An educator, archaeologist and scientist were among the thousands of government workers culled by Musk’s …
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Month: February 2025
California faces worsening drought despite recent heavy rainstorms
Dry pattern seen among entire ‘lower basin’ of the Colorado River, including Arizona and desert …
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Farmers worried if they will make it to 2026 amid ‘cashflow crisis’, says NFU
Union conference dominated by row over planned inheritance tax changes as farmers battle the bad …
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Earth from Mass (NASA Credits)
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Ex-US security officials urge funding for science research to keep up with China
Appeal from officials, including two senior figures from Trump’s first term, comes amid reports National …
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Pinwheel Galaxy
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Pluralistic: Apple’s encryption capitulation (25 Feb 2025)
Today’s links Apple’s encryption capitulation: They put the gun on the mantelpiece in Act One, …
Read MoreScientists find promising pancreatic cancer leads
Pancreatic cancer kills three in four people within the first year. But new research is …
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The Dry Life
Jordan, et al The sulfur cycle in different planetary regimes. The habitable zone of a …
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Brewing tea removes heavy metals from water, study finds
Scientists say consumption of the beverage may have health benefit by reducing intake of metals …
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US anti-pipeline activists say charges against them ‘meant to intimidate’
Protesters who tried to disrupt completion of Mountain Valley pipeline to defend themselves in Virginia …
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Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month
More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence …
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Success for polio campaign in Gaza while West Bank tensions continue
UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that aid workers in Gaza supporting local health authorities have …
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World News in Brief: Conflict in DR Congo, Europe’s ‘cradle to cane’ crisis, millions may go hungry in Chad
Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels …
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WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty
A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over …
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Farmers must be at the heart of biodiversity action
“Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation” – that was the stark …
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UN rights chief decries substantial rise in death penalty executions
International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights …
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This tadpole larger than a human hand could never become a frog. Here’s what we know
Arizona’s 10-inch bullfrog polliwog was discovered in 2018. Read More
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