Saturday, 3 June 2017

Food bloggers change the way you eat

Food bloggers change the way you eat

It's Saturday morning and, under a sky the colour of dirty wool, Kalliana Kong is photographing her breakfast. The light isn't quite right for the artistic shot she wants, so the 27-year-old jiggles the plate of smashed avocado and toast around. Less than a minute later, everyone from Stockholm to Tanzania can see the artfully arranged, now lukewarm, breakfast Kong is about to scoff.
Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/93272016/food-bloggers-change-the-way-you-eat?source=Snapzu

Tripitaka Koreana

Tripitaka Koreana

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons
Read more: http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tripitaka-koreana?source=Snapzu

The puzzling way that writing heals the body

The puzzling way that writing heals the body

Can writing about pain and secret feelings really help boost your body’s immune system? Claudia Hammond investigates.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170601-can-writing-about-pain-make-you-heal-faster?source=Snapzu

Hunting Down the Lost Apples of the Pacific Northwest

Hunting Down the Lost Apples of the Pacific Northwest

A retired F.B.I. investigator is digging into records and rediscovering old varieties in trees left stranded when family orchards failed in the 1800s.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/us/apple-varieties-pacific-northwest.html?source=Snapzu

South Sudan: 15 children die in botched vaccine campaign

South Sudan: 15 children die in botched vaccine campaign

Fifteen young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering the vaccines, South Sudan's government announced Friday. The United Nations said the children died of
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/south-sudan-15-children-die-botched-vaccine-campaign-47785862?source=Snapzu

How the United States Looked Before the EPA

How the United States Looked Before the EPA

Back in 1970, then-President Richard Nixon signed an executive order establishing the Environmental Protection Agency. Just after its creation, the EPA created a photo-documentary project called "Project Documerica." Its purpose? To "record the state of the environment and efforts to improve it."
Read more: http://fortune.com/2017/02/28/how-the-united-states-looked-before-the-epa?source=Snapzu