THE GOOD NEWS: Twitter had a hilarious reaction to one newspaper’s attempt to teach its readers the meanings behind sex emojis. The great semanticist Alfred Korzybski once postulated that “man’s achievements rest on the use of symbols.” Throughout our history, we have used sound, body language, words, hieroglyphics, art, flags, and various other symbols to share…
Hijab. Flickr/Lion Multimedia Productions. Some rights reserved. We got this covered! Today as we celebrate International Women’s Rights Day, we, Muslim women in Europe, still have to fight for our basic human rights and the right to equality on a daily basis. In national debates on ‘identity’, women’s rights are too often used to oppose…
Each year, 325,000 Americans die from a surprisingly little-known condition that affects the rhythm of their heartbeats. In many cases, the patients are battling a serious illness, recurring infections, or a high risk of heart attack and have electrical implants to regulate their heartbeats. When these electrical systems get short-circuited, however, the consequences can be…
For the past 14 years, we’ve watched images of war-torn Iraq on the evening news, heard about soldiers who’ve lost limbs and lives, and have been promised that the divisive and costly war would come to an end so America could finally move on. But what about the people who actually live there? As many…
Frauke Petry of AfD leaves a press conference unexpectedly announcing that she won't become a member of the AfD in the Bundestag on the day after the elections, September 25, 2017. NurPhoto/Press Association. All rights reserved.It’s been a funny day in Düsseldorf. The day after an election always feels odd, but this was something different….
There was little doubt that former Dallas Cowboys quarterback would be a congenial and charming presence in the broadcasting booth for CBS, but few would have predicted the phenomenon and controversy that he’s brought with his enthusiastic style and amazing ability to predict plays as they’re developing before the snap. Just a month into his…
Photo: InsightCrime. All rights reserved. Ask most Mexicans what a trámite is and they will describe the bureaucratic procedures every citizen has to go through to get by in civic life. However, the team behind the "Corrupcionario Mexicano," or Mexican Corruptionary, has a more colorful definition. For the authors, a trámite is an "obligatory and…
When you drink sugar-free sodas or pour the lukewarm remnants of one down the drain, you probably don’t dwell on the journey those liquids then take to your local wastewater treatment plant. That journey, however, holds a lot of clues for researchers looking to track water pollution — all thanks to one substance that refuses…
The Stop Brexit march on its way to the Conservative party conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, October 1, 2017. Peter Byrne/Press Association. All rights reserved. Clueless, arrogant, outgunned. The attitude displayed towards the UK's Brexit negotiators in much of the media is derisive. Witness the treatment of July's notorious negotiating table…
At this point, Ivanka Trump has to realize that her attempts to endear herself to the public while remaining complicit in the Trump presidency will continue to result in little more than mockery and vitriol. Recently, Donald Trump’s eldest daughter found her way to Iowa for a discussion on maintaining an evolving workforce, but the…