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Sustainable Development

What Is Neurocapitalism And Why Are We Living In It?

It's a fact: we are bang in the middle of the Anthropocene. We have changed the destiny of our planet and its ecosystems, to the point that human actions have become as pow...

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Environment

The Great Barrier Reef Is Under Severe Stress – But Not Dead Yet

Reports of the death of the Great Barrier Reef have been greatly exaggerated, scientists have said, after the publication of an “obituary” for the vas...

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Gender

Brands Are Throwing Out Gender Norms To Reflect A More Fluid World

James Charles may not seem like the typical ambassador of a beauty brand—and he's not. Meet CoverGirl's first CoverBoy. No doubt the half-century-old brand raised a f...

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Environment

Ontario Seeks To Put A Cap On Water Bottle Industry With Two-Year Ban

The Ontario government has proposed a two-year moratorium on the creation or expansion of bottled water operations fed by groundwater in the Canadian province, in a bid to ...

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Human Rights

Jason Isaacs Meets Foster Family In Mumbai, Says A Lot Of Work Required For Child Rights

Even as India is gradually opening its gates to foster care and has only recently laid down guidelines for group foster care, British actor Jason Isaacs has already started...

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Sustainable Development

For The First Time, Researchers Bridge Quantum Computers On A Single Chip

Despite the rapid emergence of mobile devices and cloud computing, it's still intuitive to think of computers as relatively self-contained systems. And, as self-contained s...

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Festivals

Boring Movies Can Be Great: A Defense Of ‘Paterson’ And ‘Everything Else’ — NYFF

The following essay was written by a participant in the 2016 New York Film Festival Critics Academy, a workshop for aspiring critics co-produced by Indie Wire, the Film Soc...

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Alternative Entertainment

Fighting Vitamin A Deficiency With A New Kind Of Sweet Potato, Radio, And People Power

Sometimes a small change can make a big difference. Across sub-Saharan Africa, a new kind of sweet potato is helping families guard against vitamin A deficiency. Radio is h...

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Bollywood

Dia Mirza To Raise Funds For Underprivileged Kids

Actress Dia Mirza will host a campaign as the ambassador of Genesis Foundation to raise funds for the treatment of underprivileged children. This will be done through Ketto...

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Environment

What If Nature, Like Corporations, Had The Rights Of A Person?

In recent years, the US supreme court has solidified the concept of corporate personhood. Following rulings in such cases as Hobby Lobb...

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