Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
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11/09/2022
Meet Europe’s first female commander of the ISS
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is the first European female commander of the International Space Station.
11/14/2022
A New Formula for Happiness
The happiness we seek can require investing earlier than we think—and may help us align our expectations and reality at the end of life.
11/14/2022
Earth now has 8 billion people—and counting. Where do we go from here?
We’ve added a billion people in just 12 years. The implications for the planet—and our own welfare—hinge on how we tackle climate change.
11/14/2022
Opinion: Ukraine’s New World Order
Ukrainians just recaptured Russia’s biggest war prize, the City of Kherson, and by so doing took a major step toward driving Putin out of their nation-state.
11/02/2022
Wind energy is now South Dakota’s No. 1 producer of electricity, but not every day
Wind has surpassed hydroelectric power as the largest generator of electricity in South Dakota.
11/11/2022
Canada, Nigeria target oil and gas methane emissions with new laws
Oil and gas producers Canada and Nigeria have become the latest countries to tackle the potent greenhouse gas methane with laws to rein in emissions in the fossil fuel energy sector.
11/11/2022
How Nepal Grew Back Its Forests
An effort decades in the making is showing results in Nepal, a rare success story in a world of cascading climate disasters and despair.
10/31/2022
Renewable energy contributes record 68.7% of power to Australia’s main grid for brief period
Renewable energy generation hit a new record on Friday, briefly contributing more than two-thirds of the power in Australia’s main grid.
10/27/2022
Zimbabwe’s focus on wheat set to yield biggest-ever harvest
Zimbabwe says it is on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history, thanks in large part to efforts to overcome food supply problems caused by the war in Ukraine.
10/29/2022
Sam Harris on Whether Religion Really Does Make Everything Worse
Yascha Mounk and Sam Harris discuss whether America's rapid secularization has been a force for good or ill.
10/27/2022
100 UK universities pledge to divest from fossil fuels
This equates to 65% of the country’s higher education sector refusing to make at least some investments in fossil fuel companies, and endowments worth more than £17.6bn now out of reach for the corporations.
10/27/2022