Turkey Fails Domestic Violence Victims

The Turkish government is failing victims of domestic violence even though the police and courts have issued a rising number of restraining orders designed to protect women and break cycles of abuse, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

Bulgaria: Migrants Brutally Pushed Back at Turkish Border

(Brussels) – Bulgarian authorities are beating, robbing, stripping, and using police dogs to attack Afghan and other asylum seekers and migrants, then pushing them back to Turkey without any formal interview or asylum procedure, Human Rights Watch said today. “Bulgarian authorities are brutally and summarily pushing back migrants and asylum seekers

Migrants Brutally Pushed Back at Turkish Border

Bulgarian authorities are beating, robbing, stripping, and using police dogs to attack Afghan and other asylum seekers and migrants, then pushing them back to Turkey without any formal interview or asylum procedure, Human Rights Watch said today.

Biden Wants Denser Housing in Neighborhoods, More Public Transit

Joe Biden and others on the left believe increasing the inventory of houses Americans can afford requires putting more residences in already existing neighborhoods, including changing zoning laws to allow multiple units on single-family home lots. Biden also wants fewer people driving cars, which fits the leftist narrative that to

How Loud Noises Can Lead to Heart Attacks

Pollution comes in several different forms.

Georgia GOP Voters Favor Populist Agenda to Fight Left-Wing Corporations

Georgia Republican primary voters consistently say they prefer populist policy solutions to fight corporate influence in the nation’s elections, immigration system, and social issues.

DISCUSS: Davos, the hits just keep on coming

The World Economic Forum’s annual Davos conference enters its fourth day today, and the rampant agenda peddling shows no sign of slowing down. We’ve already seen the powers-that-be roll out all the old classics. On Monday we had the panel “Ushering in a Safer Digital Future” had a

Poll: Americans Mixed on Support for Safe, Clean Nuclear Energy

Nuclear power is one of the cleanest domestic sources of energy, and despite very rare accidents also one of the safest.

Moldova: Romani Refugees from Ukraine Face Segregation

(Berlin) – Moldovan authorities are deliberately housing most Romani refugees separately from others fleeing the war in Ukraine, in a manner that constitutes unequal and discriminatory treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. Amid pervasive discriminatory attitudes toward Roma, government authorities have permitted and, in some cases, directed staff and volunteers to

Tackling the Electro-Topography of the Selves Through the Sphere Model of Consciousness

In the current hypothesis paper, we propose a novel examination of consciousness and self-awareness through the neuro-phenomenological theoretical model known as the Sphere Model of Consciousness (SMC). Our aim is to create a practical instrument to address several methodological issues in consciousness research. We present a preliminary attempt to validate

What Individuals Experience During Visuo-Spatial Working Memory Task Performance: An Exploratory Phenomenological Study

In experimental cognitive psychology, objects of inquiry are typically operationalized with psychological tasks.

A Relativistic Theory of Consciousness

In recent decades, the scientific study of consciousness has significantly increased our understanding of this elusive phenomenon.

The Effect of Own Body Concerns on Judgments of Other Women’s Body Size

We investigated the relationships between healthy women’s estimates of their own body size, their body dissatisfaction, and how they subjectively judge the transition from normal to overweight in other women’s bodies (the “normal/overweight” boundary). We propose two complementary hypotheses. In the first, participants compare other women to

Microplastics From Masks Found Deep in Lungs of the Living

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Tiny bits of plastic about the size of a sesame seed or smaller are everywhere.

Top Tips to Ease Back Pain

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published January 8, 2019, and has been updated with new information.