Interview: “I Didn’t Hear My Other Children Screaming”
Shaima Suhail Abu Jazar, Medical evacuee from Gaza: It was 2 a.m. The bombing started. The bombing was very, very heavy.
Dan Simmer
We Have Entered the Era of ‘Global Boiling’—Marine Wildlife, Ecosystems, and Economies Are Being Devastated
Introduction
The ocean absorbs 90 percent of the excess heat generated by burning fossil fuels and deforestation. Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions is the primary driver of long-term global warming. Today, humanity is officially in uncharted waters. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, in February 2024, the
Pfizer used a ghostwriter to explain away the “hot lots,” the deadly batches of covid vaccines
A Danish group published a statistical analysis in 2023 showing disproportionate adverse events for early Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, which was met with criticism from Anders Hviid, a Professor of epidemiology, and later by Borja Somovilla del Saz, a 23-year-old computer science student.
Somovilla del Saz’s criticism was the most prominent
How Human Experience Makes Science Possible
This adapted excerpt is from The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson (2025, MIT Press). It is reproduced with permission from MIT Press. This adaptation was produced for the web by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media
How Archaeologists Can Solve the Earth’s ‘Wicked Problems’
This article was produced by Human Bridges.
We used to have “balloon” debates in school: The hot-air balloon is losing height and, to avoid disaster, people must be jettisoned. To avoid this fate, everybody must justify why they should remain on board and their classmates then vote them “on” or
When a Vegetarian Sausage Beats an MRI Scanner
Modern doctors rely far too much on technology; they rely too much upon equipment which is often faulty, frequently badly calibrated and more often than not downright misleading.
Today’s doctors have lost the skill that was most valued among doctors a generation ago: the skill to make diagnoses.
Let’
Ecology of Fear: Mike Davis’ history of LA and natural disaster is re-read whenever fire rages in California
In this month’s massive Los Angeles fires, so far 24 people have died, thousands of structures have been destroyed and approximately 16,308 hectares have been burned. The fires are already among the most destructive in California’s recorded history.
And as happens when major fires erupt in Los
2024’s extreme ocean heat breaks records again, leaving 2 mysteries to solve
The oceans are heating up as the planet warms.
This past year, 2024, was the warmest ever measured for the global ocean, following a record-breaking 2023.
Equality as a Process: Reimagining Power, Justice, and Social Structure
We are living under a system that carries with it sometimes crushing forms of coercion and oppression; very painful inequalities; hosts of useless sufferings.~Simone Weil[1]
The question of equality has been of primary concern for thinkers and societies since ancient times. It remains as topical in our age
Medicine Is Not A Science
Medicine is somewhere in between real science and economics.
Plant Medicine Law Group’s Transition: A Shift for the Psychedelic Industry’s Legal Landscape
As the psychedelic industry continues to evolve, a notable transition is underway that could influence the future of plant medicine legalization and access. Plant Medicine Law Group (PMLG), a prominent New York-based law firm, recently anno
New Ukrainian Draft Laws on International Crimes Spark Concern
Ukraine became a full-fledged member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on January 1 – a key development for accountability and human rights in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
OpenAI whistleblower death: Autopsy suggests murder, not suicide
Former OpenAI employee Suchir Balaji made headlines for his revelations about ethical concerns surrounding generative AI
Rediscovering Harmony: How Chinese Philosophy Offers Pathways to a Regenerative Future
Based on an essay by Post Growth Fellow, Man Fang
Chinese philosophy reminds us that our human experience is deeply relational — dependent on each other and the natural world. It invites us to rethink progress, rediscover trust, and create systems that prioritize wellbeing over dominance. These are not abstract ideals
Study shows that re-trained AI models revert to their original training and will deceive users when they do
New research from Anthropic shows that AI models can deceive. They may pretend to have different views during re-training with different principles while actually maintaining their original preferences.
Let’s not lose touch…Your Government and Big Tech are actively trying to censor the information reported by The Exposé to