Beloved around the world for his novel The Alchemist, Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho’s early life was shaped by crippling introversion. His parents placed him in a mental institution to treat the condition, and Coelho stayed there until he was 20 years old. After his release, he led an itinerant hippie lifestyle, traveling around the world and finding himself in prison for acts of political activism. While wandering along Spain’s Road of Santiago de Compostela in 1986, Coelho realized that in order to be truly happy, he needed to write. Read More...
Hundreds of thousands of rape kits sit untested for decades in evidence rooms across the country. Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty ImagesThousands of envelopes containing DNA, blood, and other evidence collected from Los Angeles rape victims, sit in LAPD deep freeze lockers untested. The envelopes, often referred to as “rape kits” by law enforcement, continue to pile up in facilities across the country.
In 2013, the city of Memphis, Tennessee announced an evidence backlog crisis: The police department had 12,164 rape kits in its possession that had never been tested. Read More...
A new study probed whether or not male northern map turtles have a preference of larger or smaller female mates. As it turns out, size does matter.S. Dobson/Grégory BultéGrégory Bulté holds up one of the 3D-printed animal decoys his team used to study the animal’s mating behavior.
Carleton University ecologists are worried about Canada’s northern map turtles. Though not endangered, they are classified as a “special concern” in Ontario. In order to protect the species, the experts are using 3D-printed turtle “sex dolls” to study the animal’s mating preferences. Read More...
