History
70% of Mongolian nomads now have solar power
The Mongolian government has vastly overhauled the energy structure of the herders and nomadic people of the
Corporatism
How To Make A Microscope And Pursue Science From Home
You can create your own microscope, design and create
5 February | by Infovideos
Equality
How Much Water Do We Really Have?
Even though few of us in the “civilized” world
21 July | by Michael Thomas
Biology
How 10,000 years of selective breeding changed our food
Long before humans understood genes, they were selectively breeding
15 May | by Michael Thomas
Mental Health
Why do some sane people have such wacky beliefs?
An analysis of everything from views on climate change to perceptions of risks from GMOs or vaccines
Biology
How 10,000 years of selective breeding changed our food
Long before humans understood genes, they were selectively breeding
15 May | by Michael Thomas
Activism
Palm oil’s in everything and everywhere, and it’s destroying Asia’s rainforests
Palm oil has become an almost ubiquitous replacement for
26 July | by Michael Thomas
Eugenics
The Most Disturbing Human Experiments In The Last 100 Years
Human experiments have been around since there were scientists, although
2 February | by Jason Ribbons
Why China “Needs” To Hold Tibet
21 March | by Michael Thomas
Oftentimes China is discussed in terms of economic growth or its military expansion in the region. Occasionally news about their environmental problems, including the
Biology
Children have a psychological bias towards creationism, now it’s taught in schools
A Gallup poll suggests that 42% of Americans believe in
Activism
Does conventional law-and-order help native communities?
In Canada and beyond, native (first nation) peoples have