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Strict state gun laws could cut suicides, study says
State laws that restrict access to guns could reduce the rate of firearm-related suicide, according to new research. Researchers examined suicide rates in Connecticut and Missouri, two states that changed their permit-to-purchase handgun laws in recent decades. Connecticut passed a law in 1995 that Read More...
Just add water and this squid-inspired plastic heals itself
While you've been busy scarfing down fried calamari rings, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have been doing something else with squid. Namely? Studying the cephalopod's ring teeth for a way to create a material that heals when water's present, much in the way that those tentacle-bound Read More...
Emma Thompson’s wonderful thoughts on feminism, ageism, Trump, and teapots
There’s a maxim in Hollywood that nobody knows anything, but perhaps they simply haven’t talked to Emma Thompson. The outspoken Oscar-winning actress can expound on any subject with experience and wit. With her new film A Walk in the Woods out this week, we called Thompson up and asked her to Read More...
While Starting Carpool Services, Uber And Lyft Should Study Cuba's System
Cuba is often derided, appropriately, as a backwards nation that has failed to modernize its houses, cars and overall economic policies. I got to visit its capital city of Havana this summer, and found this perception evident from the moment I stepped into José Martí airport. But there was one Read More...
Europeans open their houses and welcome refugees
The news about the migrant crisis in Europe is saddening and overwhelming. Desperate, broke and without a home, more refugees than ever since World War II are searching for a better life. While some politicians are suggesting to construct “walls” to prevent refugees from entering, Europeans Read More...
Bhutan aims to make electric cars main mode of transportation
Ahead of the U.N climate meeting set in Paris later this year, negotiators are looking at Bhutan, one of the world's poorest countries, for inspiration. The tiny Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas is implementing plans to make electric cars the main mode of transportation in order to protect the Read More...
For the first time, a paralyzed man has regained control to enhance mobility
In Mark Pollock fell from a second-story window and suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Now, he is able to control his leg muscles and take thousands of steps in a robotic device. A team of scientists worked with Pollock during five days of training with the Read More...
A unique approach to math helps boost achievement for children in school
How much is 5 + 3? At the First People’s Center for Education, they know that a significant group of young Native American children would try to count their fingers to find the answer, even if they should be old enough already to add the numbers up in their head. Educators would say that they Read More...
Want to create the work you love? Learn how to become a "job-crafter"
Do you love your job? It turns out, not many of us do. According to a recent report, just 35% of managers and 30% of employees are truly engaged in their jobs. But the surprising thing is that according to many experts, you have the power to make your work more engaging, and become happier on the Read More...
Chiara Vigo: The last woman who makes sea silk
Silk is usually made from the cocoons spun by silkworms - but there is another, much rarer, cloth known as sea silk or byssus, which comes from a clam. Chiara Vigo is thought to be the only person left who can Read More...