Sushi really does kill your brain – Salon.com By Paul Ames, GlobalPost, salon.com A new report warns that mercury contamination can cause restricted cerebral development and other health problems BRUSSELS, Belgium — Can eating too much sushi reduce your brain power? Mercury contamination in big fish such as sharks… RT @Salon: Put down that tuna…
Fox News adjusts to new reality as it faces four more years of Obama Paul Harris in New York, guardian.co.uk It’s the go-to network for outraged conservatives – but now Fox News has benched two high-profile pundits, and shown signs of retreat. Is the US’s biggest cable news network going moderate? For America’s liberals, it…
My Traveling Tiny House Site by Sophic, tinyhouselistings.com Posted by Steven on November 26, 2012 // 34 Comments By Christy Dean Four months ago I moved out of my 2 bedroom home and into this tiny (mobile) house. I’m traveling the country in my little nest and I love it! It gets a lot of……
How To Design a Lucky Life Trent Hamm, lifehacker.com Is luck a supernatural thing that we have no control over, represented by four leaf clovers and gold pots at the end of the rainbow? For The Simple Dollar’s Trent Hamm, luck is defined as the result of some of the many random events in life……
Innovating Policy with Creativity and Social Sciences core77.com Today’s global financial and social crises demand innovation not only in public services, but within the whole bureaucratic, administrative system of public governance. In order to respond effectively to a changing context of… RT @core77: Innovating Policy with Creativity and Social Sciences – Paper by @Nesta_UK &…
Gmail Facelift: New Features of Gmail Steve Dotto, lifehack.org Google is taking dead aim at Web 2.0 services like Dropbox as they expand the capabilities of Google Drive and integrate it more tightly with their other services like Gmail. There is a new refined Gmail compose screen, which opens the door to… RT @lifehackorg: Gmail…
Seven Productivity Myths, Debunked by Science (and Common Sense) Alan Henry, lifehacker.com The end goal of “productivity” is to spend less time doing the things you have to do so you have more time for the things you want to do. Of course, if you follow every morsel of productivity advice out there, you probably…
Can I Leave My Gadgets In a Cold or Hot Car? Whitson Gordon, lifehacker.com Dear Lifehacker, I almost always have my laptop, iPod, and smartphone with me, but don’t always want to lug them around. Is it okay to leave them in my car if it’s particularly cold outside? What about in the summer heat?…
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Get a Sustainable Night’s Sleep On an Ultra-Comfy, Uber-Cozy Coco-Mat Mattress | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building Yuka Yoneda says:, inhabitat.com The average person sleeps around eight hours a night — which amounts to a third of your life spent in bed. But despite the amount of time that we find…
Inhabitat Green Holiday Gift Guide inhabitat.com http://flip.it/M3Ixh Related articles Inhabitat’s Week in Green: stair-climbing vacuum cleaner, carbon dioxide diapers and a real 3D-printed face (engadget.com)
Mango, Esprit Pledge to Eliminate Toxic Chemicals From Supply Chains by 2020, Thanks to Greenpeace Campaign ecouterre.com Greenpeace’s “Detox” campaign is having a banner month. Not only did the environmental nonprofit convince Zara, the world’s No. 1 apparel retailer, to commit to eliminating hazardous chemicals from its supply chain by 2020, but… http://flip.it/L9zUA Related articles…
AP, huffingtonpost.com DOHA, Qatar — Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump. “Thank God that our country is an oil producer and the price of gasoline is one of the… Fossil Fuel Subsidies In Focus At Doha…
SodaStream’s Banned Ad Helps Home Carbonation Company Hit It Big Rachel Tepper, huffingtonpost.com An ad for SodaStream, a home carbonation product, has been making the rounds worldwide. In it, bottles of soda seem to combust spontaneously every time someone uses the SodaStream elsewhere in the world. The takeaway: why pay for… http://flip.it/BgTFD Related articles 3…
Paul Krugman: GOP Plan Only ‘Sounds Serious Because It Hurts Vulnerable People’ Bonnie Kavoussi, huffingtonpost.com In an interview with PBS’ Gwen Ifill on Tuesday, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman tore into the GOP’s fiscal cliff proposal and launched a spirited defense of President Barack Obama. Krugman explained that Obamacare has d… http://flip.it/ZuD2u Related articles Paul…
Jon Stewart: Have Republicans Hit ‘Rock Bottom’ With Failed United Nations Disability Treaty? Carol Hartsell, huffingtonpost.com For the second day in a row, Jon Stewart hammered at Republicans over irrational partisanship. On Tuesday, he took down Boehner and company’s indecent fiscal cliff proposal, and on Wednesday “The Daily Show” host took senate… http://flip.it/iamVo Related articles…
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