I mean for all we know, we could be headed for a mass extinction event, like the giant balloon that took out the dinosaurs. Image byGreg McMahanfromPixabay In the past few weeks, the US has now shot down four balloons, possibly only of one of which was allowed to complete its entire...
European Union: Caught in the Fertility Trap The European Union has voiced concern about low fertility as a major demographic challenge. If it stays at these low levels, the population quickly moves from growth to decline, which is already happening in Germany, despite immigration ...
Harsh Summer Heat Recorded In India:On Thursday, May 18, 2023, news reports show an exceptionally hot summer in India compared to last year's heatwave, which caused significant discomfort and harmed workplaces, informal workers, landless laborers, marginalized populations, agriculture, and the econom...
It’s been a busy week, from a tree-planting holiday in Kenya to heatwaves in Brazil. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week. In Africa Photo Source: Getty Images South African Court Favors Shared Parental Leave...
Générale, which last year unveiled a plan to double net profit by 2012, said that targets had assumed a return to a normal economic environment which “has not occurred,” naming the recent eurozone and US debt crises, as well as the political turmoil in the Middle East and Africa as ...
There are a lot of events happening tonight, but if you have an interest in journalism, British politics or Gordon Brown, I highly recommend tonight's presentation by Gerard Baker, United States Editor and Assistant Editor at The Times (London). And I'm not just saying this because it's ...
The European Union has voiced concern about low fertility as a major demographic challenge. If it stays at these low levels, the population quickly moves from growth to decline, which is already happening in Germany, despite immigration Europe is Divided Again: This Time It's Creditors vs Debtor...
“bag” while stationed in Africa; I can’t imagine. I don’t know whether humans are the only animals who hunt for enjoyment, but I do know we are the only ones who kill each other in such numbers with little to no provocation. Lately, there seems to be one such incident after ...
I read a press report that Brazil's tourism minister was illegally using a government driver as his wife's private chauffeur. By the time I arrived in Brasilia seven hours later, the minister had already been sacked. What a difference with what is happening in many other Latin American count...
[Event supported by SFI, RSC Republic of Ireland Local Section, CÚRAM and NUI Galway] A spoonful of sugar makes the catalytic activity go down! [Dalton Trans.] I’m delighted to finally publish this work, the first of my research carried out during myMarie Curie FellowshipinUniversity of...