A Scorecard For Companies With A Conscience

Eleven years ago, the Vermont-based ice cream-maker Ben and Jerry?s found itself in a position other companies might have found enviable. Several firms were bidding to buy ...

From Droughts TO Disease, 2015 Highlighted Our Food System's Shortcomings

2015 was a bit of a news roller-coaster when it came to the things we eat. We?ve made some progress over the year in some areas but struggled to cope in others as we faced ...

Your Birth Control Pills And Hamburgers Might Be Making These Fish Intersex

A strange thing is happening to male smallmouth and largemouth bass swimming in waterways in parts of the Northeast: They are increasingly showing up with characteristics o...

Gender Fluidity Went Pop In 2015 – And It’s Not Just A Phase

First things first: don’t call it a trend. Gender fluidity found its way into more headlines than ever in 2015. But regardless of the moment it’s having in both...

Drones Set To Give Global Farming A Makeover

The traditional image of a farmer standing in a field, squinting anxiously at the sky for signs of rain, may be about to get a 21st-century makeover as researchers explore ...

Zeugma Film Festival Opens

The 3rd Zeugma Film Festival opened on Dec. 22 with a ceremony at the Gaziantep University Congress and Culture Center in the south eastern province of Gaziantep.  Thi...

Here's What the Hell Happened In Bitcoin In 2015

Without a doubt, 2015 was the craziest year yet for Bitcoin, the virtual currency that, in the last six years, has gone from a niche hobby for people who?ve read Neuromance...

Miami International Children’s Film Festival To Inspire Next Generation Of Filmmakers

From Dec. 26 through 31, Coral Gables Art Cinema will host the third annual Miami International Children’s Film Festival. The family-friendly event is the perfect sce...

Bring On The Girls

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was a publishing sensation and made legit the dysfunctional ‘girl’.

Paula Hawkins’s debut novel, The Girl On The T...