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Nature is Good for You
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Gus diZerega
It turns out that immersing ourselves in Nature is good for us in ways that science can actually measure. A paper published last week, “A Dose of Nature” Jules Pretty and Jo Barton found that people’s mood and self-esteem benefit from what it calls “green exercise.” Prof. Pretty said of his study “For the first…
Fascinating Findings Concerning Acupuncture and Rats
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Gus diZerega
I believe my unusually rapid recovery from a stroke in 2008 was connected to working with healing energy for 25 years. My belief just received a boost. This week (April 24) the New Scientist gave a fascinating account of an experiment first reported in the Neurobiology of Disease. Seventy five rats initially had their spines damaged. One third…
Scriptural Literalism, Bruce Waltke, and Exploding Volcanoes
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Gus diZerega
Conservative Evangelical Bible scholar Dr. Bruce Waltke has resigned from his teaching position at the Reformed Theological Seminary. He made the mistake of saying the evidence overwhelmingly supported evolution. Many of his co-religionists are unforgiving. Ken Hamm, CEO of the ‘Creation Museum,’ objected, “I believe what he [Waltke] is saying ultimately undermines the authority of God’s…
Psychedelic News
By
Gus diZerega
Mark Kleiman reports on important news from the Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century Conference. I wish I had been there.
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