Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area | Pankaj Sah

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Aug. 15, 2017 (MedicalXpress) -- A University of Queensland discovery may lead to new treatments for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). UQ Queensland Brain Institute scientists have discovered that new brain cells are produced in the adult amygdala, a region of the brain important for processing emotional memories. Disrupted connections in the ...

Space junk could destroy satellites, hurt economies | AFP

There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called "space junk"—left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages or as small as paint flakes — in orbit alongside some US$700 billion of space infrastructure May 31, 2017 (AFP) -- The growing amount of fast-moving space debris orbiting the Earth could lead to catastrophic collisions with satellites, hurting economies, researc ...

Temperate earth-sized worlds found in extraordinarily rich planetary system | PhysOrg

This artist's impression shows the view from the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets orbit this ultra cool dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth and they are all roughly the same size as the Earth. They are at the right distances from their star for liquid water to exist on the surfaces of several of them. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Feb. 22, 2017 (PhysOrg) ...

Scientists Discover New Form Of Matter: Time Crystals | Fiona MacDonald

Kent Schimke/Flickr Perpetual motion without energy Jan. 28, 2017 (ScienceAlert.com) -- For months now, there's been speculation that researchers might have finally created time crystals -- strange crystals that have an atomic structure that repeats not just in space, but in time, putting them in perpetual motion without energy. Now it's official -- researchers have just reported in detail how to ...

US is no longer a full democracy, EIU warns | Nyshka Chandran

Jan. 25, 2017 (CNBC) -- The United States has been demoted from a full democracy to a flawed democracy for the first time, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Every year, the firm's Democracy Index provides a snapshot of global democracy by scoring countries on five categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation ...

The Unique Human Capacity for War | Michael Brenner

Trench warfare during World War I. One characteristic that sets humans apart from other animals is the capability to organize sustained warfare against members of their own species, a troubling fact that connects to the problem of PTSD, says Michael Brenner. Michael Brenner -- ConsortiumNews.com Oct. 21, 2016 The question “why war?” has long inspired scholars to seek answers in human nature. Thei ...

Air Pollution Skyrocketing Worldwide in 'Public Health Emergency': WHO | Nadia Prupis

WHO found that fully 92 percent of people worldwide live in regions where the pollution exceeds the organization's safety limits. (Photo: UCL News/flickr/cc) Developing countries and vulnerable populations at particularly high risk for health impacts, new research finds Sept. 27, 2016 (Common Dreams) -- More than 90 percent of people on the planet live in places where air pollution levels are dan ...

Beyond the Middle East: The Rohingya Genocide | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 27, 2015 “Nope, nope, nope,” was Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott’s answer to the question whether his country will take in any of the nearly 8,000 Rohingya refugees stranded at sea. Abbott’s logic is as pitiless as his decision to abandon the world’s most persecuted minority in their darkest hour. “Don’t think that getting on a leaky boat a ...

Nuclear Calendar -- March 10, 2015 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Scheduled national and international events related to nuclear weapons and proliferation issues. March 10, 2015 March 6-15 House of Representatives recess. March 10 9:30 a.m., Senate Armed Services Committee, hearing on "Posture of the Department of the Navy," with Raymond Mabus, Navy Secretary; Adm. John Greenert, Chief of Naval Opera ...

IMF Lowers Global Growth Forecast by Most in Three Years | Andrew Mayeda

Jan. 20, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- The IMF made the steepest cut to its global-growth outlook in three years, with diminished expectations almost everywhere except the U.S. more than offsetting the boost to expansion from lower oil prices. The world economy will grow 3.5 percent in 2015, down from the 3.8 percent pace projected in October, the International Monetary Fund said in its quarterly global ou ...

Trade Secrets | George Monbiot

George MonbiotWhy will no one answer the obvious, massive question about TTIP? Jan. 13, 2015 (Monbiot.com) -- When a government proposes to abandon one of the fundamental principles of justice, there had better be a powerful reason. Equality before the law is not ditched lightly. Surely? Well read this and judge for yourself. The UK government, like that of the United States and 13 other EU membe ...