America and Russia, Part I: Stirrings in the Borderlands | John Michael Greer

Oct. 3, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- To my mind, one of the main sources of collective stupidity in modern American society is our pervasive bad habit of short-term thinking. It’s embarrassingly rare for ...

End of Hegemony: UN Must Reflect Changing World Order | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 3, 2018 There is a rational explanation of why India and Brazil, two countries with vast populations and large and growing economies, are not per ...

2018 Nobel Medicine Prize awarded for cancer research | Johnson, Pollard, Dickson, Vaish and Ringstrom

An illustration of James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo provided by the Nobel Assembly. Photograph: Nobel Assembly Oct. 1, 2018 -- STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -- American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo ...

Neglected baby beetles evolve greater self-reliance | Benjamin J. M. Jarrett

Scanning electron microscope image of the head of a burying beetle larva. Credit: Claudia Grossman Sept. 28, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Beetles neglected by their parents evolve bigger mandibles, a new study ...

Psychologists define the 'dark core of personality' | Morten Moshagen

Dark factor figure. Credit: University of Copenhagen Sept. 27, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- New research reveals a common denominator of all dark personality traits that can be defined as the general tend ...

An economic model to help policymakers understand willingness to deal with climate change efforts | Bob Yirka

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sept. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Two economists -- one with the London School of Economics and Political Science, the other with Princeton University -- have created a model to ...

Genome duplication drives evolution of species | Timothy Paape and Kentaro Shimizu

The plant species Arabidopsis kamchatica, which belongs to the rockcress genus, originated from the combination of two species. Credit: Lucas Mohn, UZH Sept. 25, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Many wild and cult ...

Molecule capable of halting and reverting neurodegeneration caused by Parkinson's disease identified | Salvador Ventura

Image credit: topag.mpg.deSept. 25, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- The small SynuClean-D molecule interrupts the formation of the alpha-synuclein amyloid fibers responsible for the onset of Parkinson's dise ...

Mindfulness meditation: 10 minutes a day improves cognitive function | Peter Malinowski

Photo credit: Sebastien Wiertz. Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Sept. 19, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Practicing mindfulness meditation for 10 minutes a day improves concentration and the ability to keep information ...

'Monster' Hurricane Florence takes aim at U.S. Southeast | Ernest Scheyder

Hurricane Florence. Credit: The Weather Channel. Sept. 12, 2018 -- WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) -- Hurricane Florence, on track to become the first Category 4 storm to make a direct hit on North Caroli ...

Globally, 1.4 billion adults at risk of disease from lack of physical activity | Regina Guthold

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sept. 5, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- More than a quarter (1.4 billion) of the world's adult population were insufficiently active in 2016, putting them at greater risk of cardio ...