The top US environment stories of 2017: Trump makes the political weather
by The new president immediately made his mark on environmental policy, pulling out of the Paris climate accord and targeting America’s protected public lands
Month: December 2017
The Science Behind Extracting Yourself From The Cycle Of Destructive Thought Patterns
Ever find yourself obsessively re-thinking the same thoughts over and over again? Perhaps you’ve submitted a motion and rather than resigning the faith to the …
For Children All Over The World, 2017 Was Defined by War
War is defined by noise. It is earthshattering. The sounds of exploding bombs and gunfire, of screams and pain: these are the aural coordinates of …
Dear America: Are You Ready to Grow Up?
Adults who are in charge of operating big things like countries in a complex world do this: Identify facts. Assess risk. Formulate strategies. Execute. Until …
California fires: Thomas Blaze To Be Biggest On Record
Photo credit: NASA A California blaze bigger than New York City is likely to become the largest fire in the state since records began. Thomas …
Culture / Featured Stories / News / Science
Rich people experience happiness in a more self-centered way than poor people, study suggests
Rich people are different from the rest of us — and that includes the way they experience happiness. Instead of feeling positive emotions that involve …
Justice for all in the land of the free?
On this day 69 years ago the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, sketching the foundation of human rights law. Led by …
Nobel winner: nuclear destruction ‘only one impulsive tantrum away’
Image Credit: ICAN Global Parliamentary Appeal/Tim Wright, Creative Commons, source link There has been a moving ceremony in Oslo for the handing over of this …
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What Is The Biggest Threat To Humanity?
Humanity is going to bring about its own destruction, if this list of top threats to our species is any indication. It feels like the …