by Charlotte Hsu: Galápagos giant tortoises evolved to have extra copies of genes—called duplications— that may protect against the ravages of aging, including cancer, researchers report. The tortoises can weigh well over 300 pounds and often live over 100 years. Laboratory tests on Galápagos giant tortoise cells corroborate the idea that the animals have developed such defenses,…
Awaken: Firstly, thank you so much for spending this time with us. It is a great honor, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoché. You founded Naropa University, as well as the Shambhala training method, as a platform for carrying forth the wisdom of the ancient Tibetan Buddhist teachings of which you are a double lineage holder. What best…
by: Tim Levin: EV sales are going through the roof in Europe and Asia, driven by high gas prices. America’s EV market is on shakier ground. High gas prices are boosting EV sales around the world. March was a record month for EVs in Europe, and sales are booming in Asia and Australia too, industry…
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds Awaken Mother Earth Awaken Daily Quote Source: AWAKEN The post Our Sacred Planet Mother Earth in all of it’s Amazing Beauty and the Quote of the Day 122 appeared first…
Joshua LeBlanc, a 29-year-old aerospace engineer at NASA, died in a car crash in Huntsville, Alabama, on July 22, 2025. He had been working directly on nuclear propulsion systems, contributing to NASA’s Space Nuclear Propulsion program and the DRACO project, an initiative focused on developing nuclear thermal engines for deep-space missions. Now consider that alongside…
If you’ve spent the last few years optimizing your protein intake (great!), there’s a chance you’ve overlooked the nutrient that makes it all work better. Enter: fiber. It’s one of the most impactful nutrients for women’s health, but most of us aren’t getting nearly enough. As a nutrition consultant, I can’t tell you how often…
A Lisa Mendes podcast with me on the USA becoming 250 and other astrological and global topics. Lisa is the author of Oracle of the Elements (geomancy) and The Cosmology of Astrology and editor of The New Astrology of Towns & Cities. Website – https://astroinsights.blog/podcast/ Apple – https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/astro-insights-celestial-cycles-the-cultural-zeitgeist/id1805199349?i=1000761018909 Spotify – https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/astroinsightspod/episodes/The-US-Turns-250-with-Marjorie-Orr-e3hqcku/a-acjau65 YouTube – The post…
Episode Description: This week: a 58-day protest campaign just convinced Etsy to ban all animal fur starting this August. Germany spent decades digging coal out of the ground, leaving craters 200 feet deep. This month, the last one opened for swimming. And Cambodia unveiled the world’s first statue dedicated to a landmine-detecting rat. Arielle and…
Calling Black people chimps, n-words and justifying slavery on camera has left one Houston Police Department officer jobless! The agency shared on Friday (April 24) that it fired Ashley Gonzalez following her racist remarks. Gonzalez had initially filmed and posted her rant on Instagram’s ‘Close Friends,’ but it went viral after someone apparently leaked it….
When Michael first hit Rotten Tomatoes with a brutal 27 percent critics score, it looked like another high profile biopic was about to crash under the weight of expectations. Then audiences showed up. And everything changed. The film has now surged to a staggering 96 percent audience score, instantly flipping the narrative and putting Michael…
