The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slo...

Highlight reel! With our friends on SV Anne Charlotte, we crossed the India Ocean, stopping in the Maldives and Socotra, heading up the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, transiting the Suez Canal and a…

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An indispensable guide to understanding the Israel–Palestine conflict, and how we might yet still find a way out of it.

This is a must-read! Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, Genocide Bad dismantles Zionist propaganda in ten unapologetic essays. Kern doesn’t flinch when…

Sailing into the Red Sea takes us through the Bab El-Menab Strait that the Houthis have not yet closed in solidarity with Iran.

40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.

Politically and culturally, Socotra is to Yemen as Hawaii is to the US. On the island, the people speak Socotri, an old unwritten language, and you can still buy dates packed in goat skin and sourc…

Oceanic Whitetips are on the critically endangered list and in Nov 2025, they were added to CITES Appendix 1, the highest protection prohibiting any trade. They are not well studied but their popul…

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Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

Use the literary map of Toronto to discover books set in specific neighbourhoods.

Like clouds, far-right ideology moves here then there with absolute randomness. The danger is that those who can, shrink under their umbrellas, warns political commentator Ece Temelkuran

Technically, you could visit a different island every day for a year, from a white sand, deserted island with a single coconut tree to populated larger islands with bridges and shops. The area is c…

Released on his 99th birthday and presented in the context of his remarkable career, Sir David’s authority is matched only by nature’s grandeur in this visually stunning film

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The Komodo dragon’s hunting strategy is to ambush its prey & with one bite, the venom prevents blood coagulation & drops blood pressure. The dragon will then catch up with you later, …

Podcast Episode · Your Undivided Attention · 2023-07-21 · 35m

An ambitious plan to stop the global threat of AIDS has been derailed. But many are hopeful that progress can be salvaged.

Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.

From critical minerals to pipelines, here’s what the Liberals, Conservatives and others are saying on the 2025 federal election campaign trail

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses cross species barriers and have the potential to cause pandemics. In North America, HPAI A(H5N1) viruses related to the goose/Guangdong 2.3.4.4b hemagg...

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