Allergies

Honey is a Superfood.

“Superfood” is a word that scares me. It gives people the wrong idea about what makes a food healthy and how eating healthy works (it’s not about eating a lot of any one thing, but seeking a great variety of many things for a balanced died).

That said… Honey is pretty badass. It can keep and be perfectly safe and edible after an amazingly shocking amount of time. It’s rumored to lower allergies, and can aid in the healing of wounds. Pretty impressive, really.

Science News

I figure I’ve fallen away from actually writing in this blog, but I’m going to get back into it. Specifically, I’m going to talk today about a few articles that came to me through discovery news yesterday.

  • New Device to Clear Land Mines: A scientist, Massoud Hassani, invented a 50$ solar & wind powered device that can trigger land mines without human specialists. Very cool, and very needed device. [SOURCE]
  • Biodiversity Lack Fingered in Increased Allergies: This year has been bonkers for allergies, and studies are suggesting that the lack of biodiversity near human habitation is actually increasing people’s sensitivity to allergens. [SOURCE]
  • Camera “Traps” Cross River Gorilla: The Cross River Gorilla is the rarest subspecies. With only 250 known individuals in the wild, this species is rarely observed or studied, so the video captured by a camera trap is priceless to researchers. [SOURCE]