Facts & Trends
What Are We High On Now?
More than 1 in 10 Americans used marijuana 2012. But pot isn't gaining users as fast as heroin or LSD. Nor is it the most addictive drug ...
Change In The Number Of Overweight People
Percentage change in the number of overweight people in the developing world since 1980: +261 ...
Football and Rugby
Percentage change since 2009 in the number of Americans who play football: -17 Who play rugby: +77 ...
The Real Beliefs of Islam
"We can't end terrorism any more than we can end crime in general. But I look forward to the day when an act of terrorism by self proclaimed Muslims will be universally dismissed as nothing more than a criminal attack ...
Texting While Driving
Percentage of American 16- and 17- year-olds who use text messaging who say they do so while driving: 34 Percentage of adults who do: 47 ...
Oscar Romero on path to sainthood
Pope Francis has declared Oscar Romero a martyr of the faith, paving the way for the murdered Salvadoran archbishop to be beatified, a step toward sainthood. A right-wing death squad executed Romero in a hospital chapel in 1980 while he ...
Out Of Breath
Delhi’s air now contains twice as much toxic matter as that of notoriously smoggy Beijing. The health impact has been disastrous, with children in Delhi now three times as likely as others in India to develop severe lung disorders ...
Class of 1943 Finally Hold Their Prom
A Connecticut high school class who had their prom cancelled by World War II in 1943, are finally dusting off their dancing shoes and holding the event - 70 years on. James Hillhouse High School's class of 1943 never got ...
Waste management
British scientists invented a cellphone battery powered by urine. This “is about as eco as it gets,” said one researcher, noting that urine is a renewable resource ...
