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  Bloomington IN (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 "Who wants to live forever?" Freddie Mercury mournfully asks in Queen's 1986 song of the same name. The answer: Quite a few people - so much so that life extension has long been a cottage industry. As a physician and scholar in the medical humanities, I've found the quest to expand the human lifespan both fascinating and fraught with moral peril. During the 1970s and 80s, for example, The Merv Griffin Show featured one guest 32 times - life extension expert Durk Pearson, who generated ... read more |
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'All eyes on Arctic': Canada boosts its northern forceYellowknife, Canada (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 In the mess hall of a Canadian military base a few hundred kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, Brigadier-General Daniel Riviere pointed to a map highlighting the region that is becoming a national priority. ... more 
Arctic military build-up brings foreign troops to northern FinlandSodankyla, Finland (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 Finnish conscripts in white and grey winter fatigues ski through a snowy forest near the border with Russia, dragging small pine trees behind them to camouflage tanks. ... more 
Giant ice sheets shaped Earth's evolution by altering ocean chemistrySydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 New research from Curtin University has revealed that ancient glaciers played a crucial role in shaping Earth's environment, paving the way for the emergence of complex life. By chemically ana ... more  
Marble Visions Launches Development of Advanced 3D Earth Observation Satellite System with NTT DATA, PASCO, and Canon ElectronicsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 26, 2025 Marble Visions Inc., a subsidiary of NTT DATA specializing in Earth observation (EO) satellite services, has commenced the development of a high-resolution, high-frequency satellite system in collab ... more |
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Indonesia residents run outside as shallow quake hitsJakarta (AFP) Feb 26, 2025 A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, forcing residents to flee outside but with no damage or casualties reported. ... more |
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Pentagon chief visits Guantanamo as US pushes to deport migrantsWashington (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday visited Guantanamo, the US military base in Cuba known for holding suspected militants that President Donald Trump's administration is now using to detain undocumented migrants. ... more  
HRW accuses army-aligned force of attack on central Sudan villagePort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 Human Rights Watch accused a Sudanese army-aligned force on Tuesday of an attack on a village in the centre of the war-torn country that left at least 26 people dead. ... more 
Wounded South African soldiers return home from DR CongoJohannesburg (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 South African troops seriously wounded in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have returned home for treatment, the military said on Tuesday. ... more  
'Process is the punishment': The rise of SLAPP suits in the USWashington (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 What do Donald Trump's lawsuit against an Iowa pollster, a $300 million case against Greenpeace by an oil pipeline operator, and companies suing customers over negative reviews have in common? ... more |
 
Harnessing Fog for Water Supply in the World's Driest RegionsParis, France (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, receives less than 1 mm of rainfall annually. Water supplies in the region largely depend on underground reservoirs that were last replenis ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Glacial Fracking Identified as Undetected Arctic Methane SourceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 Researchers Gabrielle Kleber and Leonard Magerl from the Centre for Ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway have revealed a previously unidentified source of ... more  
Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talksRome (AFP) Feb 25, 2025 The world's biggest nature conservation conference will restart on Tuesday after negotiations collapsed in disarray last year, with the head of the meeting warning that increasing global "polarisation" was frustrating efforts to protect the planet. ... more 
European leaders, Trudeau gather in Kyiv as Putin-Trump relationship changes eveythingWashington DC (UPI) Feb 24, 2025 More than a dozen European leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau descended on Kyiv on Monday in a show of support marking the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. ... more 
Melting Glaciers Accelerate Freshwater Loss and Global Sea-Level RiseBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 Glaciers, distinct from the massive ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, covered an area of 705,221 square kilometers globally in 2000 and held approximately 121,728 billion tons of ice. Since th ... more |
Resilient Algae Accelerate Greenland Ice MeltBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 As the Arctic spring arrives earlier each year due to climate change, ice-dwelling algae are expanding their reach across Greenland's ice sheet, potentially accelerating its melt. These algae contai ... more 
Underwater canyon study informs landslide risk evaluationBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2025 The German research vessel SONNE is set to launch an expedition near New Zealand. Led by Kiel University, teams from CAU and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel will explore underwat ... more  
US shuns climate science meeting as UN warns 'time is not on our side'Paris (AFP) Feb 24, 2025 US representatives are not at a key climate science meeting in China, a source told AFP on Monday, sitting out a fight over the UN's next blockbuster assessment of global warming research. ... more  
N. Koreans endure years of forced labour on Chinese ships: reportSeoul (AFP) Feb 24, 2025 North Koreans have been forced to work on Chinese-flagged fishing vessels without touching land for as long as a decade, facing verbal and physical abuse as well as harsh conditions, a report said Monday. ... more |
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Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed mineralsWellington (AFP) Feb 22, 2025 The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the Pacific nation's seabed mineral riches. ... more  
Cognac on the rocks: industry seeks French govt help from Chinese tariffsParis (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 The French cognac industry said Friday it was losing 50 million euros ($50 million) per month since the imposition of antidumping duties by China and appealed for government help. ... more 
Ill-prepared trekkers swarm Mt Etna for high-altitude selfiesRome (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 Authorities near Sicily's Mount Etna are bracing to control an influx of visitors this weekend, attracted by a two-week flow of lava inspiring high-altitude selfies and other reckless behaviour. ... more 
Japan cabinet approves 'emergency' urban bear shootingsTokyo (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 Japan's cabinet approved a bill Friday allowing hunters to shoot bears in populated areas at their own discretion after human encounters with the wild animals hit record levels. ... more |
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Colombian deforestation picks up after record low levelBogota (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 Land grabbers in Colombia destroyed a forested area the size of Hong Kong last year in the South American country that had vowed to eradicate deforestation by 2030, the government said Thursday. ... more |
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Global glacier melt is accelerating, scientists sayParis (AFP) Feb 19, 2025 Ice loss from the world's glaciers has accelerated over the past decade, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that melting may be faster than previously expected in the coming years and drive sea levels higher. ... more 
Antarctica's Only Native Insect Adapts to Extreme Climate with Unique Dormancy StrategyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 When thinking of Antarctic wildlife, penguins often come to mind, yet the continent is also home to a unique flightless midge, Belgica antarctica, the only known insect native to the region. This ti ... more 
Research reveals how Earth got its ice capsLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 18, 2025 New research indicates that the cool conditions enabling Earth's ice caps to form are rare in the planet's history and require multiple complex factors occurring simultaneously. A team of scie ... more 
Glacial Ice Loss Escalates Freshwater Depletion and Sea Level RiseParis, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 A recent study underscores the accelerating loss of glacial ice worldwide, depleting regional freshwater reserves and significantly contributing to rising global sea levels. Conducted as part of the ... more |
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