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Broken sleep

from aeon.co

People once woke up halfway through the night to think, write or make love. What have we lost by sleeping straight through?

by Karen Emslie

Photo by Michael Lewis/Gallery Stock

Karen Emslie

is a Scottish writer, artist and photographer. She has been car-jacked in Barcelona, lost in the Alps, and harassed by fake police in Cuba, but still loves the adventurer’s life. She is based in Spain.

Edited by Pam Weintraub

Is the middle of the night a golden time for creativity?

It is 4.18am. In the fireplace, where logs burned, […]

natural antibiotics

14 Natural Antibiotics To Fight Infection, And What Drug Companies Don’t Want You To Know Antibiotics Vs. Natural Antibiotics

from The Science Of Eating .com

All too often when people get sick with an illness or infection, they head to the doctors’ office for medicines that ultimately do more harm than good. Antibiotics, also known as antibacterials, are types of medications that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. To put it basically, antibiotics are poisons that are used to kill bacteria, and we use them to treat infections caused by bacteria.

Bacteria are microscopic organisms, […]