Sustainability in sport will take sacrifices
International Olympic Committee 29 December 2023 – IOC Athletes’ Commission member Oluseyi “Seyi” Smith, who competed in both summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games, explains how technology, travel and climate change affect bobsleigh, and how the wider sporting sector can…
Where Do Living Creatures Get Their Sense of Rhythm?
BYLINE: Marjorie Hecht AUTHOR BIO: Marjorie Hecht is a longtime magazine editor and writer with a specialty in science topics. She is a freelance writer and community activist living on Cape Cod. SOURCE: Independent Media Institute CREDIT LINE: This article…
A Compelling Theory to Explain a Key Trait of Modern Humans
BY Marjorie Hecht AUTHOR BIO: Marjorie Hecht is a longtime magazine editor and writer with a specialty in science topics. She is a freelance writer and community activist living on Cape Cod. SOURCE: Independent Media Institute CREDIT LINE: This article…
Do Grandmothers hold the key to understanding human evolution?
By Brenna R. Hassett AUTHOR BIO: Brenna R. Hassett, PhD, is a biological anthropologist and archaeologist at the University of Central Lancashire and a scientific associate at the Natural History Museum, London. In addition to researching the effects of changing…
Our food system is the bullseye for solving the world’s climate challenges
By Reynard Loki Author Bio: Reynard Loki is a co-founder of the Observatory, where he is the environment and animal rights editor. He is also a writing fellow at the Independent Media Institute, where he serves as the editor and…
The New Grand Tour
By Jan Ritch-Frel Author Bio: Jan Ritch-Frel is the executive director of the Independent Media Institute and a co-founder of the Human Bridges project. Source: Independent Media Institute Credit Line: This article was produced by Human Bridges, a project of…
Is wastewater an answer for adapting to Climate Change?
By Frederick Clayton Author Bio: Frederick Clayton is an investigative journalist with the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism focusing on environmental themes, specifically water and sanitation issues worldwide. He is a contributor to the Observatory. Credit Line: This article was produced by Earth | Food |…
Science brings new insight into origins of OCD
OCD (Dreamstime) From Newsmax California psychiatrist Dr. Carolyn Rodriguez once had a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder who washed his hands so often that he had to wear gloves to cover his cracked and swollen skin. “People with intrusive thoughts of contamination can…
Leave the Pain of Past Trauma Behind: Expert shares proven strategies that heal
Los Angeles, CA, March 27, 2023 — A majority of people, 66 to 85% in fact, have experienced trauma by the time they’re 20 years old, explains Dr. Randall Bell, who is widely considered the world’s top authority in the…
How the American Legislative Exchange Council turns disinformation into law
State lawmakers introduced nearly 2,900 bills based on ALEC templates from 2010 through 2018. More than 600 of them became law. By Elliott Negin / Independent Media Institute In June 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill banning the…
