Rational News | Rational News – Rational Information

News & Articles By Frances Bloomfield

04/29/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Mindfulness meditation found to be less effective for men, according to researchers

Think the secret to inner peace lies in meditation? If you’re a man, think again. In a new study by researchers from Brown University, the team found that practicing mindfulness meditation does wonders for women while doing the opposite for men, reported the DailyMail.co.uk. Mindfulness meditation, wrote the researchers, is the practice of “intentionally and […]

04/27/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

The “War on Drugs” is rooted in FAKE lab science, warns independent science pioneer Mike Adams

A “drug war” laboratory that analyzed evidence to support criminal drug convictions has been found to have faked all the drug tests for over 23,000 convictions. The “War on Drugs” is a complete science hoax. Science and government just don’t go together. When they combine you get an “excrement storm”, as Mike Adams, Health Ranger, calls it. When […]

04/19/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Glamour is expensive both on your wallet and your health: Women can spend thousands on TOXIC makeup

People could be buying toxic makeup without realizing it. The safety of the ingredients in personal care products is assessed through a voluntary industry program, reports SafeCosmetics.org. Called the “Cosmetic Ingredient Review”, this program has reviewed only 20 percent of the Food and Drug Administration-estimated (FDA) 12,500 chemicals used in cosmetics. Of those 12,500 estimated chemicals, […]

04/11/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Amazing apes: Great apes can “read minds” to help people out

A recent study has shown that humans and apes may be more alike than initially believed. As it turns out, they might just be able to “read minds” like we do. A study, published in PLOS ONE, demonstrated the great apes’ ability to understand false beliefs. A false belief is a belief or representation about the […]

« Previous Page

2 of 2