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Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
SCIENCE
10 Things to know about the special Harvest Moon
Each year as summer in the Northern Hemisphere slowly slips into autumn, we have the September full moon to shine her luminous light on the change of seasons. When the September full moon occurs closer to the autumnal equinox than the October full moon does, it’s called the Harvest Moon…Read Full Article
From treehugger
SPIRITUALITY
Secretly spiritual
The emergence of the “spiritual but not religious” as the largest segment of the population in Canada is a revolutionary change. This great country of Canada, so young and so diverse, has the potential to be a model of a nation that embraces the full spectrum from religious to spiritual to atheist, in the spirit of searching for truth and acknowledging that by being engaged in the conversation we will reinvent the quest for meaning in the 21st century…Read Full Article
From ucobserver
SUSTAINABILITY
Save the Animals, Save the Planet?
Save the planet and you will save its creatures. That point seems obvious. It turns out, however, that the reverse may be true, too.
A growing body of research suggests that the decline of many of Earth’s largest and most majestic animals—such as elephants, wolves and whales—could actually speed global warming because of the under-appreciated role they play in mopping up carbon dioxide emissions…Read Full Article
FAITH
Interview with Scott Brison
The president of the Treasury Board and Liberal MP for Kings-Hants, N.S., talks about faith, equality of opportunity and what is means to be a good citizen…Read Full Article
From UCObserver
HEALTH
Denmark’s ‘House Of Memories’ Re-Creates 1950s For Alzheimer’s Patients
The “House of Memories” is not usually open to the public, and it’s not aimed at schoolchildren sent to learn about a distant and exotic past. Rather, this exhibit is intended for visitors living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. And the history they’ve come to experience is their own…Read Full Article
From npr
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