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Tag Archives: explorer
Throwable camera aims to save lives
Is it a child’s bouncing ball or the latest in covert surveillance? A new bouncing ball lets law enforcement, military personnel, and search and rescue teams quickly evaluate dangerous environments before they enter them.
Bounce Imaging makes the Explorer throwable…
Rhodiola shows antidepressant benefits in new study
Rhodiola rosea, an herb deriving from Siberia and China, has shown benefits as an antidepressant agent in a recent study. Published in the March 15 edition of the journal Phytomedicine, Rhodiola was tested among 57 subjects suffering from mild to…
African plant outlawed in US may offer treatment for addicts
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When news surfaced that Scott Disick, the father of Kourtney Kardashian’s children, was in Costa Rica reportedly undergoing treatment for his hard-partying ways, iboga, an African plant used to treat addictions, was thrown into the spotlight. It’s not the…
Quillaja: Coming to your beer, soda and shampoo
Sustainable quillaja harvesting in Chile (Chris Kilham)
Two men with chain saws stand in the warm Chilean sun, cutting branches from trees. There are plenty of bees here buzzing around in the central valley, especially in this part where pesticides…
Olive oil may prevent cancer, study finds
Olive oil, a staple of the Mediterranean diet and long hailed as a cardiovascular health enhancer, is now showing promise as a cancer preventive. That’s the exciting news from a recently published study in the scientific journal Molecular & Cellular…
Psychoactive Amazonian medicine gaining popularity, may treat health disorders
In the great Amazon rainforest, native people have long used a large array of psychoactive medicinal agents, from frog secretions to potent snuffs, to various items that can be smoked, applied to skin, or otherwise ingested. ;
Among these agents,…
The delicious, healthy hazelnut
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An unusual find in Scotland in 1995 gave insight into the role that nuts, specifically hazelnuts, have played in earlier civilizations. ;
On the island of Colonsay of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, a midden pit, sometimes also known as a…
