If you think urban heat islands sound like a rather pleasant tropical cityscape destination, you would be wrong. They are highly populated metropolitan areas that are heating faster than their rural surroundings due to human activity, and according to a new assessment, this is going to cost them both environmentally and economically dearly. A new study on the impact of ...

One of the most-used antibiotics in the world has been given an addition, making it far more lethal to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In a world desperately running out of defenses against bacterial diseases, the modification may have come just in time. For 60years, vancomycin has been saving lives, widely prescribed for staff infections and diarrhea, among other potential killers. The first ...

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I went to my cousins graduation a couple weeks ago, and the commencement speech was all about secrets. The speakerwas talking about how, as much as society tries to make them look bad and evil, secrets are necessary sometimes. For example, he explained, when youre on a date and you have an inappropriate thought about the hot waiter, its probably ...

@CecileRichards Cecile is doing this simply to keep her kushy job. She knows PP is an abortion mill. — Burpees and Barbells (@jgfleet661) May 29, 2017 @jgfleet661 @CecileRichards She makes more than 900k a year. Nice for a non-profit — Leslie PalmaSimoncek (@leslieps918) May 29, 2017 Never thought we’d say this, but Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards shared some potentially ...

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A picture is worth a thousand words. Some of those pictures’ words are really spooky. These thirteen photos may be chilling to look at, but they become endlessly more terrifying once you know the spine-tingling stories behind them. …AND GETS ALL UP IN YOUR FACEBOOK 5 Class Photo via: Reddit Yes, this is a high school class photo of a ...

Ever wondered what the food of the future is going to look like? Well,you might be eating your insect burgers with a side of 3D-printed origami shape-shifting pasta. Researchers from MIT’s Tangible Media Group have created edible sheets that can morph into three-dimensional shapes when dunked into water. It isnt just a cool gimmick, the idea could help massively cut ...

Being president means never having to say youre sorry. Republican Greg Gianforte apologized last week after allegedly body-slamming Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs, who questioned the Montana Representative about his thoughts on the GOPs stalled health care bill. Gianforte initially blamed the incident, for which he will face misdemeanor charges, on aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist but changed his tune ...

I never thought I could find someone who could handle me. So many have left me, some scrutinized me, and then there are those who sit back and watch. This changed when I met my girlfriend. She is a solider, a warrior, and a conqueror of demons. She has been by my side through unimaginable circumstances, standing tall, and taking ...