The world is on the brink of 'catastrophic moral failure' because of the unequal distribution of Covid vaccines, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was not fair for younger, healthy people…
As California's economy skyrocketed during the 20th century, its land headed in the opposite direction. A booming agricultural industry in the state's San Joaquin Valley, combined with punishing droughts, led to the over-extraction of water from…
Ars Technica
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Jennifer Ouellette
– Jan 18, 7:06 AM
Electric eels were long believed to be solitary predators, preferring to hunt and kill their prey alone by sneaking up on unsuspecting sleeping fish at night and shocking them into submission. But according to a recent paper published in the…
The New York Times
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Alexandra Alter
– Jan 19, 2:00 AM
About two weeks ago, the poet Amanda Gorman was struggling to finish a new work titled “The Hill We Climb.” She was feeling exhausted, and she worried she wasn't up to the monumental task she faced: composing a poem about national…
