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Planting trees is one way to offset carbon emisssions. Pictured is part of the Menachem Begin Park, Tel Aviv, named after former Israeli PM Menahem Begin, May 1 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 4, 2023, 5:46 am
How the ancient Jewish ‘new year for trees’ became an Israeli celebration of nature
Jews around the world will this week celebrate Tu Bishvat, a holiday that has gained particular significance in the Jewish state in marking the people’s bond to the land
By Shay Rabineau
Afghan National Army recruits listen to the explanations of their instructor during a training session at the Kabul Military Training Center in Afghanistan, July 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
August 23, 2021, 10:04 pm
How and why did the Afghan army fall so quickly to the Taliban?
Patterns of collapse indicate it was the collective result of individual soldiers making rational decisions about their own situations and deciding not to fight
By Todd Lehmann
In this Nov. 28, 2019, file photo, smoke and steam rise from a coal processing plant in Hejin in central China's Shanxi Province. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil, File)
August 7, 2021, 1:41 pm
Earth’s energy budget is out of balance and is warming the climate
At current rate of emissions, greenhouse gas levels will double from preindustrial levels by the middle of the century, which would warm Earth’s climate by about 3°C
By scott denning
A woman holds up her cell phone before a rally with then presidential candidate Donald Trump in Bedford, New Hampshire, September 29, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
November 28, 2020, 11:22 pm
Enter the Parler: Trump fans flock to platform where anti-Semitism has thrived
Parler, which has been a home for QAnon supporters and white nationalists, sees surge in users following election as leading companies crack down on misinformation and extremism
By alex newhouse
A painting depicting the transfiguration of Jesus, a story in the New Testament when Jesus becomes radiant upon a mountain (Raphael /Collections Hallwyl Museum, CC BY-SA)
July 18, 2020, 12:35 am
The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
Historical Jesus likely had the brown eyes and skin of other first-century Galilee Jews. Not so the common portrayal, under scrutiny at time of introspection over legacy of racism
By Anna Swartwood House
Coronavirus's global spread (ChakisAtelier; iStock by Getty Images)
June 6, 2020, 4:03 am
What makes a superspreader? And how central are they to COVID-19’s growth?
A patient’s biology, environment and behavior can greatly affect their potential to infect; studies show a small percentage of the sick may be responsible for majority of cases
By Elizabeth McGraw
Worshipers in Iran chant slogans during Friday prayers ceremony by a banner showing slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani, left, and Iraqi Shiite senior militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in Iraq in a US drone attack on January 3, and a banner which reads in Persian: 'Death To America,' at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2020. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
January 22, 2020, 8:49 pm
How Iran’s military outsources its cyberthreat forces
Tehran continues to develop cyberwar capabilities, carrying out attacks through a network of intermediaries, allowing regime to strike foes while denying direct involvement
By Dorothy Denning
Father Charles Coughlin, known as 'the founder of hate radio,' a leading proponent of American anti-Semitism during the 1930s (Public domain)
November 7, 2019, 9:23 am
Anti-Semitism in the US today is a variation on an old theme
At times unintentionally, at times with malice aforethought, the old hatred of the Jews keeps finding its way back into the American conversation
By Pamela S. Nadell
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