UN World Food Program Report: The Food Waste Produced By the World’s Richest Countries Could End Global Hunger, Twice
The food waste produced by the world's richest nations, some $750 billion worth annually, could end world hunger -- twice over -- according to the United Nations World Food Programme. More than 800 million people were considered food insecure in 2017. David Beasley, head of the Programme, released the info earlier this week on World Food Day. According to the organization, one-third of the world's food ...
CDC Report: Summary of the 2017-2018 Influenza Season
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the 2017-2018 flu season was the deadliest flu season in the U.S. in four decades, hospitalizing 900,000 and killing 80,000, including 180 children. According to CNN, " … [F]lu-related deaths have ranged from a low of about 12,000 during the 2011-2012 season to a high of about 56,000 during the 2012-2013." While that sounds ominous, ...
Neuroscientists Make “Jaw-Dropping” Discovery of “Wireless” Brain Communication
A team of researchers studying the brain have discovered a brand new and previously unidentified form of “wireless” neural communications that self-propagates across brain tissue and is capable of leaping from neurons in one part of the brain to another, even if the connection between them has been severed. The discovery by biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio could prove key ...
Scathing Report Accuses the Pentagon of Developing an Agricultural Bioweapon
A new technology in which insects are used to genetically modify crops could be converted into a dangerous, and possibly illegal, bioweapon, alleges a Science Policy Forum report released today. Naturally, the organization leading the research says it’s doing nothing of the sort. The report is a response to a ongoing research program funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Dubbed “Insect Allies,” ...
Study: 91 Percent of Apple Contributions Went to Democrats
According to a new GovPredict study released October 4, 2018, Apple employees heavily favored Democrats in their contributions for local, state, and federal elections. In all, 91 percent of their political giving went to Democrats, with only 9 percent going to Republicans between 2004 and 2018. Since 2004, 95.5 percent of contributions by Apple employees to local political action committees (PACs) went to Democrats and only ...
Study Confirms Link Between Violent Video Games and Physical Aggression
The latest in the long-standing debate over violent video games: They do cause players to become more physically aggressive. An international study looking at more than 17,000 adolescents, ages nine to 19, from 2010 to 2017, found playing violent video games led to increased physical aggression over time. The analysis of 24 studies from countries including the U.S., Canada, Germany and Japan found those who played violent ...
Study: PCB Pollution Threatens to Wipe Out Killer Whales
More than 40 years after the first initiatives were taken to ban the use of PCBs, these chemical pollutants remain a deadly threat to animals at the top of the food chain. A new study, just published in the journal Science, shows that the current concentrations of PCBs can lead to the disappearance of half of the world’s populations of killer whales from the most heavily contaminated areas ...
Six FDA Approved Artificial Sweeteners Proven Toxic To Human Digestion
FDA-approved artificial sweeteners and sport supplements were found to be toxic to digestive gut microbes, according to a paper published in Molecules. Artificial sweeteners are one of the most common food additives worldwide, frequently consumed in diet and zero-calorie sodas and other products. Large examinations have tracked biochemical changes in the body using high-throughput metabolomics. The collaborative study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ...
Study Finds that the Political Divide in America the Worst it’s Ever Been
It may not be so hard to believe during this murky political landscape, but a new study finds the divide between Democrats and Republicans is the worst it’s ever been, more so than many people may even think. The research, conducted by Zachary Neal, an associate professor of psychology and global urban studies at Michigan State University, is among the first to measure polarization not only ...
Ivy League Study: Illegal Population is 22 Million, Double the Estblishment’s Estimate
The population of illegal migrants is roughly 22 million, or twice the establishment estimate of 11 million, say three professors from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The shocking estimate will force establishment politicians and pro-migration advocates to recalculate the estimated impact of the huge illegal population on wages and salaries, on crime rates, welfare consumption, rental and real-estate prices, productivity rates, and the distribution of ...
