Every year in the United States, about 209,000 hospital patients suffer from cardiac arrest while they are in the hospital. Less than 25% of these patients live long enough to eventually be discharged. Although survival […]
Month: December 2015
Republican Senators Still Trying To Take On Obamacare Despite Veto Threat
On Thursday, the United States Senate voted to repeal the core policies of Obamacare in an effort to dismantle the signature domestic policy of the president. The move was made despite the fact that Obama […]
New York Restaurants Take City To Court Over Sodium Warning Label
New York City has been sued by the National Restaurant Association over its new law requiring chain restaurants to post warning labels on dishes that contain an entire day’s worth of recommended sodium. The National […]
The Fed Caught Leaking Information In Order To “Steer Market Expectations”
A University of California-Berkeley research team led by Professor Annette Vissing-Jorgensen recently discovered some evidence that indicates the United States Federal Reserve regularly leaks information to certain media outlets and investors that in turn leads […]
Uruguay Can Show The World A Lot About Reducing Carbon Emissions
According to Uruguay’s national director of energy, Ramón Méndez, in less than just one decade, the tiny South American country has dramatically reduced its carbon footprint without using government subsidies or implementing higher consumer costs. […]
China Is The Key To Stopping Africa’s Dwindling Elephant Population
Conservationists in Africa are putting pressure on Chinese President Xi Jinping to enact a complete and total ban on ivory trade in China. The African elephant population is being critically weakened by the Chinese demand […]
This Occasionally Deadly Sour Fruit Is Getting A Sweet Makeover
Californians Stewart and Lynda Resnick and their company “The Wonderful Company” believe that they can make a fortune off of the humble grapefruit. The company has already achieved success reviving the pomegranate and the mandarin […]
Tech Startups Learning The Art of Cost-Cutting The Hard Way
Startup companies are starting to realize that their business models of achieving quick growth at all costs might not lead to long term success. In order to gain any respect in the market, a company […]
EU Investigates Sweetheart Tax Deals Between McDonald’s and Luxembourg
Weeks after European Union (EU) regulators ordered Fiat Chrysler and Starbucks Corp. to repay millions of dollars of “unfair” tax subsidies, McDonald’s Corp. now faces an EU investigation into its financial arrangements with the tiny […]
Top FIFA Officials Arrested In Raid Zurich Hotel
More FIFA officials have been arrested, as American and Swiss authorities have charged sixteen new individuals with practices of corruption. This latest move nearly doubles the size of an already massive case that has put […]
British PM Cameron Is Eager To Get In On The Fight With ISIS
Just hours after British bombers carried out a raid on an oil field in Syria which ISIS uses to collect oil and sell to fund their acts of terrorism, British Prime minister is fighting with […]
In The Wake Of Overvaluation Hype, Startups Now Pessimistic About Raising Money
A surprising new survey of startup companies found that the vast majority of owners believe that it is going to be harder to conduct fundraising in the next few months. The news comes as many […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s “Philanthropic” Gesture Goes To A For-Profit LLC
The decision by Mark Zuckerberg to give away 99% of his Facebook shares to charity has some interesting details that largely went unnoticed. Zuckerberg took unique measures to make sure that his holdings are used […]
Google Just Announced Its Enormous Clean Energy Purchase
Google has announced that it has signed several massive long term power purchase agreements throughout the world as a way to obtain extremely large amounts of clean energy. This clean energy will be used by […]
ISIS Is Finally Showing Weakness After Continued Airstrikes And Mass Exodus
It’s often forgotten that the Islamic State is more than just a terrorist organization. The group sells itself as a statehood and a government that promises new opportunities for the Muslims of the world. But […]
Worst Rainfalls In A Century Paralyzing City Of 5 Million In India
India’s state of Tamil Nadu has seen the worst rain deluge in more than a century. The flooding has essentially paralyzed the city of Chennai – closing the local airport, business offices, stores and automobile […]
Having Reliable Access To Public Transportation Shown To Help Depression
A new study shows that good accessibility to public transport reduces the risk of depression for city dwellers, especially women and the elderly. Of course for this to be successful, cities need to make well […]
New Revolutionary Prostate Drug Starts Clinical Trials With High Hopes
A promising new drug that is designed to treat prostate cancer has already performed exceptionally well in animal testing, and it is now ready to be used in clinical trials. The drug, which is called […]
Epson’s In-Office Paper System Cuts Out The Middle Man To Recycling
An in-office paper recycling machine has been developed by printer company Epson. The printer giant calls its creation the PaperLab and it works as follows: put waste paper in, and bright new white paper spits […]
Is The Cure To Aging Really As Close As This Professor Claims?
Harvard Medical School’s professor of genetics, George Church claims he can “cure” aging through a relatively new method of gene editing. The technique was invented four years ago, with the 61 year old professor being […]
DOJ Is Finally Reviewing Ridiculous Profit Driven Policies
The United States Department of Justice is under fire from civil rights activists who are fed up with DOJ policies that issue fines and fees for minor offenses. These budget-driven policies can be crippling to […]
Chinese Government Clears Chinese Government Of Responsibility For U.S. OPM Breach
After conducting an “investigation”, the Chinese government has determined that cybercriminals rather than Chinese officials are the ones responsible for the major cyberhack that stole an enormous amount of data from the United States Office […]
Robots Could Layoff Nearly 50 Percent Of Japanese Workers In Next 20 Years
Robots are taking over Japan, as analysts have predicted that almost half of all jobs in the country could be conducted by robots sometime within the next 10 to 20 years. This could lead to […]
As The U.S. Bombs ISIS, They Might Be Giving Away Defense Secrets To Russia
As the United States and other Western powers prepare to step up their efforts against ISIS in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, they should be careful of revealing too much military technology […]
Forget Diamonds, Newly Discovered Carbon Is Harder And Brighter
Diamonds naturally form about one hundred miles below the Earth’s surface, under extreme pressures and rock-melting temperatures. They are therefore very difficult to make outside of nature. While simulating these conditions in the lab is […]
Some Clever Infrastructure Modification Is Saving The Lives Of Turtles
Japanese railroad companies are building special lanes at some of their train stations just for slow moving turtles. Although the move seems humane on the surface, it’s more to avoid travel delays caused by the […]
Brains Show Signs Of Both Male And Female, Despite Physical Gender
For generations, humans have believed that there was some sort of major differentiator between the brains of males and females. New research has shown that although human brains do show some differences between sexes, there […]
Over Half Of Amazon’s Trees Could Become Threatened Species If Regulations Aren’t Strengthened
The phrase, “Save the Rainforest!” has been around for a while. It first gave rise when the rapid loss of rainforests around the Amazon River Basin became widely known. Once the plight of the rainforest […]
Artists Take A Stab At Climate Summit Sponsors For Their Hypocrisy
Artists have been making parody advertisements in order to express their displeasure with the corporate sponsors of the United Nations Climate Summit in Paris. A large number of the sponsors aren’t exactly known for the […]
Stressed And Overworked, Three-Quarters Of Women Are Simply Burnt Out
A new study has shown that the majority of women are suffering from severe anxiety because of excessive working hours and high levels of stress. More than 70% of all women featured in the study […]