Why the US is willing to send Ukraine cluster munitions now
The Biden administration is expected to announce on Friday that it will send thousands of them as part of a new military aid package worth $800 million
From fish that eat microplastics to other blind species: the fantastic world of the Orinoco River
Researchers from Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and the United States have studied the specimens that live up to 200 feet deep in the iconic basin. Photos of 109 species have been compiled in a book
The first female leader in the history of the Iberian Peninsula
Archeologists in Spain discover an ornate tomb belonged to a 5,000-year-old woman ‘so prominent that no man ever reached her level,’ prompting reconsideration of the role of gender in the early political life of the peninsula
Watching ‘The Sopranos’ is forbidden for homophobes
Angered by surging censorship and discrimination, actor Michael Imperioli sarcastically forbids bigots from viewing his work
Gripped by escalating violence, patience wears thin in Colombia’s largest port city
Buenaventura’s spike in homicides has prompted proposals to militarize the area while the High Commissioner for Peace plans new outreach efforts with criminal gangs
Stan Lee: The fantastic one
A documentary about the legendary Marvel scriptwriter and editor reinforces the disputed legend that he single-handedly invented icons such as Spiderman and the Hulk, and undervalues the creative work of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko
The company using AI to detect sea pollution from satellite images
Fregata Space has created algorithms that can identify the presence of hydrocarbons, plastics and microscopic organisms
Rodrigo Chaves’ eagerness to ‘transform Costa Rica’ impacts public health care and education
Confident of his popularity, the President looks set to overhaul the pillars of the country’s welfare system
The Roswell Incident: exploring its popularity as a conspiracy theory and examining the truth
After a whistleblower told Congress that the US is concealing a program that captured UFOs, we remember the emergence of one of the most enduring UFO conspiracy theories, which is still very much alive to this day
Families confront the Texas Walmart gunman in court
The 24-year-old is expected to receive multiple life sentences after pleading guilty in February to 90 federal murder, weapons and hate crime charges
Lavish tomb in ancient Spain belonged to a woman, not a man, new research shows
New research shows that a 5,000-year-old tomb in Spain contains the remains of a woman, not a man as originally thought
Earth’s climate has entered uncharted territory: these events are proof
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Warming oceans, dangerous air from runaway wildfires and shrinking Antarctic sea ice are among many other signals of climate distress
Threads, Meta’s new Twitter rival app, gets tens of millions of sign-ups in its first day
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It’s a sign that users are looking for an alternative to the social media platform that’s undergone a series of unpopular changes since Elon Musk bought it