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Mysterious Fall of Ancient Angkor Is a Warning to Modern Cities
The stone monuments of Angkor, an ancient city in modern day Cambodia, have long left scholars curious about the reason for its collapse in the 15th century. Founded in the 9th century, Angkor was built upon an incredibly extensive infrastructure. Its complex network of canals and reservoirs captured, stored and delivered water both for flood… Read More
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Canadian College Prepares a New Generation of Pot Growers
Two days ago, Canada became the second country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana, and lines of eager buyers are practically spilling into the U.S. People just can’t get enough. Tweed, a major Canadian cannabis company, had sales last year worth only CAD$77 million, or $66 million. Overall, the company lost CAD$70 million, or… Read More
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Lightweight VR Gloves Let People Feel, Grab Virtual Objects
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and ETH Zurich have jointly developed a lightweight haptic glove that allows users to touch, feel and manipulate objects in virtual reality as if they were actually there. The glove, named DextrES by the researchers, recreates a highly realistic sensation of touch, and can… Read More
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Climate Predictions Could Be Wrong in UK and Europe
Current climate change predictions in the UK and parts of Europe may be inaccurate, a study conducted by researchers from the University of Lincoln, UK, and the University of Liège, Belgium, suggests. Existing computer model simulations have failed to properly include air pressure changes that have occured in the Greenland region throughout the past 30… Read More
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How to Get a Job: What Every College Student Needs to Know
College students looking for a job after graduation should know that a step-by-step manual that works for everyone simply doesn’t exist when it comes to landing a job. With that said, the goal is to direct you to a starting place and give you some tips that can be applied to most, but not all,… Read More
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Renewable Energy Crosses Party Lines, Unites Americans
Last month’s Ford-Kavanaugh hearing is yet another example of how partisan this country has become in recent years. Considering this political climate where Republicans and Democrats are sharply divided — seemingly on all key issues — is it possible for Americans to come together on any single issue? It doesn’t seem likely, but researchers from… Read More
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Evolution Can’t Keep Up with Rapid Extinction
If conservation efforts are not vastly improved, mammal species will die off so quickly in the next 50 years that it will take nature 3-5 million years to recover, researchers from Aarhus University, Denmark, and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, find. Five mass extinctions have occurred over the past 450 million years. But, they happened… Read More
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What Should I Major in? Here’s How to Decide
Choosing where and when to go to college might seem like the hardest decision of our young adult lives, but the question that follows can be even trickier: What should I major in? For many (including myself), the pressure of this question can result in sleepless nights, crumpled-up pros and cons lists, and hours upon… Read More
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Why Food Can Taste Different Through VR
Our five senses come into play when we taste food. The ambience is important too. Most of us would agree that grabbing a quick burger at the local diner is not quite the same as enjoying steak frites at an upscale French restaurant. That our environment influences our food taste is driven home by a… Read More
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Puerto Rico’s Insects Are Declining at an Alarming Rate
The number of arthropods in the tropical forests of northeastern Puerto Rico has dropped 60-fold since the mid-1970s, researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México find. Arthropods include invertebrate animals such as insects, millipedes, sowbugs and others. Their decline has directly coincided with an overall temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius… Read More
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How Stereotypes Make Female Leaders Rare
Men and women both prefer leadership traits that are stereotypically masculine, New York University researchers find. This discovery could help to explain why women are still significantly underrepresented in leadership roles. While women hold 52 percent of professional level jobs, they fill only 14.6 percent of executive officer positions. It is a common stereotype that… Read More
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Sustainable Fashion Feels Good and Looks Even Better
Sustainability has a new look. No longer just about hand-me-downs in families and vintages in thrift stores, sustainable fashion has been the talk of the year in the fashion industry. As more consumers are getting interested, the market is responding. According to a research by Common Objective, in the past six years, Google searches for… Read More
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Clean Water Act Dramatically Cuts Pollution, but at What Cost?
The 1972 Clean Water Act has significantly improved the quality of water in the U.S., but the costs of the act are outweighing the measured benefits, a recent study finds. The Clean Water Act is noted as one of the greatest successes of all time in environmental law. Fifty years ago, the Cuyahoga River was… Read More
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Why the World Should Turn to Ocean-Based Climate Solutions
Transitioning to ocean-based renewable energy sources has a high potential for slowing down climate change and its impacts, a new study published in Frontiers shows. The world is already seeing the effects of climate change — from more damaging hurricanes to megafires — that take a toll on human health. And even if the Paris… Read More
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Passionate College Student Has Rescued Over 3,000 Desperate Animals
When children are young, they often have a dream. Whether it is to be the next Michael Jordan, a firefighter, or to build the biggest, baddest roller coaster the world has ever seen — many of those dreams dissipate after kids lose their youth-powered hope. Twenty-one-year-old Zabi Khan never let his dream fall by the… Read More
