Country: Sudan Source: Norwegian Refugee Council NRC is deeply concerned for the safety of those affected by this rampant violence, including for our colleagues who have had their homes burnt and looted, the agency said.

Photo: Pixabay/TheDigitalArtist  I was part of a team that recently discovered human-made pollutants in one of the deepest and most remote places on Earth – the Atacama Trench, which goes down to a depth of 8,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean. The presence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in such a remote location […]

Summary  On 27 April 2023, Washington Gov. Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, referred to as the “My Health, My Data” Act (the Act), which takes effect on 31 March 2024. The Act aims to protect Washington consumer health data, particularly data related to reproductive healthcare.  The Act will […]

Chicago – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Larry Woodard as a partner in the Real Estate practice area. Woodard joins the firm’s Chicago office from Honigman LLP, where he was a co-leader of the construction planning practice.  Woodard’s wide range of experience in real estate and construction law includes an extensive background in […]

Strong evidence of the relationship between small-scale irrigation, food security, diet quality, and nutrition.

Photo: Pixabay/sarangib The more scientists learn about ancient civilizations, the more they realize that a changing climate often precipitated their collapse. Both the Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia and the Mayan civilization in Mesoamerica were largely undone, after centuries of flourishing, by periods of intense climate variablity. The same, scientists […]