On The Fence

The Schengen Area is one of the European Union’s most popular innovations: A travel zone where citizens of 26 nations can cross each other’s borders without passports. It was a big deal, then, when the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, recently announced that the...

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Small Strides

The Venezuelan government and opposition politicians agreed this week to create a United Nations-managed fund to finance programs for the country’s poor, as both sides are holding talks to resolve the ongoing crisis in the South American nation, the Associated Press reported. Signed in Mexico’s capital,...

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The Black Gold

Ghana is planning to buy oil with gold rather than its US dollar reserves, a move aimed at tackling the West African country’s dwindling currency reserves as it grapples with economic upheaval, Reuters reported. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said the new policy “will fundamentally change our...

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I Got Rhythm

People bob their heads and tap their feet when following a beat from a song, which scientists describe as beat synchronicity. While humans are naturally good at it, a research team found that rats can also follow a beat, Cosmos magazine reported. In a new study, researchers...

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