Stranded nurse saves his own life during a heart attack

(Natural News) Heart attacks are fatal, and no one really knows when it will happen, but when it does, it’s vital that you know how to reverse it. In Western Australia, a 44-year-old nurse saved himself from possible death caused by a heart attack. After feeling severe chest pain and dizziness while alone on-duty, the nurse, identified… … Read more

The sex-weight connection: Understanding the role the brain plays in body weight control

(Natural News) Aside from morphology, there are a lot of ways males are widely different from females. One of these, as discussed in an article in the journal Nature Communications, has to do with how either sex gain weight. The paper, authored by researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine, indicated that while the underlying process in the phenomenon is still unclear,… … Read more

Nutritionists find a way to boost the nutritional profile of maize tortillas naturally

(Natural News) Tortillas are an important food for Mexicans and their neighbors, but maize lacks vital proteins. Looking for natural ways of fortifying the grain, researchers chose flour made from nontoxic Jatropha curcas (J. curcas) plants. The resulting fortified maize tortillas looked, felt, and tasted like ordinary ones while also packing more proteins. Maize is rich in calories,… … Read more

Star Wars hologram tech set to be 3D alternative to video conference calls

(Natural News) A Canadian university has turned a beloved concept in science fiction – 3D holographic communication – into real technology. A CBC article details how researchers demonstrated a videoconferencing system that can create life-sized, three-dimensional holograms of people in distant locations as if they were in the same room. The technology is straight out of… … Read more

NASA thinking about performing a flight test of a nuclear reactor to the moon by the mid-2020s

(Natural News) Now that NASA has finished testing its new nuclear reactor on the ground, it is aiming its sights a lot higher. The space agency is considering fitting the Kilopower system onto a moon-bound lander for its first flight test in the middle of the 2020s, an article in Space News states. In a recent press conference,… … Read more

Orangutan defends forest home from giant excavator ripping down trees

(Natural News) As the problem of deforestation continues to spread around the globe, one brave orangutan has decided that he’s had enough. Loggers were tearing down trees left and right in the Ketapang Regency on the island of Borneo, when the orangutan began defending its home.  Daring to climb across a fallen tree, the fearless creature… … Read more

Mars discovery almost certainly proves life exists on other planets

(Natural News) The age-old mystery, “Are we alone in the galaxy?” is now closer than ever before to being solved. The answer is: Probably not. In the last few days, Fox News reported a “massive” discovery regarding Mars: The Curiosity rover put there by NASA found organic molecules on the ‘red planet.’ “We found organic molecules… … Read more