Hemp oil extracts containing CBDs (cannibidiols) are such a threat to the pharmaceutical industry that the FDA is now invoking totally insane justifications for outlawing them.

Is it ever acceptable to tell ‘white lies’ to a loved one with dementia? Find out the arguments for and against the use of therapeutic lying. Being brought back to reality and told the truth, ie ‘your husband/wife/sister/died ten years ago’ could cau ...

The AHA receives very substantial donations from various pharmaceutical companies who also, conveniently, produce cholesterol lowering medications. Conagra, Quaker Oats, Monsanto and Campbell Soups are all listed among the AHA’s lifetime donors of $1 ...

Over the past year, though, a small team of locals has been working to raise awareness about the Art Deco style, to document all of Mumbai’s Art Deco details, and help people engage with the city’s architecture. Today, Art Deco Mumbai, a self-funded ...

A case study has shown how magnetic implants in the eye can successfully control the movement of the eye.

Technology-driven efficiency has achieved wonderful things. It has brought people in developed countries an astonishingly rich standard of living, and freed most of us from the work of growing the food we eat or making the products we use. Human jobs ...

Federal and state officials have increased their focus on the problem.

In 1692 A. Boogert" sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding o ...

The French called them mouches or “flies,” because of the dark spots’ resemblance to small insects alighted on fashionably pale skin....

The human mind is already pretty open to manipulation—just ask anyone who works in advertising. But neural implant technology could potentially open up a direct digital link to our innermost thoughts that could be exploited by hackers. In recent mont ...

They reduced response times by over 75% during trials.

The age of the cyborg may be closer than we think. Rapidly improving medical robotics, wearables, and implants means many humans are already part machine, and this trend is only likely to continue. It is most noticeable in the field of medical prosth ...

Pair of vintage Apple sneakers. These sneakers were produced by Apple exclusively for their employees in the early 1990s.

Ever wondered what hides under that final coat of paint on a wall filled with graffiti? How about a wall that was painted over and over for 30 years?

Photographer Thibaud Poirier presents the beautiful interiors and architecture of reading rooms around the world.

Graffiti

At a time when graffiti, urban and street art are having a moment, we go back in time to ask: did the spray can influence the artist - or vice versa?

University of Pennsylvania found that hospital janitors who cleaned bedpans and mopped floors performed better and reported higher levels of satisfaction when their job was framed as being integral to the healing of other people. Purpose fosters mot ...

Australian researchers developed an artificial intelligence tasked with predicting patient lifespans. The machine is surprisingly accurate at predicting which patient would die within five years. Its official accuracy rate was 69% or on par with a tr ...