Friday 16 January 2015

Humans Are Free-Blog

You Can Save the Bees and Implicitly Our Species... If You Think It's Important Enough

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 09:00 PM PST

This morning, I've seen a documentary that made a strong impression on me. It was about the devastating effects of pesticides on bee colonies across the world.

In Germany, the beekeepers lost more than half of their colonies last year and it was all related to new pesticides that got approved by the government without proper testing.

The bees were making huge efforts to return from the pesticide-infested fields, just to die in front of their hives in - what it looked like - excruciating pain.

I don't know if bees are actually able to feel pain or not, but the fact that they are so extremely well organized (those amazingly intricate honeycombs are actually built by the bees from wax; they protect them from melting by regulating the temperature inside the beehives; each individual bee takes on a role, like attending for larvae, making royal jelly for the larvae and the queen, gathering pollen or water for the community, etc. The bees are also capable of changing their role, in accordance to the needs of the hive), makes me believe that there is so much more to them than we know today.

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Seattle Dog Figures Out Buses, Starts Riding Solo to the Dog Park

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:00 PM PST

Seattle's public transit system has had a ruff go of things lately, and that has riders smiling. You see, of the 120 million riders who used the system last year, one of them is actually a dog.

Seattle's KOMO-TV reports the 2-year-old black Labrador mix, named Eclipse, has become a regular fixture on the city's D-Line after she figured out how to ride the bus alone to the dog park.

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New Study: Chamomile, Thyme Oil Destroy Over 90% of Breast Cancer Cells

Posted: 15 Jan 2015 07:00 PM PST

There is a myriad of natural foods and compounds that have been studied for their disease-preventing and even disease-treating abilities.

While the pharmaceutical industry pushes patented drugs that cause numerous side-effects, researchers are unveiling how we can use nature’s gifts to prevent and treat ailments ranging from diabetes, to arthritis, to even cancer.

For example, Chinese researchers have shown how oils as simple as chamomile or thyme can kill up to 90+ percent of breast cancer cells.

Studying some of the most popular essential oils in current use, such as mint, ginger, lemon, grapefruit, jasmine, lavender, chamomile, thyme, rose, and cinnamon, researchers sought out to discover how these oils may combat cancer.