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Here at the end of busy week, we have some news that Eruptions readers have been following on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Piton de la Fournaise, the active […]
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How can there be real progress in a nation like Niger, where 1 in 7 women die from childbirth, unless the country's human rights crisis is addressed?
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Creating a sustainable global economy in the 21st century will require partnerships between governments, businesses, and NGOs. The good news is that there’s increasing willingness to cooperate.
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Environmentalists prognosticate devastating changes in the future, but climate change is already impacting the lives of millions of poor people. There needs to be a developmental approach to climate change, […]
This week, the global cities of Bogota, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Milan celebrate "Social Media Week," with events and seminars focused on the use of digital media for building […]
"It is really just a few decades since human rights became the world's preferred vocabulary for talking about justice." Slate reviews a new book on the history of human rights claims.
"Eat your heart out, Wolverine. The X-Men superhero won't be the only one with with metal fused into his skeleton if a new titanium foam proves suitable for strengthening bones."
"Advances in laser technology and the field of quantum information science have allowed researchers to demonstrate Einstein’s theories at much more ordinary scales."
"For millions of addicts around the world, Alcoholics Anonymous's basic text—informally known as the Big Book—is the Bible. And as they're about to find out, the Bible was edited."
"The world will soon get to know a lot more about the low-profile billionaire, or at least Hollywood's version of him." A film based on Mark Zuckerberg opens Friday in New York.
"If you adjust for inflation and income, Americans have never spent less on food than they have in recent years. And yet many feel we've also never paid such a high price."
"It has been the defining style of our era, but now it’s in retreat. Intelligent Life's Stephen Bayley works out whether less will soon be no more."
"The frontal cortex isn’t fully formed until late adolescence which means that the ability to concentrate is just beginning to solidify in babies. The result is that little kids struggle to focus."
"Now management science looks set for a thorough, biology-inspired overhaul. Expect plenty more lab coats in business-school corridors." The Economist on behavioral science.
"Economists may think of growth as endless, but the fact is that the Earth is finite, and sooner or later, as the human population soars towards nine billion, limits will be reached."
The modern view of the American soldier at war is invariably shaped by television. Beginning with the Vietnam War, the first war brought literally into the living rooms of private […]
Tomorrow, the Republicans plan to roll out their “Pledge to America” outlining what they plan to do if they regain control of Congress. The platform is an updated version of […]
Some news! Get it while it is hot! Neanderthals and volcanoes: A recent study by Naomi Cleghorn and others that appeared in Current Anthropology lays the blame for the extinction […]
The results of Labour’s leadership election will be known officially at 4.30pm on Saturday 25th September, as delegates to the party conference assemble in Manchester, Northern England. The contest has been […]
Philosophy and physics are not often thought of together in academia. While physicists develop calculations and models to describe the world around them, philosophers are more interested in the fuzzier […]