Food For Thought – Best Eats For Mental Clarity
Do you wake up some mornings and your head feels like cobwebs, “foggy,“ or “cloudy?" You may be suffering from "brain fog," which causes one to feel tired, distracted, moody, and just generally "off." The...
Bluebells – The Gorgeous, yet Poisonous, Enchantress
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) is a bulbous perennial plant that belongs to the Liliaceae (Lily) family. Commonly called Fairy flowers, English Bluebells, Wood bells, and Wild hyacinth, bluebells are one of the most easy-to-recognize protected woodland...
Italy Foreshadows Mandatory Vaccines and Expansion of Passports to Supermarkets
Italy’s Prime Minister foreshadowed a nationwide vaccine acceptance mandate after the injections are approved by European Union health officials. According to Reuters, Prime Minister Mario Draghi was paraphrased as saying in comments to the media...
10 Teas to Enhance Meditation (Part 1)
After water, tea, in its many forms and variations, is the most consumed beverage on Earth. Not only is tea physically refreshing, it can also help calm, soothe, stimulate, or focus the mind, depending on...
Australia Gives Federal Police, Intelligence, Broad Online Surveillance Powers
The Australian federal government has given its law enforcement and intelligence community sweeping powers to surveil and crackdown on citizens deemed to be committing anything determined to be an “offense” in a bill that passed...
Israel Vaccine Passport Now Expires After Six Months, Boosters Required
Israel’s vaccine passport QR-code system, Green Pass, will now expire six months after the second injection is received, making a third, and possibly fourth, booster shot effectively mandatory to continue participation in Israel’s mainstream society....
Washington School Board Drops Ankle Monitor COVID Contact Tracing for High School Sports
A Washington school district has dropped a controversial program that saw high school volleyball and football players being made to wear ankle monitors to enforce Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) social distancing and contact tracing after...
Ida Puts Post-Katrina New Orleans to the Test; NHC Warns Potentially Deadly Storm Surge Is Not Over
Hurricane Ida at present is not the fatal storm that some may have feared, but is still a force to be reckoned with, putting post-Katrina New Orleans to the test. The National Hurricane Center warns...
Ginseng: A (Conditional) Traditional Medicinal That You Can Grow at Home
A Traditional medicine of diverse roots Ginseng has been used for thousands of years as a powerful herbal medicine with almost magical properties. Both Asians and American Indians recognized its remarkable ability to treat a...
Early Coronavirus Samples Uploaded From China Had ‘Genetic Manipulation of the Nipah Virus’: Expert
A recent study by a U.S. scientist found early samples taken from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in mainland China were contaminated with Nipah Virus, an H7N9 influenza vaccine, and 19 other virological elements. On...
Symbiotic Associations: 5 Fascinating Relationships Between Flora and Fauna
It is not uncommon to find a relationship between plants and animals. We are well aware of the role insects play in spreading pollen from plant to plant while they feed on nectar, initiating the...
Vaccine Passport Mandates Go Viral Across Canada
Vaccine passports are coming to a second Canadian province, British Columbia, after recently-reelected New Democrat Party Premier John Horgan made the announcement on August 23. Horgan relied on the rhetorical statement, “Getting vaccinated is the...