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As Egg Prices Soar, Amazon and Top Investors Profit

As avian flu decimated poultry flocks, two major U.S. egg producers — Vital Farms and Cal-Maine — have seen their profits and stock values soar. Between February 2024 and February 2025, Vital Farms saw its share value…

The blue economy's sustainability promises need scrutiny

The “blue economy” emerged as a popular vision for sustainable ocean development during the 2010s, as communities across the world grappled with challenges of declining ocean health, economic crises and stalling development outcomes. Today, it is a centerpiece of many global sustainable ocean agendas, including those of the World Bank, U.N. Environment Programme and Asian […]

Cetacean intelligence strengthens the case for conservation

The search for intelligent life is looking in the wrong direction. There are billions of stars in our galaxy, some of them older than our sun and with Earth-like planets orbiting around them. Hypothetically, these other solar systems could have started their development of intelligent life billions of years before ours. So, why haven’t we […]

Massive power outage hits Spain, Portugal

On Monday, April 28, at 12:33 CEST (1033 UTC) local time, Spain’s power grid lost 15GW, the equivalent of 60% of its national demand, within five seconds. As a result, the strain caused a shutdown of the cross-border…

125th New York International Auto Show

The 10-day anniversary 125th New York International Auto Show, the oldest American auto show and the largest event of its kind in the United States, took place on April 18, 2025 in Javits

Lion mauls, kills teenage girl in Kenya

On Saturday, April 19, a female lion killed a 14-year-old girl at a ranch located south of Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). The attack occurred…