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Today, farmers are under pressure to produce greater and greater amounts of food, due in part to the large number of people who live in cities and are unable to produce their own food. Factory farming or “feedlots” is a common approach to provide meat for such vast populations while maximizing profits. But factory farming creates its own problems. When thousands...
The author of the book of Proverbs tells us, “Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise” (Proverbs 6:6). Indeed, much wisdom can be gleaned from the study of ants.
A recent study in the British Medical Journal found there are over 21,000 historic landfills across Britain that contain unknown substances (The Guardian, June 28, 2024).
According the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology, children between the ages of eight and twelve spend on average four to six hours per day in front of screens (Washington Post, August 4, 2024), and teenagers spend up to nine hours a day in front of screens. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American spends 90 percent...
According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, nanoplastics are now found in human arterial plaque (Science News, April 2, 2024). According to this study, those with nanoplastic particles were nearly four times as likely to experience stroke, heart attack or death over a three-year period!
In 1991, France, Germany, and Poland created a regional alliance they dubbed the “Weimar Triangle” (Deutsche Welle, June 27, 2024), but it has not been particularly active. Now, with the guns of war again blazing on Europe’s edges, this regional alliance has been given new life.
The prevailing wisdom on the oxygenation of the ocean is that plants in the top layers of ocean waters produce oxygen through photosynthesis, just like plants on land. As ocean depths increase and light gives way to complete darkness, oxygen levels in seawater should theoretically decrease.
After Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, fear and unrest spread across Europe. A ground war on European soil conjured up memories of the past. Following the invasion, Germany’s Interior Minister stated that “Germany is to begin strengthening its bunker and basement infrastructure following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” (The Independent, April 9, 2022).
Sometime in the 1960s, Israel became the first nation in the Middle East to possess a nuclear bomb. Thanks to assistance from France, Israel created a nuclear deterrent intended to allow the fledgling nation to survive while surrounded by nations that hate its existence. Opponents of Israel’s nuclear ambitions warned that these efforts could lead to a nuclear...
Europeans have been talking about a common defense union for many years, but little has developed. That appears to be changing. Ursula von der Leyen was just reelected for another five-year term as President of the European Commission after nearly losing her job (CNN, July 18, 2024). In one speech, she profoundly observed that the next five years will define...