By: Sayer Ji, 01/29/2014

A new turmeric study published in Cancer Letters is paving the way for a revolution in the way that we both understand and treat cancer. Titled, "Targeting cancer stem cells by curcumin and clinical applications," U.S. researchers evaluated the primary polyphenol in the Indian spice known as curcumin for its ability to target cancer stem cells (CSCs), which are believed to be at the root cause of tumor formation and malignancy.

By: Jon Erdman, 01/31/2014

Winter Storm Maximus, the 13th named storm of the winter season in the U.S., will lay down a wintry mess from coast to coast by the time it is finally over Monday morning. This storm will have multiple waves of snow, sleet and freezing rain sweeping west to east across the country.

Let's break the details day by day.

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By: earthsky.org, 01/30/2014

Today – January 30, 2014 – gives us the second of two new moons to occur in a single calendar month. Some are calling it a Black Moon. It’s also a supermoon, the second of this month. The first new supermoon of January came on January 1. A single calendar month won’t harbor two supermoons again until January 2018. Will you see it? No. But it’ll affect the tides.

For more on this story visit http://earthsky.org/tonight/second-supermoon-of-the-month-falls-on-january-30-2014

By: kauilapele, 01/30/2014

I’m sitting here in Java today (and “Java”, on this blog, always means “Java on the Rock“) and it seems that everything about this moment, and at Java, seems (senses) different… than any moment prior.

All of “the past” seems to have dissolved, and all of “the future” seems to have no hold on me (and likely others as well) anymore.

And although I’ve live on this island for more than a few years, today, in this moment, it comes through as (“feels like”) a completely new place.

And I’m loving it… each and every moment of it.

Maybe others know what I’m writing about here.