BIG Problems – Page 124

Dalai Lama Wins Templeton Prize
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
The Dalai Lama has won the Templeton Prize for exceptional contributions to affirming life’s spiritual dimension by spreading his...
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True Economic Measures Factor In Natural Resources
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
Traditional measures showing strong economic growth in Brazil and India over nearly two decades fail to take account of...
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Scientists Look to the (Diminishing) Ice to Explain ‘Weather Weirding’
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
Lurching from one weather extreme to another seems to have become routine across the Northern Hemisphere. Parts of the...
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Military Wants Keys to Biological Clock
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
An unprecedented project that will attempt to unravel the ways our biological clocks tick is underway by the Defense...
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Most Cities Unprepared for Coming Population Boom
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
The world’s cities are mushrooming at the rate of around 1 million people a week as the planet’s population...
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Big Philanthropy’s Role in Higher Education
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
This is truly the era of the megafoundation. The private-philanthropic sector in the United States has experienced an explosion...
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Farming Needs ‘Climate-Smart’ Change
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
Major changes are needed in agriculture and food consumption around the world if future generations are to be adequately...
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Fatty Diet Leads to Fat-Loving Brain Cells
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
Cheeseburgers pack on the pounds, but in mice a high-fat diet also packs on new nerve cells in the...
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An Invisibility Cloak for Heat
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
Infrared sensors are able to peer into the night and see people in complete darkness because people give off...
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New Plastic Mimics Skin’s Ability to Bleed, Heal
By the Editor on March 27, 2012
The next time you get a new smartphone or laptop and accidentally drop it, instead of getting permanent cracks...
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