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Robert Jahn, who died at the age of 87 on Nov. 15, spent his life reuniting the head and the heart in modern science. Like some of the brightest minds of Western science, such as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, and Max Planck, he felt that spirituality and science should be like two sides of the … → Read More
It’s hard to argue against environmental conservation. That’s why politicians have often used environmental issues to silence opposition, said analyst Rupert Darwall in his new book “Green Tyranny.” By tying their goals to environmental legislation, industry and political groups can cloak their ulterior motives in green, he said. For example, they can either promote or … → Read More
When he was 19 years old, Jeffrey C. attempted suicide after finding out his girlfriend was cheating on him with his best friend. After he swallowed a lot of pills, his mother realized what had happened and called an ambulance. Jeffrey saw a doctor standing over him, he recalled in a post on the Near-Death … → Read More
Tricia Barker was depressed. She was 21 years old, in college studying English, unsure what career would follow, and generally feeling that life was hopeless and painful. She tried to take her own life by washing a handful of pills down with alcohol. She woke up 36 hours later still in her own room. She … → Read More
Environmentalist Ed Russo’s hate-turned-to-love relationship with Donald Trump started on a golf course in New Jersey in 2002. Russo was the head of a local committee that had made it practically impossible for Trump’s water-guzzling, chemical-using, habitat-destroying golf course to take root in Bedminster, New Jersey. It wasn’t a vendetta against Trump in particular, but … → Read More
Washing fruits and vegetables is not enough to avoid ingesting pesticides. Americans and people all over the world are eating pesticide residue every day, as has been shown by the presence of pesticides in blood and urine samples taken from broad populations. The health effects could include a greater risk of cancer, reproductive problems, and … → Read More
Xue-Mei was an active member of the Chinese Communist Party, her mind deeply rooted in Marxism. “I was a die-hard atheist,” she said, in a post on the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF) website. But a profound near-death experience “completely changed my perspectives toward the meaning of life and the ethics of entire world,” she … → Read More
Biotech company Oxitec announced on Sept. 5 that it has started releasing genetically modified (GM) moths in Geneva, New York. Globally, only two types of → Read More
The world faces water problems on a scale never before experienced in history. The global population is growing as water resources are shrinking. The world → Read More
Water flows through powerful hands before it trickles down to those least able to afford it. Multinational corporations are increasingly gaining control of → Read More
Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, says it may dump as much as 770,000 cubic meters of water contaminated w → Read More
A precedent-setting release of genetically engineered insects could soon take place in Geneva, New York. On July 6, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USD → Read More
Life is a series of risk-benefit analyses. With every decision—from trying a new toothpaste to choosing a career—we decide if the benefits are worth the ri → Read More
The world is drenched in glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto's signature herbicide, Roundup. It is the most common herbicide used in agriculture, g → Read More
Many companies that deal in commodities linked to heavy tropical deforestation, such as soy or timber, have made commitments to significantly reduce or end → Read More
In almost every aisle of the grocery store, you can find products from the palm oil, soy, wood, and cattle industries. Together, these industries are respo → Read More
A new kind of GMO is going by different names, and largely escaping regulation as it enters grocery stores. → Read More
Water is life. Water is the new oil. Water is power. Fresh, life-sustaining water is draining away. It's becoming an increasingly scarce resource across th (Page 1) → Read More
Water is life. Water is the new oil. Water is power. Fresh, life-sustaining water is draining away. It's becoming an increasingly scarce resource across th (Page 1) → Read More
If a person travels back in time and kills her own mother, how does she exist if her mother doesn't give birth to her? → Read More