On August 31st, California lawmakers voted to ban middle schools and high schools from starting before 8:30 a.m. The goal? Getting students to sleep in. According to the Associated Press (AP), the bill, known as SB328, was narrowly passed by the state legislature ahead of a midnight deadline and is expected to be signed into... Continue Reading →

HOUSING ACTIVISTS WHO have been occupying a vacant house on North Frederick Street in Dublin for the past few weeks have occupied another property in the city centre. Around 100 people gather on O’Connell Street this evening where they then marched to the property on Belvedere Court in the city. A group of activists had... Continue Reading →

Xuyu Qian yanked open an incubator door at the University of Pennsylvania to reveal rows of cylindrical tubes swirling, like shaken-up snow globes, with a strange and exotic flurry. The pale, peppercorn-sized spheres were lab-grown globules of human brain tissue, or, as Qian occasionally refers to them, “minibrains.” “Minibrain” is a controversial nickname, loathed by... Continue Reading →

There are two critical issues that will affect security over the next 20 years, artificial intelligence and bio-engineering (including nanotechnology). First, a few definitions: Artificial Intelligence (AI) AI is defined as an algorithm capable of being trained to identify live data and create activity based on that data. AI also has the capability to educate... Continue Reading →

With wildfires once again raging through California, including the largest in the state's recorded history, it would be easy to lose faith in our ability to limit the damage caused by natural disasters. I reflected on this as teams gathered in Puerto Rico earlier this month, almost one year since Hurricane Maria tore through the... Continue Reading →

Tesla has reportedly been searching for years for a No. 2 to ease CEO Elon Musk's workload, even approaching Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg at one point. Executive recruiters and industry analysts agree Musk needs help. Musk's erratic behavior on Twitter has reportedly drawn a federal securities investigation and put Musk himself at risk... Continue Reading →

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 20:11 | Recorded on August 24, 2018 Recently, we got a very exciting announcement from Springboard To Opportunities and the Economic Security Project: the two groups are collaborating to create the Magnolia Mother’s Trust. This program will provide an unconditional basic income to a small group... Continue Reading →

If you’re here, you’re probably prone to anxiety, and hunting online for people who’ve lived through experiences like yours. Those with generalized anxiety disorder (or other forms of anxiety disorder) know how exhausting it can be, and even physically painful. Anxiety can also cloud your judgment, making it hard to trust people close to you... Continue Reading →

NASA is about to launch the agency’s most advanced laser instrument of its kind into space. The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, will provide critical observations of how ice sheets, glaciers and sea ice are changing, leading to insights into how those changes impact people where they live. Launch is scheduled for... Continue Reading →

Colin Kaepernick's collusion claim against the NFL will continue after system arbitrator Stephen B. Burbank denied the league's request to dismiss the case, Reuters reports. Kaepernick's attorney, Mark Geragos, posted a statement from Burbank on Twitter Thursday, reading: "On August 28, 2018, the System Arbitrator denied the NFL's request that he dismiss Colin Kaepernick's complaint... Continue Reading →