
World

The Mounting Onslaught of Censorship and Suppression
“A failure to stop this new McCarthyism would be to surrender to the forces of reaction that tragically are carrying the day.”

+ 310,000 People Forced Into South Sudan Due to Conflict, UN
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), South Sudan continues to face overlapping crises, including flooding, conflict, and food insecurity, all of which adversely affect the resilience and vulnerability of people across the country.

11,000-Year-Old Statue of Mysterious Giant Figure Unearthed in Turkiye
The unique find, accompanied by a life-sized limestone wild boar sculpture, was made at the historic temple sites of Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe, shedding new light on pre-agricultural communities of the past.

Survivor Of Hamas Assault Says Israeli Army Killed Their Own Civilians
The Survivor Of The Initial Attack By The Gaza Resistance Also Says Palestinian Fighters Treated Their Captives ‘Humanely’ Before The Arrival Of The Army.

Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says
Yasmin Porat, a survivor of the bloodshed at Kibbutz Be’eri, near the boundary with Gaza, says many Israeli civilians were killed by Israeli forces.
Science

The Genius of Thought Itself
Appreciating how extraordinary every human mind is can reinforce our commitment to egalitarian politics.

Colossal Cryovolcanic Comet That Exploded in Space Is Headed Toward Earth
A massive cryovolcanic comet, three times the size of Mount Everest, has burst into space and is now speeding towards Earth, scientists report.

Earth’s Core Appears to Be Leaking In the Arctic and Scientists Don’t Know Why
“We know very little about Earth’s core, other than that it exists.”

Scientists Unveil ‘Missing Law’ of Nature That Explains How Everything In the Universe Evolved, Including Us
The universe contains “many evolving systems, and yet we don’t seem to have a law of nature that adequately describes why those systems exist.”

Antimatter Falls Down, Not Up: CERN Experiment Confirms Theory
Observing this simple phenomenon had eluded physicists for decades.