Primates – the group of animals that includes monkeys, apes and humans – first evolved in cold, seasonal climates around 66 million years ago, not in the warm tropical forests scientists previously believed. Researchers from the University of Reading used statistical modelling and fossil data to reconstruct ancient environments and trace where the common ancestors […]
“We are leaving a state accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in charge of feeding the population affected by the genocide without oversight and with impunity,” said dozens of United Nations special rapporteurs. A group of United Nations experts on Tuesday called for the abolition of the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, calling […]
Currants were banned in the United States for 55 years, but are now an emerging berry crop around the country, including Alaska. Join Lily Hislop, the currant and elderberry breeder for the Savanna Institute, in a free webinar as she explains why currants were banned, how that ban was lifted and the berries’ future. The […]
Did you know that the Purple Heart is America’s oldest military award? In 1782, although the Revolutionary War was basically over and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington needed a way to quell the talk of rebellion. Congress was running out of money after years of war against England. Troops were hungry […]