My friend, tutor and mentor, Colin Williams, who has died aged 75, was an academic with a special focus on how politics and policies can shape the future of the world’s languages.As a Welshman he had a particular interest in the Welsh language, but his comparative work also took him well beyond his
We can get clean energy by tapping the heat of the Earth. But in Indonesia, geothermal plants destroy the land and lives of people who have long lived there.
Violent attacks on schools, pupils and staff around the world up by 40%, says study
Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA saysAttacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted, arrested or otherwise harmed in 2
Johns Hopkins study explores U.S. conservatives' relationship with democracy
Right-leaning Americans aim to restore democracy's founding values, not undermine them, according to data gathered by the SNF Agora Institute and collaborators
How Jules Verne predicted the Artemis 2 mission to the moon almost 160 years ago
Written in the 1860s, Jules Verne’s novels "From the Earth to the Moon" and "All Around the Moon" were highly speculative fiction in their time, but tell a tale that now seems remarkably familiar: three astronauts in a conical capsule on a free-return trajectory around the moon.
Description of a new species of the orb-weaver spider genus Zangaraneus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026 (Araneae, Araneidae) from ChinaAbstractBackgroundThe orb-weaver spider genus Zangaraneus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026 contains four species known only from Xizang, China. In our recent study, the fifth species has
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #694
本周引述：“在科学辩论中，具有决定性意义的既不是权力也不是权威，而只有科学真理本身”——费伦茨·迪克 (Ferenc Deák)，1803−1876 年，匈牙利政治家 [H/t István János Kovács]《每周气候与能源新闻综述》第 694 期文章首先出现在 Watts Up With That? 上。
Reusable Satellites May Be Next Big Space Breakthrough
Tereza Pultarova，Scluster 科罗拉多州初创公司 Lux Aeterna 计划于 2027 年发射一颗卫星，以测试如何将用过的航天器带回来进行翻新。该公司相信...
Leptogenysdistincta LeptogenysgastrolucidaBaidwan, Kapoor & Bharti, 2026 DOI: doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2026.2657496 摘要根据工蚁种姓描述了 Leptogenys 属的两个新种，即 Leptogenysdistincta sp。名词和Leptogenys gastrolucida sp。名词来自印度。 L.gastrolucida sp. 的雄性。名词也有报道和描述。提供了来自东方地区 60 种已知轻体属物种的更新二分键。关键词: 分类学, 印度-缅甸, 生物多样性, 描述 Lep
What Ant Middleton Noticed After the IED Strike
蚂蚁·米德尔顿 (Ant Middleton) 正在巡逻时，一枚简易爆炸装置爆炸了，所有部件都立即发生了变化。爆炸后他注意到的不仅仅是混乱，而是残酷地提醒我们斗争的真正价值。这不适合胆小的人。如果您喜欢这个，请点击订阅，点赞并与朋友分享。观看完整剧集：EP。 246 --- #TheMikeDropPodcast、#MikeRitland、#veteran、#army、#jockowillink、#Geopolitics、#MikeRitlandPodcast、#antmiddleton、#combatfootage、#warstory、#militarytrauma、#specialforc
Today is the 44th anniversary of Plyler v. Doe Supreme Court decision. You might be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE PLYLER DECISION NOW THAT RIGHT-WINGERS ARE PLANNING A PUSH TO MAKE MIGRANT CHILDREN PAY TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
OPINION: Congress needs to face the ugly truth about cosmetology schools that don’t pay off
世世代代，我们都被告知高等教育是通向更美好生活的最可靠途径。但太多的学生并不这么认为，而且往往有充分的理由：他们毕业时负债累累，职业前景渺茫。 Last summer, Congress wisely ushered in a new era of accountability in higher education when […]The post OPINION: Congress needs to face the ugly truth about cosmetology schools that don’t pay off appeared first on The Hechinger
Hopeful Endings: The Giver’s Last Lesson
Great teachers, like Anne Sullivan, embrace optimism and strive to nurture it in their students. Born just after the Civil War, a childhood disease left Anne partially blind. Overcoming that obstacle, she graduated from college and entered Helen Keller’s life as her teacher. Helen came to adopt Anne
Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander for NASA Moon Base mission
Astrobotic unveiled its next lander headed to the moon: Griffin-1, which will carry one of the heaviest payloads ever delivered to the lunar surface.
Navy Reserve Recognizes Outstanding Civilian Employers at NERE 2026
圣地亚哥——2026 年 6 月 11 日，海军预备役代理参谋长理查德·S·洛夫格伦 (Richard S. Lofgren) 少将在海军预备役年度海军雇主表彰活动 (NERE) 期间接待了来自全国各地公司的民间雇主及其客人。
Israeli startup unveils laser system it says can kill drones in seconds
“它改变了游戏规则。它更小，仅使用 4kWh，可以连接到车辆，并且比当前的激光或微波系统便宜三到四倍，”Esh-Tech 首席执行官埃雷克斯·里亚希 (Erex Riahi) 说。
