Asbestos in Schools: What You Need To Know
Mesothelioma is a cancer caused by asbestos. It causes five times more deaths among school teachers than the general population.
Why Asbestos Litigation Won’t Go Away: Because Asbestos Won’t Go Away
Asbestos and mesothelioma cancer lawyers are helping victims to get high compensations from companies that exposed them to that dangerous material.
You’re Probably Paying More for Your Car Loan or Mortgage Than You Should
The main components of the cost you pay to borrow money are a benchmark rate, credit risk and how much profit a lender wants to make.
Thomas Edison: Visionary, Genius or Fraud?
There is a striking contrast between Edison’s image of individual ingenuity, and the reality of intensive, production-line invention that he pioneered.
SNAKES COULD BE THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THE NEW CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN CHINA
The coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly respiratory illness in China this winter has a surprising origin: Wuhan krait and cobra snakes.
Mystery China Pneumonia Outbreak Likely Caused by New Human Coronavirus
The new human coronavirus outbreak is linked to a market in Wuhan, which sold meat and live animals. The virus causes severe pneumonia symptoms such as running nose, fever and sore throat.
Periodic Table: New Version Warns of Elements That Are Endangered
There are 118 known elements in the periodic table but only 90 that occur in nature. The rest are mostly lab-created super-heavy mass substances.
How SpaceX Lowered Rocket Costs and Reduced Barriers to Space
SpaceX’s major breakthroughs have come through recovering and reusing as much of the rocket and launch vehicle as possible.
Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Bed Bugs, and More
Bed bugs bites are unpleasant but not particularly dangerous. They were able to make a comeback thanks to a phenomenon known as pesticide resistance.
WHERE’S BEIRUT? ONCE CALLED ‘THE PARIS OF THE MIDDLE-EAST’
Lebanon is located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. Its capital, Beirut, is located on at a midpoint of Lebanon’s coast 10,691 km far from the US.
If I Can Dream: The Elvis Tribute To Martin Luther King
Elvis Presley recorded the song “If I Can Dream” just two months after the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. Both were born and raised in the Deep South.
Almost 50 Years of Equal Pay Legislation – but the Waiting Continues for Women
It will take 217 years for women to achieve equal pay according to the WEF. So we can expect many stories such as the case of Carrie Gracie at the BBC.
Weaponized Research: How To Keep You and Your Sources Safe in the Age of Surveillance
Hackers may not only be reading your published research work – they could also be tracking your online activity and even listening in on your conversations.
College-Educated Cops Enforce the Law More Aggressively
Study found that college-educated law enforcement officers were more likely than others to search the vehicles they pulled over.
London’s Extraordinary Surplus of Empty Luxury Apartments Revealed
Around one in 20 homes in Central and West London lies empty, according to the United Kingdom government’s statistics agency.
DOMAIN NAME FRAUD: IS THE GLOBAL INTERNET IN DANGER?
In late February 2019, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that manages the IP addresses and domain names used on the web, issued a warning on the risks of systemic Internet attacks.
Talking to Mars: New Antenna Design Could Aid Interplanetary Communication
When enough of these antenna elements – 256 in this case – are combined together just right into what antenna engineers call an array, the whole can transmit and receive much greater power.
Beyond Invisibility: Engineering Light With Metamaterials
We can build metamaterials to respond in particular ways to certain frequencies of light. For example, we can create a smart filter for infrared cameras.
The Song That Had One British Politician Wishing for the Sex Pistols’ Sudden Death
When the Sex Pistols came out with “God Save the Queen” 40 years ago, on May 27, 1977, it was instantly greeted with widespread, visceral condemnation.
From Depression to Parkinson’s Disease: The Healing Power of Dance
Dance and movement therapy goes beyond simply dancing. DMT uses dance and movement to promote insight, integration and well-being.
We Calculated Emissions Due to Electricity Loss on the Power Grid – Globally, It’s a Lot
Annual emissions due to energy loss from the transmission of electricity on the power grid is more than emissions from some industries. Measured in millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
Apostrophes: Linguistics Expert Imagines a Happier World Without Them
The Apostrophe Protection Society is no more. John Richards, who founded the Society in 2001 in order to help maintain the correct use of the “much abused” punctuation mark, has thrown in the towel.
This Small German Town Took Back the Power and Went Fully Renewable
With 100% of its electricity coming from renewable sources, the German town of Wolfhagen is demonstrative of what can be achieved when municipalities adopt innovative approaches to the ownership and governance of key infrastructure.
Life on Mars? Europe Commits to Groundbreaking Mission to Bring Back Rocks to Earth
The European Space Agency (ESA) have fully committed to mission plans to collect samples from the surface of Mars and return them to Earth
ARE THERE 400,000 FEWER CHILDREN IN POVERTY IN THE UK THAN THERE WERE IN 2010?
Boris Johnson’s bold claim about children in poverty needs careful consideration – it is a very partial truth that completely misrepresents wider realities.