Science & Nature


Slash-and-burn deforestation in Liberia

A GDP for nature: How measuring the health of the natural world might prevent the next pandemic

Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The balance between humans and nature is a precarious one, and for some time nature has been telling us we are doing something wrong. Read about how both human and environmental health is intertwined.








Haunted house

Evolutionary psychology explains why haunted houses creep us out

Source: The Conversation

An old and dilapidated house being reclaimed by greenery. Creaky floorboards and shifting walls that seem to groan. Intimidating exterior looming in the darkness. All possible elements of a “haunted house,” but what exactly do we find so scary? Read on to discover a psychologist’s take on the subject.