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Sex, Motherhood, and Extinction: The Unique and Extinct Saint Helena Giant Earwig

ENDANGERED/EXTINCT SPECIES/ ESSAY Let’s talk about sex It’s a shame that one can’t observe the courtship ritual of Saint Helena Island’s (SHI) earwig. Because within this bug group, courtship is a surprisingly elaborate affair. First, the male taps and strokes…

The Ukraine War’s Role in Exacerbating Global Food Insecurity

The effects of the war in Ukraine have brought much of the world’s attention to energy prices. But food insecurity is also rising and will likely get worse By John P. Ruehl With some of the world’s most fertile land,…

Racial Scandal at the University of Essex

On 11th June, during the last night of fun at the University of Essex, one of the biggest scandals of racial profiling took place. By Anita Gillone and Carolina Gomes Layomi Coker, a 21-year-old girl from Nigeria and a final…

The replacement generation

The young people who mobilised on 18-O have given new hope to society. They were able to bring together a large majority of people who had previously been absent from political life. They are those who are now in government…

The Hunger Crisis (III)

EU obstructs UN efforts to deliver Ukrainian grain via Belarus to world markets. Russia and Turkey clear the way for Ukrainian grain exports. BERLIN/KIEV/MINSK (Own report) – The EU is obstructing UN efforts to avert global hunger being caused by war…

World Environment Day

This Sunday 5th June 2022 the International Humanist Party (IHP) transmitted live through its Facebook Live page (https://www.facebook.com/eci.phi) a Conversation on Universalist Humanism and the Environment. This virtual space for joint reflection was attended by JOSE RAFAEL QUESADA (Costa Rica)…

Our Country Is Trading Children’s Lives for Guns

Guns have become an intimate part of American culture, one that is fed by gun-makers and the gun lobby, the right-wing media and Hollywood, and of course the Republican Party. Our children are paying the price. By Sonali Kolhatkar Mass…

Lord Howe Stick Insects: Wrongly Deemed Extinct; With Genome 25% Larger Than a Human’s

ENDANGERED SPECIES ESSAY I’m still here. Don’t let me go. ~Robert Krulwich Once deemed extinct in Lord Howe Island (LHI), where they are endemic, today only 35 Lord Howe Island Stick insects (Dryococelus australis), are alive in the wild, but not…

Concern in the US over infant milk shortages

For a few days now there has been nothing else to talk about in the United States. The shortage of baby milk has become a serious problem that worries many families, because the survival of their babies depends on it.…

A sage in oblivion

“The only way to save this world and achieve a peaceful world is to teach love for creation, nature and animals. If you want to help and promote this idea, maybe we can still save this planet”. Claes Linden Time…