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Sometimes the waterway is both greener and faster than the highway. Though ferries are bigger than cars and usually use more fuel, they can carry hundreds of people and cars at one time. Plus, they are also often the shortest route from point A to point B — meaning a fraction of [...]

Stir together 2 ounces each dark rum, pineapple juice, and mango or orange juice. Pour over ice and top with ginger beer (or ale) and a squeeze of lemon.
Credits to:Everyday Food Blog – MarthaStewart.com

“Corn falls into the East Nishnabotna River in Montgomery County, Iowa. Severe row crop land erosion is occurring along the river.” Caption/image credit, this and subsquent images:Gannon, Desmoines Register
The dramatic pictures you see in this post speak for themselves: Iowa crop land and even corn falling directly into a river. They symbolize [...]

Instead of talking with you today about how there is research currently being conducted about how you view your body and how your body responds to and mimics that outlook, I want to share with you a simplified approach to losing weight.
I find that too many people who enter a weight loss program focus on [...]

With the highest teen pregnancy rate in the Western Hemisphere and 25% of teens having had a sexually transmitted infection, we should be paying careful attention to media messages about sexuality and contraception, says a revised policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) “Sexuality, Contraception, and the Media,” published in the medical journal [...]

Taken June 2009. Courtesy Jeff Ford.
Michigan lost its last wild wolverine in March. State wildlife officials later said the animal, a female about nine years old, would be mounted and put on display at a state park. But that was months ago. What happened to plans for the display? It turns out the animal may [...]

The research just keeps piling up — more and more scientists are reporting a possible link between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease (and similar conditions).
Earlier this month we discussed a study whereby dementia (such as Alzheimer’s) was found to be more prevalent among people with type 2 diabetes. And a study from the latest [...]

When it’s hot out, there are few meals I enjoy more than spicy Thai food. A couple summers ago, I was craving Drunken Noodles (named for the amount you have to drink to cool the burn), but was not within delivery distance of a good Thai restaurant. So I dug up a recipe and started [...]

photo: Forest Peoples Programme
Take this one as reinforcement of what plenty of environmental NGOs have been saying for some time: The commercial palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia is trampling the rights of indigenous people and destroying rainforests as it rapidly expands. A new report from the Forest Peoples Programme details the damage…. Read [...]

Last year I wrote a workout routine for Men’s Health about how to fit in a workout at a crowded gym when you have hardly any equipment to choose from.
Here’s what I suggested:
We all know that Monday night’s are notorious for being overly crowded at most gyms and so what I recommend is staking out [...]