The discussion around people’s banished right to unlock their own cellphones has been framed as an unexpected and unanticipated effect of the copyright monopoly. To the contrary, it shows the heart of the monopoly’s philosophy: killing ownership as a concept. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
Mercury pollution in marine animals may be behind a population crash. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Environmentalists hailed a Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Indirect estimates based on carbon dating point to intentional settlement by a large population. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
From 1991 to 1995, Cuba was hit particularly hard by international embargo. Its population suffered. But scientists have now identified the only benefit of the embargo: it lead to a population-wide weight loss, and with this a decrease in cases of diabetes and heart diseases. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Scans suggest that there’s more to heart disease than a modern diet. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Understanding how and why diversification occurs is important for understanding why there are so many species on Earth. In a new study published on 19 February in the open access journal PLOS Biology, researchers show that similar—or even identical—mutations can… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
Gender imbalances in China have created a generation of men for whom finding love is no easy task Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
The NYPD last night released a report on its controversial stop-and-frisk procedure that breaks down by precinct — and by race — those who’ve been targeted.The figures, all from… Original post on nypost.com Comments on reddit.com
A survey in France published this week revealed 70 percent of the population believe there are too many foreigners living in the country and 74 percent believe Original post on thelocal.fr Comments on reddit.com
A genetic analysis has shown that Northern European people are a mixture of two very different ancestral populations – and one of these populations is related to Native Americans. Original post on tgdaily.com Comments on reddit.com
Despite the noblest of intentions, America has become the world’s superpower of incarceration. What will it take to reform our bloated prison system? Original post on saturdayeveningpost.com Comments on reddit.com
beyondbrics, from the Financial Times, brings news and comment from more than 40 emerging economies, headed by China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia and South Africa. We cover politics and economics, finance and business – everything that makes markets move. Original post on ft.com Comments on reddit.com
The world’s seemingly relentless march toward overpopulation achieved a notable milestone in 2012: Somewhere on the planet, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the 7 billionth living person came into existence. Lucky No. 7,000,000,000 probably celebrated his or her birthday sometime in March and added to a population that’s already… Original post on slate.com Comments on reddit.com
Japan’s population last year declined by 212,000, the biggest drop on record, according to an estimate by the nation’s health ministry. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
In Brazil 8 species have been put on the list for cloning. The jaguar being one of them. There are already 420 samples of wild tissue. When cloning begins, the jaguars, (and the other 7 species), will be kept in captivity*, … Continue reading Original post on weekofscience.wordpress.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists measure the population of mammals in the Chernobyl exclusion zone by studying tracks in the snow. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Top scientists say Canada has a dangerous approach to fishing fragile species Original post on thestar.com Comments on reddit.com
France is home to Western Europe’s biggest Jewish and Muslim populations. Tensions have been rising since last March, when a man named Mohamed Merah killed seven people – including three children at a Jewish school in Toulouse. The Merah case is extreme, but among an alarming number of anti-Semitic attacks across France this year. Original post on theworld.org Comments on reddit.com
According to the OECD 2012 world report on life satisfaction, Danes are the happiest people in the world.Editor’s note: Marilyn Hempel’s approach to equating happiness with low population size without out-of-control growth, plus equitable income levels, is simple and convincing. Some parts of th Original post on change.org Comments on reddit.com
Less than a quarter-century ago, Japan was the economic envy of the world. In 1989, Tokyo-listed shares represented nearly half the planet’s equity value, while the land beneath the city’s royal palace was worth more than all of California. American nightly news anchors practically misted up when Original post on businessweek.com Comments on reddit.com
A group of Tasmanian devils will be transferred to a small Australian island to start what is hoped will be a self-sustaining population, free from the facial tumour that has devastated their species. Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
French Nationalists in Paris Protest Extreme Islam Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
DNA sequencing of 36 complete Y chromosomes has uncovered a previously unknown population explosion that occurred 40 to 50 thousand years ago, between the first expansion of modern humans out of Africa 60 to 70 thousand years ago and the… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on reddit.com
People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, whose large-scale registry study is the most comprehensive ever in its field. Original post on eurekalert.org Comments on reddit.com
There are only 35 rhinos in the wild, and no individuals in captivity. But conservationists hope they can increase the numbers of what is possibly the rarest large mammal on Earth Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Most people believe that, with multifaceted cultures and intricate technology, humans have freed themselves from the pressures of natural selection. Recent findings, however, suggest that, far from insulating humans from evolutionary pressures, culture can create new ones. Original post on project-syndicate.org Comments on reddit.com
As California struggles to comply with a court order to reduce its prison population, a new study finds that the state now spends more on its correctional system than on higher education. Since 1980, the prison population has skyrocketed 436 percent, while spending on higher education has decreased by 13 percent adjusted for inflation, according [...] Original post on thinkprogress.org Comments on reddit.com
