1+ hour, 18+ min ago  (579+ words) Earth's climate system has suddenly shifted to a new phase of global warming acceleration that few saw coming. This ups the ante for risks of severe climate-related disaster scenarios following a record-shattering year in 2025. This directly impacts American homeownership, whether…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago  (912+ words) What the writers of The Simpsons understood, and what the research is now beginning to confirm, is that humans have always been vulnerable to fluent nonsense. The question worth asking in 2026 is whether the tools we have built are making…...

3+ day, 20+ min ago  (540+ words) Climate change is no longer a peripheral environmental concern; it is redefining economic, social, and strategic balances across the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Rising temperatures, prolonged water stress, extreme rainfall events, and growing pressure on agricultural systems…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1170+ words) The India AI Impact Summit, currently underway in New Delhi (February 19, 2026), was envisioned as a defining moment for India's artificial intelligence ambitions. Marketed as a landmark platform to showcase indigenous innovation, attract global stakeholders, and position India as a serious…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (372+ words) Curiously, modern agricultural training often teaches farmers to clear weeds, tidy field edges, and remove "unproductive vegetation." Yet the experience of Bengal's humid farms suggests that productivity thrives precisely because the edges are messy, diverse, and alive. When we protect…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (794+ words) In an effort to mitigate dangerous levels of warming, the'Paris Agreement'formalized the aim of limiting warming to 1.5C above preindustrial levels, yet global temperatures have recently breached this limit for 12 consecutive months, coinciding with record-breaking heat,'wildfires, floods, and other extremes,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1128+ words) The Target Malaria project in Burkina Faso, using the CRISPR/Cas9 system for the'Anopheles gambiae'elimination, is'the most advanced project in the world, thanks to huge capital injections, coming from the'Bill Gates Foundation, DARPA, United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Open…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1050+ words) Before the genocidal war, daily life in Gaza included an informal but functional plastic collection system. A waste collector moved through neighborhoods using a donkey-drawn cart, calling for residents to sell plastic and scrap materials. This activity was not only…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (890+ words) Earlier generations lived with fragile memory. Documents could be destroyed, tapes erased, and secrets buried with individuals. Today, memory has become industrial. It is automated, replicated, and endlessly preserved. Even attempts at erasure leave digital footprints. Even restraint produces data....

3+ week, 23+ hour ago  (1350+ words) It's a commonly repeated statistic that the'US military'is the world's largest institutional polluter, but what exactly does that mean? RIMPAC training exercises are shown in a still from'Earth's Greatest Enemy.'(Image via Empire Files) Toward the beginning of the film,…...