London: An Italian firm is developing an off-grid bamboo tower that could efficiently harness safe drinking water from thin air without the need of expensive infrastructure. The tower called ‘Warka Water’ could collect an annual average of up to 100 litres of water per day, the firm said. The tower, once completed, will rise to a height of 10 metres, weigh 60 kg and be secured to the ground with […]
Think you can’t grow much food in an urban area? Think again. One family’s 4,000 square foot farm in Pasadena, California “not only feeds a family but revolutionizes the idea of what can be done in a very unlikely place—the middle of a city.” KCET reporter Val Zavala gives us a glimpse into the Dervaes family’s Path to Freedom Urban Homestead. “I brought the country to the city rather than […]
We have all seen them, I know I myself have shrugged those pesky little light floaters down to dust. But, they are nothing that you would have ever thought of. They were more prevalent to me when I was a child; I was always outside looking up at the sky. I like most children tried to play with the amoeba-like floaters, move them around make them do what I wanted […]
Ashwagandha root is known as “Indian Ginseng”. In Ayurvedic medicine it is considered an adaptogen that facilitates learning and memory. In a 1993 clinical study in India, fifty people complaining of lethargy and fatigue for 2 to 6 months were given an adaptogenic tonic made up of eleven herbs, including 760 mg of ashwagandha, once a day. How it Helps? The populace had not responded to a vitamin and mineral […]
We all fall in the trap of comparison wherein we inevitably compare ourselves with others. This comparison does more harm to us than good. This does not mean we stop looking up to others. But there is a difference between learning from others and simply comparing yourself with them and then feeling, ‘Oh! Wish I was like her!’ This comparison is the main cause of inferiority complex. We compare ourselves […]
Google boss Eric Schmidt predicted on Thursday that the Internet will soon be so pervasive in every facet of our lives that it will effectively “disappear” into the background. Speaking to the business and political elite at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Schmidt said: “There will be so many sensors, so many devices, that you won’t even sense it, it will be all around you.” “It will […]
What are Green Peas? The term ”pea” originates from the Latin word “pisum“. Pea plant is botanically an herbaceous annual vine, belonging to the Fabaceae family and commonly referred to as english peas, sweet peas, garden peas, pease, etc. Peas are one of the few members of the legume family that are cooked fresh rather than dried unlike other legumes like including lentils, chickpeas, and beans. Starchy, and sweet, green […]
London: A strange spectral-like ‘ghost particle’ discovered in debris gathered from outer space hints at possibility of alien life, say researchers. Researchers at the University of Sheffield and the University of Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology have discovered a particle that they call it as ‘living balloon’, which they thought once used to carry microscopic alien organisms. They claim that it is the latest proof that aliens do exist. Researcher Milton […]
The health and well-being industry is full of “shysters” and scam artists who feed on people’s desire to be fit, healthy, and to look good. It’s a shame, but true, so it is up to us to do our best to sift through the information and determine fact from fiction. What many of these bogus companies do is to pick up on one or two ingredients, and then to include […]
(Indian Gooseberry) or ‘amalaki’ is a translucent fruit with many therapeutic benefits. It’s considered to be one of the most important plants in Ayurvedic medicine and is a unique balance of sour, sweet, pungent and bitter. It’s rich in Vitamin C and also loaded with a range of polyphenols (gallic acid, ellagic acid, luteolin, corilagin etc). Polyphenols are antioxidants that prevent damage to free radicals in the body and […]
