Bees sure do sting, but we should remember that they play a crucial role in the environment.

However, the bees' population have been sharply dwindling for the last four years. Not also are they dying more frequently, but their life span has been shortened due to illness caused by bacteria and viruses and those chemical pesticides that we use on our crops. This will definitely effect the number of fruits and vegetable we can get this year and it looks like it's not going to get any better. One beekeeper says that the loss was three times worse than last year; that's like getting your paycheck of $600 chopped off by two thirds and now you only have $200 left to keep. We need to reduce the usage of pesticides and think of some other green way to protect our crops like growing them indoors.



Poor honeybee. :(

India and Bangladesh has been arguing for almost 30 years over a tiny rock isle and now it's vanished.

The sea levels are rising as time elapse and the low-level delta of Bangladesh will be one of the first victims to this slow rising sea level epidemic. The sea is expected to swallow up 18% of the delta which is home to 20 million people in the next forty years. They have slowly evacuate the people as years go by. Some say global warming and global cooling is a natural process and while that maybe true, we're manipulating it as we accelerate this process that may well destroy our only planet.

In 2011, every major fast food restaurant you go to will have nutritional information both inside the restaurant and on the drive-thru.

This is part of the health care legislation that President Obama just signed yesterday. That means customers might want to think twice before eating a Big Mac that contains 540 calories, which is already more than a quarter of the 2000-calorie daily guideline from the Agricultural Department. That also counts for vending machines, so someone who wants to buy a king size Snickers Bar knows that this unhealthy snack contains 440 calories. While not all the customers will pay attention or care about these nutritional labels, it will help some of them to be aware of what are you eating. After all, more than 1/2 of the money Americans spend on food is outside of their home.



By the way, would you rather have a big fat greasy burger up there OR
a nice fresh healthy apple down here? :)



You decide.

Eating healthy food is not all about keeping you in good shape. It can also help you reduce stress and more! :D

These food items include dark chocolate? Yep, the darker the chocolate, the more healthy substances like phenethylamine(which improves your mood) are in that chocolate. Oatmeal is another great one as it helps us to make serotonin, which calms down our craving appetite. I could go on, but by now I think we now/already know that healthy food have additional benefits for our body.



Oh and one more thing, what do you prefer the orange or the "apple"?



XD!

Not to long ago, China has been hit yet another sandstorm from the Mongolian Desert.

Most of the people in China hates this sandstorm as it gets under your clothes, in your throat, and on your car, but there's not a whole lot you can do about it. Outdoor activities in schools were canceled, the elder people were asked to go inside, and you see more people wearing a handkerchief or a surgical mask. This is all because of desertification which is caused by overgrazing, deforestation, and these strong winds picking an abundant amount of sand and carrying it all the way to China. What do you get? A huge brownish haze over the capital of China, Beijing, along with other Chinese cities.

While solar panels contribute no emissions, they are not friendly at first.

In order to make solar panels, you need some metal, mainly silicon, which has to do with mining that Mother Nature certainly does not appreaciate. Plus, it takes up a lot of land and money to build them into a power plant. Oh and don't forget the weather, if it's cloudy or rainy, the solar panels aren't going to accomplish much until these weather conditions fade away.



That said, this source of energy can virtually last forever as long the sun still exists. In addition, they can be used for homes, toys, cars, and even ovens. So don't think this clean technology is bad in the end. :)

Such an old article, but it's one of the contributing factors to obesity.

It's not just eating junk food that effects your weight, it's the number of hours of sleep that counts as well. Because less sleep tends to increase your appetite and with the food just within our reach, it's no wonder it's easy to get fat in America. The reason why as Dr. Taheri said is that when you sleep less, you produce less leptin, a hormone that helps reducing your appetite. Sure, a good rest everyday does take up more thirty percent of your day, but in return you're energized, you brain functions just fine, and you're appetite should be at normal level.



P.S. I think I heard somewhere a long while ago that if you choose to sleep less, you're bound to eat 25% more than you usually do.