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Afghanistan Four Days Later: Girls Return to School and First Official Presser

August 19, 2021

PICTURED: Taliban official spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid gives a press conference in Kabul. PC: Reuters. Fair Use. Story at a…

Transplanting Microbes from a Young Mouse into an Old One Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline
ArchivesPhysiology

Transplanting Microbes from a Young Mouse into an Old One Reverses Age-Related Cognitive Decline

August 18, 2021May 29, 2024

Story at a glance… When receiving a sample of a young mouse’s gut microbiome, age-related cognitive decline was reversed…

War

World Governments Hash Out Positions on New Taliban Government and Evacuation Crisis

August 17, 2021

PICTURED: Taliban fighters take pictures with their weapons in the vacant presidential office in Kabul. PC: Taliban (disputed), retrieved…

War

Afghan War Wraps Up: Kabul Falls: New President Named: Country Holds its Breath

August 16, 2021

PICTURED: Taliban fighters take pictures with their weapons in the vacant presidential office in Kabul. PC: Taliban (disputed), retrieved…

Setting New Precedent, Judge Throws Out 9 Years for 45 Months in Drone Papers Whistleblower Trial
ArchivesWorld News

Setting New Precedent, Judge Throws Out 9 Years for 45 Months in Drone Papers Whistleblower Trial

August 3, 2021March 6, 2024

Story at a glance… The analyst who blew the whistle on Obama’s drone assassination program has received a 3-year…

Wild Tigers Continue to Recover in South Asia Through No Holds Barred Approach
ArchivesConservation

Wild Tigers Continue to Recover in South Asia Through No Holds Barred Approach

July 30, 2021July 12, 2025

Story at a glance… The tiger home countries have been trying to double wild tiger numbers over the last…

Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb Launches The Galileo Project to Search for Alien Technology Under Our Noses
Space

Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb Launches The Galileo Project to Search for Alien Technology Under Our Noses

July 29, 2021

PICTURED: The mammoth LSST Telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. PC: Rubin Obs/NSF/AURA. Story at a glance… Suggesting…

World News

Moon Commits to Peace Efforts as Koreas Restore Communications After Year of Radio Silence

July 27, 2021

PICTURED: President Moon Jae-in and DPRK Leader Kim Jong Un meet to shake hands across the border in the…

New Mexico Wilderness Area Grows by 50% After Largest-Ever Land Donation
ArchivesCoffee Break Reads

New Mexico Wilderness Area Grows by 50% After Largest-Ever Land Donation

July 26, 2021July 9, 2023

Sabinoso Wilderness Area in New Mexico, an inaccessible and tiny refuge just 5 years ago, has grown by almost…

As Perseverance Prepares to Take First Samples, New Theory for Identifying Life Helps Guide the Way
Space

As Perseverance Prepares to Take First Samples, New Theory for Identifying Life Helps Guide the Way

July 24, 2021

PICTURED: A light-colored “paver stone” like the ones seen in this mosaic will be the likely target for first…

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Oxford IPCC Panelist Admits Cow Methane is Not Honestly Accounted For

July 23, 2021

In a paper published last year, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change member and Oxford professor of geosystem science Myles…

Foreign Policy

Russia U.S. Schedule Arms Control Talks In the Nick of Time as Missiles Continue to be Deployed

July 22, 2021

MOSCOW, Russia. July 20th, 2021. Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Tuesday that Kremlin and White House officials have scheduled…

Super Telescope Captures Images of a Plasma Jet Emitting from Black Hole at 16-Times Greater Resolution
Space

Super Telescope Captures Images of a Plasma Jet Emitting from Black Hole at 16-Times Greater Resolution

July 20, 2021

PICTURED: Four observations of Centaurus A taken and rendered by the ESA. PC: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; optical: Rolf Olsen; infrared:…

Fat from Vegetable/Seed Oils Feeds Tumors and Blocks Immune Cells Study Finds
ArchivesMedicine

Fat from Vegetable/Seed Oils Feeds Tumors and Blocks Immune Cells Study Finds

July 19, 2021December 11, 2023

Story at a glance… Within cancer tumors, fats build up in their oxidized form. “Killer” T cells entering the…

Coffee Break Reads

Why in One of the Most Biodiverse Countries on Earth is Everyone Growing Rice?

July 15, 2021

PICTURED: Aerial view of the landscape around Halimun Salak National Park in West Java, Indonesia. Swidden farming dominates in…

War

Taliban Gaining Control of the Country and the Conversation

July 14, 2021

MOSCOW, Russia. May 28th, 2019: PICTURED: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, third from left, arrives with other members of the…

The Hidden Lives of Trees Shows a World of Cooperation, Awareness, and Intelligence in Plants
ArchivesEnvironment

The Hidden Lives of Trees Shows a World of Cooperation, Awareness, and Intelligence in Plants

July 13, 2021July 17, 2025

Story at a glance… A new documentary features decades of work on plant intelligence Featuring Europe’s most famous forester,…

War

U.S. Military Endure 4 Days of Continuous Rocket Fire in Iraq as Militias “Get the Message” and Retaliate

July 9, 2021

PICTURED: Protestors gather outside the Baghdad Embassy Compound, Iraq. Story at a glance… 4 days have passed of rocket…

The Medical Wonders of Caloric Restriction: Part 2
ArchivesPhysiology

The Medical Wonders of Caloric Restriction: Part 2

July 8, 2021December 31, 2023

Taken from an earlier story from World at Large… In 2007, researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine…

A Diverse Supply Chain Could Save a City During a Food Shortage
Coffee Break Reads

A Diverse Supply Chain Could Save a City During a Food Shortage

July 7, 2021

A new paper published today in Nature shows that as the climate continues to change, cities can defend themselves…

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Assault on Iran Likely to Boost Already Soaring Gold Market

Andy Corbley March 2, 2026

Whenever missiles and bullets start flying in the Middle East, all eyes are on the oil sector, and this…

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Last Arms Control Treaty Limiting US and Russian Nuclear Weapons Expires

Andy Corbley February 5, 2026

On January 14th, humanity went the longest span of time without detonating a nuclear weapon since the dawn of…

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Europe Wants All the Profit with None of the Responsibility in Seizing Russian Assets

Andy Corbley December 8, 2025

Senior Kremlin officials have applauded Belgium’s stance regarding the seizure of some €215 billion in frozen Russian assets held…

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