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Health & Wellness

Fatty Fish Helps Asthmatics Breathe Easier

An international study from La Trobe University has found that children with asthma who followed a healthy Mediterranean diet enriched with fatty fish showed improved lung function after just six months. The clinical trial involved 64 children from Athens in Greece, ranging in age from 5  to 12 who had mild asthma. Researchers from Australia and Greece divided the children into two groups and instructed around half to eat two […]

todayDecember 13, 2018

Tech Made Simple

How To Turn Off Motion Smoothing on Your HDTV

Movie buff better pay attention, because your TV may be messing with your favorite flicks. Motion smoothing (also known as video interpolation or the “soap opera effect”) could be changing the quality of your picture. Meant to reduce motion blur, smoothing is useful when you’re watching the quick action in sports, but it’s not great when you’re watching a carefully filmed motion picture. Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie were […]

todayDecember 12, 2018

Fashion

K-Pop’s Global Fashion Influence

With roots in the 1990s, K-pop — a mix of pop, rap, electronica, and other genres with a South Korean twist — is affecting far more than social media trends and billboard charts. Fans of the music are taking up charitable causes, and according to the global fashion search engine Lyst, they are also wearing the same designers as their beloved K-pop idols. In its “Year in Fashion” report, which […]

todayDecember 12, 2018

Home Improvement

Redesign Your Bedroom for a Better Night’s Sleep

As we spend one third of our lives sleeping, our physical and mental health depends greatly on it. Your bedroom design could actually be stopping you from sleeping properly.  If you’re lacking those good quality Zs, it’s time to look at your bedroom design and layout to see if you can make any positive adjustments. Here are some tips that may improve your chances of a good night’s sleep, helping […]

todayDecember 12, 2018

Food & Drink

Chestnuts Roasting Over an Open Fire

You’ve probably heard the “Christmas Song” hundreds of times in your life, and you’re well familiar with that opening line, but have you ever really tried roasting chestnuts over an open fire? If you’ve never had a warm roasted chestnut, you’re missing out. Chestnuts grow from mid-fall to early-spring, and they peak during the holidays—which is why they’re associated with this time of year. They have a texture kind of […]

todayDecember 12, 2018

Health & Wellness

Get Kids Cooking to Make Healthier Adults

If you want your kids to grow up into health-eating adults, encourage them to get cooking.  Data was studied from the Project Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and published by the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior earlier this year.   During the study, the participants ranging in age from 30 to 35 showed a direct correlation to their current healthy eating […]

todayDecember 12, 2018

Tech Made Simple

Epic Games Builds its own Steam

Epic Games, the company that launched the free, multi-user game “Fortnite,” wants to take on Apple and Google with a new “Epic Games Store.” Since it’s launch in September of 2017, Fortnite has skyrocketed in popularity to become an international household name. Epic Games says that more than 200 million accounts have been registered in Fortnite across the many platforms it can be played on, and currently more than 80 […]

todayDecember 11, 2018

Home Improvement

Wrap Presents Like a Pro

Wrapping gifts in general is tricky,  but refining your wrapping skills doesn’t have to be.   Take these simple tips from Lifehacker for a beautiful holiday present you won’t be embarrassed to give. Start with the right sized piece of paper. It should come up a little more than halfway on the sides and wraps all the way around with an inch overlap. Use double stick tape for secure, flat edges. […]

todayDecember 11, 2018

Food & Drink

Wild Bees are the Secret to Better Berries

A study by researchers at the University of Vermont found that wild bees are the secret ingredient in producing better berries, as they are better pollinators than honey bees. The study is the first to successfully reveal that wild bees improve not only blueberry quantities, but also size and other quality factors. It finds that wild bees provide major benefits for berry farmers, including: greater berry size (12 per cent), […]

todayDecember 11, 2018

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