Tag Archives: environment

Top reasons why organic food is so expensive

AP File Photo iStock iStock iStock PreviousNext Certified organic products — those that are in compliance with specific standards during their production, storage, processing, and handling — are often more expensive than their non-organic counterparts. This is due largely to…

How ‘smart skin’ could revolutionize military vehicles

New “smart skin” for military vehicles could let them “feel” their environment, similar to a human. The skin, for example, could let combat aircraft detect any damage by “feeling” the injury. BAE Systems’ U.K. division is developing the Smart Skin…

6 solutions for hair loss

Every day, we each lose about 50 to 100 hairs, which is totally normal. But when you start to notice thinning, bald patches, or even clumps of hair falling out, man or woman, you start to worry. Hair loss isn’t…

Can Stephanopoulos come back from a damaged reputation over Clinton Foundation funds?

FILE – This Oct. 20, 2014, photo shows George Stephanopoulos at the 24th Annual Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Awards in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos may have tarnished his reputation…

Why pregnant women should avoid environmental toxins

Pregnant women are advised to do – and not do – many things over the course of nine months. Whether from a physician, friend, or perfect stranger, there is no shortage of opinions on eating fish, taking supplements, drinking caffeine,…

Indonesian Muslim clerics issue fatwa protecting endangered animals

BANGKOK, Thailand – Indonesia’s highest Islamic clerical body is using its influence over the estimated 200 million Muslims in the country to try to save local wildlife, including the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger. The religious fatwa issued by the Indonesian…

Director Michael Bay has apparent meltdown at Consumer Electronics Show

“Transformers” director Michael Bay had an apparent meltdown Monday during the Samsung press conference at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It’s pretty hard to upstage a TV as wide as a car, but Bay did. He was…

Why hunting and gathering makes us smarter and thinner

The great mystery of the human species is how we got here —how we came out of the trees, stood on two feet, and ended up on the trading floor of Lehman Brothers –how we became so smart…and so dumb.…