Increasing American political polarization is linked to television news deregulation following the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, according to a Washington State University study. “After 1996, we see changes in polarization based […]
In anticipation of returning human spaceflight launches to American soil, and in preparation for the agency’s journey to Mars, NASA announced it will soon begin accepting applications for the next class of […]
In early August, biologist Peter Ward returned from the South Pacific with news that he encountered an old friend, one he hadn’t seen in over three decades. The University of Washington professor […]
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for 2015 to Angus Deaton, “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.” Deaton, who is Dwight D. […]
It is easy to fudge facts when making health claims on consumer packaged goods, especially when the health benefits are hard to verify. But are consumers taken in? And is it […]
In a world first study researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden and James Cook University in Australia and have found that prey fish captured by predators release chemical cues that acts as a […]
Cornell University engineers have developed a method to re-create the arrangement of muscles of an octopus tentacle, using an elastomer and 3D printer. The research was groundbreaking since until now, 3D printing […]
The Nuon Solar Team has won the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge for the sixth time in its Nuna8 solar car. Never before has this race – which takes teams right through the […]
The discovery in Washington state of a parasitic wasp that kills its host like a scene from the “Alien” sci-fi movie has entomologists cheering from the west coast to the east. That’s […]
A quick glance in a person’s kitchen might reveal more than just their taste in food. A new Cornell study suggests that the kinds of ready-to-eat foods left out on the countertop […]
A pair of neurons have been found in the brain of male nematode worms that allow them to remember and seek sex even at the expense of food. These neurons, which are […]
A new study of chickens overturns the popular assumption that evolution is only visible over long time scales. By studying individual chickens that were part of a long-term pedigree, the scientists, led […]
UCLA geochemists have found evidence that life likely existed on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago — 300 million years earlier than previous research suggested. The discovery indicates that life may […]
With backyard poultry ownership in urban areas of the US increasing in recent decades, cities should adopt policies to reduce the risk of infectious disease from contact with live chickens, according to […]
One of the more recent members of The Future Leadership Institute is Mr. Teun Depreeuw. Teun Depreeuw is founder and owner of Muurtuin.be, a company specialized in designing, manufacturing, installing and maintaining vertical gardens. Click the picture to read more.
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