Daily FML: Chemistry Edition

Ever wonder what your day would be like without chemistry? No? Eh, me neither. But the American Chemical Society did! Check out this video they made to illustrate... APPRECIATE the bonds.

We Might Not Need To Test On Animals Anymore...

Harvard's Wyss Institute has done it...they've designed a chip that BREATHES like the Human Lung!! Now instead of testing on animals, they've created a chip to test chemicals on... "It’s a laboratory-generated, breathing human lung-on-a-chip that mimics the way a real lung allows pathogens to enter the bloodstream..." according to Habitat.com, and its the new alternative to animal testing. Way to go Harvard. Do you see where evolution is going, though? To read more...check out this article at Habitat.com

Fear: What Are You Afraid Of?

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself..."

- FDR

Do you find yourself think negatively? Don't lie, we all do, but WHY? That answer is relative to the individual. Consider this, though: 

We have bad thoughts because we are consciously or subconsciously afraid of something. 

A good friend put me on to the fact that most of our negative thoughts can be counteracted if we acknowledge that bad thoughts stem from fear. What are you afraid of? Recognize that if you stop fearing difficult situations and adopt a positive psychological mind state for problem solving...(i.e. "I control my reality with my thoughts"; "Dissecting a problem actively prevents the feeling of being overwhelmed...") you can make yourself happier! 

I know, easier said than done, right? Well, practice makes perfect so get to it!

INHABITAT: MIT Developing Body Heat-Powered Electronics

 "It’s a lot easier to change the batteries in a flashlight than to switch out the batteries in, say, a biomedical monitor. But eventually, such batteries might never have to be changed thanks to a new breed of heat-harvesting electronics developed by researchers at MIT..." CHECK OUT the FULL article at inhabitat.com

Swine Flu Season's Over According to Harvard Poll

Most Americans do not intend to get the swine flu vaccine, assume the pandemic is over and think the flu threat was overblown, according to a poll released Friday by the Harvard School of Public Health.

As of the end of January, only about a fifth of all Americans had had swine flu shots, according to that poll and data released separately by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Read the FULL article from the New York Times).

Madonna Builds Eco-Friendly School in Malawi

Madonna started a school! The Raising Malawi Academy for Girls consists of 46 hectares and will have a library and administration building, dining hall, gymnasium, wellness center, sports field, 30 classrooms, 12 dormitories and 18 staff houses. The design was centered around optimizing natural day lighting and ventilation to minimize energy use and take advantage of the natural site conditions. Mostly constructed out of locally sourced Hydraform bricks, which are made from on-site soil, the builders can avoid using “burned bricks which have been largely responsible for wide spread deforestation in Malawi.” Check out the full article about the school and more pictures here at inhabitat.com.

Are We Gravitating Towards the Moon?

With fuel resources being one of the biggest issues facing sentient beings in the present, NASA proposes that Helium-3 could be the answer to all of our earthly fuel dilemnas. What's the issue? Helium-3 is found on the moon! Check out this article by NASA to find out about fueling options for the future by clicking here.