Scotland Tried Universal Basic Income, If It Works It Works
Dec 27, 2017 11:32 am UTC| Science
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is one of the concepts that has taken hold in the economic and financial industries, with experts expressing their support or opposition to the idea. Scotland is one of the latest to host an...
Better Smart Drugs Could Be Coming Thanks To Cognitive-Disease Research
Dec 27, 2017 07:57 am UTC| Science
Consuming a pill or being injected with a drug to enhance cognitive functions is a staple in sci-fi culture that many have been trying to bring to reality for decades. Proponents of the concept of nootropics or so-called...
Scientists Want To Engineer Plants That Will Suck In And Store Carbon
Dec 26, 2017 05:55 am UTC| Science
Plants are already some of the best natural carbon scrubbers in the world, in that they help to reduce the presence of carbon in the atmosphere by sucking them in. However, thanks to widespread deforestation and...
Bulletproof Graphene Sheet Is A Million Times Thinner Than Paper
Dec 26, 2017 05:54 am UTC| Science
Graphene is known in the science community as one of the most versatile materials in the world. Recently, it showed another surprising property, which is to become bulletproof despite being a million times thinner than a...
25-Year-Old Mother Gives Birth To Embryo Frozen For 24 Years
Dec 21, 2017 07:39 am UTC| Science
Science produces miracles every day and in the case of one mother who gave birth after being implanted with an embryo that was frozen for the last 24 years, the proof is in the pudding. Not only is this the first case of a...
Meat Industry Just As Big A Threat To The Environment As Big Oil, Study Finds
Dec 20, 2017 17:11 pm UTC| Science
With the surge in demand and use of renewable energy, the fossil fuel industry has seen a marked decline in profitability. This is a huge deal because no money means no reason to keep using harmful energy sources. However,...
CDC Word Ban Debacle Reportedly Stemmed From Congressional Budget Concerns
Dec 20, 2017 17:02 pm UTC| Science
A recent report by The Washington Post triggered panic throughout the Center for Disease Control (CDC), which indicated that the Trump Administration was trying to force the agency to ban seven words. However, the current...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects