As Canadians cancel trips due to Trump, the U.S. tourism industry could lose billions

People take pictures with the Las Vegas sign in that city on July 29, 2023. Tourism industry leaders warn that recent actions by the Trump administration may be causing a drop in Canadians traveling to the U.S.

How does the U.S. federal workforce compare with those in other countries?

The Trump administration's plans for mass firings are sparking protests and challenges in court. Here, supporters of the U.S. Agency for International Development join Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., outside US

Peter Strack – 2000-Watt Society: The Realities of Living a Low(er) Energy Lifestyle

(Conversation recorded on December 17th, 2024) Show Summary Caught between increasing energy prices and rising carbon emissions, the idea of reducing our energy consumption is a practical and forward-looking necessity. Yet, with communiti

The EU backs a big defense package as Zelenskyy confirms talks with the U.S. next week

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with European leaders next to European Council President António Costa (right) ahead of a meeting to discuss continued support for Ukraine and European defense, at the European Union head

Crazy Town 99. Eating the Future: The NY Times Goes Full Ecomodernist on Food and Farming

Show Notes How will we feed people living in the megacities of the 21st century, especially while confronting climate chaos and the depletion of fossil fuels and fossil water? According to the mainstream media: ecomodernism! Massive deploym

Allostatic Load, a Measure of Cumulative Physiological Stress, Impairs Brain Structure but Not Amyloid Accumulation in Older Adults: An Exploratory Study

Allostatic load (AL) is a composite score of progressive physiological dysregulations in response to longterm exposure to everyday stress. Despite growing interest, limited research has focused on links with cerebral and cognitive aspects o

Under Pressure: Deep-Sea Elasmobranchs Experience High Mortality and Stress in a Crustacean Trawling Fishery

Crustacean bottom trawling in southern Portugal is a an economic and culturally important fishing activity but may result in considerable bycatch of deep-sea elasmobranchs (DSE). Due to DSE life-history strategies, at-vessel mortality (AVM)

What to know about Lesotho, the country Trump said 'nobody has ever heard of'

JOHANNESBURG — In his Tuesday night address to Congress, President Trump defended his administration's humanitarian aid cuts to countries around the globe, including one nation he joked "nobody has ever heard of." It is the southern African

The founders of Bitcoin were transhumanists

The Extropy Institute was a think tank and ideas market for the future of social change brought about by consequential technologies.  Extropians were transhumanists and it was from a group of extropians that Bitcoin was born, according to a

Meet the Syrians behind the music that inspired a revolution

A flag with a photo of Abdel Basset al-Sarout is seen in Homs, Syria, on Jan. 31. Yahya Nemah for NPR hide caption HOMS, Syria — His face is ev

UK House of Lords has opened an inquiry into the Starmer’s agreement with Zelensky

The House of Lords has opened an inquiry into the agreement the UK government has signed with Ukraine.  To this end, the House of Lords’ International Agreements Committee is currently calling for evidence seeking answers to various questio

The meaning of Lent is limits

It is Ash Wednesday. In the Christian calendar, this day inaugurates the fasts of Lent. This is holy time, a period of 46 days of cleansing and purging the body and soul before the celebration of Easter. The time echoes the 40 days Jesus sp

In the Shadow of Mount Nyiro

Navigating northwards from the town of Isiolo within The Rift Valley of Central Kenya, some of our East African partners and myself quickly found ourselves off the tarmac and using dirt roads traversing from village to village, which are fe

The Wheels Are Falling off Alberta’s Gas-Powered AI Data Centre Proposal

Northern Alberta’s Wonder Valley development seems somewhat less wonderful lately. Celebrity investor Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary recently hyped the $70 billion AI data center proposal to be powered by “200 trillion cubic feet of sweet na

Dr. Willie Soon: Sea levels are the lowest they’ve been in 500 million years

In a short fun video, Dr. Willie Soon demonstrates how the sea level today is the lowest it has ever been.  To do this he uses descriptions of the landscape of historical events and then looks at the same landscape today. Let’s not lose tou