Beer Made From Sewage Water? In Oregon, That Might Soon Be a Reality
On Wednesday, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission voted to let one brewery use water recycled from sewage to brew its beer, Oregon Public Broadcasting reports. The brewery, Oregon Brew Crew, would be supplied by Clean Water Services, a utility with a highly sophisticated treatment process that turns sewage into drinking-quality water. The batches of beer […]
New Approach To Stroke Treatment Offers Hope To Severe Stroke Patients
A new study appears to have pinpointed a better way to treat stroke patients than in the past. According to the results of the “Swift Prime” trial (Solitaire With the Intention For Thrombectomy as PRIMary Endovascular treatment), researchers believe that removing the stroke-triggering clot, in addition to applying the typical medication, is better than simply […]
Climate change heats up: Everything you need to know about the hot topic
What’s happening? Climate change is nothing new, but President Barack Obama brought it to the forefront of national conversation in his most recent State of the Union address when he said, “No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change … If we do not act forcefully, we’ll continue to see […]
Harmful Chemicals Found In Flavored E-Cigs At High Dosages
Electronic cigarette popularity is spreading rapidly across the country bereft of health regulations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), creating a whole new market for industry to tap into. More than a quarter of a million youths used an e-cigarette in 2013, representing a three-fold increase within just two years. Public […]
Why Are We Afraid Of The Dark?
I’m lying in my bed in my room in Ohio, about to drift off to sleep, when I begin to hear scratching above my head. It’s a windless still June night, so the noise is rather strange. It stops then starts again several times — and soon, the scratching turns into the sound of heavy, […]
Vegan vs. Vegetarian: Which Diet Is Healthier?
From Beyoncé and Jay Z, to former Man v. Food host Adam Richman, the vegan diet seems to be becoming the diet rule rather than the exception. A 2014 infographic put together by TopRNtoBSN.com found the number of vegans has doubled since 2009, with a little more than 69 percent of the 8,000 Americans surveyed […]
Mars May Have Liquid Salty Water Below Its Surface
NASA’s Curiosity rover has measured weather and soil conditions on Mars to discover that the red planet’s surface has favorable conditions to hold liquid salty water underneath. The latest findings have further fueled the long-running debate on whether Mars ever contained water and was suitable to host life. Scientists had previously discovered that Martian soil […]
US Forest Service Investigates Expired Permit Nestle Uses To Draw CA Water
What am I missing here? California is in a major long-term drought and Nestle didn’t even have a valid permit for all the water it was taking. Why on earth would they renew it now? SAN BERNARDINO — The U.S. Forest Service is investigating an expired permit that Nestle has been using to draw water […]
Why Some Still Have Doubts On Climate Change
Wendy Billiot isn’t sure how she feels about global warming. She knows local scientists say rising sea levels will eventually sink her community in coastal Louisiana, but to her the biggest problem is here and now. Seated at her kitchen table, she smooths a laminated map of Terrebonne Parish and points to wetlands that are […]
Baltimore Police Told To Keep Phone Tracking Technology Secret
The Baltimore police department has used secretive cellphone tracking technology thousands of times in recent years while following orders from the FBI to withhold information about the practice from prosecutors and judges, a detective testified in court on Wednesday. The testimony of the detective revealed the widespread use of cell site simulators, known as Stingrays, […]
