When a white Texas middle school teacher told his students in November 2022 that he was…
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We live in a time of 'late capitalism,' but what does that mean? And what's so late about it?
The term “late capitalism” seems to be everywhere as a trending meme—often used as a kind…
Implications of the latest wave of mega-fires for the European Green Deal
The last embers of 2022 fire season are finally extinguished, but the coming year’s mega-fires are…
Internet search results could be increasing your carbon emissions
Almost everyone thinks they know how to use Google, and they usually get the answer they…
World Cup's 'middle income trap'—why breaking into soccer's elite is so hard to do (as Morocco might soon find out)
Every World Cup produces surprises. In the group stage in Qatar, Japan delighted almost everyone by…
Colombia, a global biodiversity hotspot, faces rising threats to bird species from expanding human footprint
A new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters used satellite mapping data to analyze…
Lessons from Cianjur: Earthquake-prone Indonesia does not have seismic mitigation plan
More than 340 people are dead or missing following a relatively small but shallow 5.6 magnitude…
As homelessness grows, its stark impact on health is becoming clearer across Europe
The latest data compiled by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics show that the number of…
Researchers assess danger that marine heat waves pose to young sea snails
Scientists, fishermen and nature lovers alike worry how sea creatures will fare as the oceans change…
Extreme heat in the midst of the Big Wet for northern Australia—what's going on with the weather?
After a wet and unusually cool spring for much of Australia, the start of meteorological summer…