It’s not uncommon for Andrew Epstein to spend sleepless nights replaying scenes from his day and wondering what more he could have done for his patients. Often, the answer is nothing—but that still doesn’t help his insomnia. Epstein is an oncologist at the Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. His job requires conversations… via …
Searching for the Missing Children of Soul Asylum’s ‘Runaway Train’ Video — Longreads
https://vimeo.com/189823194 In any case, he said, the video was “an opportunity to provide massive exposure to a huge segment of the population that may not routinely see missing child photos, and making whoever sees these photos think, I might be able to do something. I might have actually seen this person.” So Allen agreed to …
Eight Tips For Sustainable Blogging — The Daily Post
Try these smart strategies to keep your blog alive for years. via Eight Tips For Sustainable Blogging — The Daily Post
Trees Are The Smartest Investment to Clean Urban Air — TIME
1. The smartest investment to clean urban air: trees. By Pascal Mittermaier in Project Syndicate 2. ‘Good’ cholesterol could be a myth. By Damian Garde in STAT 3. The future of batteries — long lasting and safe — might be found in a junkyard. By David Salisbury at Vanderbilt University 4. Want your kids to… via …
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Food scientists are trying to engineer milk chocolate to be as healthy as dark chocolate — Quartz
I sure hope they succeed!! People are always eager for good news about chocolate. That made us sitting ducks two years ago, when Harvard science journalist John Bohannon fooled the world by publishing a “study” that showed chocolate could help you lose weight. He watched the fake story and flimsy science get picked up by …
Cow No.4, where are you: of swimming cows & wayward steers (Green Acres 2016 style)
It may be Halloween today, but recent events in the bovine world may convince you it's really April Fools Day (or a bovine conspiracy)!Let's start with events on Oromocto Island (New Brunswick). Cow No. 4 (perhaps she should be called 'Double O something') decided that life on the island summer pasture was just not that exciting. …
Can’t Get Enough of Fall!
I just love Fall in central Ontario, all the amazing colours, the stunning beauty! Here are some latest photos from around Parry Sound and Seguin Township (home, sweet home).
Fall Garden Colour
The colours of the leaves are complemented by some lovely late-flowering beauty in my Fall Garden.
How a 20th-century hunting boom left the Amazon with “empty rivers” and 23 million dead animals — Quartz
The fashion for wild animal skins and furs drove a hunting boom in the Amazon basin through the 20th century. A mass industry sprung up almost overnight and the hides of otters, jaguars or alligator-like caimans were soon being shipped round the world to be turned into coats, hats or accessories. The Amazon rainforest, and… via …
Video Captures Great White Shark Breaking Through a Cage With Diver Inside — TIME
A diver survived after a great white shark broke open the metal rails of his diving cage and swam inside while the diver was within. The Shanghai man was shark diving off the coast of Guadalupe Island in Mexico, when a shark breached the side of the cage, according to the YouTube caption in the… via …
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