The death penalty has been used as a punishment for thousands of years, dating back to ancient civilizations such as Babylon, Greece, and Rome. In the Middle Ages, executions were often brutal and public, with methods […]
Quick Key Facts There have been more than 570 events where spacecraft fragmented in Earth’s orbit after an explosion or collision. Space waste has increased by 50% in the past 5 years. Detectable space […]
What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT is an AI-powered language chatbot developed by tech research firm OpenAI. Designed to answer user questions, it’s recently surged in popularity thanks to its ability to articulate complex concepts, low […]
Temperatures soared, hurricanes roared. It was easy to feel like we were losing the climate battle in 2022. But 2022 also saw some significant wins for the environment. Looking back on the year that was, […]
While the exact number of firearms in civilian hands worldwide is nearly impossible to determine, Small Arms Survey, an independent research project based at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, in 2017 […]
2022 will go down as the year the United States got serious about climate action. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation’s climate goals are finally within striking distance. The U.S. was not […]
According to a 2021 study published in the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, a staggering 73 percent of 139 mass shootings recorded worldwide between 1998 and 2019 occurred in the U.S. While mass […]
The $1.7 trillion federal government spending package recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden includes a collection of provisions that will change and expand the existing retirement savings system, including […]
The crystalline saltwater flats around the island of Andros, The Bahamas, are filled with lightning-quick bonefish that beguile sport fishers. Vast nurseries of knotty mangroves and seagrass beds shelter baby spiny lobster, snapper and […]
Americans bought 16.4 million guns in 2022, making it the third busiest year on record for firearm sales. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) conducted nearly 31.5 million checks in 2022, of which more than […]