Through some of Europe’s most stunning countryside, an epic 167-mile story flows—a story of how courage, determination, and sacrifice by ordinary people saved one of the continent’s last surviving ...

Not everyone follows these factions, and some follow no religion. While estimates vary as to how many people worldwide identify as irreligious (atheist, agnostic, secularist, non-religious ...

Furthermore, these AI-enabled computers are not solo desktops quietly humming in one’s home office. Instead, they are located in vast data centers filled with stacks of hardware. A 4 ...

In 2024, total data “created, captured, copied, and consumed” was around 150 Zettabytes (10^18 bytes or 1 billion terabytes) and global mobile data traffic was around 125 Exabytes (10^15 bytes or 1 ...

The same study finds humans make up 34% of the mammal biomass. But the livestock humans raise—including cattle, pigs, buffalo, sheep, goats, horses, camels, and asses—is 62%. In one sense, it could be ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that "low carbon [emissions] lifestyles" could play a significant role in helping the world meet its climate goals. The research quantifies the ...

And to be clear, he adds, “This system is incredibly complex, and we don’t know the official version of what happened. We reached out to Spanish officials, and they were not ready to comment on the ...

Global electricity generation grew by over 1,200 TWh. Of this increase, 480 TWh was from solar photovoltaics, 190TWh was from hydropower, and 180 TWh was from wind power. In 2024, six nuclear projects ...

According to ESA’s space debris environment model MASTER (Meteoroid and Space Debris Terrestrial Environment Reference), there were 54,000 space debris objects greater than 10 cm (4 in), 1.2 million ...

The sun is a natural source of UV radiation, while artificial sources include tanning beds; mercury vapor lighting (as in stadiums and school gyms); some halogen, fluorescent, and incandescent lights; ...

In 2017, a group of reformers—including Rodale Institute—joined forces to accelerate trends toward organic farming. With the mantra “farm like the world depends on it,” the Regenerative Organic ...

One key part of the COP30 preparations is the submission of Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs. These are plans that every country must submit to the United Nations to show how they will ...