Setting New Precedent, Judge Throws Out 9 Years for 45 Months in Drone Papers Whistleblower Trial
Story at a glance… The analyst who blew the whistle on Obama’s drone assassination program has received a 3-year…
Author: Andy Corbley
Wild Tigers Continue to Recover in South Asia Through No Holds Barred Approach
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
PICTURED: The mammoth LSST Telescope at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. PC: Rubin Obs/NSF/AURA. Story at a glance… Suggesting…
Moon Commits to Peace Efforts as Koreas Restore Communications After Year of Radio Silence
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
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
PICTURED: A light-colored “paver stone” like the ones seen in this mosaic will be the likely target for first…
Oxford IPCC Panelist Admits Cow Methane is Not Honestly Accounted For
In a paper published last year, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change member and Oxford professor of geosystem science Myles…
Russia U.S. Schedule Arms Control Talks In the Nick of Time as Missiles Continue to be Deployed
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
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
Story at a glance… Within cancer tumors, fats build up in their oxidized form. “Killer” T cells entering the…
Why in One of the Most Biodiverse Countries on Earth is Everyone Growing Rice?
PICTURED: Aerial view of the landscape around Halimun Salak National Park in West Java, Indonesia. Swidden farming dominates in…
Taliban Gaining Control of the Country and the Conversation
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
Story at a glance… A new documentary features decades of work on plant intelligence Featuring Europe’s most famous forester,…
U.S. Military Endure 4 Days of Continuous Rocket Fire in Iraq as Militias “Get the Message” and Retaliate
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
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
A new paper published today in Nature shows that as the climate continues to change, cities can defend themselves…
Bagram Air Base “Symbol of Afghan Occupation” Abandoned in the Middle of the Night
PICTURED: The air traffic control tower in Bagram Air Base, Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Story at a glance… The U.S.…
Best Cities for Digital Nomads — 75 Destinations Ranked for Everything From Rent to Freedom
COVID-19 chased millions of traditionally office and computer-based workers into remote working situations, a place where many, especially young…
No Life in Venus’ Clouds, Maybe in Jupiter’s?
PICTURED: An image of Venus showing the clouds, taken by the ultraviolet imager of the Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki,…
Germany, Italy, Poland, UK: More than 5,000 NATO Troops Leave Afghanistan—U.S. Nearly Finished
KABUL, Afghanistan. June 30th, 2021. Despite efforts to try and keep the Afghan occupation going by right wing hawks,…