Facebook, Google and Twitter find more Russia-linked election meddling
Facebook, Google and Twitter are slated to share what they have learned from digging into possible connections between Russian entities and posts, ads and videos in a US Senate hearing on Wednesday....
View ArticleHow German 'wood detectives' protect endangered species
The words “endangered species” might make you think of tigers and panda bears. But in 183 countries, an international law also protects the wood from endangered trees — which can affect everything from...
View ArticleIn Myanmar, fake news spread on Facebook stokes ethnic violence
When lawyers from Google, Facebook and Twitter gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon for oversight hearings, most of the questions were about the Russian use of misinformation to influence the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia has a new citizen: Sophia the robot. But what does that even mean?
What does it mean to grant citizenship to a robot?That's the question many have been asking since last week, when a robot was granted Saudi citizenship at an economic and financial summit in Riyadh.The...
View ArticleDr. Jane Goodall on her work with chimpanzees, and the new documentary ‘JANE’
It’s been more than 50 years since Dr. Jane Goodall first traveled to Gombe, Tanzania, as an amateur scientist and began amassing observations that would change the way we understand chimpanzees and...
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Is tourism harming the Galápagos Islands?
Mathías Espinoza has a deeply crinkled brow as he squints at the vast ocean around the Galápagos Islands on a July morning. “Bien brava,” he murmurs softly, meaning, “rough.” He has looked out on the...
View ArticleKenyans mourn the loss of a wildlife advocate and leading ivory trade...
Trafficking in ivory and rhino horn is a scourge of Kenya's tourism-based economy. This week that economy took a big hit. Esmond Bradley Martin, the American conservationist and leading ivory trade...
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As New Delhi’s pollution crisis persists, so do widespread public denial and...
In early November, there was no escaping the fact New Delhi was facing a public health crisis. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI), by some readings, soared as high as the maximum, 999. Schools were...
View ArticleTrump's EPA chief pushes 'cooperative federalism' for food and farming
Since assuming leadership of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last February, Scott Pruitt has found himself at odds with environmental organizations, community advocates, farmers and,...
View ArticleNew book sheds light on the amazing capabilities of jellyfish, addresses...
How much do you know about jellyfish? OK, you might have been stung by one that one time on vacation in Florida, but what other information do you have?The general public has based its relationship...
View ArticleNew Interior ruling threatens to undo protections of migratory birds
Seventeen former Department of Interior officials from both Republican and Democratic administrations have written a letter protesting a new DOI ruling that exempts industry from punishment for causing...
View ArticleNature-based preschools, where children spend most of their day outside, are...
Starting preschool at age three is a predictor of success as an adult. If that experience includes plenty of structured play outside, it could also instill a lifelong awareness and appreciation of the...
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What's fueling Britain's offshore wind revolution? Technology, subsidies and...
There are a lot of reminders of the past in the northern English city of Hull. Defunct deep-sea trawlers and cavernous warehouses recall the city’s history as the hub of England’s fishing...
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Offshore wind projects breathe life into struggling UK ports
Every weekday at 7 a.m. seafood wholesalers crowd into a warehouse on the docks in Grimsby, in northern England, to bid on yellow plastic tubs full of haddock, cod and plaice, touching and sometimes...
View ArticleEurope’s investment in offshore wind is paying off — for the US
For years, a large-scale offshore wind industry in the US seemed like it was always somewhere off over the horizon. But with the price of offshore wind power dropping quickly in Europe and the UK,...
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The UK's offshore wind boom is great for the climate. But what about the fish?
On the deck of the Razorbill, docked in the English port of Ramsgate, Steve Barratt runs thousands of feet of nets through a squeaky pulley, getting ready for another long night of fishing in the North...
View ArticleWhat can AI learn from non-Western philosophies?
As autonomous and intelligent systems become more and more ubiquitous and sophisticated, developers and users face an important question: How do we ensure that when these technologies are in a position...
View ArticleYou can help celebrate the Year of the Bird by finding ways, large and small,...
National Geographic, the National Audubon Society and other conservation groups have declared 2018 the Year of The Bird to celebrate the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.To help kick off the...
View ArticleWith the US pursuing fossil fuels, alternative, renewable forms of energy...
For years, China has been associated with dirty, smog-filled air — so much so that it has become custom for some hotels to give guests complementary masks. Recently, though, the country has started...
View ArticleRecent discovery on Strava heat map points out the ease of leaking data...
In early November, Strava — a technology company that can track athletic activity for its users through its website and app — released an article on Medium that proudly announced its first major global...
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