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New Documentary Highlights Growing Criminalization Of The U.S. Homeless

Across the country, people are being criminalized essentially for being homeless — and in Boise, Idaho, some are fighting back. Criminalization of homelessness has been on the rise in cities across America since early 2009. Recent studies by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty indicate that in over...

By All That's Interesting • Dec 8, 2015

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New Documentary Highlights Growing Criminalization Of The U.S. Homeless

Across the country, people are being criminalized essentially for being homeless — and in Boise, Idaho, some are fighting back. Criminalization of homelessness has been on the rise in cities across America since early 2009. Recent studies by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty indicate that in over...

By All That's Interesting • December 8, 2015

Your World This Week, Dec. 6 – 12

This week in technology: Google’s new blood-sucking invention, a truly washable smartphone, biometric tattoos and tech’s importance in fighting ISIS. Google Files Patent For Wearable Blood-Sucking Device Naturally, the Internet is now abuzz with the news of Google’s vampiric new project. Of course, the sober truth is that Google’s blood-drawing...

By All That's Interesting • Dec 7, 2015

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Your World This Week, Dec. 6 – 12

This week in technology: Google’s new blood-sucking invention, a truly washable smartphone, biometric tattoos and tech’s importance in fighting ISIS. Google Files Patent For Wearable Blood-Sucking Device Naturally, the Internet is now abuzz with the news of Google’s vampiric new project. Of course, the sober truth is that Google’s blood-drawing...

By All That's Interesting • December 7, 2015

Video Of The Day: Former Prisoner Feels Like He’s Time Traveled After Being Released

What would a time traveller from the 1970s say if he or she stumbled into our world today? One 69-year-old man has an idea.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 3, 2015

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Video Of The Day: Former Prisoner Feels Like He’s Time Traveled After Being Released

What would a time traveller from the 1970s say if he or she stumbled into our world today? One 69-year-old man has an idea.

By All That's Interesting • December 3, 2015

Everything We Know About The San Bernardino Shootings So Far

On December 2nd, a team of assailants killed 14 people and injured 17 in the California town of San Bernardino — making this the worst mass shooting since Sandy Hook, and meaning that this year the United States has seen 355 mass shootings. Here’s everything we know about the mass...

By Savannah Cox • Dec 3, 2015

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Everything We Know About The San Bernardino Shootings So Far

On December 2nd, a team of assailants killed 14 people and injured 17 in the California town of San Bernardino — making this the worst mass shooting since Sandy Hook, and meaning that this year the United States has seen 355 mass shootings. Here’s everything we know about the mass...

By Savannah Cox • December 3, 2015

Your World This Week: Nov. 29 – Dec. 5

This week in health: Coffee-drinkers may live longer, brain researchers unlock the scientific secret to happiness, utant mosquitoes will help eradicate malaria, AIDS could be conquered within 15 years. The New Mutant Mosquito That Could Eradicate Malaria Forever Malaria is such a persistent blight to mankind that Nobel-prize winning scientist...

By All That's Interesting • Nov 30, 2015

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Your World This Week: Nov. 29 – Dec. 5

This week in health: Coffee-drinkers may live longer, brain researchers unlock the scientific secret to happiness, utant mosquitoes will help eradicate malaria, AIDS could be conquered within 15 years. The New Mutant Mosquito That Could Eradicate Malaria Forever Malaria is such a persistent blight to mankind that Nobel-prize winning scientist...

By All That's Interesting • November 30, 2015

Why Everyone Should Start Calling ISIS “Daesh” Instead

After last week’s string of ISIS attacks in Beirut, Baghdad and Paris, global leaders like François Hollande and John Kerry have started to refer to the militant Islamist group as “Daesh.” Following in the footsteps of Kurdish militants who have called the group Daesh for some time, Hollande and Kerry’s...

By Savannah Cox • Nov 19, 2015

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Why Everyone Should Start Calling ISIS “Daesh” Instead

After last week’s string of ISIS attacks in Beirut, Baghdad and Paris, global leaders like François Hollande and John Kerry have started to refer to the militant Islamist group as “Daesh.” Following in the footsteps of Kurdish militants who have called the group Daesh for some time, Hollande and Kerry’s...

By Savannah Cox • November 19, 2015

Food Waste: How We Can Overcome The Alarming Facts And Dire Predictions

Alarming facts and dire predictions about how food waste is needlessly crippling the human race and our planet.

By Callie Stewart • Nov 17, 2015

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Food Waste: How We Can Overcome The Alarming Facts And Dire Predictions

Alarming facts and dire predictions about how food waste is needlessly crippling the human race and our planet.

By Callie Stewart • November 17, 2015

Indonesia Is Burning, And The World Hasn’t Noticed

The hypothetical “If a tree falls into the woods…” question explores how the experience of an event makes an event “real.” So what happens if an entire forested country burns and releases a toxic and deadly haze, and the media doesn’t cover it? Indonesia is burning. More than 3,000 miles...

By Nickolaus Hines • Nov 16, 2015

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Indonesia Is Burning, And The World Hasn’t Noticed

The hypothetical “If a tree falls into the woods…” question explores how the experience of an event makes an event “real.” So what happens if an entire forested country burns and releases a toxic and deadly haze, and the media doesn’t cover it? Indonesia is burning. More than 3,000 miles...

By Nickolaus Hines • November 16, 2015

“Mx.”—A Word That Replaces “Mr.” Or “Mrs.”—Has Been Added To The Dictionary

Mx, a new entry on Dictionary.com, reflects evolving understandings of gender and identity in the 21st century

By Savannah Cox • Nov 12, 2015

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“Mx.”—A Word That Replaces “Mr.” Or “Mrs.”—Has Been Added To The Dictionary

Mx, a new entry on Dictionary.com, reflects evolving understandings of gender and identity in the 21st century

By Savannah Cox • November 12, 2015

Is The Study Claiming That All Women Are Bisexual Or Lesbians Worthless?

Results of a recent study made the rounds on the Internet this past week, tantalizing (and angering) social media users with the idea that women are “never straight,” but either bisexual or lesbians. In a recent study meant to learn more about female sexuality, researchers at the University of Essex...

By Savannah Cox • Nov 9, 2015

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Is The Study Claiming That All Women Are Bisexual Or Lesbians Worthless?

Results of a recent study made the rounds on the Internet this past week, tantalizing (and angering) social media users with the idea that women are “never straight,” but either bisexual or lesbians. In a recent study meant to learn more about female sexuality, researchers at the University of Essex...

By Savannah Cox • November 9, 2015