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Prince William and Cate Blanchett Hit the Science Lab to Highlight the Benefits of Sustainable Fashion
NEED TO KNOW Prince William and Cate Blanchett headed out on a special mission on June 19 to see a sustainable fashion company Blanchett is one of William's Earthshot Prize Council members Colorifix was an Earthshot Prize finalist in 2023 and...

Smith receives Fulbright award to conduct research in EU
After graduating in 2016 from Graham High School, Sydney Smith has been on a path which has taken her across the globe and her international studies will continue after receiving a Fulbright research award. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program...
Influencers are hosting wellness retreats IRL — and their fans are showing up
I’m sitting cross-legged on an artisanal yoga mat near the picturesque Ionian Sea with eight other women who’ve traveled across the globe to be here. I am perfectly still despite the beach flies and mosquitoes buzzing around. A photographer gently...

Liberia Airport To Add Direct Flights From Vancouver And Winnipeg Starting In December
(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) a charset="UTF-8"/> Liberia Airport to Add Direct Flights from Vancouver and Winnipeg Starting in December ⋆ The Costa Rica News Faceboo Instagra Linkedi Paypa Twitte Youtub Home Travel Lifestyle More Digital Nomads Real...

Iguanapalooza: Photos of this amazing reptile from our archives
A large green iguana gathers up the sun along a pond in North Fort Myers on July 19, 2023. The invasive non native reptiles can be seen throughout Southwest Florida and beyond. Their diet consists of vegetation according to the Florida Fish and...

Fisheries Research Vessel Departs from Cozumel to Study Sargassum
26 In a further attempt to halt and combat the arrival of sargassum on beaches in the Mexican Caribbean, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER), through the Mexican Institute for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Research...
Mexico Beats USA in Gold Cup Final: What Stood Out and What’s Next?
With a dreadful start to the summer in the rearview, the U.S. men's national team had a chance to come away with a trophy, momentum ahead of a World Cup, and valuable intel on some of its younger players. While manager Mauricio Pochettino achieved...

Connecting disasters to climate change drives public action
A global team of researchers has delivered new evidence that public backing for climate measures rises when people connect extreme weather with climate change. The findings also reveal a nuanced picture: certain hazards – heatwaves and tropical...

President Ali nominates Guyanese scientist for head of IICA; chance for regional collaboration, he states
President of Guyana Dr. Ali and IICA’s candidate Dr. Ibrahim (right) and President AliGuyana’s President Irfaan Ali has put forward the name of distinguished Guyanese agricultural scientist Muhammad Ibrahim, who brings over thirty years of global...
Study finds people back climate policies when weather hits home
People are more likely to support climate policies when they believe extreme weather events are caused by climate change, a new international study has found. Published in Nature Climate Change on July 1, the study led by a team of international...
A Study In Winning: Matt Freese’s Harvard Days Helped The U.S. Take A Big Step
MINNEAPOLIS — Matt Freese went into Sunday’s penalty shootout against Costa Rica fully understanding the stakes. If the U.S. goalkeeper wanted to give his team a chance to win the match and advance to Wednesday’s Gold Cup semifinal against...

Three Takeaways From the Third UN Ocean Conference
“There cannot be a healthy planet without a healthy ocean. It’s urgent business for us all,” said U.N. special envoy for the ocean, Peter Thomson, at last month’s UN Ocean Conference (UNOC). Hosted in Nice, France, the conference brought together...

Google Lens Became My Favorite Travel Tool. Here's Why It Changed the Game
I never thought Google Lens would become such a key part of my daily routine. At home, I use it almost every day to identify seashells during beach walks or to translate labels on foods from my local Asian market. But recently, it proved even more...

South of the Border: Efforts ramp up to stop screwworm short of the U.S.
It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from a low-flying airplane. Seeing a plane in those days was odd. Seeing one that low was even more unusual. But the kicker...

Quiz of The Week: 5 – 11 July
Find out how closely you've been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week. And don't forget, to get all the news that matters delivered to your inbox every day,...

UNOC 3: Success or Failure?
Traffic and policing levels are back to normal in Nice. The One Ocean Science Congress (OOSC) and the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) brought together thousands of scientists, environmentalists, and politicians from around the world...

Why was Varya Malina arrested? Charges against ‘90 Day Fiancé’ star and YouTuber explored
Reality TV star and YouTuber Varya Malina is currently trending after her mugshot went viral online earlier this week. According to Screen Rant and blogger @shabooty, Malina was reportedly arrested in Tennessee on July 9, 2025. Initially, the...

UF taps global invasion ecology expert to lead new era of the Invasion Science Institute
Luke Flory, climbing a mountainside in Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador. Here he is investigating the role of pathogen accumulation in the longer-term decline of invasive quinine tree. Credit Luke Flory. In the summer of 2000, a young...

US Prepares to Combat New World Screwworm Outbreak Using Sterile Flies
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is mobilizing to combat an outbreak of New World screwworms, a flesh-eating insect threatening livestock health along the southwestern border. This initiative involves aerial dispersal of sterilized flies to...

Rubyglow pineapple was bestowed the 2025 Best Food Innovation Award
The 2025 World Food Innovation Awards, organized by FoodBev Media, have bestowed the Best Food Innovation Award to the Rubyglow pineapple, an exclusive variety grown in the Buenos Aires de Puntarenas region, Costa Rica. This variety, the result of...