Category: Culture
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Facebook, WhatsApp outage an annoyance for U.S., but a big deal in rest of the world The unprecedented outage came as Facebook is facing a growing barrage of issues, including damaging revelations from an ex-employee who accused the company of “choosing profit over public safety.” #Facebook #facebookdown #LatinAmerica #india Malaria vaccine a ‘breakthrough for science’, WHO chief says “This…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe

‘Overwhelmed by old challenges’, Caribbean leaders say COVID-19 has forced a new battle for the survival of their nations Caribbean island nations are under assault from the coronavirus pandemic even as they try to protect their communities from rising seas and raging storms, regional leaders said Saturday at the UN, where they called for bold…
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The “Alpha Male” Myth

There is no such thing as an Alpha. The Alpha Male has been the idealized male in mainstream culture for decades. Dominate, powerful, imposing, etc., but the idea of the alpha male is a myth. In the non-human animal world, there are no alpha males. Alpha male and female once claimed to rule the wolf pack…






