Arguably the biggest science story of the week was the discovery of material evidence of dark matter. In this two-part article, two lead researchers on the report explain their findings and the significance of the work. Their accounts are full of–besides beautiful explanations of cutting-edge physics research in layman’s terms–potent philosophy and enthralling sentiment about what these scientists … Read more
To see our motherland free, to see it hold its head among the nations, to see its sons and daughters be respected everywhere, to see its worthy mighty past engaged in building a yet mightier future. Isn’t this worthy working for, worth living for and worth dying for? -Annie Besant Knowing how it feels to … Read more
Arguably the biggest science story of the week was the discovery of material evidence of dark matter. In this two-part article, two lead researchers on the report explain their findings and significance of the work. Their accounts are full of–besides beautiful explanations of cutting-edge physics research in layman’s terms–potent philosophy and enthralling sentiment about what these scientists are … Read more
Southeastern Asia’s rivers and lakes will be dramatically affected if China builds the dozens of dams already planned for construction. These dams would divert the water that supplies its countries with much of its population of fish, the regions primary source of food. With it’s population of over 1.2 billion, China’s energy needs are constantly … Read more
A significant amount of the world’s plastic ends up in our oceans, which has caused something of a mystery for ecologists, who until recently had found evidence of only tens of thousands of tons of that garbage rather than the millions they expected would be floating on the surface. Now a joint-team of researchers has found … Read more
Danger lurks within each moment of our lives. Coupled with a lack of awareness and a stroke of bad luck, simple recreational activities could easily spiral down into a monumental disaster. Take a one-man fishing trip, for example. 67-year-old fisherman Ron Ingraham spent twelve days out in the rocky seas, exposed to the elements and … Read more
Contrary to intuition, adding pockets of water to solids can actually make them stronger. This finding, the result of research by Yale scientists, offers “a new knob to turn” for engineers, the researchers say. Engineers will be able to add exciting new properties to composite materials–such as electromagnetism–by embedding droplets of liquid, and, on a … Read more
Women feel what is happening to their partners over three times as much as men do. According to new research, the difference between the empathy felt by women and men was the biggest of many factors analyzed. “In our work, we were trying to measure how partners affect each other’s mental health through life events,” … Read more
Ten-17 and 10-19 of the radius of an atomic nucleus, or a million billionths of that nucleus. That is the range at which he expects really new physics to be found, and that is where we will find the “theory of everything,” Nobel-prize winning theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg said at Harvard’s Geological Hall this week. … Read more
In what is being called an “historic shift” in U.S.-Cuba relations, talks of normalizing diplomatic relations are being explored for the first time since they were severed in 1961, more than half a century ago. Included in the process of normalizing relations would be the opening of a U.S. embassy in Cuba’s capital Havana, as … Read more
The year was 1997, the place was a slum area called Los Guidos, in San José, Costa Rica. Around 100,000 families live in very poor and sometimes inhuman conditions. Families are large, most are single mothers with 5 to 7 children of different fathers. Around 85 percent of the families are illegal Nicaraguan immigrants. It was a … Read more
Authorities from Bor county have ordered the immediately return of seventeen heads of cattle that were stolen in the former Gumuruk area of Greater Pibor in November. Bor county officials say the peaceful returns of stolen cattle will create a good relationship and stability between two ethnic communities–the Dinka and Murle. Since the government of South Sudan … Read more