PCoffee scientists the world over recently gathered at the ASIC conference in Colombia, where the sequencing of both coffee genomes were announced. Source: sprudge.com Coffee genetics Continue reading

The persistence of social media is certainly changing how things are done. In a matter of minutes, you can wish an old friend happy birthday on Facebook, find a recipe for dinner on Pinterest, watch a how-to project on YouTube,… Continue reading

Some of the best articles about Love, Adventure, Advice, and The Future, from all around the internet.  Source: www.racehochdorf.com Continue reading

Putting open science into practice: A social dilemma? Source: journals.uic.edu Continue reading

A survey of Stonehenge’s grounds reveals 17 new chapels and hundreds of other prehistoric features that bustled with activity thousands of years ago. Source: www.pbs.org Continue reading

Not too long ago, I was forced to come to grips with something terrible about myself. I use the word iteration a lot. More than any human being should. If I had to ballpark it, I’d set the over/under on… Continue reading

According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data singles now make up the majority of the adult population in the United States. Source: www.pbs.org Continue reading

Important issues are buried in the fog of manufactured crises, designed to stir popular sentiment but actually legitimizing policies that benefit the wealthy and hurt working- and middle-class communities, says Henry Giroux in this excerpt of his latest book. Source:… Continue reading

Massive economic damage and human suffering resulting from the 2008 financial crisis continue unabated while the implications of this crisis continue to elude us. Source: www.truth-out.org Continue reading

Where did the concept of summer vacation originate? Despite a long-standing myth linking a summer break to the nation’s “agrarian past,” historians offer a different explanation. Continue reading → Source: www.pbs.org Continue reading

Source: www.santacruzpsychologist.com When we talk about going on a road trip and taking back roads, we are generally hoping to see the details of a land and people or region. We hope to find a good surprise. Maybe we also… Continue reading

What will the future be like? Welcome to a world of existential threats, philosophers and clever robots Source: aeon.co Continue reading

An essay by Mara Freeman on Birth of Taliesin and the cauldron of the Celtic goddess, Ceridwen. Published in PARABOLA magazine. Source: www.chalicecentre.net Origin of Merlin  Continue reading

A California mall straddles the border between two cities — and the minimum wage is higher on one side of the mall. Source: www.npr.org Continue reading

Virginia Tech professor and Fralin Life Institute affiliate Jim Westwood has made a discovery about plant-to-plant communication: enormous amounts of genetic messages in the form of mRNA transcripts are transmitted from the parasitic plant Cuscuta (known more commonly as dodder… Continue reading