In The Footsteps Of High John | John Michael Greer

April 15, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Two weeks ago, while winding up the story of the colonial Rhode Island astrologer Joseph Stafford, I noted that the kind of occultism practiced by Stafford and Johan ...

A break from the buzz—bees go silent during total solar eclipse | Candace Galen

A study conducted during the 2017 total solar eclipse in North America found that bees remained active during the partial-eclipse phases both before and after the period of totality, but they essenti ...

Oysters at risk from changing climate | Yoann Thomas

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 9, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Climate change's effect on coastal ecosystems is very likely to increase mortality risks of adult oyster populations in the next 20 years. That is ...

A warmer climate will also be a drier climate, with negative impacts on forest growth | Peter B. Reich

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 9, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Warmer temperatures brought on by climate change will lead to drier soils and reduce tree photosynthesis and growth in forests later this century, ...

New evidence supports the hypothesis that beer may have been motivation to cultivate cereals | Melissa De Witte

Credit: Oregon Health & Science UniversitySept. 12, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Stanford University archaeologists are turning the history of beer on its head. A research team led by Li Liu, a professor of Ch ...

Study shows medical cannabis effective in treating a wide range of health conditions | Jacob Miguel Vigil and Sarah See Stith

A new study demonstrates the effectiveness of medical cannabis on a wide range of health conditions. Credit: University of New Mexico stock image Sept. 11, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Utilizing new mobil ...

How Uncle Sam Launders Marijuana Money | Ellen Brown

Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Blog Jan. 23, 2018 In a blatant example of “do as I say, not as I do,” the U.S. government is profiting handsomely by accepting marijuana cash in the payment of taxes while ...

Crops evolved 10 millennia earlier than thought | Robin Allaby

Credit: University of Warwick Oct. 23, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Ancient hunter-gatherers began to systemically affect the evolution of crops up to 30,000 years ago -- around ten millennia before experts pr ...

'See No Evil...' | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust June 5, 2017 Many of us live in Amerika and truly care about the America that has been stolen from us. The "theft" did not occur overnight. ...

'It's My Party...' | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust March 26, 2017 It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to Cry if I want to, cry if I want to You would cry too if it happened to you --Lesley ...

Our best shot at cooling the planet might be right under our feet | Jason Hickel

Cracked soil by a village in Iran abandoned by farmers because water reserves ran dry due to overuse. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Studies suggest that regenerating soil by turning our ba ...