Almost All Illegal Ivory Is Coming From Recently Killed Elephants
Tusks in illegal seizures usually come from elephants killed within the last three years and rarely from old…
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The Revenge of the Forgotten Class
Hillary Clinton and the Democrats were playing with fire when they effectively wrote off white workers in the…
Climate Change Is Affecting All Aspects of Life on Earth
Even a small rise in global average temperature has affected species across ecosystems, changing their genes, physiology, morphology,…
Facebook Says It Will Stop Allowing Advertisers to Exclude Users by Race—in a Few Months
Facebook says it will build a system to prevent advertisers from buying credit, housing, or employment ads that…
This Is Why Your Coffee Beans Matter to the Planet
A conversation with Fiona Hesselden, a researcher with the Centre for Sustainable and Resilient Communities at the University…
The AT&T/Time Warner Merger and the Threat to Racial Representation
We can’t leave underrepresented communities out of media merger debates. By Jason A. Smith An AT&T store is…
Sustained Objections: When Judges Know More About Drug Tests Than They Should
For years, police and prosecutors have used special presentations to sell judges on the reliability of drug tests…
Alien Algorithms
A data scientist examines the ways in which we put our trust in data we don’t understand. By…
Taking on the Government’s Agent Orange Expert—and Winning
After the Department of Veterans Affairs rejects his claim for benefits, an Air Force veteran challenges the findings…
From Indonesia to Ohio: The Struggle to Breed Sumatran Rhinos in Captivity
In a desperate attempt to reverse a rapid population decline, a captive breeding program for Sumatran rhinos was…