‘The Diplomat’ negotiates expectations – and myths – about gender, power and politics
Few people would have predicted that a loquacious drama about a woman foreign service professional would have been Netflix’s next big hit.
Few people would have predicted that a loquacious drama about a woman foreign service professional would have been Netflix’s next big hit.
After nearly a decade of grinding conflict, Yemen looks to be inching toward a peace deal.
Arriving at the beach to find water that’s green, red or brown, and possibly foul-smelling, can instantly spoil the party.
A 23-year western drought has drastically shrunk the Colorado River, which provides water for drinking and irrigation for Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and two states in Mexico.
Trees can die suddenly or quite slowly. Fire, flood or wind can cause a quick death by severely damaging a tree’s ability to transport water and nutrients up and down its trunk.
With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives.
People have used poisons throughout history for a variety of purposes: to hunt animals for food, to treat diseases and to achieve nefarious ends like murder and assassination.
The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the U.S. as of February 2023. Following on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, large outbreaks of viruses like bird flu raise the specter of another disease jumping from animals into humans. This process is called spillover.
Unfortunately, exposure to certain chemicals can cause harmful health effects, including cancer.