How to Tell a Sociopath from a Psychopath
Ever seen Silence of the Lambs? Or American Psycho? A Clockwork Orange? Pretty much any true crime documentary ever? Assuming you said yes to one of those, you’ve seen the way the media portrays psychopaths. Or, wait – sociopaths? Is Hannibal Lecter a sociopath or…? It’s confusing, right? There’s a reason you may not be totally clear on...
Learn The Psychological Trick That Can Help You Release Old Experiences For Good
Letting go of the past is hard. Even when we think we’re finally over a difficult event like a breakup or death, the slightest unexpected thing can trigger a flood of memories and pain. But that doesn’t have to be the case forever. There’s a way to trick your brain into releasing past experiences for good,...
This German Train Emits Nothing But Water
With the debate around climate change – and how to halt or even reverse the effects – heating up around the world, it’s no surprise that some countries are looking for more and better ways to cut carbon emissions from the transportation sector. The train, dubbed the Coradia iLint, was developed over the course of...
20 Notable Signs from the Youth-Led World Climate Strike
The majority of people around the world admit that human emissions are slowly killing the planet via climate change, but we just can’t seem to do anything. Scared for their futures, young people have been pushing the people in charge to not just agree, but to at least try to save us all from a fiery...
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Russia Confirms the Cold War–Era Ex-Bioweapons Lab That Stores Samples of Smallpox Just Exploded
Samples of the highly contagious (but eradicated) disease smallpox only exist in two laboratories in the world. As a relic of the Cold War, one is in the United States, and the other is in Russia – and the one located in Russia recently weathered an explosion. The smallpox sample, along with cultures of anthrax...
Tree-Planting Search Engine Sees a 1150% Increase in Use After Amazon Rainforest Fires
Move over, Google. An eco-friendly search engine saw a 1150% increase in daily downloads in a single day after the Amazon rainforest fires. Ecosia is a search engine that uses 80 percent of its profits from advertisements to plant millions of trees in Brazil, Ethiopia, and other emerging economies, Business Insider reports. The website claims...
How the Wild Horses on North Carolina’s Outer Banks Have Survived Hurricanes for over 500 Years
If you’ve never been to the Outer Banks, let me first say that you should put them on your bucket list. The chain of barrier islands just off the coast of North Carolina are beautiful, serene, and somewhat otherworldly – and not just because there are herds of wild horses roaming the beaches. https://www.instagram.com/p/BlQiqCdHl8F/ The...