Forest Whitaker: We Need To Solve Humanitarian Crises Together

On the opening day of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, the Special Envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Forest ...

Stars Attend 15th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon

The 15th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon benefiting United Cerebral Palsyof New York City (UCP of NYC) was held Monday, May 9th at Cipriani 42nd Street.
The sold-out e...

Bayer's Takeover Of Monsanto Would Create The World's Largest Agricultural Supplier

Anti-GMO activists are horrified at the prospect of German pharmaceutical giant Bayer purchasing American agrochemical company Monsanto, a proposed consolidation the activi...

Making A Fundamental Shift In Drug Policy And Harm Reduction

In 1998, the United Nations General Assembly convened a special session under the slogan, “A drug-free world — we can do it!” with the goal of prohibiting...

Beano For Bovines: Here's How Researchers Are Cutting Methane Emissions From Cows

Just as people plagued by flatulence have turned to diets and supplements for relief, scientists are seeking a cure for belching — and sometimes farting — cows....

What's Killing The World's Teenagers? Road Accidents, Suicide, Floods

The leading cause of death among teenagers in the U.S. is road accidents — killing nearly 5,000 American kids between the ages of 10 and 19 in 2013.

Suicide a...

Untold Thousands Of Patients Misdiagnosed As Vegetative Are Actually Aware. Theirs Is The Civil Rights Fight Of Our Times

Seasoned nurse came up to me after a lecture I’d given at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She seemed shaken by my talk and I was surprised. She wo...

Shell Oil Spill Prompts Renewed Calls For A Moratorium On Oil And Gas Development In The Gulf Of Mexico

A leak from an undersea pipeline network in the Gulf of Mexico released nearly 90,000 gallons of crude oil before being discovered and shut down, federal regulators said. Read More

Encryption Gets In The Way Of 75% Of Cases, Europol Chief Says

In the US, police and prosecutors continue to say encryption—the use of math to protect data from outside eyes, including those of the government—presents a sig...