Fast Facts For Curious Minds

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

  • Trump Tariffs Not Working: U.S. Trade Deficit Surged in May 2025
    By Claire Garcia
    The trade deficit of the United States sharply rose in May 2025 and reached USD 96.6 billion. This is an 11 percent increase from April and 6.5 percent higher than forecasts. This widened gap signals that efforts to reduce the trade imbalance, especially through tariffs imposed by the second Trump ...
  • Why is Truth Social Struggling to Attract Advertisers?
    By Claire Garcia
    Trump Media & Technology Group, the startup company that owns and operates the social media platform Truth Social, has not turned a profit since it was founded in February 2021. It remains hopeful. The company has expanded into news content production and video streaming services in recent ...
  • IBM Fired 8000 Individuals Due to AI—Then Hired As Many Due To AI
    By Claire Garcia
    In 2023, IBM laid off around 8000 individuals, mostly from its human resources division tasked to perform support functions. This was not due to financial troubles. The American multinational technology company was implementing a strategic move to automate routine administrative tasks by ...
  • How is Starlink Benefitting from Trump Tariffs?
    By Akeem Abad
    The Washington Post revealed on its 7 May 2025 report that Starlink, the satellite internet service provider under SpaceX, is benefitting from the tariff policies of the Trump administration through a combination of diplomatic leverage and strategic positioning. This is based on internal messages ...
  • Wisconsin Ginseng Farming Hit Hard By Trump Tariffs
    By Claire Garcia
    More than 90 percent of ginseng produced in the United States comes from Wisconsin. This agricultural product is generally exported to other countries. However, because more than 50 percent of ginseng exports go to mainland China and another 44 percent go to Hong Kong, the entire ginseng farming ...
  • The Economy of Vatican City Explained
    By Akeem Abad
    How does the economy of Vatican City work? What are the economic activities? How does it earn revenues? What are the public expenses? How does it operate and maintain relevant government functions? The city-state enclaved within Rome is not only the smallest sovereign state in the world in terms of ...
  • SWOT Analysis of Shein
    By Claire Garcia
    Chinese billionaire Chris Xu founded Shein in 2008. It was originally named ZZKKO and was initially a drop shipping business that connected customers with products obtained from the wholesale clothing market in Guangzhou. The company started its transition to become a fashion retailer in 2014 after ...
  • Characteristics of Monopolistic Competition
    By Immanuel Martinez
    Monopolistic competition is one of the four major types of market structures. It sits alongside perfect competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. It is characterized by the presence of numerous firms operating within a particular market or industry offering competing products that are somewhat similar ...

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

  • Health Impacts of Transportation
    By Franz Williams
    Traditional transport endangers individual and overall public health. Current modes and systems of transportation also have health-related economic costs that strain both the public health system and the overall economy. Sustainable transport aims to address these issues. This article identifies ...
  • Is The Y Chromosome Really Disappearing? What Does This Mean?
    By Franz Williams
    One of the most intriguing news that has permeated popular science discourse is the supposed ongoing but gradual disappearance of the Y chromosome in humans and other mammals. This is one of the two sex chromosomes. Its presence in combination with an X chromosome determines a male sex. This means ...
  • 25-Yr-Old Developed ‘Dropped Head Syndrome’ Due To Phone Use
    By Franz Williams
    A team of Japanese medical professionals documented a striking case of a 25-year-old man who developed an extreme form of neck weakness that rendered him unable to lift his own head. This severe condition, known as dropped head syndrome or severe cervical kyphosis, was attributed to his habit of ...
  • Why Are Stillbirths Rising In Some European Countries?
    By Suzanne Garcia
    Most of Europe has seen stillbirth rates decline or stabilize in the last decade. However, this is not the case for countries like Belgium, Cyprus, and Germany where stillbirths rose between 2010 and 2021. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research expected the usual ...
  • Colibactin Linked to Rising Young Adult Colorectal Cancer Epidemic
    By Franz Williams
    The rates of colorectal cancer differ by geography and have changed over time. Some areas see more cases than others. Moreover, in most countries, the number of cases in people under 50 has doubled in the past two decades. This has alarmed oncologists and researchers. Scientists do not yet fully ...
  • Minoxidil for Beard and Facial Hair Growth: Is It Effective?
    By Franz Williams
    Numerous studies have confirmed the effectiveness of minoxidil in treating a particular type of hair loss called androgenetic alopecia or male pattern hair loss and female pattern hair. The topical form of this medication is available over the counter without a prescription and can be applied ...
  • Almost Half of Depression Diagnosis are Treatment-Resistant
    By Melissa Lewis
    A considerable number of individuals diagnosed with major depressive disorder do not respond adequately to standard treatment. This is based on a mixed-method research by academics from the University of Birmingham and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. These patients ...
  • Deadly Bacteria Are Evolving—And Learning to Kill Their Own Kind
    By Franz Williams
    Hospitals are facing a growing challenge from drug-resistant bacteria. These bacteria have evolved new strategies to survive in medical environments. One type, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium or VREfm, has become more dominant in recent years. Scientists from the University of Pittsburgh ...

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY