Zika virus: American scientists confirm connection with birth defects

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it found evidence that the Zika virus is the leading cause of birth defects reported in Brazil and several other countries. The director of the federal agency, which is a division of the US Department of Health, Thomas Frieden calls ...

Poll: Americans trust Clinton more than Trump

A new poll showed that Americans trust Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to solve more issues than Republican candidate Donald Trump. The Associated Press and GfK poll, conducted from March 31 to April 4, took ...

Americans are more worried about their financial situation than ever

Americans are more worried about their financial situation than ever, and this affects the workflow. This is stated in a study by the consulting company Workplace Options. Of the 500 working Americans surveyed, approximately 90 percent are concerned about their financial situation or family finances. This is seven percent ...

NYPD admit to hate their job

New York police officers hate their jobs and believe the city has become more dangerous in the past two years. This follows from a survey conducted by the police union. A quarter of New York City police officers took part in the survey. The results were staggering: 87% of police officers said the city had become a less safe place for ...

NASA is looking for volunteers to smoke cannabis: pay $ 18 thousand

Aerospace agency NASA announced a search for volunteers who will lie and smoke cannabis (hemp) for 70 days. For the time and health spent, they will pay 18 thousand dollars. In general, the experiment will last from 95 to 105 days. It all depends on…

Every fourth American is on the verge of bankruptcy

Nearly one in four Americans have credit card debt that exceeds their emergency fund, according to a Bankrate.com survey. This is because 29% of Americans have no emergency savings. Survey results show many Americans are "teetering on the brink of financial disaster," says Greg McBride,...

All American roads lead to Rome. Infographics

The German design group moove Lab has mapped all the roads leading to Rome. They found 10 cities in the United States, also called Rome, and showed that all American roads also lead there. The more routes passed along the same street or road, the more bold it is shown in the infographic. ...

White youth losing faith in the American dream

Belief in the “American Dream” is dying in the United States, and this is happening most rapidly among white young people. This is evidenced by the results of a new sociological study organized jointly by the multimedia platform Fusion and The Washington Post newspaper. It repeated the same survey conducted in...

How long does it take to work in New York and Kiev to buy an iPhone

How many hours should you work to buy a new iPhone 6 16GB? If you are a New Yorker, then you need to work for 24 hours. But if you work in Kiev (Ukraine), you need to work hard for 78 days, or 13 weeks, to ...

Most Russians are hostile to Western countries

According to 75% of Russians, the largest Western countries (USA, Germany, Japan, Great Britain and others) are “opponents of Russia who seek to solve their problems at its expense and, when the opportunity arises, harm its interests,” Levada reported on Wednesday -Center". At that...

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