From MIL OSIPost
How redefining one word strips the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat
The majority of endangered species listings over the years have involved habitat loss, from Chinook salmon to island foxes and many birds.
Archive
Research
From MIL OSIPost
A rare bipartisan housing bill just became law – but Americans will still struggle with affordability
The legislation is the first major housing bill to pass in decades.
From MIL OSIPost
Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide
COMMENTARY: By Andy Worthington On October 9, 2023, just after the State of Israel began its ongoing genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip, Sarah Cotte, a French-Ethiopian student at SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies) in London gave a speech at a rally organised by the SOAS Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! Society. Her
From MIL OSIPost
Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach has been elected as the new New Caledonia Congress President (Speaker) under a “governance” coalition struck on Thursday between the pro-France bloc and “kingmakers” Eveil Océanien party. During a vote that followed New Caledonia’s provincial elections held on June 28, Ruffenach secured 28 of the 54
From MIL OSIPost
Former coup leader re-enters Fiji political debate with challenge to immunity and national identity
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific George Speight — a former coup frontman in Fiji — is calling on the perpetrators of the country’s past political upheavals to confess. The ex-convict also described the idea of a common identity for the country’s citizens as “flawed” and said iTaukei (Indigenous) views must not be ignored. Speight
From MIL OSIPost
The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Low Earth orbit is getting weird
From space hotels and artificial meteor showers, to a new giant mirror that reflects sunlight to Earth — low-Earth orbit is getting weird.
From MIL OSIPost
The ball is round – and contrary to some keepers’ views, in this World Cup it has performed just fine
Is the Trionda ball being used at the tournament traveling too fast or flying unpredictably? We asked a physicist who tested the ball.
From MIL OSIPost
This is what Andy Burnham’s devolution plans need to consider – expert panel
Our experts explain how devolution in the UK has worked in practice – and what needs to change.
From MIL OSIPost
Brazil’s highland forest has been shaped by climate change and Indigenous people for 6,000 years
Prehistoric pollen records show that forest dynamics were driven by more than just broad-scale climatic changes.
From MIL OSIPost
Why an EU ruling about a traffic app could have major implications for big tech companies
Big tech platforms argue they simply store and display information created by others, so should not be seen as legally responsible for it.
From MIL OSIPost
Can we map The Odyssey? How ancient geographers and modern researchers have traced Odysseus’s travels
Attempts to transpose the locations of The Odyssey accurately to modern maps have proved difficult.
From MIL OSIPost
The US can’t win with force in the Strait of Hormuz – Iran must be offered a realistic incentive to settle
Realists in the Islamic Republic know that sanctions relief and access to global markets are what Iran needs now.