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ScienceAlert The secrets of our ancestors might hold the key to why multiple sclerosis (MS) is more common among white, northern Europeans than among Europe's more southern populations. While scientists have found hundreds of genes to date that are associated with MS, up to a fifth of northern Europeans have a genetic variant, called HLA-DRB1*15:01, that conveys a…
Human HistoryTo understand our future evolution we need to look to our past. Will our descendants be cyborgs with hi-tech machine implants, regrowable limbs and cameras for eyes like something out of a science fiction novel? Might humans morph into a hybrid species of biological and artificial beings? Or could we become smaller or taller, thinner or fatter, or even with different facial features and skin colour?
Paul Seibert Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island hoping to start a new life in America. Situated between New York and New Jersey, the historic site was often the first piece of dry land weary travelers touched after a long journey across the Atlantic. Since 1990, the site has been home to…
Retrospectively, it’s easy to understand which parts of our education have most impacted us. I can’t say my college European History 101 class helps me as an entrepreneur, but my seventh-grade typing class continues to serve me well, and the art class I took that same year opened me up to seeing the world in new ways.
Digital EcosystemI vividly remember when Microsoft rolled out Windows 95. Designed to actually look like a desktop, with icons for the Recycle Bin, Briefcase, Inbox and other functions, it felt revolutionary, a boon for productivity as well as operations and logistics, and above all, user-friendly. And that innovation was market-proven: Microsoft product designer at the time, Juliette Weiss, noted in a 2017 article for Medium, “It was the most heavily user-tested product in [the company’s] history.”
People travel for culinary experiences to different places around the world, depending on their preferences and tastes. Some of the best culinary destinations in the world are: Izmir, Turkey: Izmir is a fantastic city to visit if one of your main motivations for traveling is to learn about Turkey’s rich history. Here you’ll find the country’s most important museum as well as Atatürk’s tomb. The citadel neighborhood of Ankara provides a look into the city’s past before it was elevated to the role of capital. Izmir is also famous for its Art & Culture, Food & Drink. Some of the popular dishes you can try are Kokorec, Midye, Gevrek, Boyoz, Kumru, Söğüş, and Izmir Bombas.
getty March 2021 marked the one-year anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdowns. The world was, to put it mildly, tired. People needed hope, and so, they looked back into history, with many storie…
As many economists say China enters what is now the final phase of one of the biggest real-estate booms in history, it is facing a staggering bill: According to economists at Nomura, $ 5 trillion p…
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Chaloner Woods/Getty Images More than a century ago, Christian fundamentalists invented cereal to promote a healthy lifestyle free of sin. Little did they know, their creation would eventually be used to promote everything from radio and cartoons to Mr. T and tooth decay. During the early 19th century, most Americans subsisted on a diet of…
A poetry collection, a coming-of-age novel and a history of deep sea exploration are unlikely to be found in the same section of your favorite bookstore. But they all have enough in common to be this year's winners of Science + Literature awards, $10,000 prizes administered by the National Book Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.…
To paraphrase Japanese author Haruki Murakami, “What To Talk About When You Talk About Digital Assets,” would make a good book title and one with ample reading material. The problem is that unless it’s a history, it would quickly be irrelevant, since the world of digital assets evolves so rapidly. This time last year we were still in what is referred to as ‘crypto winter,’ and now the industry sits at a total market cap of over $2 trillion, with investors jumping onto the Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) bandwagon.
Blockchain forensics enables unprecedented surveillance into people’s financial lives, with profound implications for privacy rights. Sophisticated chain analysis tools can de-anonymize users and map entire transaction histories, often without accountability, transparency, or contestability. This level of invasive tracking should deeply concern those who care about privacy. However, it is unclear how accurate many of these tools are.
The floods, droughts, heatwaves, and fires that are devastating many parts of the world underscore two fundamental facts. First, damage to freshwater supplies is increasingly straining human societies, especially the poor, with far-reaching implications for economic, social, and political stability. Second, the combined impact of today’s extreme conditions are unprecedented in human history, and are overwhelming policymakers’ ability to respond.
Leonardo da Vinci Getty/Wikimedia Commons Excusing bad behavior from actors viewed as exceptional has led to supremely destructive moments in history. How’d we get from da Vinci to Hitler? In 1550,…
“Baths, wine and sex corrupt our bodies, but baths, wine and sex make life worth living”. This inscription – from the tomb of a Roman merchant of Ephesus, Tiberius Claudius Secundus – indicates tha…
Popular lore suggests the Hyksos, a mysterious group of foreign invaders, conquered the Nile Delta around 1638 B.C. and remained in power until 1530 B.C. But written records of the dynasty are scar…
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