Author: Ava Grace Source: NaturalNews.com — Listening to Music: A Surprisingly Powerful Brain Workout Imagine a simple daily ritual that could protect your mind as you age. Sounds like a dream, right? But… Read more: A Simple Melody for a Complex Mind: How Daily Music Listening Dramatically Lowers Dementia Risk

Author: Fionnuala Fallon Source: The Irish Times Why Your Garden Needs a Bit of Autumn Mess If you’re the type who treats autumn leaves like enemy combatants in a tidy war, brace yourself… Read more: Put Down the Rake: A Playful Plea to Let Autumn Garden Mess Be

By Katie Mellett — The Irish Times It begins not with a step — but a breath. The kind that carries the first whispers of spring, a scent woven with fresh earth and… Read more: A Garden is More Than Grass: The Life-Changing Transformation at Saplings Special School

Author: A Warm Storyteller Source: The Independent Harken! To the Feast of Fifty Years and Counting! In the great hall of the food-hoard, the famed Irish chef Clodagh McKenna, at the age of… Read more: Clodagh McKenna’s Happy Dance with Food at Fifty: A Bright Tale of Ageing and Eating Right

Author: University of Maryland Source: ScienceDaily A Sweet-Smelling Solution to a Deadly Problem Have you ever stopped to think about why mosquitoes just seem so hard to avoid? They’re not just randomly buzzing… Read more: Scientists Turn Flower Fragrance Into a Mosquito Killer: A New Hope in the Fight Against Disease