You are what your mother eats. …or so they say. Women have tried since the dawn of time to influence the sex of their child. It’s not a new thing to want a boy and try to make sure you have a boy. Moms all over the world have done everything from drinking milk for...
Magnesium is one of the most important mineral elements needed by the body. It’s believed to play the role of a supporting factor in more than 300 biochemical processes that the body undergoes. Magnesium can be obtained naturally from many foods we consume, or taken as a dietary supplement in form of tablets and syrups....
Hugging is a powerful form of self-expression. We express various kinds of emotions, moods, and feelings through hugs. These include happiness, joy, excitement, fear, sadness, pity, love, and admiration. We also give to receive hugs to express care and comfort. Hugs are amazing. There’s a deep human connection that comes from linking your body with...
Artist Sam Van Aken is pushing the boundaries of traditional modes of art. He is a contemporary artist who interweaves genres of art, botany, agriculture, climatology and fine-tunes them with technology to create wonders. His latest being the Tree of 40 Fruit. The Tree of 40 Fruit has been likened by many people to something...
Sometimes Moms are just superhuman… 31-year-old blogger, Jazmyne Futrell, recently went viral all over social media for this incredible picture of her being a mom in every sense of the word. She portrayed the true meaning of moms being superhuman. Paying full attention to one kid is a full-time job on its own, let alone...
Since William Adams and Richard Day first harnessed solar power in 1876, it’s been regarded as a major scientific breakthrough ever since. The first material that produced usable electricity from solar power was the metalloid compound selenium. It converted energy from the sun to electricity at about 1 to 2 percent efficiency [1]. Photovoltaic cells...
Gone are the days when you had to visit someone to find out what they were doing in their lives. Now, with our social media feeds, we can get instant, live updates on friends and family, which allows us to remain “in the loop” without actually having to speak to anyone. Despite the fact that...
It’s really easy and convenient to just tip the bottle and pour some bleach into cleaning buckets, toilets, tubs, wash-hand basins, and even on the kitchen counter. Bleach is the general name given to chemical products that whiten and disinfect fabrics and surfaces, removing stains and killing microbial germs. There are some bleach alternatives worth...
A couple in Torrance, Los Angeles probably had the worst two weeks of their lives when both of their children were diagnosed with brain cancer. Duncan and Nohea Avery were terrified when their 6-year-old princess, Kalea was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a deadly and aggressive brain tumor. Two weeks after her diagnosis and surgery, the high...
January can be quite an unsettling time of the year. Many people find themselves recovering from holiday expenditures, travel stress, and worrying about impending bills. It may not really be the most appealing idea to have a baby amidst all that New Year fuss. On the contrary, research seems to suggest you might want to...
Diana Kim is a photographer who makes documentaries about the homeless, a passion she has pursued since her college days. The 34-year-old, a Korean-American photographer based in Oahu was separated from her father at the age of five. 22 years later, at the age of 27, she recognized her father on the street corner, a...
Have you ever put your contact lenses in and forgotten about them altogether as you go about your business for a couple of days? Well, it’s time to stop doing that as contacts can be as dangerous as they are useful. Did you know that the design of the modern contact lens is based on...
