The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence systems presents unprecedented challenges for ethical frameworks, particularly for utilitarian and consequentialist approaches that have long dominated discussions...
As of November 2025, the world is at a critical inflection point in the attention economy: billions of users remain tethered to designed-to-be addictive...
1. Historical Baseline
Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent
The brown bear watched from the forest edge as Peter the Great's surveyors marked trees for his new capital. In...
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The Two-Faced Bean: The Ubiquitous Legume
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News in brief — October 2025
IUCN has listed the Marl / south-western barred bandicoot (Perameles myosuros) as Extinct (EX) in its latest global Red...
News in brief — 11 October 2025
IUCN has officially listed the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) as Extinct (EX) in its Red List update released...
Earth Voices News in brief —October 2025
IUCN has listed the Nullarbor barred bandicoot (Perameles papillon) as Extinct (EX) in its 2025 global Red List...