Most people understand the importance of fats, carbohydrates and proteins, but pay very little attention to micronutrients found in fruits and vegetables. Many students who are committed to sports, exercise, and strength training sometimes do not understand the importance of eating a …
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Sports are an exciting subject. Different sports have different environments and outcomes, but the goal is all the same: to win. In team sports, there are often rivalries, and that may lead to a rage against the other team. Blood, sweat, and …
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Doesn’t the walnut look like a miniature brain? In China, walnuts are quickly becoming a popular snack, and in traditional chinese medicine, these are rumored to help one’s brain. Although walnuts and brains certainly look similar, what really makes the walnut such …
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Is it risky to wear earphones when biking? Driving along popular biking roads, we often see cyclists wearing headphones in the city. For many people, it’s crazy. In urban areas, it is already risky enough to bike, and wearing earphones only makes …
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By Michael Chang In addition to the vacuum effect, cramped quarters of a spaceship, confinement and isolation, and the altering gravity fields of planets, space radiation may be one of the most dangerous effects of space travel. While it does not seem …
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By Bill Chang Apples have always been a food that has been admired and recommended by doctors. The saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” certainly can relate. But what exactly is the reason that apples are the most popular …
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By Jenny Sun What usually happens on a school day morning? You roll up in your bed and drowsily stare at the clock: 6:30. At school, your eyelids are heavy in first period, and you miss important notes. Some commentators of education …
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By Michael Chang In the modern society, our home is now filled with wi-fi signals, electromagnetic waves and other silent but dangerous phenomena. Long term exposure to these signals have proven to be a cause of deadly diseases. However, there may be …
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By Jiemin Sun Meditation can improve both your physical and emotional health, as covered in part one of Let us Meditate. One may suppress respiratory or even heart diseases just by sitting, breathing, and clearing one’s mind. Brain structure can be altered, …
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By Jiemin Sun Are you sleeping right? One of the biggest and most common difficulties students face is getting ample sleep. Adolescents need plenty of sleep (8.5 to 9.5 hours a night) to feel fully rested, but the American National Sleep Foundation …
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