Facts & Trends

Fish flee existing habitats in search of better ones.  Atlantic sea bass, for example, are migrating north to cooler waters—but the heat will chase them there ...

"Women deprived of the company of men pine; men deprived of the company of women become stupid." - Anton Chekhov ...

Percentage change in the number of overweight people in the developing world since 1980: +261 ...

Ratio of shooters in the U.S. who attack their own communities: 2 in 3 ...

“Family” is traditionally the most important part of Korean life, but families are now falling apart. The national divorce rate has tripled from 2013 to 2014. South Korea has had the highest suicide rate among developed countries for eight consecutive ...

Bad drivers in Shenzhen, China, who blast oncoming motorists with high beam headlights will now face in-kind punishment from police. Police officials in the Chinese city said drivers who abuse the use of high beams will be stopped by police, ...

"I hate women because thy always know where things are." - Voltaire ...

75% - Percentage of workers worldwide who do not have a permanent job, according to the International Labor Organization. Global unemployment reached an estimated 201 million in 2014; most people work without a contract or are self-employed ...

Human waste from the roughly 700 climbers who scale Mount Everest every year poses a serious health issue on the slopes, the head of Nepal’s mountaineering association warned on March 3. He urged the government to push climbers to dispose ...

Portion of the global expenditure on social-welfare programs that is spent on Europeans: 1/2 ...