Did you know that there is more bacteria in your body than there is, well, anything else? Well it’s true: they’re in our digestive tract, all over our skin, in our teeth, on our tongue, and have even fathered 40 of our own human genes.
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For years, Star Trek and other sci-fi gadgets have lept out of the screen and into our lives. But while mobile phones, video-conferencing, real-time systems monitoring and online collaboration are now staples of modern life,  alien life has remained a fixture in the sci-fi closet.
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The healthcare industries – insurance and pharmaceutical companies – have enjoyed similar successes to the auto, food, oil and financial industries in lobbying publically elected representatives to remove legislation that provides value and protection to consumers.
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Upon taking over in 1960, Pete Rozelle persuaded NFL team owners — most notably Carroll Rosenbloom of the Colts, and George Preston Marshall of the Redskins — to agree to share revenues between teams. His business model was essentially a system that benefited all teams equally, from revenue sharing to the player draft. Whenever...
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If there’s one area where regulation has its most tangible impact, it’s surely the surface area of our bellies. Unfortunately for 1 billion humans, regulation has failed. But is this just down to individual choices, or is the food industry in need of better regulation? The WHO suggests that creating supportive population-based environments through...
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Once again we turn to a comedy program for a poignant debate of philosophical issues. The subject: Torture. During World War II, the Japanese tortured US soldiers in the fear that America was going to drop the Atomic bomb on their cities. After this war, Japanese soldiers were prosecuted for the same acts that...
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In an interview with the Real News Network, Howard Zinn, a noted historian and professor at Boston University, said that a thorough investigation of what happened on September 11th, 2001 would be a ‘diversion’. Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States, argues that Americans should concentrate efforts on investigating how Western...
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