Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
Wildfires happening in the Amazon. Vast swathes of Brazil’s rainforest have been set ablaze. This of course is not natural, it is the result of farmers and loggers clearing land. It is also not new, it happens each year. This year is different, it has scaled up by roughly 84% compared to last year and … Read more
Well yes, my title is a tad clickbaitish, so let’s first do a quick reveal. The vast city consists of termite mounds. If that sounds yawn inducing, hit pause and consider this … This is not a story about a lot of termite mounds spread over a few miles. Instead it is a story about … Read more
An ambitious project is underway to create the largest environmental reserve in the world, protecting 135 million hectares of Amazon forest. That’s more than twice the size of France! … but … …it won’t happen unless Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela’s leaders know the public wants it, and so that’s where you can help. Actually things are not … Read more