Some Renewable Energy Types Promise a Bright Future. Others are Merely Sci-Fi Fantasy Kevin Gardner Science & Medicine, Society & Culture Global warming is pressuring the world to cut back on fossil fuels. Even if it weren't, we have largely run out of the most easily accessible, cheapest sources of fossil fuels. This means that fossil fuels...
The Need for Enforcement of Gender Sensitivity in Engineering Design and Curriculum for Better Education and Sanitation Outcomes Faisal Hossain Society & Culture, Thinks A recent article (Aug 28, 2018) in UK’s Daily Telegraph screamed “Lack of toilets and water at school puts girls' education at risk.” The article cited a recent study released by World Health...
Google, Our Sexologist Rayyan Dabbous Society & Culture Last year, Huffington Post published a piece called 10 Questions You Always Wanted To Ask A Sex Therapist. The title hinted at our reliance on Google for sex advice. Questions we always wanted to ask and...
Knowing Your Boundaries: A Key to Understanding Our Global Crises Glenn McLaren Government, Philosophy, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture, Sociology Is there one thing that is common to all of our major global crises; crises as diverse as sexual harassment and assault, mass immigration and globalization, technologies advancing beyond our control and global...
A Dietary Evolution: A Glimpse at the History of Food and Carbs in New York City Kevin Gardner Anthropology, History, Society & Culture In the early settlement of New York, during the colonial era, the working class was comprised of small landowners and people who worked for the households of upper class, large landowners along the Hudson....
‘The Good Place’: Good Show, Bad Ethics Glenn McLaren Society & Culture, Uncategorized My daughter and I have been watching a US TV series over the summer called ‘The Good Place’. We enjoy it and find it one of the funniest and cleverest comedies we have seen for some time. What makes it...
“No-Tell Motels”: Abortion in Pre-Roe South Carolina Cara Delay, Nursing Clio, Cora Webb, Nursing Clio, Regina Day, Nursing Clio and Madeleine Ware, Nursing Clio Science & Medicine, Society & Culture “Charleston was the place to come before Roe v. Wade, for abortions.” Reminiscing about illegal abortion in South Carolina in the 1960s and early 1970s, this woman in her 60s, an oral history narrator,...