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HEALTH & SCIENCE:   High-Tech Trash Peter Essick/ Aurora Photos Millions of toxic electronic parts are discarded every year in the U.S. Large amounts of used electronics end up being sent to developing countries where there are poor environmental standards. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Guatemala Mental Hospital Holly Wilmeth / Aurora Photos Aurora photographer Holly Wilmeth documented the patients of Guatemala's National Hospital for Mental Health through her striking black and white images. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Pablo Vs. Chevron Ivan Kashinsky/Aurora Photos Pablo Fajardo is the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in a major lawsuit against Texaco, which is now owned by Chevron. This is possibly the largest environmental lawsuit ever filed in history. For twenty years Texaco was responsible for recklessly disposing of crude oil and toxic waste, which leaked into the water supply of the people living in the Ecuadorian Amazon. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Our Toxic World Peter Essick / Aurora Photos Chemicals are all around us. Their applications endless: flame retardant clothes, air fresheners, perfumes, more vibrant colors. All this convenience comes at what cost? Aurora photographer Peter Essick examines the toll that chemicals take on our bodies and minds. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Spa Craze Matthew Wakem / Aurora Photos Yes, spa means more than just a massage now. The spa craze means that there are a lot of different treatments that will appeal to a lot of different people. Today, spas have become a more widely accepted recreation activity and very popular with both genders and with every age range of traveler. Check out the work of Aurora’s Matthew Wakem and his recent spa photography. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   A Different Kenyan School Didier Ruef / Pixsil / Aurora Boys and girls at Nyandarva boarding primary school work in a large agricultural garden, organized by "Gardens for Life". This initiative seeks to embed the most fundamental of issues, food and nutrition, within the education curriculum by maximizing the use of school gardens and as a source of income for the school. After feeding the students, the foodstuff produced can be sold locally. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Antarctic - What's Next? Jim Lo Scalzo / US News / Aurora Since 1945, the Antarctic Peninsula has experienced a warming of about 4.5F (2.5C). The annual melt season has increased by 2 to 3 weeks in just the past 20 years. The 770 square mile (1,994 km2) Larsen A ice shelf disintegrated suddenly in January 1995. Measurements from data recorders in the Southern Ocean waters around Antarctica show a 0.3F (0.17C) rise in ocean temperatures between the 1950s and the 1980s. The permanent ice cover of nine lakes on Signey Island has decreased by about 45% since the 1950s. Average summer air temperature has warmed by 1.8F (1C). More data such as this exists. What’s next? View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Why Some Live Longer David McLain / Aurora Photos None of the centenarians smoke, but all of them eat a diet consisting mainly of fruit and vegetables, share a strong emphasis on the family, and are are deeply invested in their communities. Experts tell us it is possible to view the behaviors of the world's longest lived people as a kind of ala carte menu from which a person can choose their favorite habits from each culture and incorporate them into their lives accordingly. These mall habits and lifestyle choices can add or subtract a significant number of healthy years to one's life. The choice is up to you. Click "text" bellow on the thumbnail to read more... View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   On Borrowed Time Katja Heinemann / Aurora For the first time in the history of the AIDS, HIV-positive children are growing up to become teenagers. But a cure for the disease has yet to be found, and infected children have to cope with toxic, often experimental medical regimens and a budding consciousness of sexuality and the conflicts with the knowledge of their affliction. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Carbon Cycle Disturbed Peter Essick / Aurora The natural carbon cycle works when plants take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and repire oxygen. Bacteria,animals and humans take in oxygen and repire carbon dioxide. This cycle takes from about one month in the tropics to over 500 years in an old growth forest. Before there were plants carbon cycled through rocks and was only expelled into the atmosphere through volcanoes. This cycle lasted in the millions of years. Since the burning of fossil fuels, humans have been adding excess carbon into the atmosphere which was locked up in coal and oil deposits. This excess is causing the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to rise and warm the earth like a greenhouse. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Global Warming Peter Essick / Aurora Global warming has been called the most important issue in science today. The data shows that humans are causing the planet to warm by burning fossil fuels. If the warming continues and the computer models are accurate, millions of people and whole ecosystems could be adversly affected. Peter Essick travelled to many remote locations around the world to document the changes scientists are beginning to observe. Aurora has a complete collection of all the major components of this important issue. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Introducing Marc Steinmetz Marc Steinmetz /Aurora Hamburg-based photographer, Marc Steinmetz leads his field in science and technology photography. He is a story teller, as well as a fantastic illustrator of concepts and ideas. However, he lives in constant fear. As he puts it, "The nagging fear of not being good enough constantly drives me to improve on my work. ” View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Fat Camp Katja Heinemann/Aurora The latest statistics show that as many as 30 percent of children aged 6-19 in the U.S. are overweight. Obesity puts them at increased risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes and emotional problems in adolescence and adulthood. Some parents are trying to find a solution by sending their children to "Fat Camp" for the summer. Weight loss camps are usually advertised as a "fitness camps", but many campers call it "fat camp". A main goal of these camos is to raise the child's self-esteem through social interactions with others who share many of the same characteristics View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   The Morpho Russell Gordon/Aurora Several varieties of the Morpho Butterfly which ranges from southern Mexico to central Argentina. Considered by some to be the symbol of the Neo-Tropics it's beauty is elusive and hypnotic. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Nuclear Waste Peter Essick/Aurora World Press Photo: 1st Prize Stories Science & Technology A wide and in depth look at the legacy of the United State's Atomic and Nuclear programs - Clean up, Disposal and Storage. More situations availab View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Aurora in Space NASA/EAC Images From JFK's historic pronouncement to the Space Shuttle and beyond. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Alzheimers Peter Granser/Aurora An intimate portrait of a devasting disease from the German Agency laif. Photographer Peter Granser has won an award. View details View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   New Wellness Stock Photos A selection of wellness stock. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Generation @ Walter Schmitz / Bilderberg The western world embarks on what we tend to call The @ Generation. What will this group of citizens miss and what will gain? Here are some images of who they are. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Drug Tourism in Peru Andrew Lichtenstein / Aurora The shamans of Amazonia have used Ayahuasca, Salvia divinorum, for thousands of years to heal physical, emotional, and psychological conditions. Today western tourists visit isolated regions of South America to experience the powerful hallucinogenic, as well as its therapeutic affects. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Liver Transplant Chris Anderson / Aurora Aurora photographer Chris Anderson documents a liver transplant at the N.Y.U. Medical Center. More than 17,000 people are on the waiting list for liver transplants in the United States. View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Nature's Medicine Lynn Johnson/Aurora When illness strikes, millions of us turn to nature's medicine cabinet for relief. Join Lynn Johnson as she explores how healing plants, human touch, meditation and a holistic approach to health can maintain the body, View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Silent Company Randy Olson/Aurora Aurora photographer Randy Olson has documented the life of the Whitmans, a family in which four members all tested positive for HIV. This is their story, and albeit an undeniably tragic one, on a deeper level it is te View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   Feeding the Planet Robb Kendrick/Aurora Will we continue to produce enough food to feed thebillions living on this planet? View as Slide Show | | View Images | read on   back to top