This sounds exactly like something out of Star Wars. We may soon be able to breathe underwater without having to carry massive oxygen tanks on our backs. All we’ll need is a a few drops of a newly discovered material.

The substance is extremely effective. Just a few drops are capable of storing enough oxygen for a single human breathe. An entire bucket of the material could store an entire room’s worth of oxygen.

This material opens up endless possibilities. Medical units would no longer have to carry bulky tanks and SCUBA divers would also be able to use the material to collect oxygen from the water, enabling them to stay submerged almost indefinitely.

The discovery was made when scientists with messing with the molecular structure of cobalt, an element found with in meteoric iron, and resembles a silver-gray metal.

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Universities in Germany will begin offering tuition-free higher education beginning this week after Lower Saxony changed its policies to fit the remainder of the country.

“Tuition fees are socially unjust,” said Dorothee Stapelfeldt, senator for science in Hamburg, which scrapped its fees in 2012. “It is a core task of politics to ensure that young women and men can study with a high quality standard free of charge in Germany.”

I think a lot of citizens in the U.S., being choked to death by massive student loans to pay for a college education that doesn’t get you a job would agree.

A spokesman for Germany’s Social Democrats, who are the leading political party in the nation, said during March’s elections, “Tuition fees keep young people from low-income families from studying and are socially ...

The morning is an important time of day. Think of it as the foundation for the entire rest of your day. You’re given the choice of grabbing a poptart and some coffee in a styrofoam to-go cup, or you can set yourself up for success with these 7 awesome healthy tips.

1. When you wake up, drink a glass of water. No need to slam it. Each morning when I wake, I fill up a 24 ounce jar of water and drink it within the first 30 minutes of waking up. Doing this helps start up your digestive system and get the juices flowing.
2. Forget your phone and email for the first hour you’re up. This is one I should apply to my life more often. I never have anything to look at on my phone or in my email until about 10am anyway. Those days that I don’t go staring at my electronics first thing, I’m more clear-headed.
3. Step outside. Take a deep breath. Fill your...
   

The one thing all these foods have in common is that you should be eating them anyway, but if you’ve been especially hard on your body, it might be time to add some of these to your diet. Your liver works hard, day in and day out, to clean our blood of the nasty-business we sometimes put into our bodies. It’s a natural detoxification system, but sometimes, even your filters need a cleaning.

A majority of these foods have glutathione, which is a protein that helps clean your body of toxic junk. In general, do your best to eat these foods raw.

1. Brussels Sprouts: Did you hate eating these as a kid? Well buck up, cause they’re good for you and you should eat a serving or two a day.
2. Garlic: Do you have any garlic in the house? Add some wh...

It’s no secret that factory farmed animals are fed antibiotics. Some 80% of antibiotics made in the United States are fed to cattle, all the while millions of low income Americans struggle to get medical care. Aside from the potentially devastating impact that a ‘super bug,’ or antibiotic resistant bacteria might have on the planet, new research shows that antibiotic use in farming is related to the steep rise in food allergies.

Among children, the incidence of food allergies has risen by 50% between 1997 and and 2011. In The UK, one in three citizens has an allergy to something, be it mold, dust mites, pollen or food. Some research has been able to draw a parallel between the rise in allergies and increased antibiotic use, but a