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EPA Backs Urban Water Preservation Projects

The US Environmental Protection Agency is keen on improving the lives of people living in the US, since it is highly concerned about the current situation of urban waters in this country. Through its Urban Waters program, the organization will put $1.8m (€1.3m) on the table for the development of projects meant...

8 December 2011
05:36 GMT

Dams Are Wrong Answer to Climate Change

On the first day of the Durban summit, International Rivers and Friends of the Earth International launched a video showing that dams are the wrong answer to the climate change phenomenon. The Google Earth 3D tour raises the public opinion's level of awareness regarding the connection between dams and current ...

28 November 2011
11:03 GMT

Most Memorable Photos Are Those of People

In a new study, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology determined that the most memorable photographs people are make are those containing other people, and not scenic lakes and landscapes. In fact, the latter are utterly forgettable, the team says.As such, it may be best for people to start photogr...

24 May 2011
10:47 GMT

The Social Butterfly Effect

You are probably familiar with the butterfly effect theory, or you might have seen the movie, but you should know that there is also a social butterfly effect.The butterfly effect is a theory that basically says that small differences in the initial condition of a dynamical system can cause large variations in the lo...

2 December 2010
09:55 GMT

People Around Us Make Our Best and Worst Moments Memorable

A new research shows that the best and the worst experiences in people's lives do not involve individual accomplishments, but that it is the interaction with others that makes them important.This is the first study of its kind that underlines the importance of social connections for people's happiness and f...

27 August 2010
06:18 GMT

People Shun Popular Beliefs

The conclusions of a new research seem to indicate that people become more convinced of their own opinions when learning that the majority of other believe something else. When the popular belief disagrees with their own, some individuals tend to take their own beliefs even more seriously. The discovery puts a dent i...

5 August 2010
05:50 GMT

Why People Are Fascinated by War

As the Cold War finally wound down to a screeching halt, all forms of media, including radio, television, movies, songs, and now the Internet, have started depicting images of violence on a regular basis. Human suffering, war and misery have become standard news, and various outlets seem to have made it their stated ...

11 February 2010
17:01 GMT

2009, a Review

I think no one can honestly say that 2009 was an “empty” year. There were significant developments around the world, politically, economically, socially and scientifically. Undoubtedly, the year was marked by the economic crunch, by people losing their jobs across the world, but the upside to this is that...

31 December 2009
22:01 GMT

This Decade Is the Worst in 50 Years

When questioned about how they feel about the decade that is just coming to an end, most American citizens in a new survey have responded that it was the worst one in a long time. The research has focused on analyzing people's perception of decades and determined that a huge number of US respondents think of 200...

23 December 2009
04:07 GMT

How Ordinary Ancient Maya Lived

The everyday life of ancient Mayans has been a subject of speculation for many generations, mostly because there are very little records of this aspect of the old society. Most depictions that have endured up to this day are of official matters, and do not represent the actions and behaviors of the common folk. A new...

10 November 2009
14:31 GMT

Experts Show People Are Inherently Optimistic

It would appear that there are no things that can bring humans as a whole down and make them pessimistic, the results of a new study conducted by experts at the University of Kansas and the Gallup Organization shows. The research reveals that, despite the worldwide problems of the swine flu outbreak and global warmin...

24 May 2009
13:01 GMT

Experts Say Humans and Nature Should Remain Connected

Increasing technological advances now allows humans to look at wildlife in its natural habitat directly on TV or on computer screens. Web cams and documentaries filmed with hidden cameras bring lions, hippopotamuses, whales and seals closer than ever before, but experts say that this trend may actually be one that wo...

2 April 2009
02:25 GMT

How Politicians Use Fear to Manipulate People

According to a new scientific study, which has appeared in the latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science, politicians are very likely to try to use fear so as to make people agree with decisions they would otherwise regret. This behavior is very obvious in pols around the world, but especially, some s...

5 March 2009
05:48 GMT

New Book Analyzes Why People Believe in a God

All over the world, people believe in a god. No matter its name, there is always a super-natural entity that people pray to, and whose representation they turn to in time of need. Author Guy P. Harrison, who traveled the world analyzing people's religions, reveals in his latest book the 50 main reasons why most ...

8 December 2008
17:01 GMT

Yahoo! Comes up with Its Big 40

It's the end of the year and, naturally, a time for prizes and presents. Christmas cheer is all around us and many try to spread it out as well. Yahoo!, on the other hand, has decided to tell the world what it thinks about the impact that some sites have had on the Internet as a whole, on its users and rank the...

18 December 2007
11:56 GMT

Where Did Gypsies Come From?

You come across these people in many countries; they do not have a national territory or their own government. Legends describe their arrival from Egypt, but these are only fairytales. Ignorant people in the west associate their origin with Eastern Europe, like Hungary and Romania. That's false, even if indeed l...

28 November 2007
10:43 GMT

Watch Out... DST Can Kill You!

Some odd study made in the United Stated, reveals that pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour, are three time more likely to be killed or hit by cars, than before the time change. This week-end clocks are turned one hour back, switching from Day Light Saving Time(DST) to Standard Time. The Day Light Savi...

3 November 2007
06:58 GMT

Beyonce - Best Dressed?

People magazine just named Beyounce Knowles as the best-dressed celebrity of the past year. Truth be told, this has managed to raise a few eyebrows, seeing how the beautiful R&B singer has graced many times the "hit and miss" and "fashion police" sections of magazines both on paper and electronic. A further "fashion ...

14 September 2007
10:56 GMT

We All Originated in Africa

No hanky spanky with the Neanderthals, or ape-men (Homo erectus) in our family tree. A new study shows that we are 100 % an African product. This is the result of a comparison of skulls and DNA of human remains found worldwide. It appears that human species living elsewhere in the world did not contribute to our ance...

19 July 2007
02:58 GMT

Robot Boy Is Here!

Robots have been part of human imagination for longer than you think. Though modern science-fiction literary genre has made them so famous, that they've become universal brands, like "Robocop", "Terminator", "Data", "R2-D2" or "iRobot", they have been present in mythology long before.When it comes to robots, so...

19 June 2007
12:11 GMT

May 23, 2007: The Day When the World Turned Majoritary Urban

Wednesday, May 23, 2007, is the day that marks the major demographic shift of the human population from rural to urban: for the first time in history there will be more city-dwellers than villagers. This is the conclusion of a research made at North Carolina State University and the University of Georgia. The UN has ...

26 May 2007
04:59 GMT

Where Do the Names of Some Peoples Come From?

Anthropologists have noticed that most primitive tribes name themselves by the word that in their name means "people". But many others are known by the names other people gave to them. Sometimes, these names are not in conformity with the reality, in other situations they are. Let's see the roots of some names. ...

2 March 2007
09:49 GMT


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