“I’m a Little Too Fat, a Little Too Giving. I Think I Know Why.” 35-year-old Kristine Levine, a member on the Medium website, shares an emotional true-life story of poverty and generosity on her feature story page. Kristine was only five when her divorced mother took her to a town in Rockaway Beach, Oregon, at...

Women are forces of nature in their own right, and when they set their minds fully on something, they are usually a force to be reckoned with. Despite being in the 21st century, one could still consider it to be ‘a man’s world.’ Women are becoming CEOs, Presidents, scientists, leading actresses and so much more....

This article was originally published on June 26, 2019, and has since been updated. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released its ‘Dirty Dozen’ report and Kale has ranked third only behind strawberries and spinach when it comes to pesticide contamination [1]. Each year, the EWG analyzes Department of Agriculture test data to identify which...

All parents make mistakes in upbringing. There’s no perfect parent. However, when the mistakes recur frequently, especially abusive behavior, it may lead to a toxic environment that causes emotional damage to the children. As they become adults, some may minimize parents’ flaws on the basis of not being overtly abusive or dysfunctional. For others, it...

“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” – Barbara Kingsolver. A time will come for every parent when they have to decide what they’ll do with their lives all over again. When all your kids are grown up and have struck out on their own, you’ll end up with a scarily empty...

This article was originally published in February 2019 and has since been updated. What would you do for access to the latest tech products? Hopefully not as far as the teenager who sold his kidney on the black market in order to buy the latest Apple products. When Wang Shangkun was 17 years old he...

Things are not always as perfect as they seem…So says this number puzzle. At first glance, you’d immediately think of it as a 1, 2, three count-up, but it’s not. The human brain is a fantastic work of art. It can adapt itself to sights and thoughts that are common to our everyday lives. A...

Not everyone behind the wheel should actually be driving and there’s no such thing as being too safe out there. All it takes is one second of bad judgment, and something terrible can happen. At crosswalks with stop signs or “school children playing/crossing” signs, all cars must stop and yield to children crossing, but unfortunately,...

This article was originally published on January 10, 2019, and has since been updated. An Israeli company named Alpha Tau Medical is breaking new ground in the destruction of cancerous tumors. Alpha Tau medical has developed a new technology called targeted radiotherapy.  Targeted radiotherapy differs from regular radiotherapy. Regular radiotherapy has a long viability duration,...

The educational system is being swept along in the race for technological advancement and supremacy in nearly every country. I’m not anti-technology, but I’m aware of the disadvantages of the Computer Age. Students don’t engage in interesting practical work in some schools around the world anymore. Some instructors will merely project a virtual lab or...

The term ‘postpartum’ doesn’t always spark feelings of merriment or good tidings, in fact, it sounds downright depressing which is how many women feel soon after childbirth. The lack of support for new parents is a sad situation. Most employers are not required to provide paid parental leave, and the federal Family and Medical Leave...

27-year-old full-time mom, Lorna Hoy has been spreading awareness on social media to let other parents know that even a harmless kiss can be detrimental to their child. Her two-year-old son, Kalo Hoy was hospitalized for four days after his face, arms and legs were ravaged by sores, caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus 1...