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Editorial: Understanding Rest-Activity Rhythms: Uncovering Factors Shaping Behavioral Rhythms in Diverse Ecological Contexts

Temporal patterns regulate biological processes across the animal kingdom, influencing how species allocate time to optimize survival. These patterns shape rest-activity rhythms and allow animals to balance energy, foraging, social interact

Effects of neutron exposure on the embryonic development of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), a candidate fish species for space aquaculture: simulated conditions on the ISS and during a lunar mission

One of the scenarios for manned space exploration involves the presence of a community on a lunar base that is partially autonomous in terms of food production. Space aquaculture could represent a source of nutrient-rich food to supplement

How Maternal Vitamin D Status Impacts Preterm Birth Risk

Research revealed 62% of pregnant women tested in the first trimester were deficient in vitamin D. This concerning statistic underscores a major public health issue, especially considering that inadequate maternal vitamin D status is strong

Israel's Powerful Finance Minister and the Future of the Gaza Strip

Israeli Minister of finance and leader of National Zionism, Bezalel Smotrich, speaks to the press during a party meeting on February 5, 2024 in Jerusalem. Amir Levy/Getty Images

The Mad Scramble for Power: Global Superpowers’ Strategies for Energy, Economics, and War

Show Summary The rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape of recent years can be hard to follow. With economic conflicts between global superpowers and violent clashes across multiple continents, today’s events can seem starkly different fro

Data vs. Dance: Approaches to complex systems

As much as any of us might like to tell ourselves that age is just a number, some of those numbers tend to stick out and feel more significant than others. They have a way of making us pause and reflect. As I write this I am approaching a d

Global Cooperation Needed to Tackle Air Pollution

Government officials, local authorities, health professionals, and civil society are gathering today at the second global conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia. As multilateralism is under threat, this convening is a

DOGE and (mis)understanding AI

The general narrative in the media regarding artificial intelligence (AI) is binary. AI is either the greatest human invention ever, so powerful it will catapult us into an age of abundance for all and solve our environmental problems as we

New AI-led study upends the UN’s climate change narrative

Jonathan Cohler, David Legates, Franklin Soon and Willie Soon have guided xAI’s Grok 3 beta to produce what they call the first-ever AI-led peer-reviewed climate science paper. The review of temperature, sea ice and atmospheric CO2 data fou

Canadian pharmacist: Halt Covid vaccinations and reclassify them as gene therapies

In the following interview, Canadian consultant pharmacist Maria Gutschi raises concerns about the covid mRNA “vaccines” due to manufacturing issues, contamination and regulatory oversight. Independent laboratories have verified the presenc

Audible enclaves, voice-to-skull and the Voice of God

A recent article from Science Alert discussed a new technology that can create “audible enclaves,” which are localised pockets of sound that can be directed to a specific listener. Although the technology appears to use sounds that are capt

What Earth Supplies and What We Need: Carrying Capacity as a Guide for Regional and Planetary Governance and Sustainability

Learning our Way Forward The world order is changing before our eyes (Allan 2018, 29-74, 263-284). During the postwar era, nations specialized in measuring Gross Domestic Product, a standard adopted by neoliberalism and globalization to bol

Compromised integrity: Medical professionals failed to uphold ethics and freedoms during Covid

The covid pandemic exposed the ease with which democratic societies can abandon ethical principles and human rights under collective fear, with a response driven more by authoritarian impulses than science. The medical profession failed to