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What Happens When the Last Snail Dies?
In the Snail Extinction Prevention Program lab, behind a green door in a small green trailer, little mollusks move across differently-shaded green leaves four times…
Archiving Democracy: How the U.S. End of Term Web Archive Preserves Government History
Beginning in January 2025, we witnessed an unprecedented removal of material from U.S. federal websites — documents related to education, health, science, and more, gone…
In a Drier World, Some Infectious Diseases Are Unexpectedly Thriving
Researchers are beginning to untangle how the “drought-disease paradox” works
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Europol Warns of Violent Shift in European Museum Heists
A new Europol report reveals that criminal gangs in Europe are increasingly turning to violent, direct force to breach museums as they target precious metals…
Philippines Arrests South Korean Woman Over Alleged $3.9B Online Gambling Operation
Philippine immigration authorities have arrested a 29-year-old South Korean woman wanted in her home country for allegedly helping operate 23 illegal online gambling websites that…
Moscow Funds Pro-Kremlin Influence Hub in Belarus
Leaked records show Moscow authorities have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars maintaining and running events at the House of Moscow in Minsk, a hub…
Sudan war: $22 million education boost to help 200,000 children
For millions of children in Sudan, the classroom remains out of reach as the country’s civil war continues to disrupt their education. To help tackle…
Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger
Among tent cities pitched on the rubble of destroyed homes in Gaza, children are, by one measure, finally getting enough to eat. By another, however,…
100 days of Ebola and the race to stop the spread
A hundred days after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing an epidemic of an unprecedented scale…