Parks and gardens in urban areas are more than just beautification projects. Green spaces not only break up grey surroundings and add color to what are usually monochromatic and bustling settings, they are immensely beneficial to the area surrounding...
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Parks and gardens in urban areas are more than just beautification projects. Green spaces not only break up grey surroundings and add color to what are usually monochromatic and bustling settings, they are immensely beneficial to the area surrounding...
A 2013 This American Life episode called “Dopplegangers” introduced many Americans to the murky world of seafood fraud. Listeners tuning in grew horrified as the radio producers investigated an Oklahoman meat processing plant that sells hog rectu...
A 2013 This American Life episode called “Dopplegangers” introduced many Americans to the murky world of seafood fraud. Listeners tuning in grew horrified as the radio producers investigated an Oklahoman meat processing plant that sells hog rectu...
The most lethal creature on this earth is, surprisingly, the tiny mosquito — more specifically, the malarial plasmodium parasites that mosquitoes can transmit. Malaria, a terrible disease that affects hundreds of millions of people (particularly ch...
The most lethal creature on this earth is, surprisingly, the tiny mosquito — more specifically, the malarial plasmodium parasites that mosquitoes can transmit. Malaria, a terrible disease that affects hundreds of millions of people (particularly ch...
Cecile Richards is the President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Before joining Planned Parenthood, Ms. Richards served as Deputy Chief of Staff for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Did you...
Cecile Richards is the President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Before joining Planned Parenthood, Ms. Richards served as Deputy Chief of Staff for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Did you...
Americans are fat, and getting fatter. According to the American Heart Association, 78 million adults and 13 million children in the United States are obese. This crisis is being attacked by public officials like Michelle Obama, who has made addressi...
Americans are fat, and getting fatter. According to the American Heart Association, 78 million adults and 13 million children in the United States are obese. This crisis is being attacked by public officials like Michelle Obama, who has made addressi...
Over the past six years, the Obama Administration has drawn government attention and funding toward the problem of America’s food deserts. The US Department of Agriculture defines a food desert as a district or neighborhood where at least 500 peopl...
Over the past six years, the Obama Administration has drawn government attention and funding toward the problem of America’s food deserts. The US Department of Agriculture defines a food desert as a district or neighborhood where at least 500 peopl...
Zika has entered the American consciousness in much the same way Ebola did: with a melodramatic flourish and a twinge of impish paranoia. It is something to be feared and something very deadly. And, so goes the narrative, it will be here soon. This i...
Zika has entered the American consciousness in much the same way Ebola did: with a melodramatic flourish and a twinge of impish paranoia. It is something to be feared and something very deadly. And, so goes the narrative, it will be here soon. This i...
A Danish ad encouraging couples to have more sex has recently gone viral. The ad, created for a travel agency, specifically encourages couples to go on vacations where they can “Do it for Denmark.” Even potential grandmothers are brought into the...
A Danish ad encouraging couples to have more sex has recently gone viral. The ad, created for a travel agency, specifically encourages couples to go on vacations where they can “Do it for Denmark.” Even potential grandmothers are brought into the...
It has already been over seven months since the 2016 campaign trail began winding its way through Iowa and New Hampshire, but a long road remains for the candidates. The first primaries are still months ahead, and Election Day is more than a year out...
It has already been over seven months since the 2016 campaign trail began winding its way through Iowa and New Hampshire, but a long road remains for the candidates. The first primaries are still months ahead, and Election Day is more than a year out...
On February 5, John Oliver opened his new season of Last Week Tonight with a 17-minute segment attacking the unsavory advertising practices of US pharmaceutical companies. The United States and New Zealand are the only two countries in the world that...
On February 5, John Oliver opened his new season of Last Week Tonight with a 17-minute segment attacking the unsavory advertising practices of US pharmaceutical companies. The United States and New Zealand are the only two countries in the world that...
While West Africa faces the ravages of Ebola, potential vaccines developed a decade ago are being exhumed from what Dr. James E. Crowe calls “the biotech valley of death.” Dr. Crowe, Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center at Vanderbilt Univers...
While West Africa faces the ravages of Ebola, potential vaccines developed a decade ago are being exhumed from what Dr. James E. Crowe calls “the biotech valley of death.” Dr. Crowe, Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center at Vanderbilt Univers...
Imagine you’ve come down with appendicitis. Scared and in pain, you go to an “Appendix Crisis Center,” where they tell you that if you take your appendix out now, you’ll have to undergo a frightening and dangerous procedure. I...
Imagine you’ve come down with appendicitis. Scared and in pain, you go to an “Appendix Crisis Center,” where they tell you that if you take your appendix out now, you’ll have to undergo a frightening and dangerous procedure. I...