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    Preserving fresh food longer without chemicals

    Treating foods with high pressure rather than high heat or chemicals is a natural choice for better maintaining flavor and nutrients, says biologist Carole Tonello. Carole Tonello likes to start her day with an energy-boosting juice made from raw kale, ...
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    You’ve Never Seen a Bed Like This Before

    The Murphy bed gets a new twist. Sometimes society progresses not by introducing a radically new technology, but rather by combining two old ones. The bed is an ancient technology. The elevator is a somewhat more recent one. But why ...
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    staying healthy with technology

    Living a healthy lifestyle is easier than ever before thanks to an array of fitness apps, wearable devices, and other smart products. Here’s how you can harness the power of technology to lose those extra pounds. Hundreds of thousands of ...
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    Cannabis helps heal broken bones

    Israeli researchers find non-psychotropic compound in marijuana is good therapy for fractures. Add another page to the constantly growing body of evidence supporting the use of medical marijuana to treat pain and a variety of other conditions including diabetes, Parkinson’s ...
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    Virtual Reality Meditation: Take Yoga Class With An Oculus Rift

    WILL THE YOGA CRAZE BECOME A TECHNOLOGY CRAZE? HOW LONG UNTIL THERE IS A YOGA CLASS PROGRAM FOR THE OCULUS RIFT? I have tried mediation numerous times over the years. I have gone to many classes and met many yogis. Meditation ...
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    Why Is the Federal Government Afraid of Fat?

    BOSTON — SINCE the publication of the federal government’s 1980 Dietary Guidelines, dietary policy has focused on reducing total fat in the American diet — specifically, to no more than 30 percent of a person’s daily calories. This fear of ...
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    This is what your body is busy doing while you’re asleep

    This infographic breaks down everything your body does while you’re not awake. It’s making us tired just looking at it. In our increasingly busy lives, sleep can feel pretty unproductive. But just because you’re not awake, doesn’t mean stuff isn’t ...
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    Coffee: Guilty pleasure or life saving elixir?

    You’re a health-minded person. You eat healthy, you go to the gym, you run and, of course, you have never smoked. You also try to stay on a good sleep schedule. But still, you need that caffeine jolt from your morning ...
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    Technology and the future of food

    Entrepreneurs and researchers are applying technology to create new foods systems that may solve some of the food challenges of tomorrow, reports Asian Scientist. At Maastricht University, professor Mark Post and his colleagues are working on in vitro meat to ...