Social birds aren't just for Twitter. A recent study on social behavior has revealed a hierarchical structure of dominance and intervention amongst ravens that adds to the ever-growing knowledge of the lives of these peculiar birds. The published study, which can be found at The revelatory observation from this study was that ravens in a hierarchical coalition will often intervene in the potential creation of other coalitions. Michelle Douglass for BBC-Earth may have said it best when she descri

Aboard the ISS (International Space Station), German astronaut, Alexander Gerst recently tweeted a picture with the description, “My saddest photo yet. From #ISS we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over #Gaza & #Israel” . The July 23 photo is the latest in a series of photos taken by Gerst from the ISS since his arrival in May of 2014. Highlights of his more serene work can be seen here at Universe Today.The missile strikes seen in the photograph are part of the current barrage by

It’s somewhat difficult to reflect on the first season of the Fox drama, “24", because the season is so vastly different than the subsequent seven seasons, TV movie, and on Monday, new twelve-episode series. The difference is no consequence of creative differences or changes, but rather one of context. Many forget that the first season is the only season to be conceptualized a pre-9/11 America, premiering only two months after the infamous day. Perhaps that’s why “24" thrived as both a successf

The Fond du Lac School District of Fond du Lac, WI is under heavy scrutiny for a new publication policy allowing high school and district administration to determine what subject matter is acceptable in student-run newspapers . The new policy came in to effect after Fond du Lac High School’s newspaper, Cardinal Columns, published an article on “rape culture” within the high school. Students and their supporters are now in an uproar about a possible infringement on their First Amendment rights.Th

For a while I was under the impression that I loved House of Cards because I’m politics junkie. It didn’t occur to me until recently, that the majority of my love for the show isn’t about the politics though. Sure, I might appreciate congressional vote counts more than the average person. But really, I love House of Cards for the same reason that most fans do. It’s a story about power. Oh, do we love stories about power. Many times throughout the two seasons of the Netflix drama (and all around

One of the ever-burning questions about millennials is whether or not we deserve the stereotype that we're lazy and entitled. This often comes down to clashes with our parental generation, the baby boomers. A recent YouTube satire tackled this question with hilarious results. Now, a chart from Ernst & Young featured in the Economist attempts to add empirical data to the mix. Some baby boomers may take a quick look and raise their arms in victory, but further analysis actually empowers millennial

Syrian activist Razan Zaitouneh, described as "the woman revolutionary in a male-dominated war" by a fellow activist, has been kidnapped along with her husband and two colleagues from a Damascus suburb. In addition to the physical loss of an active voice, Zaitouneh's kidnapping marks a symbolic loss for the increasingly shrinking, non-violent resistance to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Zaitouneh's work has been essential to understanding the extent of human rights abuses by var

There has been ample coverage on the recent Minneapolis mayoral election, which featured a staggering 35 candidates. Little attention has been paid to the race beyond that count. But despite its initial craziness, this election might actually be the sanest exercise in democracy America has seen in a long time. The range of candidates coupled with mechanism of instant-runoff voting enabled the people of Minneapolis to sift through the entire political spectrum and elect their new mayor, Betsy Hod

The world has been obsessed with dismantling the Assad regime's chemical weapons, but the casualties by conventional means during this ongoing conflict have regrettably been bypassed in most media coverage. The most recent and horrific trend in conventional warfare has only brushed the media: the targeting of pregnant women by sniper-fire in conflict areas. A photo of a baby with a round lodged in its skull while still in the womb has finally shed some light on this particular type of violence.

Big shout-out to Facebook, who thinks graphic violence is suitable for the social media site, but not the human body. The latest stir with the site’s restriction policies is the lifting of a ban on videos featuring human decapitations. While someone in corporate is probably making a case for transparency, it’s hard not to acknowledge that this site also restricts any pictures of a “fully exposed breast.” Here’s the deal, Facebook: You can’t be the bastion of social media transparency and then ce