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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80 years ago today, British, American, and Canadian forces stormed five sandy spits of land along the Normandy Coast, intending to liberate mainland Europe from Adolf Hitler’s tyranny. The D-Day Landings were one of several major turning points in the war, and historians ever since have relished plucking every imaginable detail…
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Thanks to performance and operational data from their trains in Germany, the rail giant Siemens is convinced its new battery-powered trains can completely replace diesel locomotives in the UK. The change stand would stand to save Britain £3.5 billion and 12 million metric tons of carbon emissions—or the equivalent of taking…
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Melinda French Gates has recently announced that she will begin a new chapter of philanthropy by committing $1 billion of her personal fortune to assist in welfare programs that support women around the country, and the world. Ms. French Gates, now divorced, who recently announced she was resigning from her executive…
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As part of a criminal investigation, the FBI raided the offices of Cortland, a property management company operating in Arizona to find out if it was involved in an illegal price-fixing scheme centered around AI-driven rent control software. In February, the Arizona Attorney General announced a lawsuit against nine major rental…
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