Vitamin D is unusual as it is a "vitamin" only because humanity lacks adequate summer sunlight exposure.
But on some campuses, "the main area of conflict is trying to make sure that the humanities get adequate funding from the central administration," Nussbaum wrote in an e-mail message, adding, "Our nation, like most nations of the world, is devaluing the humanities vis-à-vis science and technology, so constant vigilance is required lest these disciplines be cut".
It needs to tell the truth about the fact that at least 2 billion people, nearly a third of humanity, cannot access adequate food.
The main thing, then, was to use this great energy-wealth to help man instead of to kill him — for example, in designing ways to house the third of humanity that was without adequate shelter.
"Indeed," Justice Stewart wrote in the majority opinion in Gregg v. Georgia the case, from 1976, that ended a national moratorium on executions and reinstated the death penalty—"certain crimes are themselves so grievous an affront to humanity that the only adequate response may be the penalty of death". Violence, according to this view, cleanses the world of violence.
BEE faculty and students address three great challenges facing humanity today: ensuring an adequate and safe food supply in an era of expanding world population; protecting and remediating the world's natural resources, including water, soil, air, biodiversity, and energy; and developing engineering systems that monitor, replace, or intervene in the mechanisms of living organisms.
"We are hoping that the Ukrainian authorities will take all necessary measures to fully respect the statutory rights of Ms. Tymoshenko, demonstrate humanity and find ways of adequate response not exacerbating the domestic situation to resolve the current situation," said the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich.
The Earth's geothermal resources are theoretically more than adequate to supply humanity's energy needs, but only a very small fraction may be profitably exploited.
This is World Malaria Day, and while Habitat for Humanity has long witnessed how adequate housing can significantly reduce the occurrence of this mosquito-transmitted infection, we continue to see these disturbing statistics.
The money from the National Endowment for the Humanities will provide the first adequate housing and climate control for almost 12,000 precious Native American baskets and 6,000 textiles from around the world.
