M’lady’s Records in Portland, Oregon, is protesting the gender wage gap by offering female customers a 23% discount on mail orders. In a Facebook post, the company stated, “ALL MAILORDER placed by women living in America will be 77% of the listed price, to reflect the current gap in wage equality in this messed-up work …

The United Nation AIDS agency met its 2015 goal of providing HIV treatment for 15 million people in March, nine months ahead of the goal. According to the UN AIDS press release from today: “New HIV infections have fallen by 35% and AIDS-related deaths by 41%. The global response to HIV has averted 30 million new HIV …

Since the 1960’s, scientists have theorized the existence of a particle composed of five quarks, but were unable to find it. Now, data collected at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider indicates that researchers have finally detected the pentaquark. LHC Spokesman Guy Wilkinson said that “studying [the pentaquark’s] properties may allow us to understand better how ordinary matter, the …

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage was landmark for the U.S., but has also made ripples elsewhere in the world. In China, where homosexuality has been legal since 1997 but the government doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage or civil unions, the topic of homosexuality remains touchy. The Supreme Court decision has opened …

Created by the startup YOLK, Solar Paper can charge an iPhone 6 in 2.5 hours, and is only 1.5 millimeters thin and weighs 120g. According to YOLK, it is “the world’s thinnest and lightest solar charger.” The charger is composed of solar panels that can be easily attached together with magnets, to increase or decrease …