JULY 17. 2025

The Surprising Cost of Our Quest to Defy Aging

From snail mucin to IV drips, longevity products and wellness supplements come at a high environmental cost.

Bringing an Investigation on Clandestine Landing Strips in the Peruvian Amazon to the Stage

Mongabay Latam hopes to reach new audiences by taking its award-winning investigation to the theatre, using 'stand-up journalism' to tell the story behind the stories.

Climate threatens 'cascade of tipping points'

World leaders must take 'immediate, unprecedented action' to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say.

JULY 16. 2025

Is this the answer to the sex trade?

A new bill could have profound consequences for the trade. But as one in ten men admit to paying for sex, some will be sitting on the benches in Westminster and Holyrood. Is change possible?

CBP Agents Can Have Gang Tattoos — as Long as They Cover Them Up

U. S. immigration officials have sent people to CECOT because of what they deemed gang tattoos. CBP grooming standards allow them.

Reform and the missing link

It seems some of the party’s most prominent members aren’t especially tech savvy

It’s a net win for Badenoch!

The Tory leader enjoyed a very generous perk at Wimbledon

Emails Reveal Oklahoma Attorney General Agreed to Release Richard Glossip

In an explosive new court filing, Glossip’s attorneys accuse Gentner Drummond of reneging on a plan negotiated in 2023.

Trump Administration Deports Five Men to Eswatini, Expanding Global Gulag in Africa

The expulsion to Africa expands Donald Trump's efforts to build a global gulag for immigrant detention in poorer, violence-plagued countries.

Kagame’s hidden war

Rwanda’s military deployments in Mozambique and its shadowy ties to M23 rebels in eastern Congo are not isolated interventions, rather part of a broader geopolitical strategy to expand its regional influence.

Sitting in the crowd, yearning for something fun

An earnest adaptation of a novel about suicide, sex and capital punishment is an impressive looking production, but a barrel of laughs it is not

Breaking News: Reform politician sees the light

The leader of Kent Council has written to the government urging it to ease restrictions on migration

The Minor Miracle of a Fossil Leaf

Fossilized leaves write a delicate story of Earth’s history into stone, for those who know how to read it.

One Solution for Invasive Spotted Lanternflies? Your Pet Dog, Study Finds

A pack of “community science” dogs of all breeds and ages help sniff out the devastating invasive insects.

The Military Occupied LA for 40 Days and All They Got Was This One Arrest

Sent over the objections of California officials, the military has detained one man who was rushing to an appointment in a federal building, not protesting.

Using FOIA to Track Trans Rights in Trump’s America

To track how executive orders affecting transgender people are being enforced, reporters filed hundreds of public records requests with federal, state, and local agencies.

Unions back fossil fuel treaty

Two British unions join calls for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Rescuing Malaysian higher education from neoliberalism

Failing to learn the lessons from failures abroad

JULY 15. 2025

Lee Miller: The photographer who washed the dirt of Dachau off in Hitler’s own tub

She witnessed extreme horror. The photographs she took and the words she wrote both made and broke her

The long forgotten words that live on undercover

Though the word ‘swain’ may itself be obsolete in English today, there are still traces of it hanging around in our modern English language