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 ...

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 D ...

Tigers could roam again in Central Asia, scientists say | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Artist's depiction of a Caspian tiger. Credit: Heptner and Sludskiy 1972 Jan. 17, 2017 (PhysOrg) -- Caspian tigers, some of the largest cats that ever lived -- up to 10 feet long and weighing more th ...

The End of the American Century | John Michael Greer

Nov. 30, 2016 (Archdruid Report) -- I have a bone to pick with the Washington Post. A few days back, as some of my readers may be aware, it published a list of some 200 blogs that it claimed were cir ...

Treasuries Rally as Biggest Global Bond Rout Since 2003 Pauses | Wes Goodman

Technical indicator shows notes were most oversold in 26 years Daiwa SB, Mirae say it’s not yet time to buy Treasuries Nov. 15, 2016 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries rose as investors questioned how much ex ...

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 ...

Japanese scientist wins Nobel medicine prize for work on 'self-eating' cell mechanism | Niklas Pollard & Kate Kelland

Yoshinori Ohsumi, a professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, March 25, 2015 in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS Oct. 3, 2016 -- STOCKHOL ...

War to the Horizon... It's the American Way | Tom Engelhardt

U.S. soldiers, members of the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, take in the view of the horizon at a check point near Daab Pass in Shinkay district, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2012. ...

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 popul ...

Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Revolution in Banking? | Ellen Brown

From: panamericanworld.com Sept. 16, 2016 (The Web Of Debt Blog) -- Several central banks -- including the Bank of England, the People’s Bank of China, the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve -- a ...

Dog Days of Summer '66 -- Innocence Ended | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 13, 2016 Mid-August in Brooklyn, NYC, can get real hot and humid. The summer of '66 was no exception. When you're 16, the focus narrows ...