“The global population is skyrocketing, the climate is changing, and diets are shifting. So how do you tackle the problem of feeding 9…
Source: No, We Don’t Need Another Green Revolution – NewCo Shift
Why cancer is not a war, fight, or battle
Cancer survivor Xeni Jardin says that while she was touched by the outpouring of support for Senator John McCain after his diagnosis of brain cancer, hearing cancer once again described as form of combat continued to bother her.
Source: Why cancer is not a war, fight, or battle (opinion) – CNN.com
Microsoft’s Project Premonition partners with Johns Hopkins U to zero in on Zika mosquitoes
McMansion Hell revives its hilarious blog
Zillow has backed off from suing McMansion Hell, a blog that highlights architectural atrocities committed by tasteless homeowners on their own houses
Source: McMansion Hell revives its hilarious blog after ending legal spat with Zillow
Moving from STEM to STEAM: why tech CEOs hire humanities majors
One Y Combinator–incubated startup founder makes the case for “STEAM” over “STEM.”
Fossil capitalism, heat death and the real impacts of climate change
Plague, famine, heat no human can survive. This is not science fiction but what scientists, when they’re not being cautious, fear could be our future.
Source: When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot For Humans?
How the Black Death Reversed Human Environmental Destruction
From 1347 to 1351, a nightmare disease ravaged Europe, afflicting victims with putrid black boils, fevers, vomiting, and in short order, death. Daily life ground to a halt as the Black Death spread along medieval trade routes, claiming an estimated 20 million lives with ruthless efficiency. Now, a team of researchers is asserting that the plague had an unexpected impact: clearing the air of a toxic pollutant for the first time in over a thousand years.
Source: The Black Death May Have Had a Surprising Effect on the Environment
