April 25, 2020
Elephants Connection to the Land by Global Sanctuary for Elephants
Experts at the Global Sanctuary for Elephants shed light on the beautiful, innate connection elephants have to mother nature.
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April 25, 2020
Experts at the Global Sanctuary for Elephants shed light on the beautiful, innate connection elephants have to mother nature.
April 23, 2020
Lettering artist Belinda Kou eases us with her beautiful illustration of a much-needed reminder: don’t forget to relax.
April 20, 2020
The cannabis industry has put terpenes on the map due to how they affect the scent, taste, and medicinal properties of the product. However, terpenes aren’t exclusive to cannabis – they’re found in plants, fruits, and spices.
Terpenes can be used to apply flavor or fragrance to products like essential oils or shampoos (just look at the ingredients of your favorite Lush soap). They also play a vital role in how plants interact with the environment, providing plants with an odor-based defense mechanism, says a 2015 3 Biotech article.
Furthermore, many people feel their body odor is affected by using cannabis and consuming certain foods can alter how you smell – including meat and tomatoes.
So, could terpenes be the culprit behind certain human body odors?
April 19, 2020
“Open your mouth, say something warm. I’ve spent a while on the strangest side of your door.”
If you haven’t heard the second part of Hayley Williams’ “Petals For Armor” EP, do both of us a favor and listen to it right now… Wow.
Anyways, let’s get into our weekly recap!
April 16, 2020
Ah, time. It’s a not-so-universal measurement that seems so innate to us humans that we structure our entire lives around it with alarm clocks, planners, shared digital calendars.
Although the importance we place on time is a very manmade construct – leaving some to questions whether it’s even real all together – the passage of time still remains a fact of life: the sun rises, the sunsets; we are born, we grow, we eventually die.
So, without a watch or a notification to ping them before important events, how do animals perceive time?
April 15, 2020
It only takes a few milligrams of a naturally occurring compound – or even a just few micrograms on a sliver of paper – to open your mind to a vibrant swirl of creativity and long-lasting personality changes.
While psychedelics have shown efficacy in treating various mental health conditions including anxiety, treatment-resistant depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder, they also carry the potential to help researchers further understand the interplay between various brain networks, says a 2018 Medical Hypothesis study.
April 10, 2020
Nature & Bloom founder Ahmed Mir teaches us about the entourage effect and the role terpenes play in CBD oil.
April 9, 2020
Camping Cooks teaches us everything we need to know to keep our skin safe while exploring the great outdoors.
April 8, 2020
Poet Mahik’s encourages environmental advocacy through her beautiful poetry.