It isn’t equally easy for people around the world to get enough to eat. Nearly 1/2 (49%) of those in developing economies, and 1/4 (25%) in emerging economies, have been unable to afford food for themselves and their family within the last year, according
Anger is one of the four (or six) basic emotions found independent of location, culture, or age, among humans. Anger, along with sadness, happiness, and fear/surprise, make up the basic pallet of feelings which we internally mix together to form complex emotions. There are also
Somewhat surprisingly, the current strain of Ebola is mutating twice as fast in human hosts as in other hosts such as bats. This comes to light based on a study published very recently in Science, and reported on by ABC Science. The Ebola virus
People within our society tend to forget that ecology and the environment are not simply a subset of scientific knowledge , but are in fact the basis for all life on this planet and even the existence of the economy (I wish I didn’t have
Four male undergrad students at North Carolina University have developed a new idea designed to help women at clubs and bars avoid taking an unwanted psychedelic trip into a bad experience: color changing nail-polish. The idea first came to public attention in early June , after Ankesh
Of course, the Scandinavian countries are not perfect: crime and corruption still exist there. But, the question is not if bad things happen, but at what rate. We have to examine successful strategies already in use, and take what we can borrow to apply in our
Titled “H2Pro”, Cynthia Sin Naga Lam’s ingenious invention should create a more than affordable method for millions to gain access to clean water and electricity. Her submission to Google’s Science Fair competition lays out the project, which first originated from her interest in photocatalytic processes
California’s current drought is its most severe on record. We can look at the animated GIFs to get the most vivid picture, but it is also worthy to look at how widespread the current drought is. As the picture to the right shows: the current drought
Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan decided to look beyond speculation to see how effective different social change movements (to overthrow the government or liberate territory) were between 1900 and 2006. Their study, conducted at Columbia University, revealed that non-violent uprisings involved greater parts of
Ecology, the study of the interactions between various species (and their environment), has seen a lot of changes over the last 20 years. Unfortunately, a lot of the knowledge has failed to trickle down into politics or mainstream society. In many cases, what people believe
