Vat-Grown Protein Is Just Patented Fake Meat
On July 12, 2018, the FDA convened a public meeting to talk about what to call lab-grown meat. As reported in The Atlantic, at the end of the meeting there was no consensus.
Clara Steitz
BEST OF OFFG: “Wikipedia Slashes Spanish Flu Death Rate”
Republished as part of our ‘Best Of’ series, revisiting some of OffG’s Pre-Covid editorials – either because they help remind us of important realities easily overlooked nowadays, or because they take on added significance in a ‘post-covid’ world.
As early as February 2020, when Covid was still just “the coronavirus”
Uzbekistan: Opponents Barred from Presidential Ballot
(Berlin) – Uzbek authorities have ramped up restrictions on media freedoms and kept opposition candidates off the ballot for the presidential election scheduled for October 24, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. In releasing a question-and-answer document about the elections and human rights in Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch expressed concern that
New Study Shows Disturbing Amounts of Plastic in Baby Poop
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters showed there was more polyethylene terephthalate in the feces of infants than there was in adults.
ICC Should Pursue Higher-Level Seleka from Central African Republic
Today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) begins the pretrial hearing in the case of a former commander of the Seleka rebel group, who is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic.
The case is an important and welcome step to advance justice for atrocities
The Benefits of Red Light and Near-Infrared Light Therapy
This article was previously published March 21, 2021, and has been updated with new information.
Israel/Palestine: Facebook Censors Discussion of Rights Issues
(Washington, DC) – Facebook has wrongfully removed and suppressed content by Palestinians and their supporters, including about human rights abuses carried out in Israel and Palestine during the May 2021 hostilities.
The company’s acknowledgment of errors and attempts to correct some of them are insufficient and do not address the
Burundi: Lawyer’s Conviction a Travesty of Justice
(Nairobi) – The decision in the Court of Appeal of Ngozi to uphold the conviction and five-year prison sentence for a lawyer who had been affiliated to a human rights group in Burundi was a travesty of justice, Human Rights Watch and five other international human rights groups said today.
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38 Things Narcissists Say to Trap You and Drive You Crazy
Of all the personality types, I believe the narcissist to be the most prevalent, but perhaps also the most devious.This makes them tricky to spot.
The Neural Correlates of Access Consciousness and Phenomenal Consciousness Seem to Coincide and Would Correspond to a Memory Center, an Activation Center and Eight Parallel Convergence Centers
An increasing number of authors suggest that the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) have no selective, executive, or metacognitive function.
Potentizing Modern Herbalism with Story and Myth
Po ́ten`tize v.t.– To render the latent power of (anything) available.For thousands of years, stories were the mortar that held together the past and the future.
UN Rights Body Should Act to Recognize Right to a Healthy Environment
When the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet spoke to the UN Human Rights Council at the beginning of its current session, three weeks ago, she told governments: “Addressing the world's triple environmental crisis is a humanitarian imperative, a human rights imperative, a peace-building imperative, and a
The Pandora Papers: Same old nonsense in a new box
Image source: The Daily Sabah
The Pandora Papers are out! Following the riveting Panama Papers in 2016, and the astounding Paradise Papers of 2017, the latest entry in the trilogy of financial “leaks” is finally here, and I couldn’t be more excited.
The “leaks”
So let’s get right
Mushrooms and CBD: A Magical Synergy
Cannabidiol, the second most researched compound extracted from the cannabis plant second only to THC.
7 Weird Personality Traits That Increase Your Chances to Be Successful
You might think the most successful people had it all together, and maybe some of them did.However, other successful people have weird personality traits, and they didn’t always walk a straight line.