Ana Tiwathia
William Shatner Spent the 80s Proselytizing for Vegetarianism
In this 1982 love letter to vegetarianism, William Shatner walks us through the history, benefits, and misconceptions of adhering to a vegetarian diet. Hokey? Oh yes. But it's also rather informative, including some early indications that shooting cows...
Men Deal With Stress More Aggressively than Women, Thanks to a Single Gene
You’re face-to-face with a 6-foot hungry looking bear. He bares his teeth, sinewy droplets of frothy drool stream down from his gaping jaw. Your heart pounds, your adrenals pump copious amounts of hormones into your brain and muscles preparing you for...
The Key to Solving African Food Crises is Better Farmer Networking
The most ubiquitous images of Africa usually include a scorched, barren landscape and some insanely thin babies. People starving. No food. And one usually gets the impression that we -- the West -- must swoop in and save the day. "Let us feed those...
Sorry Insomniacs, Your Sleeping Pills are Killing You
Risky sleeping- the dangers of medicating insomnia. http://www.vanishinsomnianow.com/articles/adolescent-insomnia.jpg Sleeping pills might actually be worse for you than not sleeping. A recent study published in the online journal BMJ Open suggests...
These Solar Grandmas are the Developing World's Newest Electrical Engineers
In Jehane Noujaim’s new film _Solar Momas_, she follows Indian philanthropist and businessman Sanjit “Bunker” Roy as he travels to some of the world’s most impoverished villages on a quest to find local grandmothers he can train as solar engineers. He...
Cartoons and Memes are Chinese Netizens' Most Popular Form of Dissent
Wang Lijun is the former police chief and current deputy mayor of Chongqing province in China. He recently spent a day at the US Consulate in Chengdu, prompting rumors that he was defecting to the United States. Now his whereabouts are unknown. The...
Cure Winter Laziness with S.A.D. Lights
It’s not just you, the winter blues are a real thing. S.A.D., or Seasonal Affective Disorder, affects many people in colder climates. When the days start to get shorter, when the weather starts to get colder, most people feel a loss of energy, which is...
The Real Life Tarzan's YouTube Audition
In 2009, an email began to spread around blogs and studio folks from one "Dewet Du Toit":http://www.facebook.com/tarzan.ddt, a "HIGHLY SELF MOTIVATED 22-YEAR OLD BODYBUILDER / ACTOR" that claimed he would be perfect for Stephen Sommers' "new parkour...