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Preserving biodiversity is among the most urgent issues of our time, and it needs to be addressed regionally to succeed.
By: Jimmy Videle
For those willing to brave extended treks in nature, the world’s best long hikes offer challenges and amazing rewards.
The transformative approach to school improvement is a catalyst for community revival.
By: Jeff Bryant
Despite significant advances in human-based research, millions of mice and rats are still used in U.S. laboratories each year—at immense ethical and scientific cost.
By: Reynard Loki
Human technologies have continued to evolve exponentially since the end of the Paleolithic: today we are using them to learn more about the past.
By: Deborah Barsky
The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples.
By: Fitri Arianti
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.
By: Laurel Sutherlin
Scientists are limited, often failing to see what’s in front of their eyes, but that’s no surprise—they’re only human.
The United States today faces inherent challenges that have weakened the republic, making lessons from the Roman Republic even more necessary to avoid greater political instability.
By: John P. Ruehl
How pseudo-archaeology and alternative history, fueled by media and conspiracy culture, have gained popularity in the U.S., influencing extremist ideologies.
