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Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
ENVIRONMENT
How air conditioning made America- and how it could break us all
AC comes with a host of problems. It is undoubtedly true that air-conditioning saves lives, especially among vulnerable populations like the elderly, but it also comes at a high price — and not just when it comes to your electric bill…Read Full Article
From Grist
LIFE
Three Things That Matter Most in Youth and Age
In a world that daily throws both curiosities and crises at us, it can be difficult to discern what is important. An unexpected event can render what matters today insignificant tomorrow. How do you keep perspective?
I turned to two groups—children under seven and adults over 70—to explore this question: What is important?…Read Full Article
SPIRITUALITY
Tim LaHaye, Author Who ‘Left Behind’ a Long Legacy
Tim LaHaye, the best-selling author best known for the Left Behind series, “graduated to heaven” on the morning of July 25, 2016 after suffering a stroke at age 90…The founder and president of Tim LaHaye Ministries and founder of the PreTrib Research Center, LaHaye sold 62 million copies of the series. “In terms of its impact on Christianity, [‘Left Behind’] is probably greater than that of any other book in modern times, outside the Bible,” the late Jerry Falwell, a friend of LaHaye’s, told Time magazine in 2005…Read Full Article
From Christianity Today
SUSTAINABILITY
You will never have to walk again with the Modobag
The “last mile problem” has paralyzed transportation planners for decades. What can they possibly do to get people from the bus or subway to their front door? How do we solve the intractable problem of getting people from their car to the restaurant in the mall or the gate in the airport?…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
HEALTH
Interesting…Ancient Bone Shows Evidence of Cancer in Human Ancestor
Today’s study alone in its finding that cancer is an ancient affliction, rather than a modern scourge caused by polluted environments and poor diets…Read Full Article
From npr
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