By Will Byers The place for business, wealth and power is located right in the heart of New York City. People who strive to pursue such a niche location tend to fall in the streets of Manhattan where every other block is an opportunity for a new entrepreneur to plant their business. What would happen…
Can Earth be a synergistic system, allowing organisms to interact with their inorganic surroundings? By Eleven President Ronald Reagan has fueled his political fan base by seeking to deregulate all bureaucratic institutions. The root of this desire is held in his most celebrated quote: “The most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from…
On Saturday, Oct. 21, President Donald Trump announced that he would release all documents related to the assassination of President John F. Ken- nedy in 1963. He also explained that he will keep files holding names and addresses of people still alive confidential. Up to 3,100 documents that make up tens of thousands of pages…
Located in the southeast region of Asia, a small Buddhist- majority country, Myanmar, holds an ethnic Muslim minority who are currently suffering violence and persecution. This minority group, called the Rohingya, differs from the Buddhist-majority in ethnic, religious and linguistic ways. The Rohingya consist of about 1.1 million people who live in the southeast Asian…
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new personalized treatment for cancer on Oct. 18. Yescarta, a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, is both a risk and a lifesaver since it holds dramatic side-effects in some patients and is costly. Doctors proclaim that Yescarta will be used as a last-resort treatment for specific…
In early September, China announced their plan to eventually ban gasoline-powered cars. Not too soon after, California may do something similar if regulators ban the internal combustion engine entirely. With the push for the automotive industry to shift toward electric vehicles (EV), several large automakers have announced some form of “electrification” within the next few…
On the morning of Oct. 6 in Oslo, Norway, the 2017 No-bel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons,also known as ICAN. This is a group of non-governmental organizations from approximately 100 different countries around the world who are campaign-ing to eliminate nuclear weapons. Banning nuclear weapons as an international…
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to three American researchers for discovering the molecular circuitry of the circadian rhythm. Over several decades of work, Jeffery C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young can help further ex plain how biology adapts to the 24hour cycle of every day. Additionally, their studies found how diseases…
Wildfires began tearing through northern California Oct. 8. Since then at least 40 people have died, including 22 in Sonoma County, where San ta Rosa is located. Fires blazed through parts of Santa Rosa ear lier this week, reducing neighborhoods to ash and twisted metal. The fires have been taking advantage of the wind and…
WE WILL VOTE! — Police blocked a voting ballot from pro-separatists to prevent additional voting, while protestors marched the streets past a cafe in Barcelona. (NY Times) Another controversial referendum was held on Sunday, when the Spanish government wanted to stop a voting on independence in the wealthy region of Catalonia, Spain. Proseparatists took charge,…