cities

How does your city affect your health? Map reveals the healthiest – and least healthy – cities in the U.S.

February 27, 2018 -

Posted by Zoey Sky

(Natural News) It looks like it’s time to dust off those running shoes, especially if you live in Brownsville, Texas. The city was the least healthy in a map that ranked the healthiest cities in America. Wallethub, a personal finance website, drew up the map. San Francisco, California, was once again named as “the healthiest city in […]

in: Exercise, Fitness, Food, Health, Men's Fitness, Men's health, Nutrition, Obesity, Women's Fitness, Women's health

More proof carbon dioxide is essential to planetary health: Research finds urban trees are growing faster worldwide

December 19, 2017 -

Posted by Tracey Watson

(Natural News) Climate change alarmists are quick to point out what they perceive to be the negative effects of warmer temperatures, including droughts on one hand and excessive rainfall on the other. What they are not so quick to point out are the advantages of a warmer climate. One of these advantages was recently highlighted […]

in: Climate change, Culture & Society, Current Events, Environment

Artificial lights found to suppress pollination, contributing to destruction of ecosystem

August 8, 2017 -

Posted by Jhoanna Robinson

(Natural News) A team from the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Bern in Switzerland that was led by Eva Knop found out that nocturnal pollination can in fact be disrupted by artificial lighting. “As it is possible that light-sensitive insects have already disappeared in regions with high levels of light pollution, […]

in: Green living / sustainable living, Home gardening, Honey Bees

Researchers find that concrete structures can actually REDUCE air pollution by adsorbing sulfur dioxide

July 12, 2017 -

Posted by Frances Bloomfield

(Natural News) Could one effective solution to air pollution have been under our noses all along? That seems to be case, according to researchers from Stony Brook University. Dr. Alex Orlov and his colleagues have discovered that concrete structures can adsorb and remove sulfur dioxide from the air, reported ScienceDaily.com. For their study, the researchers […]

in: Environment, Science & Tech, Toxic chemicals

CONFIRMED: Living in cities makes people psychotic; they start hearing “voices in their heads,” shocking new study finds

May 31, 2017 -

Posted by Ethan Huff

(Natural News) Urban life might seem hip and enticing, especially for younger folks who enjoy the hustle and bustle of busy environments marked by constant activity. But all the noise and commotion that comes along with it can have a detrimental effect on a person’s mental health, including an increased likelihood of experiencing psychotic episodes and […]

in: Community, Crime, Environment, Home & Life

Nuclear war or civil war: The big cities will become cauldrons of violence and death – but you CAN survive

April 30, 2017 -

Posted by JD Heyes

(Natural News) To many people, times are as tense now in the United States as they have ever seen them. Some older Americans who lived through the unrest in the 1960s see some similarities between then and now, but even they say that political, social and cultural anxieties across America today are much higher and […]

in: Civil Unrest, Collapse, Current Events