Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week!
HEALTH
How Messing With Our Body Clocks Can Raise Alarms With Health
We humans are time-keeping machines. And it seems we need regular sleeping and eating schedules to keep all of our clocks in sync. Studies show that if we mess with the body’s natural sleep-wake cycle — say, by working an overnight shift, taking a trans-Atlantic flight or staying up all night with a new baby or puppy — we pay the price…Read Full Article
From npr
FAITH
Catholic church to make record divestment from fossil fuels
From the guardian
NEWS
New push to scrap daylight saving time in British Columbia
There’s still more than a month to go before daylight saving time ends, but there’s already renewed talk about scrapping the controversial practice in B.C. On Friday, mayors from the Union of B.C. Municipalities passed a resolution calling on the provincial government to hold public consultations “with a view to abolishing” the biannual time change…Read Full Article
From CTV News
SOCIAL JUSTICE
‘Wherever we went, I saw need’
It’s an issue that’s faced any tourist in a developing country. Gifted with so much, how can we deny giving just a little to those around us — especially when those in need are right there, hands thrust forward in anticipation? Having travelled to more than 120 countries, I’ve encountered this quandary many times…Read Full Article
From ucobserver
EDUCATION
Bookstores Are Pulling A Children’s Workbook Because It Portrays A Violent Genocide As No Big Deal
This isn’t the first time a publisher has come under fire for whitewashing history. Lawmakers in Texas were roundly criticized when they adopted new social studies textbooks that downplayed the role of slavery in the Civil War and cited Moses as a big inspiration for the Constitution….Read Full Article
From good
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