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Artificial intelligence can steal your likeness, mannerisms, voice, and creative work. Can anything be done about it?
Inside the cruel pork industry, mother pigs are confined to tiny metal crates, repeatedly impregnated, and stripped of their piglets—all to meet demand for cheap meat.
By: Michael Windsor
Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.
By: Alex Crisp
Fish are sentient beings subjected to cruelty to maximize profits for the multibillion-dollar industry.
By: Vicky Bond
The wealth of qualitative and quantitative archaeological data challenges the Eurocentric notion of a single linear course in human history.
By: David M. Carballo and Gary M. Feinman
Lands vital for climate resilience and the forestry industry are also critical habitats for declining bird species, offering a rare opportunity to align conservation with ecosystem services and secure a resilient future for both birds and people.
By: Reynard Loki
To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.
By: Melanie Joy
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.
By: Laurel Sutherlin
Republican ideals have evolved over millennia, shaping governance across the globe. Modern republics continue to adapt, but face challenges in upholding their foundational principles.
By: John P. Ruehl
Renewable energy doesn’t matter if we can’t distribute it.
By: Erika Schelby
