Category: Miscellaneous
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Cryogenics: Would You Freeze Yourself After Death?
Humans are fascinated with the idea of breaking natural laws, rising above the limitations that bind us, and becoming the ultimate deciders of our fate. Cryogenics is back in the public eye. As humans, we fear the fleeting nature of our lives. Whether it is time travel, cyborgs, or cryogenics, we are always looking for…
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Bilingual? You Are A Problem Solver
With half of the world’s population speaking two or more languages, one has to wonder whether the ability to switch between languages has benefits for our cognitive capacity. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology indicates that being bilingual does. Researchers showed that bilingual children are better than monolingual children at a specific type…
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BMI Is About To Become A Thing Of The Past, Here’s Why…
We’ve all had our BMI worked out by a medical professional at some point or another. And although it can provide a general indication whether ones weight to height ratio is healthy or not, it’s far from being an accurate weight measurement tool for everyone. Now a new App has been developed by the Mayo Clinic,…
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Cyber Safety: How Secure Are You?
We share expert tips and the inside scoop on how to protect your information from cyber criminals. In the real world we are incredibly security conscious. We lock our doors, have security bars, gates and alarms. To avoid smash and grabs, we place our valuables in our car boot when we drive. We are on the…
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A Transgender Journey
Written by Anastacia Tomson, with additional reporting by Kim Bell for Longevity magazine. I rifled slowly through the racks of dresses, feeling the different fabrics between my fingers. It had been months since I had last been in the men’s section, long enough that the memories had started to fade, but I was sure that…
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The Anti-Aging Benefits of Whole-body Cryotherapy
The latest celebrity fad gives new meaning to chilling out. Lindsay Lohan, Kate Moss and Demi Moore have taken to standing half naked in cryotherapy saunas. It may sound a little nutty, but this new wave of wellness technology promises that only 3-minutes in freezing cold conditions will provide renewed skin, boosted vitality, and banished…
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#GetMeTo21 Jenna Lowe – Gone, but never forgotten
In this life, and particularly, in this industry, we have the privilege of meeting people who intrinsically move you. These angels on earth, however fleeting your time with them is, impact you in a way you never thought possible. Jenna was one of those people. I never had the opportunity to meet her face to…
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Incredible health benefits of daisies
South Africa’s queen of gardening, Margaret Roberts, recently released 100 Edible & Healing Flowers (Struik Lifestyle). She shares the health benefits of the simple daisy. Daisies are simple, yet beautiful. The daisy may be one of the most common flowers in gardens all over the world, however, this pretty little flower has been listed in herbal writings, pharmacopoeias…
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Lighting affects your hunger
According to a small new study, exposure to blue light before and during your evening meal may affect how much you want to eat. Compared to exposure to dim light, exposure to blue light spurred higher hunger levels, starting 15 minutes after light exposure and those hunger levels stayed higher for about two hours after…
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5 reasons to buy Longevity magazine this month
Here are five reasons to buy Longevity magazine this April … 1. Read our Longevity report, Hazy View, to find out if cannabis really does have health benefits – is this this simply a smoke screen? 2. Discover how our cover celebrity, Cameron Diaz, feels about getting older, and follow her top tips to living your best…