Women’s March on Washington: Photos From D.C. & Around the World
The Women’s March on Washington could be the biggest D.C. march in history.
World Bank to end financial support for oil and gas extraction
Bank announces in Paris it ‘will no longer finance upstream oil and gas’ after 2019 in response to threat posed by climate change
World’s first underwater farm is growing fruits and veggies once again | The Optimist Daily
Dubbed Nemo’s Garden, the farm, which consists of six underwater greenhouses, has begun once again yielding produce after a yearlong pandemic.
Would Unconditional Basic Income Make Us Happier?
Some have questioned if the economy can function with a guaranteed minimum income. But few advocates or opponents have explored the policy’s impact on people’s emotional well-being.
Your Brain as Laboratory: The Science of Meditation
The idea that meditation is actually a form of research is gaining respect
Your Cells. Their Research. Your Permission?
Tissues from millions of Americans are used in research without their knowledge. These “clinical biospecimens” are leftovers from blood tests, biopsies and surgeries.
Your new moon is January 27 or 28
This new moon is January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC … just after midnight by clocks in England. It’ll be the evening of January 27 for us in the Americas, or January 28 for Asia.
Zika virus used to treat aggressive brain cancer – BBC News
The infection kills off cancerous cells and leaves healthy ones unharmed, animal studies show.
Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor
Even after Emancipation, Kossula Oluales spent the rest of his life trying to recover what was lost.
