Extraordinary! The Spanish parliament has affirmed its commitment on granting Great Apes, such as Chimpanzees, with limited Human Rights, including the freedom from torture. This is the first time in recorded history when non-humans are given juridical agency.
For more information, visit these resources:
* Fox News
* The Great Ape Project
* New York Times
Crossing the street is sometimes an intensive experience of passive smoking!
Natural phenomena never ceases to amaze me!
I came across this article about a mysterious fireball falling down in the Middle East, a week after a similarly-looking meteor(?) was spotted in Los Angeles.
How freaky is that?
Life ain’t a black-n-white motion picture. There are countless shades of gray.
Vegetarianism is extremely Eco-friendly. However, eliminating our meat and fish consumption can be very difficult. But even if we deny ourselves of these items only one day a week, we still make a difference. If 7 people do this, it has the same effect [...]
Rare geographical conditions generate a massive lightning storm most days of the year. This amazing phenomenon occurs at the mouth of the Catatumbo river at Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Believe it or not, this storm is the world’s principal regenerator of the earth’s ozone layer.
Get acquainted:
The digestive system is endowed with its own, local nervous system referred to as the enteric or intrinsic nervous system. The magnitude and complexity of the enteric nervous system is immense - it contains as many neurons as the spinal cord.
A Scientific Overview:
Conventional medical treatment for neurological disorders such as epilepsy, migraine, and autism [...]
Samovar Tea Lounge, a San Fransisco tea house, has created a 16-part video series called “Passage to Peace: Exploring Tea Culture Today”.
Press the image below to watch the trailer for this online series, which aims to show the connection between drinking tea and inner peace.
Environmental Architecture is a field that’s becoming more and more prevalent around the world. As our planet population constantly expands while available space is only getting more sparse, bold solutions are in dire need.
One such futuristic solution comes from New York-based architect Phu Hoang. His architecture firm is aiming to tackle the issue of the [...]
Vipassana meditation thickens parts of the brain responsible for awareness and sensation:
Our data suggest that meditation practice can promote cortical plasticity in adults in areas important for cognitive and emotional processing and well-being,” says Sara Lazar, leader of the study and a psychologist at Harvard Medical School. “These findings are consistent with other studies that [...]
