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US Military Suffering From An ‘Obesity Epidemic’

Written by Matthew Lysiak

A report that nearly three out of every four active duty service members of the military are either overweight or obese is an indicator that the low-fat, high-carbohydrate food diet that for decades has been enforced by the United States Armed Forces needs to be scrapped, according to an expert

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global rainfall patterns are a driver for animal diversity

Written by Lael Gilbert

Since the HMS Beagle arrived in the Galapagos with Charles Darwin to meet a fateful family of finches, ecologists have struggled to understand a particularly perplexing question: Why is there a ridiculous abundance of species some places on Earth and a scarcity in others? What factors, exactly, drive animal diversity?

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