Spectacular ice eggs have washed onto a beach in Finland

A combination of cold weather and just the right amount of wave motion has caused strange frozen spheres to cover a Finnish beach Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432564-000-spectacular-ice-eggs-have-washed-onto-a-beach-in-finland/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Early mouse fetuses generated without sperm or eggs for first time

For the first time, artificial mouse embryos have started growing into early fetuses, but we are still a long way off making babies without sperm or eggs Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220321-early-mouse-fetuses-generated-without-sperm-or-eggs-for-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Changing Your Diet Can Help Tamp Down Depression and Boost Mood, Study Finds

There’s fresh evidence that eating a healthy diet, one that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables and limits highly processed foods, can help reduce symptoms of depression. NPR reports: A randomized controlled trial published in the journal PLOS ONE finds that symptoms of depression dropped significantly among a group of young adults after they followed a Mediterranean-style pattern of eating for…

How To Get Rid of Mice In Your House Humanely

Want to know how to get rid of mice in your house humanely? Here’s 6 ways to do it without harming them! Trust me, I’ve used them all. How To Get Rid of Mice In Your House Humanely By Anna Ikona When I was a teenager, I worked at a diner restaurant and we had…Continue Reading
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Female orgasm may have evolved from a trigger for ovulation

A study that gave antidepressants to rabbits suggests that female orgasm may be evolutionarily linked to a mechanism for triggering the release of eggs Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218111-female-orgasm-may-have-evolved-from-a-trigger-for-ovulation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

‘We Can’t End Climate Change Without Changing Our Eating Habits’

Saturday the Guardian published a call to action by the author of the new book, We are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast: [W]e cannot save the planet unless we significantly reduce our consumption of animal products. This is not my opinion, or anyone’s opinion. It is the inconvenient science. Animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the…