How happy are you with your life? How satisfied are you with your life? Happiness and satisfaction are very subjective words that are used to mean different things. A lot of people use the word ‘happiness’ to describe joy. And sometimes we use the word ‘satisfaction’ to mean the pleasure we feel when our needs are filled, like the feeling we get from eating a satisfying meal after a long day of work.
A Free Solution to AIDS
We’re all familiar with superheroes defeating villains in comic books and movies, but there are real people with superpowers that walk among us everyday. These people, known as HIV Controllers, are able to successfully fight the HIV virus in their own bodies, while living normal, healthy lives.
Treasure Hunting In The Trash
The process of looking for discarded food is called dumpster diving. Maximus started dumpster diving as a student in Boston. At night, he and his friends jump supermarket fences after the stores close, open up the dumpster and look for edible treasure. On an average night, they find fruits, vegetables, bread, coffee and even processed foods like ravioli in the trash.
Interdependence
Being human is an amazing thing, isn’t it? I mean, we have these incredibly large brains, that we can use to think and imagine and solve problems and ultimately shape the world around us. We have our own thoughts, our own feelings, and our own bodies. As individuals, we are each unique and special It’s really amazing!
But along with this feeling of individual power and uniqueness comes the feeling of separation…
Do You Really Need Food To Survive?
Recently a software engineer named Rob Rhinehart has started producing a drink called Soylent that he believes can safely replace fresh food. It’s not green and it’s not made of people. It’s a drink made from an artificial powder that Rhinehart says contains all the nutrition that humans need to survive without food.
Your Weight In Gold
Similar to gold, salt has been valued by cultures around the world for thousands of years. The English word salary comes from the Latin word for salt. In ancient Rome salt was so valuable that some people received their monthly pay in the form of salt.
Fantastic Fermentation
We all know that eating a balanced diet is one of the keys to vitality and longevity. For most of us this means consuming things like fruits and vegetables, meat and fish, and dairy and grains. But let’s not forget an important element to any healthy diet: fermented foods.
Your Life in Numbers
Do you know how much sleep you had last night? Do you know if you had any dreams? What about how long you dreamt? I don’t, but there are a growing number of people who do.