded Cities, has a device called the CrowBar that trains birds to collect discarded cigarette butts in exchange for food.
The smartphone app Olio allows people with extra food to post a picture online. Anyone that wants the food can respond and pick it up as a gift.
