Human Brains Unable To Add Neurons After Adolescence
The brains of birds and mice continue to produce new nerve cells in the hippocampus throughout life. But research now suggests the human brain stops doing this around adolescence.
Hurricane Harvey Tests Limits of Federal Flood Insurance Program
Hurricane Harvey’s impact on the greater Houston region is offering another grim reminder: the federal government’s national flood insurance program, NFIP, is going to become even more financially unsustainable — and it’s already $25M in debt.
Hurricane Irma and climate change – The Washington Post
We can’t afford to keep pretending.
I hiked the Colorado Trail and Restored my Faith in People
Food & Water Watch Organizer Lisa Trope hiked 450 miles along the Colorado trail this summer renewing her commitment to fighting to protect our climate, food and water.
Imagine a government run by people, not money.
The goal of American Promise is to end Citizens United v. FEC by winning the 28th Amendment to The Constitution. This will restore American democracy in which we citizens – not money, not corporations, not special interests – govern ourselves.
In 1960, about a half-million teens took a test. Now it could predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers are exploring how the largest student survey could be studied to forecast life outcomes.
In a First, Gravitational Waves Linked to Neutron Star Crash
The stunning find is already helping astronomers resolve a heated debate about the cosmic origins of gold and silver.
In Harvey's Wake, Residents Near Houston Industry Suffer Pollution Spike
Refinery shutdowns leave communities vulnerable to releases of hazardous emissions
Income and Wealth Inequality
Wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, the great economic issue of our time, and the great political issue of our time.
India’s floods expose its total vulnerability to climate change
In West Bengal, residents say Hurricane Harvey in the US is “no comparison” to devastation for which their country left them woefully unprepared
