Questions still swirl around the author’s theories about sexual selection and the evolution of minds and morals. Some passages strike modern readers as offensive, especially where Darwin speculates on issues of race and on gender roles.
As the climate crisis worsens, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador plans to buy nearly 2m tons of thermal coal from small producers and to reactivate a pair of coal-fired plants on the Texas border. He is also curtailing clean energy.
Beans, peas, and lentils are often overlooked when it comes to food staples. In a world where the devastating environmental impact of mass meat production is becoming increasingly clear, could pulses provide a solution?
Safe final repositories for nuclear waste still haven’t been found, but some countries are still building new reactors. Does nuclear power have a future?
A new report explores the role of the global food system as the principal driver of accelerating biodiversity loss. It outlines the challenges involved in redesigning food systems and presents recommendations for action.