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Humpback whales are interrupting orca hunts to rescue completely different species, swimming underneath a doomed seal and lifting it out of the water on their chest, or forming a wall between the killers and a grey whale calf, and scientists still can't fully explain why they bother to save animals they have nothing to gain from
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (282+ words) For years, humpback whales have been mysteriously intervening in orca hunts to save animals they'll never meet again—a pattern so bizarre that marine biologists are still searching for a plausible explanation. Published August 24, 2026 · How we edit The marine ecologist…...
Sweden made paid parental leave gender-neutral in 1974, the first policy of its kind — and decades later, fatherhood leave is so normalised that taking time with a child can signal personal responsibility rather than weakness among colleagues
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (76+ words) A half-century experiment in Sweden shows how policy can quietly reshape what men think masculinity means at work....
A tonne of old phones holds more gold than a tonne of gold ore. Each handset carries traces of gold, silver and copper, concentrated enough that recycling them, so-called urban mining, pulls more gold per tonne than an actual mine.
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (29+ words) The most valuable gold deposit within a hundred kilometres of you is probably not underground, it is sitting in a drawer inside a phone you have not turned on...
One country holds an estimated twenty-four trillion dollars in mineral wealth beneath its soil — cobalt and copper, the very metals that power the phones and electric cars of the modern world — and it remains among the five poorest nations on Earth
3+ week, 4+ day ago (510+ words) A nation blessed with trillions in minerals essential to the modern world, yet condemned to poverty—a paradox that reveals how resource wealth can become a curse rather than a path to prosperity. By Daniel Moran · Editorial process Published July…...
Flint tools, scorched soil and two pieces of spark-producing pyrite suggest humans were deliberately making fire in Britain 400,000 years ago — far earlier than firm evidence had previously shown
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (856+ words) At a former clay pit in Suffolk, archaeologists found a small patch of ancient ground that had been heated repeatedly above 700°C. Heat-fractured flint...
Eswatini’s King Mswati III remains one of the last absolute monarchs on Earth, appointing the prime minister, dissolving parliament, and keeping political parties out of elections
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (599+ words) King Mswati III of Eswatini spent three days in late April 2026 marking 40 years on the throne. Published July 18, 2026 King Mswati III of Eswatini spent three days in late April 2026 marking 40 years on the throne. There was a scarlet military tunic,…...
The Chagos Reversal: How Trump's Opposition Exposed Britain's Strategic Dependence on Washington
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (631+ words) A UK government spokesperson stated explicitly that London’s support for the deal is contingent on US backing—a formulation that appeared in official briefings and was widely reported in April 2026. That backing is not coming. Trump has attacked the proposed…...
A Single Chokepoint Failure Reveals the Fragile Architecture of Africa's Energy Supply Chain
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (449+ words) The Strait of Hormuz, the 21-mile-wide passage connecting the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, is now effectively closed. Oil tankers that would normally transit the strait carrying crude from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, and the UAE are sitting idle,…...
Deep sea wrinkles reveal ancient chemosynthetic microbes
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (547+ words) Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 - A chance observation on a Moroccan hillside has revealed that some wrinkled rock textures from the deep sea may actually be fossilized microbial communities, not just products of underwater landslid Deep sea wrinkles reveal ancient…...
Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (366+ words) It is the latest in a string of tropical storms to batter the southern African island in recent months, underscoring its vulnerability to increasingly extreme weather fuelled by climate change. At least 59 people had been killed countrywide by the cyclone,…...