Genius Material Kills 99.9% of Bacteria in Drinking Water Using Nothing But Sunlight - This newly developed photocatalytic disinfection technology can significantly relieve clean-water scarcity and global energy shortage
Sentience: The argument from relevance — Those for whom we should show moral concern are those that can be harmed or benefited, that is, those beings who are sentient.
There has been a 50% global reduction in sperm quality in the past 80 years. A new study found that two chemical pollutants in the home degrade fertility in both men and dogs - DEHP, widely abundant in the home in carpets, flooring, upholstery, clothes, wires, toys, and polychlorinated biphenyl 153.
'Heidegger really shifts the focus of philosophy away from its concern with the self and the subject, towards a concern with our being in the world. That is a fundamental shift in the way in which philosophical activity is understood.' Simon Critchley on continental philosophy
In 1924, The Morton Salt Company began nationwide distribution of iodized salt (iodine deficiency is linked to cognitive disabilities). Individuals exposed to iodized salt in utero would go on to have significantly better labor market outcomes than slightly older, unexposed cohorts.