Archive for 2008

Nature’s best

Nature’s best

We all make an effort to cut down on the intake of harmful substances in trying to stay healthy.  But we also need to protect our bodies from the environmental hazard that is present in today’s world, namely pollution.
Alternative medicines may be considered as a way of undoing the impact of climate change in [...]

Is our health at risk?

Is our health at risk?

According to some scientist, since the Industrial Revolution at the end of the 18th century, there has been a marked increase in the emission of greenhouse gases (mainly carbon dioxide), in proportion to industrial expansion.
However, many scientists disagree with this because they claim that global warming has been occurring from the dinosaur era. However, they [...]

A vanishing paradise

A vanishing paradise

The Brazilian government has announced a huge rise in the rate of the Amazon deforestation, months after celebrating its success in achieving a reduction on the amount of forest being lost.

Although the deforestation rate in the Legal Amazon fell by 20 per cent between August 2006 and July 2007, according to a BBC [...]

Booze vs Books?

Booze vs Books?

Binge-drinking has rapidly become endemic in student life. Although health and safety risks are oftentimes associated with such a lifestyle, Njina Grant informs you of another risk students may want to avoid
To a university student, getting good grades and leaving with a degree that lands them an impressive job is just as important as [...]

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