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190 years after Darwin, 2-year expedition launches to retrace his voyage around the world

The team of researchers and conservationists will collect scientific data, while also training the next generation of environmentalists.

LiveScience

Pew: ‘Polarized’ Israeli Views Of Netanyahu

The poll was carried out in the midst of protracted demonstrations in Israel, both in favor of and against judicial reform.

Zenger

Activision Blizzard Sues YouTuber Fantano Over TikTok Voice Clip

Alleges misuse of intellectual property law for personal gain

Zenger

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Conspiracy theories: how social media can help them spread and even spark violence

Conspiracy theory beliefs and (more generally) misinformation may be groundless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in media and government institutions and inciting violent or even extremist behaviours.

The Conversation

A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here's what we found

Researchers often think how and when their results will be published. However, many research projects don’t see the light until decades (or even centuries) later, if at all.

The Conversation

Russia fines Wikipedia owner for failing to delete Azov battalion content - Ifax

A Russian court on Tuesday fined the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, 3 million roubles ($36,854) for refusing to delete an article on Ukraine's Azov battalion, the Interfax news agency reported.

Reuters

'Whales died so women could look like this': what shows like Bridgerton get wrong about whalebone and corsetry

The hotly anticipated prequel to the popular Bridgerton series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, has just been released on Netflix. The Bridgerton writers have once again taken aim at the corset in the opening sequence of the first episode.

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Russian court fines Wikipedia again for article about war in Ukraine

A Russian court on Thursday fined the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, two million roubles ($24,510) for not deleting what it said was "banned content" related to the Russian military, Interfax reported.

Reuters

Russian court fines Wikipedia for article about Ukraine war

A Moscow court has again fined Wikipedia for not removing a Russian-language article about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

No, this video doesn’t show Ukrainians setting fire to an Orthodox church

Did Ukrainians really set a Russian Orthodox church on fire? A video purporting to show just that has been circulating online since April 5, 2023. However, it turns out that this video was filmed in Russia more than ten years ago and shows an accidental fire.

France 24

Russia continues information crackdown with new Wikimedia fine

The Wikimedia Foundation, owner of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, was fined by a Russian court on Thursday for failing to delete content considered extremist as Moscow pursues a drive to crack down on independent sources of information.

Reuters

The yolk's on you: a brief history of throwing food and drink on people as protest

Last weekend, anti-trans campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, better known as Posie Parker, arrived to speak at a rally in Auckland, which was surrounded by supporters of trans rights. During this rally and counter-protest, Keen-Minshull was doused in tomato juice, while other reports claim eggs were also thrown at her.

The Conversation

Why Lent is the perfect time to spiritually prepare for revolution

It was around this time of year back in 1763 that Filipino rebels rode into Sinait on horseback, shouting “in God’s mercy, the time has come to leave our slavery!”

The Conversation

Why central banks are too powerful and have created our inflation crisis – by the banking expert who pioneered quantitative easing

Fifty years ago, a war broke out in the Middle East which resulted in a global oil embargo and a dramatic spike in energy prices.

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Majority of Wikipedia editors are still men - so how is the online encyclopaedia addressing the issue?

The decade-long mission to broaden participation on the site has yielded results - but Alys Key examines why progress is still slow.

Reason

SCOTUS Says Domestic Spying Is Too Secret To Be Challenged in Court

Officials shield government abuses from litigation by claiming “national security.” The Supreme Court declined to weigh in.

The Conversation

A mega port in India threatens the survival of the largest turtles on Earth

In a remote archipelago at the southernmost tip of India lies the Great Nicobar Island. This pristine ecosystem is a globally important nesting site of the largest turtles on Earth – leatherback turtles. But now, the site is threatened by a massive infrastructure plan.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan blocks Wikipedia citing ‘sacrilegious’ content

Regulator says the website had until late Friday to heed its warning about ‘sacrilegious content’.

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Guide to the classics: Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey – a dense, strange journey through addiction

Drugs are nothing new. As researchers Russil Durrant and Jo Thakker tell us in their 2003 book Substance Use Abuse, drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, opium and cannabis have been used for thousands of years throughout the world. They also show we have known about addiction for a long time…

Bangkok Post

Wikipedia Middle East editors ban shows risks for creators

BEIRUT: Rights groups have accused the Saudi Arabian government of "infiltrating" and seeking to control Wikipedia, after the Wikimedia Foundation banned 16 users for engaging in "conflict of interest editing" in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Conversation

Where did the new year's resolution come from? Well, we've been making them for 4,000 years

As we welcome in the new year, a common activity across many cultures is the setting of new year resolutions. New year represents a significant temporal milestone in the calendar when many people set new goals for the year ahead. Here in Australia, over 70% of men and women (over…

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4 creepy crawlies you'll see more of this wet summer – and one iconic beetle you'll probably miss

For Australians, memories of childhood Christmas often include gifts, prawns and shooing uninvited buzzing guests away from the pavlova.

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Artworks are more than just plot clues in The White Lotus season 2 – they are the show’s silent witnesses

In Western art history, a mise en abyme is a technique of placing one image inside another, or a story inside a story. It serves the purpose of illuminating the hidden meaning in an image. This can also be thought of as an allegory.

Benzinga

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Tyson Talks New Partnership With Holyfield As They Launch Ear-Shaped Weed Edibles

Legendary boxers Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield have partnered to launch a line of THC and

France 24

Allies’ successful first invasion but a ‘botched’ job: Operation Torch, 80 years on

On November 8, 1942, the Western Allies launched Operation Torch, landing in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to open up a second front in World War II. Torch was a paradoxical operation: The Allies won in just over a week, but losses were relatively high as the operation provided harsh lessons…

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