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Expert Interview at Vision.org Explores the Question, “Why Do We Trust?”
6/12/13 7:21 pm PDT
In an interview with neuroeconomist Paul Zak, “The Virtuous Cycle: Pay it Forward,” Vision brings the question of trust and its molecular basis into the 21^st century.
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Why do we trust? For the economist John Maynard Keynes, trust bubbled up from mysterious “animal spirits” which inspired “spontaneous optimism.” Such optimism he believed underpinned a strong economy because optimism created trust that conditions would improve. Paul Zak works on the cutting edge of the emerging cross-disciplinary science of neuroeconomics, which he defines as the study of “brain activity while people make decisions.”more...
New Article from Vision.org Examines the Promise of Personalized Medicine
5/6/13 11:16 am PDT
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In YouGenics: The Decoding of Personal Health, Vision contributor Dan Cloer reviews three books about advances in genomic science that are changing medicine. Just as the discovery of antibiotics and the invention of vaccines opened new vistas in the management of infectious disease, unlocking the human genome offers a window into a much more personal level of medical treatment and care. Personalized Medicine is the ultimatemore...
Vision's Special Report for Earth Day Examines Overfishing
4/22/13 6:10 pm PDT
Newly released article from Vision.org looks at overfishing. Why have we made only minimal progress in curbing this problem?
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Overfishing of a water resource is defined as the depletion of fish populations beyond acceptable levels. This definition seems simple enough on the surface, but how do we determine what levels are “acceptable”? There are two ways of looking at this measurement. In biological overfishing, fish populations decline because they can’t breed fast enough to replenish the stock being taken from the environment. In bioeconomic overfishing, economicmore...
How Prophetic Was Ayn Rand? Asks Vision Media Publishing
1/12/12 1:33 pm PST
Can capitalism save the world? According to Ayn Rand, it could have—and still can.
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a year of financial collapse in the West and the uprising of individuality and social revolt in the Arab world, writer Ayn Rand is once again riding high as the Queen of Capitalism. One new documentary airing January 17th, Ayn Rand and the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged, hails Rand as a kind of prophet, a foreteller of the failure of an over-stepping government bent on exploiting the creators of wealth, while all the while squashing humanmore...
Research Finds Aunts and Uncles Fill Vital Family Roles
10/3/11 11:12 am PDT
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vision.org interviews researchers Bella DePaulo and Robert Milardo about collateral kin relationships. In a recent interview with Vision Media titled Beyond the Nuclear Family, researchers Bella DePaulo and Robert Milardo acknowledge that aunts and uncles are virtually invisible in public life despite their importance in the private lives of many families. "The idea of a nuclear family doesn’t seem to representmore...
Could Newly Discovered Neutrinos Overturn Our View of the Universe?
9/30/11 12:25 pm PDT
New article from Vision Media examines the implications of recent scientific findings about the cosmos
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stephen Hawking once wrote that understanding the laws of the universe would be like knowing the “mind of God.” With recent findings that neutrinos seem to move faster than the speed of light, it seems our understanding of the universe, let alone the mind of God, has become more complicated. In two new articles from Vision, science writer Dan Cloer ponders the great mysteries of the universe and suggests going a step beyondmore...
Science and the Environment: A Century of Discovery, But at What Cost?
7/18/11 3:14 pm PDT
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, Vision.org Explores the Century’s Achievements and Their Impact on the Planet.
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The IYC is based on the benchmark year of 1911 because of two historic events. First, Marie Curie was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She had already won the 1903 prize for physics—the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. To earn two was even more remarkable. In his article, “Blazing a Trail,” Vision science and environment writer Dan Cloer highlights Curie’s remarkable career. The second benchmark event of 1911 wasmore...
Researchers Say Parents Can Help Children Improve Sibling Relationships
7/6/11 1:34 pm PDT
Vision.org interviews Dr. Laurie Kramer of the University of Illinois, expert on family resiliency and sibling relationships
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers find that children who bully siblings are also likely to bully peers and dating partners, but that’s only one of many reasons positive sibling relationships are important. In a recent interview for the quarterly journal Vision, family and relationships editor Gina Stepp speaks with researcher Laurie Kramer about how parents can encourage positive relationships among their children. In “Brothers and Sisters, Unite!” Kramermore...
World Hunger and Food Shortages Are Pressing Global Issues, Say Experts in Current Events and Politics
5/23/11 5:54 pm PDT
Vision.org Interviews U.S. Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture and Asks Whether It is Possible to Alleviate Food Shortages and World Hunger
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In an article for the quarterly journal Vision titled “What Shall We Eat and Drink?” publisher and international relations scholar David Hulme discusses the global issues of world hunger and water security. Slicing through the Gordian Knot of current events and politics, Hulme explores the complex factors relating to food shortages and the building water crisis. People share a universal need to eat and drink, yet nearly amore...
Culture Club 101: Whatever Happened to “Real” Food?
4/25/11 8:00 am PDT
Symposium in Pasadena will reveal the age-old secrets of eating to stay healthy
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--If Elaina Luther invites you to dinner you should be aware that the food on your plate will be alive. No, the meal isn’t some extremely fresh version of sushi. And she is not asking you to engage in some strange or barbaric ritual. The concept of eating living food may at first seem unappetizing, but after Luther explains why she prefers her food alive and breathing you may begin to crave the delicacies she turns outmore...