Earth Colour: How a Bristol Based graphic novelist uses the science on nature connection to help others improve mental wellbeing
Now if the thought of wandering around the local park rubbing tree barks, seeds, leaves etc. and smelling them seems slightly weird to you – fret not. Emma Burleigh, a visual artist and educator who did exactly that, and for excellent scientific reasons, felt the same way at first. But the risks of…
Our relationship with the world is broken, let’s fix it before our pristine moon becomes a landfill
‘Thirst drove me down to the water where I drank the moon’s reflection’ said the mystic-poet Rumi, sometime in the 13th century CE. Many centuries later, the thirst for vast tracts of ice, material resources, and the possibility of setting up a base for deeper space exploration has driven humans to fly to the moon rather than gaze at it ruminatively.
Cancer could be a seed, and unknown factors might just be nurturing it
Scientists are faced with a mysterious rise in certain types of cancers, and research points to what some are calling ‘dark carcinogens’ which work in little understood ways.