On May 29, an industrial disaster at Norilsk, the world’s northernmost city, resulted in 21,000 tons of diesel oil being spilled into local waters, contaminating the environment. As a result, President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency in the city. The oil spill has polluted the Ambarnaya River and the government believes that it ...
Grown since 14,000 B.C., rice is a staple grain for most of the world, especially in Asia. With tech startups booming in Eastern countries, we didn’t have to wait long before some innovations surrounding rice came up. From Burma to Japan, let’s see what the creative founders have conjured to make our relationship with the ...
China has been on the lookout for a place to build a new military base outside the country ever since Beijing opened its first foreign base in Djibouti. Though there have been talks that Pakistan might be the next host, there hadn’t been any solid evidence to support this theory… until now. New satellite images ...
What nitrogen is getting up to in permafrost soils may exert great feedback on climate change, which overturns what researchers have long believed, according to a Sino-German joint study. Nitrogen is a constituent part of nitrous oxide (N2O) — an often overlooked greenhouse gas — and there is a vast amount of nitrogen stored in ...
Flowers are one of the most beautiful natural sights. Coming in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors, they convey their fragile messages to passersby, including humans and insects. Insects are drawn to flowers and rewarded with nectar. They carry the pollen that ensures the continuity of the species. Since A.D. 500, flowers have been ...
To counter communist China’s growing influence worldwide, a group of lawmakers from eight democratic nations and the EU parliament has created a global alliance called the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). The aim of the organization is to push various governments across the world to take a stronger stand against the Chinese government’s atrocious policies ...
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