In late May, Brazilian President Luis Ignacio da Silva visited São Paulo to inaugurate the world’s largest manufacturing plant for second-generation ethanol. The new Bonfim Bioenergy Park will produce 82 million liters of ethanol per year utilizing a new method that produces 30% fewer emissions. Located in the Brazilian state of…
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Of the many famous empires and states along the Silk Road’s Central Asian passages, few are more mysterious than the Kangju. But in a stroke of fortune, the section of an ancient burial ground reserved for the nobility of this kingdom escaped the attention of looters for over two millennia, and…
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Hundreds of thousands of potential sources of new antibiotics have been found in the natural world using artificial intelligence. An international research team utilized machine learning to identify 863,498 promising antimicrobial peptides, any one of which may be needed in the future to fight deadly drug-resistant infections like MRSA and VRSA….
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Happy 50th Birthday to Edward “Bear” Grylls OBE. The British adventurer and television presenter became wildly popular across the United States from his program Man vs Wild. A veritable outdoor superman, Grylls served in the British special forces from 1994 to 1997 in North America and the Himalayas. After which he climbed…
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An Englishman has been reunited with a family cat who had been lost for 12 years. Theo-Will McKenna, then just 17 years old, was attending university near the family’s home in Connah’s Quay, Wales when their cat Artie got out and never came home. McKenna remembers staying out for hours with…
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Rewilding Europe is thrilled to announce the arrival of a small herd of bison in a large valley in Portugal. Believed to be the key to preventing catastrophic wildfires, invasive species spread, and promoting endemic biodiversity, it’s the first time bison have been present in Portugal since the last Glacial Maximum….
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A phase 2 trial showed that a gel-based male contraceptive is both effective at preventing unwanted pregnancies and quickly reversible. Tests will continue to examine the effectiveness, safety, acceptability, and reversibility of contraception after treatment stops, but the results are a sign that reliable male birth control may not be far…
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