Year: 2017

Why do some onions have more of an eye-stinging effect than others? Credit: Pixabay

Some Onions Make Us Cry, and Some Don’t. Here’s Why

Duane Mellor 01/10/2017

The chemical formula behind your tears.

Anatomy of the brain. Credit: Flickr

Do You Split the Person When You Split the Brain?

Yair Pinto 30/09/2017

The brain's separate parts are highly interconnected, all working...

An aerial photo shows damage caused by Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Credit: Reuters/DroneBase

San Juan Mayor Slams Federal Relief, Says Its ‘a People-Are-Dying’ Story

Robin Respaut and Dave Graham 30/09/2017

"People can't fathom what it is to have children...

Abbott stent

Abbott Fails to Comply With India’s Directive on Safety but Withdraws Its Stents Anyway

Anoo Bhuyan 30/09/2017

Amid safety concerns in the US, EU, Australia and...

Philip Morris International's operational headquarters are pictured in Lausanne August 19, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Don’t Partner With Philip Morris-Funded Smoking Body, WHO Tells Governments

Tom Miles 29/09/2017

Citing conflict of interest in a tobacco firm funding...

Winston Mills-Compton teaches a class in mathematics at the Mfantsipim Boys School in Cape Coast, Ghana, June 20, 2006. Mfantsipim is one of the oldest schools in Cape Coast, a town that prides itself as the academic center of the country. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is one of the school's alumni. Credit: Flickr

The Five Big Contributions Ancient India Made to the World of Math

Christian Yates 29/09/2017

As well as giving us the concept of zero,...

According to the Centre, 597 armed forces personnel lost their lives to suicide between 2008 and 2013. Credit: Danish Ismail/Reuters/ Files

Why Are the Armed Forces in Kashmir Plagued by so Many Suicides and Fratricides?

Majid Maqbool 29/09/2017

Stress, the daily threat of violence, issues their families...