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conulyBecause they really, really have no clue about current events. Their schools never did it, which I just don't get. Current events was a weekly feature of my life from second grade on. Twice weekly once I entered middle school, as universally my social studies AND science teachers wanted it. But I guess it's not in fashion right now. Ten minutes a day seems reasonable, and I must say I'm impressed with the sheer groanworthiness of their closing puns. It's a lot harder to just casually talk about the news when we don't watch TV news that much and I don't get in-print newspapers like we did growing up. But who wants to kill all those trees?
Part of today's episode had to do with the new cases of Ebola in the Congo, and Ana's commentary? "Why are all those doctors white?" Well, yes, I suppose that's one thing you can take away from the segment.
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Liquid salts can improve the treatment of skin infections by killing bacteria and enhancing antibiotics' ability to penetrate the skin's outer layer, a new study finds.
Russian soldiers detained in Ukraine; leaders meet in Minsk
NSA built 'Google-like' search engine to share data
The United States' Continuing Border Crisis: The Real Story Behind the "Invasion" of the Children
United flight diverted after passengers fight over legroom
Bad Decisions Yield Grim Results in Europe
Net Neutrality Is 'Marxist,' According to This Koch-Backed Astroturf Group
Anybody else think the Koch brothers could've benefited from a few more hugs as children?
The long-standing mystery of why human children grow so slowly compared with our closest animal relatives has been addressed by new research. A study has shown that energy funneled to the brain dominates the human body's metabolism early in life and is likely the reason why humans grow at a pace more typical of a reptile than a mammal during childhood.
Three quarters of whites don’t have any non-white friends
Vermont Quits War on Drugs to Treat Heroin Abuse as Health Issue
Fifteen previously unknown monuments discovered underground in Stonehenge landscape
U.S. court overturns law limiting biotech crops on Hawaiian island
Isis accused of ethnic cleansing as story of Shia prison massacre emerges
Islamic State turns radical Islam on Syria Muslims
ISIS swiping hashtags as part of propaganda efforts
The Kurdistan Regional Government can bring $100 million of crude ashore in Texas after a U.S. judge threw out a court order that would have required federal agents to seize and hold the cargo for the Iraqi Oil Ministry until a court there decided which government owns it.
Could support for the 'other' Kurds stall Islamic State?
Israel accepts Egyptian proposal for Gaza ceasefire
Report: U.S. begins surveillance flights over Syria
The World Watches Ferguson, but Racial Discrimination Is Also a Health Issue Across the US
Part of today's episode had to do with the new cases of Ebola in the Congo, and Ana's commentary? "Why are all those doctors white?" Well, yes, I suppose that's one thing you can take away from the segment.
Liquid salts can improve the treatment of skin infections by killing bacteria and enhancing antibiotics' ability to penetrate the skin's outer layer, a new study finds.
Russian soldiers detained in Ukraine; leaders meet in Minsk
NSA built 'Google-like' search engine to share data
The United States' Continuing Border Crisis: The Real Story Behind the "Invasion" of the Children
United flight diverted after passengers fight over legroom
Bad Decisions Yield Grim Results in Europe
Net Neutrality Is 'Marxist,' According to This Koch-Backed Astroturf Group
Anybody else think the Koch brothers could've benefited from a few more hugs as children?
The long-standing mystery of why human children grow so slowly compared with our closest animal relatives has been addressed by new research. A study has shown that energy funneled to the brain dominates the human body's metabolism early in life and is likely the reason why humans grow at a pace more typical of a reptile than a mammal during childhood.
Three quarters of whites don’t have any non-white friends
Vermont Quits War on Drugs to Treat Heroin Abuse as Health Issue
Fifteen previously unknown monuments discovered underground in Stonehenge landscape
U.S. court overturns law limiting biotech crops on Hawaiian island
Isis accused of ethnic cleansing as story of Shia prison massacre emerges
Islamic State turns radical Islam on Syria Muslims
ISIS swiping hashtags as part of propaganda efforts
The Kurdistan Regional Government can bring $100 million of crude ashore in Texas after a U.S. judge threw out a court order that would have required federal agents to seize and hold the cargo for the Iraqi Oil Ministry until a court there decided which government owns it.
Could support for the 'other' Kurds stall Islamic State?
Israel accepts Egyptian proposal for Gaza ceasefire
Report: U.S. begins surveillance flights over Syria
The World Watches Ferguson, but Racial Discrimination Is Also a Health Issue Across the US
