Dead Zones: Why Our Oceans Are Suffocating

Here’s a story that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves.   As a result of global warming, agricultural run-off contamination and sewage dumping,  our oceans are losing their oxygen.  These oxygen-depleted spots in our oceans are …

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Make Death Count: Body Donation to Science

Your death can lead to life.  No, this isn’t an oxymoron.  When people die, their bodies can be used by science to learn new and important things about biology and, more specifically, the human body.  …

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Some Healthy Alternatives to Sugar

OK, we admit it;  we hate sugar.   More specifically, we LOVE sugar but hate what it does to our bodies.  As we’ve noted in other blogs, sugar is highly addicting, very fattening and royally messes …

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Google Home Maxxed Out – Our Review

It’s the audio equivalent of a banana split — it’s got everything you’d possibly wish all-in-one delicious device.  But is it’s price tag worth it?   Ah, that’s the rub. So, first the good news.   The …

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Costa Rica Car Rental Traps and Tricks

If you need to rent a car while visit Costa Rica get ready for some bewildering insurance requirements.   You see, Costa Rican car rental companies offer super low rental prices for their cars……but they make …

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The World’s Smartest Man on Happiness

One clue to how to achieve happiness comes from one of the 20th Century’s great minds.  Albert Einstein shared his personal theory of happiness in a short handwritten note.   In 1921, Albert Einstein was on …

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Why Disharmony? How Music Can Heal Divided Nations

Fact:  America is currently a socially polarized mess of a country.  Additional fact:  It’s not alone.  Britain, Australia, Austria, France, Spain, Germany and many other first-world democracies are deeply divided, politically flammable nations.  Trump, Farage, …

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