By: Jacinta Bowler/Science Alert Researchers have developed a new technique to study how a common disease-causing bacterium can spread and remain in the environment after coughing or sneezing – and the results are not pretty. The team has found that a subset of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterial species associated with hospital infections, expelled from a sneeze…
Republicans & Democrats Join Together In Senate To Legalize Pot On Federal Level
By: Matt Agorist /The Free Thought Project In a bipartisan push back against the tyrannical Jeff Sessions and his relentless war on cannabis, U.S. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) have introduced a bill that will end federal prohibition of marijuana. “The fact is our marijuana laws in America are broken,” Democratic…
Meet The Cancer Researcher Running For Congress
By: Robin Andrews/IFLScience “We have to ask the question: Why did we need a science march in 2017?” “We don’t have marches to say we love our families, or that puppies are good,” Jason Westin, an award-winning cancer researcher, tells IFLScience. “These subjects are self-evident – but something has changed in the country. “We’re going through a period of…
Millions Of Americans Think Chocolate Milk Comes From Brown Cows
By: James Felton/IFL Science If you go to the Innovation Center for US Dairy’s website, their top frequently asked question is: “Does chocolate milk come from brown cows?”. They answer it clearly and politely: “Actually, chocolate milk – or any flavored milk for that matter – is white cow’s milk with added flavoring and sweeteners”. Unfortunately, this message…
This New ‘Taco Cleanse’ Is Actually Good For Your Health
By: Jessica Suss/Simplemost Cleanses are big in the health-food sphere right now. Whether it’s souping, juicing or some other diet (does anyone remember the nightmarish Master Cleanse?), it seems like the prevailing conventional wisdom is that your insides are dirty and need to be cleaned with copious amounts of lemon juice and cayenne. But now there’s a…
Treat Bad Cough And Remove Mucus From Lungs Using This Home Remedy – This Works Great For Kids!
By: Patricia Lynn/Shareably No one likes the taste of cough syrup in their mouth and having a nasty cough that won’t go away has to be one of the most uncomfortable states of being possible. Coughing, of course, is due not only to irritation in your throat due to allergens, but it is also due to a…
Biosensing Tattoo Changes Color When Your Blood Sugar Levels Change
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science Having type 1 or 2 diabetes requires a person to always know what their blood sugar levels are. This normally takes time and can be quite invasive – normally people prick their finger with a special device and place a small drop of blood on a testing strip. Others have a device…
Alzheimer’s Disease: 10 Ordinary Foods You Should Eat To Treat And Prevent Its Symptoms
By: Ileana Paules-Bronet/Little Things Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia that affects many elderly people all over the world. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, “Alzheimer’s [disease] is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior.” Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, making up somewhere between 60 and 80 percent of…
You Can Volunteer To Cuddle Drug-Addicted Babies In Order To Help Them Heal
By: Educate Inspire Change Try not to get emotional as you read about this incredibly rewarding volunteering opportunity. You’re basically able to become a granny/grandad or an auntie/uncle to some truly special babies fighting for their lives in Neonatal Infant Care Units (NICUs) all across the country(USA). These poor babies are born with a drug…