This is what it sounds like when plants cry
Stressed plants make audible sounds that can be heard many feet away, and the type of sound corresponds with the kind of bad day they are having. The...
A sting operation to save elephants, with no stings
“Human-elephant conflict feeds into the issue of local people being recruited into poaching gangs,” said Francesca Mahoney, founder and director of...
Doling out huge loans, China ‘bails out’ nations
Some countries, like Mongolia, now hold much of their currency reserves in renminbi, after previously holding them mainly in dollars, said Brad Parks,...
We need to talk, just as soon as we consult ChatGPT
ChatGPT, the new virtual tool powered by Open AI, sources its information from a wide range of online material including books, news articles,...
Slow motion tidal wave consuming economy
A reason why economic models fail in times of crisis is that they can’t deal with a world filled with complexity or twists
In a Roman tomb, ‘dead nails’ reveal an occult practice
The new study provided significant evidence that “protective magic” was used in Imperial Rome necropoli, said Silvia Alfayé, a professor of ancient...
Iraq, a worse disaster for US than Vietnam?
Today there’s a stronger case for seeing Iraq as a more epochal disaster. In American domestic life, the Vietnam effect was more of a fever, whereas...
Alternative Approach: US is not an indispensable peacemaker
America strives to take sides in order to be “on the right side of history” as it views statecraft as a cosmic battle between good and evil rather...
