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Deforestation in Colombia Finally Dips Three Years After FARC Peace Deal

The country's historic 2016 peace deal with former FARC guerrillas closed a chapter on a half-century of armed conflict but also caused rapidly accelerating forest loss in remote regions of the country.

Taran Volckhausen

Environment

Paraben Preservatives Aren’t as Toxic as Consumers Think

In fact, preservative-free cosmetic products marketed as "natural" could actually be more dangerous than products containing synthetic preservatives.

Emily Harari

Social Justice

Elections in Turkey Signal an End to the Presidential Party’s Influence

The defeat of President Erdoğan's candidate for Istanbul mayor is a sign that Turkey's most powerful political party is losing its influence after nearly two decades of control.

Gary M. Grossman

Sea ice on the northwestern coast of Greenland.

Environment

The Arctic Ocean’s Sea Ice Hit Record Low Levels This June

Researchers at the Polar Science Center recently released their monthly PIOMAS model of the sea ice volume average in the Arctic for the month of June—and it revealed a grim decline.

Gloria Dickie

A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle passes a Border Patrol Access Only sign near the U.S.–Mexico border.

Social Justice

The Authors of Offensive Posts in Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Have Yet to Be Punished

The agency won't say how many employees have been disciplined or warned in the ongoing scandal over offensive social media posts.

A.C. Thompson

Environment

California’s Central Valley Is Designing the Future of American Agriculture

Inside a climate-controlled laboratory at the Duarte Nursery outside Modesto, an experiment is taking place that could help determine what food we will eat for decades to come.

Mark Schapiro

Newly restored Apollo Mission Control Room at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Social Justice

The First Moon Landing Was Achieved With Less Computing Power Than a Cell Phone or a Calculator

It is often said that we now have more computing power in our pocket than the computer aboard Apollo 11 did 50 years ago. But is that true? And, if so, how much more powerful are our phones?

Graham Kendall

Environment

Electric Buses Are Struggling to Gain Traction Worldwide

What prevents cities from adopting electric buses en masse is a mix of technological, financial, and institutional challenges, according to a pair of reports from the World Resource Institute looking at efforts in 16 cities at various stages of adopting e-buses.

Linda Poon