AvatarHeather LeeAnonymous Donor Pays Oso Mudslide Victim's MortgageNBC News - By Joe FryerTim Ward lost his wife, his home and his pets in a landslide. One person who saw his story reached out to help him. An anonymous donor is paying off the $360,000 mortgage for a man who lost his wife and house in a deadly mudslide. Homeowner Tim Ward received the unexpected news last week. "There are …
AvatarHeather LeeScientists are testing MDMA as a PTSD treatment for veteransverified_publisherThe Verge - By Thor BensonAbout three years after his discharge from the US Marine Corps, Nicholas Blackston is in an unfamiliar office, starting to feel the effects of an unfamiliar drug: as he watches, an old-fashioned banker’s lamp in the office suddenly bursts into kaleidoscope fractals. While the MDMA Blackston’s been …
AvatarHeather LeeHow To Cure Every Food CravingHarper's BAZAAR - Redbook StaffGot a sweet tooth? A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that both sugar and fat stimulate a pleasure region of the brain—but sugar has the greater effect, making it even more challenging of a food to resist. "Cravings are linked to deprivation," states Julie Upton, …
AvatarHeather LeePhotographer Beth Moon Spent 14 Years Hunting for the World's Most Ancient Treespetapixel.com - Michael Zhang“Portraits of Time” is a series of photographs showing the oldest and most majestic trees on the face of the Earth. Photographer Beth Moon traveled …
AvatarHeather LeeThe 100 greatest innovations of 2022verified_publisherPopular Science - PopSci StaffThe 35th annual Best of What's New awards. On a cloudy Christmas morning last year, a rocket carrying the most powerful space telescope ever built blasted off from a launchpad in French Guiana. After reaching its destination in space about a month later, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began …