Conventional wisdom holds that the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, once had a large population that crashed after living beyond its means and stripping the island of resources. A new research study my colleagues and I conducted has struck another blow to this notion by using artificial intelligence to analyze satellite data about piles of rocks on this tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Our study looked at rock gardens, a form of subsistence farming, and determined that the island – just 15.3 miles (24.6 km) long by 7.6 miles (12.3 km) at…
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First, while it is welcome that the Taliban have signalled their intention to attend this meeting in Doha, they must also show their intention to change how they are acting and to listen to the concerns of the Afghan people. The international community should remain united and clear on the urgent need for the Taliban to meet their obligations and reverse all polices restricting human rights and fundamental freedoms in Afghanistan, not least for women and girls. This includes the Taliban’s decree banning girls from secondary school, now over 1,000 days since its pronouncement. This is 1,000 days too long…
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Sana’a/Aden, 21 June – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is bolstering its efforts to address the rapidly escalating Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) and cholera outbreak nationwide, which has already seen over 30,000 suspected cases since the beginning of the year. From 2016 to 2022, Yemen faced the largest ever reported cholera outbreak in recent history, with over 2.5 million suspected cases and 4,000 deaths amid its ongoing conflict. The recent wave, particularly alarming due to its spread across multiple governorates, has been exacerbated by heavy rains and subsequent flooding, increasing the risk of water contamination. Health experts anticipate that…
Our planet was born around 4.5 billion years ago. To understand this mind-bendingly long history, we need to study rocks and the minerals they are made of. The oldest rocks in Australia, which are some of the oldest on Earth, are found in the Murchison district of Western Australia, 700 kilometres north of Perth. They have been dated at almost 4 billion years old. In a new study, we have found evidence of rocks of a similar age near Collie, south of Perth. This suggests the ancient rocks of Western Australia cover a far greater area than we knew, buried…
If you were to envision the kind of accident that would cause a person’s bowels to explode out of their body, you might imagine some sort of gruesome stabbing or grisly car accident. You’d probably never imagine that something as commonplace and harmless as a sneeze would cause this kind of ghastly injury – but that’s exactly what happened to a Florida man earlier this month. The man had recently had abdominal surgery and was suffering from wound dehiscence – where his surgical scar wasn’t healing properly. While eating breakfast, the man first sneezed, then began coughing. He noticed pain…
Met Eireann has pinpointed when to expect the best weather in Ireland this weekend with 24 degree highs forecast. According to the latest Met Eireann weather forecast for Ireland, it will cloudy with rain at times on Saturday but Sunday is set to remain sunny and dry with temperatures reaching into the mid 20s. According to Met Eireann, there will be sunny spells in the east at first on Saturday, but cloudier conditions in the west will gradually extend eastwards through the morning and early afternoon along with patchy light rain and drizzle. Brighter and drier intervals will spread from…
PLANO, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered American Home Protect LLC in Plano and its parent company, Porch Group Inc. in Seattle, to reinstate and pay back wages and compensatory damages to an employee who was fired in June 2023 after informing upper management about deceptive business practices.A whistleblower investigation by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the employee alerted American Home Protect and Porch Group management that customer refunds, after cancelling services, were not issued in a timely manner to hundreds of customers because the companies required them to complete unnecessary steps in the cancellation process. The employee suffered retaliation…
ANO is also set to quit the pan-European umbrella family of liberal parties known as ALDE. “Renew and ALDE have different positions to the ANO movement,” Babiš said at the press conference. In a statement, ALDE said: “While regretting that the ANO party has chosen a path taking them further from liberal values, the ALDE Party and its partners in the European Parliament remain united in our mission to promote our liberal values and we shall continue to do so, reflecting the trust invested in us by voters.” Babiš has long been at odds with many in the liberal family…
Israelis are more pessimistic than optimistic about the future of their political system Protestors hold signs at a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government on June 15, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) This Pew Research Center analysis covers Israeli attitudes toward the country’s leaders, the current and future state of Israeli society, and the influence of various national institutions and groups, all in the context of the Israel-Hamas war. The data is from a survey of 1,001 Israeli adults conducted face-to-face from March 3 to April 4, 2024. Interviews were conducted in Hebrew…