Homemade Popsicle Recipes – Organic Popsicles – 50 Popsicle Recipes. With sunny days on the way it’s easy to get ice pop fever. In the last two posts we looked at the benefits of homemade popsicles and saw some great non-toxic popsicle molds. Now it’s time to look at some cool popsicle recipes Subscribe to Growing a Green Family to see new ice pop posts and more green family tips. My favorite ice pop flavors are root beer , tangerine juice, watermelon and lemon ice tea.
Lack of contact with nature 'increasing allergies' 8 May 2012Last updated at 10:20 GMT By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News Urbanisation is a "lost opportunity" for people to interact with biodiversity, including bacteria A lack of exposure to a "natural environment" could be resulting in more urban dwellers developing allergies and asthma, research has suggested.
Finnish scientists say certain bacteria, shown to be beneficial for human health, are found in greater abundance in non-urban surroundings. The microbiota play an important role in the development and maintenance of the immune system, they add. The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "There are microbes everywhere, including in the built environment, but the composition is different between natural environments and human-built areas," explained co-author Ilkka Hanski from the University of Helsinki. "The microbiota in natural environments is more beneficial for us," he told BBC News. 'Special function' Continue reading the main story. Chen Jiagang 陈家刚 : photographer. A Beached Whale in the Forests of Argentina.
Argentinean sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas creates enormous sculptural works that seem like remnants of a science fiction movie set, or bizarre moments from a surreal dream.
One of my favorite pieces is My Family Dead (2009), in which he created a life-size blue whale in the woods outside Ushuaia, Argentina. The beached cetacean is pockmarked with tree stumps, making me wonder if it’s being slowly claimed by the forest or perhaps it’s a native resident. Beautiful. Bike Frame Storage by Yeongkeun Jeong. Home » Best Of » Bike Frame Storage by Yeongkeun Jeong ‘Reel‘ designed by Yeongkeun Jeong can transform the main triangle of the bike frame to store your belongings.
The silicone stickers are attached onto the frame and the elastic band is wound up between them. Unlike common bicycle accessories, the flexibility of the band allows the user to express their style by customizing the shape of ‘Reel’. Don't Panic Magazine. We're glad Andrea Offermann dropped out of medical school. Otherwise we might never have seen her amazing drawings, depicting scenes of adventure in sepia with the sharpness of a scalpel.
Mechanical elephant cities, despotic whales and dragons roam her world. We chatted to her about wordless stories and the moment Pi's boat sinks, amongst other things. I was always interested in art but hesitant to make it my profession. I studied medicine for a few years and was fascinated especially by anatomy and histology (microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues); the intricate ways in which a body is put together and functions, the solutions nature comes up with to ensure certain processes, and the beauty within the patterns and networks that make everything happen surprised me. World's Subways Converging on Ideal Form. Sample of subway network structures from (clockwise, top left) Shanghai, Madrid, Moscow, Tokyo, Seoul and Barcelona.
Image: Roth et al. /JRSI After decades of urban evolution, the world’s major subway systems appear to be converging on an ideal form. On the surface, these core-and-branch systems — evident in New York City, Tokyo, London or most any large metropolitan subway — may seem intuitively optimal. Parking Canopy: Plastic Bottles Partially Filled with Colored Water. Home » Best Of » Parking Canopy: Plastic Bottles Partially Filled with Colored Water Recycling without limits…designer Garth Britzman of Lincoln, Nebraska used recycled bottles filled with colored water to create stunning topographical shade canopy for a vehicle.
This project reused recycled soda bottles as a canopy under which a small park is created. An intriguing environment is created where one can explore the surface qualities of the bottles at eye level. Stem cell shield 'could protect cancer patients' 9 May 2012Last updated at 14:14 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News The trial is being conducted on patients with brain cancer It may be possible to use "stem cell shielding" to protect the body from the damaging effects of chemotherapy, early results from a US trial suggest.
Chemotherapy drugs try to kill rapidly dividing cancer cells, but they can also affect other healthy tissues such as bone marrow. A study, in Science Translational Medicine, used genetically modified stem cells to protect the bone marrow. Cancer Research UK said it was a "completely new approach". The body constantly churns out new blood cells in the hollow spaces inside bone. Over-the-counter HIV tests backed by US panel. NOTCOT.ORG. Light-powered bionic eye invented to help restore sight. 14 May 2012Last updated at 09:03 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News A retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California.
Implants currently used in patients need to be powered by a battery. The new device, described in the journal Nature Photonics, uses a special pair of glasses to beam near infrared light into the eye. This powers the implant and sends the information which could help a patient see. Getting High on Scorpions: The Afghan Drug War. Posted: May 10th, 2012 | Filed under: drugs, hallucinogens, marijuana, opiates | 7 Comments » David Macdonald argues in his 2007 book, Drugs in Afghanistan, that Afghanistan’s increased drug usage is driven by an impoverished battle-scarred population trying desperately to relieve its suffering.* Western-led efforts to universally criminalize drugs are futile because distressed people will always be able to find chemical relief.
As an example, Macdonald notes that in Afghanistan even the ubiquitous scorpions can be used for intoxication. Tartars in Bamiyan province prepare scorpions by smashing them between stones and letting them dry. The main part of the tail, with the sting, is then crushed into a powder and smoked with tobacco and/or hashish (marijuana). A friend of Macdonald’s who witnessed a man smoke scorpion in the Afghan town of Peshawar described the reaction: Nepal's mystery language on the verge of extinction. 12 May 2012Last updated at 19:02 ET By Bimal Gautam BBC News, Nepal Ms Sen has been described by experts as a linguistic treasure.
Study links biodiversity and language loss. 12 May 2012Last updated at 20:27 ET By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News The study identified that high biodiversity areas also had high linguistic diversity.
Media Player. Le Projet D'Étiquette Urbaine. NOTCOT.ORG. HIV prevention pill Truvada backed by US experts. 10 May 2012Last updated at 22:34 ET Dr Robert Grant, Gladstone Institutes: ''I think we are in a era where we can see the end of the Aids epidemic'' A panel of US health experts has for the first time backed a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people. The panel recommended US regulators approve the daily pill, Truvada, for use by people considered at high risk of contracting the Aids virus.
Jewel Caterpillar. 3D-Printed Circuit Boards, for solder-free printable electronics. Component layout: You have a circuit diagram, like the conceptual schematic attached. The library currently supports the following features: battery holder (AA, AAA, and coin cell), capacitor, resistor, transistor, 1xLED, 2xLED, base board, peg (and cap, for wrapping and holding things together), an SPST slide switch, and a trace hop (for intersecting threads). Strokes: Drawing test 'may predict risks in older men' 9 May 2012Last updated at 11:41 GMT Drawing lines between ascending numbers- the test needs to be done as fast as possible A simple drawing test may help predict the risk of older men dying after a first stroke, a study in the journal BMJ Open suggests.
Taken while healthy, the test involves drawing lines between numbers in ascending order as fast as possible. Piñata Anatomy - Carmichael Collective. Original Mad Man George Lois Perfectly Describes Advertising In 20 Words. News - Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car. Instagram Socialmatic Camera. The Real Problem with the Obama Campaign's "The Life of Julia" Maurice Sendak Postscript. Big rise in North Pacific plastic waste. 'One in six cancers worldwide are caused by infection' Jon Hamm and Reggie Watts Improvise a Song About Taxi, Everything Is Right in the World.
Paralysed Claire Lomas completes London Marathon. Maurice Sendak, "maximonstre" de la littérature pour enfants. Astronaut Glove Assistant - Kaitlyn Marley Schoeck Design. Can Geoengineering Solve Global Warming? 2 Years Later, Grim Photos From the BP Disaster. Photo courtesy of Greenpeace. Weighthacker. Big Purses, Sore Horses and Death. News - Magnetic bacteria may be building future bio-computers. NOTCOT.ORG. Doris Duke’s Farm, Hillsborough, N.J., Opening to Public. Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times Duke Farms, a 2,740-acre estate in Hillsborough, N.J., has had a $45 million face-lift and will open as a public park on May 19. More Photos » Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses.
Off the Grid : Eric Valli. 86-year-old lives alone on island he bought in 1962. Remembering Adam Yauch: Polly Wog Stew. Massive rise in Asian eye damage. How Chemicals Change Us. Lemon Pickles by Nadia Khafaji. Arizona Green Roof. Gavin Hammond. Product Overview. Daniel Depew. Dog Names for Graphic Designers. NOTCOT.ORG. The Vagenda. Forget your personal tragedy. Clouds’ Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters. Erasing Memories Cell by Cell. Disabled vet transforms himself though yoga. Why communities build their own WiFi: a short video explainer and a long white-paper. Jonathan Lethem Riffs on Talking Heads in Fear of Music. The Kitten Cam on the New Livestream. Using gestures to interact with surfaces that don't have screens.
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