The Amazon rainforest has long been a source of gold and controversy. As long as demand for gold is high, contemporary gold particles are becoming ever smaller and harder to extract. That has led an increase in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), especially in Peru’s Amazon, where mercury is used regularly to extract gold,…
The dire wolf, the legendary predator made famous by the series Game of Thrones, went extinct over 13,000 years ago. But now, researchers from Colossal Biosciences say they’ve created gray wolf pups carrying key genetic traits of the extinct species, which potentially makes this the first successful step in de-extinction. The three pups — two males named Romulus and Remus, and a female named Khaleesi —…
The New Anxiety Around Travel For years, international travel has been seen as an exciting way to explore new cultures and make unforgettable memories. But now, a growing number of Americans say they’re feeling nervous about stepping outside U.S. borders, especially with the shifting global attitude towards the United States. Sarah, a 34-year-old from Chicago,…
A Settlement Before the Storm Just days before what was expected to be a dramatic court showdown in Chicago, Boeing has settled lawsuits with the families of two Americans who died in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash. The crash involved a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and killed all 157 people on board. The two victims…
Inter Miami owns Kevin De Bruyne’s MLS discovery rights, paving the way for a potential summer transfer. Could he follow Messi to the Herons? Kevin De Bruyne, the talented Belgian midfielder who plays for Manchester City, may be on his way to Major League Soccer (MLS) soon. Inter Miami was confirmed by sources to have…
The Alamodome was electric, the tension palpable. With just four seconds remaining, everything hung in the balance. Houston’s Emanuel Sharp had the chance to sink a game-winning three-pointer. But as he launched the shot, Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr. contested it fiercely, forcing Sharp to lose control of the ball. Sharp’s hopes that a teammate would…
After nearly two decades of public jabs and lingering tension, Madonna and Elton John have officially “buried the hatchet,” and the heartwarming reconciliation happened behind the scenes at Saturday Night Live. The two legendary music icons came together over the weekend when Elton John appeared as the musical guest on SNL, performing alongside Brandi Carlile. Madonna was in the…
More than three decades after Mighty Morphin Power Rangers first aired, the show’s head writer, Tony Oliver, is publicly acknowledging the racially insensitive casting decisions that linked the actors’ ethnic backgrounds to their suit colors, which was a creative choice he now deeply regrets. Speaking in a new episode of Hollywood Demons on Investigation Discovery, titled Dark Side of the Power Rangers,…
When James Kenney stepped into a New Mexico store to purchase some furniture, he did not expect to find himself embroiled in a chemical controversy. The clerk offered a fabric protectant, and as Kenney, New Mexico’s Environment Secretary, looked at the list of ingredients, he noticed PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) among them. PFAS…
In a small rural clinic in Malawi, a midwife sits down with a young mother and listens through a stethoscope to the small thump of a heartbeat in her belly. She smiles, but she is worried because the funding that allows her clinic to survive may soon go away. This worry is not just limited…
