Commentary

Sports of the future are becoming more extreme with each sport that is added. Starting with the earliest track and field to innovative designs of wood to bring us skiing and snowboarding, we now have many variations of watersports around the world going through their testing and are evolving each day. Imagine strapping into what […]

Apple’s new iPhones and watches are promised to be water resistant, and ads suggest extremely so. It’s worth reading the warnings on Apple’s websites to get a more realistic idea of how much the devices can withstand. Apple also warns that water resistance may diminish over time, and that liquid damage is not covered under […]

Chilled Filtered water is hard to come by at Festivals and Outdoor Concerts. The Charity FRANK water based out of the U.K. works with many rural citizens in countries where water is already a hard to come by commodity. FRANK teamed up with the Always the Sun festival in September supplying unlimited refills at stations […]

We need to stay hydrated to survive, but what if you don’t like drinking water? A recent study revealed that many drinks are as good at hydrating the body as water, and some much more so. Orange juice and milk are among the best at sustained hydration thanks to the nutrients or fats which they […]

Travel time from London to Manchester could be as little as 18 minutes if Hyperloop One’s proposed transport system can be built in the future. The firm, backed by billionaire Elon Musk, has envisaged a way of travelling in a tunnel without friction and air resistance. There is currently no working prototype, and some doubt […]

A baby elephant has been rescued from a water tank in Tarmil Nedu, India. The elephant cub had been drinking from the tank but fell in when frightened by firecrackers. The rescue required the tank to be broken and the elephant to be raised with a digger. A video of the baby elephant, who is […]

Vegetarians may be concerned to know that a gelatine produced from the swim bladders of fish is common in beer. Odourless isinglass makes beer more clear, bright and attractive. The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has asked brewers to look into alternatives, and Guinness announced last year that it would stop using isinglass. Camra has […]

Environment Agency website has a section entitled WIYBY, or What’s in your Back Yard. In this section, one is able to check if their land is in a drinking water safeguard zone. A water safeguard zone is a catchment area that influences drinking water quality. Sometimes using pesticides and/or herbicides on plants get into our […]

Roughly 90% of the homes in America are contaminated by 10 toxic chemicals, and as many as 45 different toxic chemicals, commonly found in everyday items and house dust and floor sweepings. These can harm the health of everyone, especially infants, and can cause behavior problems, damage to the ability to reproduce, trigger lung and […]

This is a very informative post about what is going on in Scotland as far as their politics and where they are headed. Labour wants a second independence referendum ballot, but then Owen Smith changed his mind and decided it would not be a good idea. For the better of the whole UK, he and […]