This infographic does a good job at summing up the facts and figures, correctly identifying the fact that the death penalty is not very effective as a deterrent. Although the death penalty offers a permanent solution to persistent patterns of anti-social behavior, it would
Between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters are now battling alongside ISIS, as the Central Intelligence Agency believes (as reported by CNN). While many members of Congress claimed that about 12,000 foreigners – from all countries – have traveled to Syria for the same reason. This number
Ahead of the Nato conference in Newport, Wales, Police have erected 10 miles of high security fencing around Cardiff city centre, and around the Celtic Manor resort in Newport, which is being called the “ring of steel”. Up to 150 heads of state and government, including
The Great Barrier Reef, composed of 2,900 individual reefs and 900 submerged islands, stretches over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) and covers an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi), is one of the oldest, most beautiful, and incredibly diverse natural wonders on the planet. According to the
After witnessing the killing of four Palestinian boys of the same family by Israeli forces on a the beach of Gaza, as they played soccer, NBC News correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin (who has received advanced glorification for his courageous and innovative coverage of the war) was ordered by NBC
Boyan Slat, who famously developed a model for cleaning plastic out of the oceans about 2 years ago, has finally proven his project to be truly feasible. It has been a long journey, at times filled with public doubt and requiring crowd-funding efforts. The story is
Nikola Tesla was an electrical engineer, inventor and one of the most outstanding physicists in the history of science. But beyond his brilliant work, some aspects of his life remain unspoken in the pages of history. Tesla registered more than 300 patents and became famous for developing AC (alternating current),
Organizations and movements looking to create change sometimes find difficulty in gaining the funding needed to realize their projects. Many have found diverse manners of raising funds from using innovative websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, which work through offering perks and giving people a
The electronics we use every day could have a sinister side: they could contain slave-mined minerals in the Congo, otherwise known as ‘Conflict Minerals.’ The Second Congo War, also known as the Great War of Africa, caused by these conflict minerals, is not well
This article is a far more detailed version of a smaller collection of studies showing the medicinal capabilities of cannabis for treating cancer. With alcohol showing essentially no medical properties beyond application as an anti-septic, cannabis (and in particular a molecules known as cannabinol -CBD-
