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The Scary Reality of Dietary Supplements
We've all had a rough night's sleep; whether it's related to jet lag, poor choices, or our own biological dispositions – we've been there. And in many cases we've turned to a supplement in order to help our weary mind get the sleep it deserves. For example, melatonin supplements are popular sleep aids. This is probably due to the fact that most people know the importance of melatonin's role in our sleep-wake cycles – but did you know that the concentration of melatonin in a supplement can vary as widely as 83 % less to 478 % more than what is stated on the label?
By Derek Evers5 years ago in FYI
Bio-Mimicry inventions & innovations
Bio-mimicry is used by inventors, engineers and designers to take the R&D that takes place in nature and use it's clean designs, creative solutions and problem solving in modern products. It is a design principle that nature knows best and a solution developed over billions of years, through the forces of evolution is normally a solid one.
By Band as a Business5 years ago in FYI
The Overlooked Pollinators. Top Story - March 2021.
While bees get most of the attention when it comes to pollinating our crops, there is an integral nighttime pollinator that shouldn’t be overlooked: bats. Bats are responsible for pollinating over 500 types of tropical plants and flowers across the globe, including dates, bananas, agave, cashews, eucalyptus, avocados, cacao, and durian. They are important in the medicinal world as well, with several remedies—such as treatments for epilepsy and night blindness—originating from plants that rely on bats for survival.
By M.R. Cameo5 years ago in FYI
Blue Giants
When I was in second grade, I wanted to become a Paleontologist. I loved dinosaurs, how they looked and the fact they were HUGE. So it came as no surprise that when we finished learning about these incredible (but extinct) creatures and moved on to learn about whales, that I fell in love with these gentle giants too. Not only were these mammals also huge but they had been in existence since the time of the dinosaurs. I remember that when it came time to choose a type of whale for a class project, I chose the Humpback, which is definitely not one of the biggest, but I liked the cool bumps it had around its mouth.
By Verity Greene5 years ago in FYI
Mermaids
It was 2015, and I used to chill with my friends. Most of them were boys. I was one of the guys. At that time, I had more male friends than female friends. I still don’t really know why. I guess I was different from most females that I knew. Girls can be quite competitive, dress to impress each other, gossip, and whatnot. Those types of behavior didn’t fancy me much. I felt confident in my body and my being. Such social dogmas in relation to body image didn’t have an impact on me.
By Marzi Banilohi5 years ago in FYI
Murder, He Wrote
It was when someone told me about a crash of rhinos that I hit the wall. It was one of those things that come up in casual conversation, when going down the road the of fact-finding factoids inevitably brings you to the weird and wacky anomalies of the English language, and how there’s a word for everything — even when there isn’t.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in FYI
