There are a few different running techniques that can help reduce impact on the knees. Here are a few tips: Strike with your midfoot or forefoot. When you strike the ground with your heel, your foot is more likely to roll inward, which can put stress on your knees. Striking with your midfoot or forefoot…
Nobel Prize-winner Paul Nurse The Complex Question of Life Defining life is not as straightforward as it may seem. Even experts struggle to provide a concise definition that encompasses all living organisms. Paul Nurse, a renowned geneticist and cell biologist, explores this enigmatic question in his book “What Is Life?” In his quest to unravel…
Psychologists have found that focusing on things we can’t control, don’t have, and keeping our thoughts on the past and the future can be frustrating, or keep us “stuck” in an uncontrollable cycle of negativity. These are exactly the tactics used by the media, especially in today’s news cycles that make many angry and even…
This is an important statement, but is it true? Let’s dig into the details of why this might be the case. First of all surveys or polling employ a sample size too small to fairly represent the 331 million citizens of the United States. Many polls use a sample size of 1,000 people, however, this…
Yes, it is true that losing weight has little to do with exercise. In fact, exercise has a very small effect on weight loss, accounting for only about 20% of the total equation. The other 80% is all about diet. And even then, if you start a new exercise routine, your body will adjust to…
There are many reasons why economists generally believe that a recession is unlikely to happen in the next few years. The unemployment rate is low. The unemployment rate in the United States is currently at 3.6%, which is near a 50-year low. This suggests that the economy is strong and that there is a lot…
The very first time I heard of Amelia Collins was when I was a child, maybe five or six, visiting the Holy Land with my family. We were walking along the wide path in Bahji, the only sound our footsteps on the white pebbles, and before us towered a beautiful wrought-iron gilded gate, leading to the…
Dr. Magdalene M. Carney was a writer, a Civil Rights advocate, a Bahá’í, and first and foremost, an educator. She was known and loved for her many excellent qualities and especially for her wholehearted commitment to the education of children and youth and to the Bahá’í Faith. Mag, as her friends called her, was the…
Born in 1877 in Raleigh, North Carolina to two formerly enslaved parents, Mary Brown Martin brought hope to young black students and enjoyed tutoring young immigrants who needed help learning English. In the 1920s, she taught in the Cleveland Public Schools system, and during her free time, she was actively involved in the women’s suffrage movement….
A wet purse was discovered at the seaside in January of 1954. The woman who had been carrying the bag was on a flight from Rome to London. Two days earlier, the jet had crashed into the water, killing every person on board. There was a booklet about the Bahá’i Faith inside the purse. A…
