In Svalbard, Norway, a giant vault contains more than 1 million packets of plant seeds from 249 different places across the world. This vault designed to last 500 years is located near the North Pole; it contains a world collection that preserves about 15 thousand years of the history of agriculture, aiming to deflect food insecurity on the planet.

Today, we will travel through the paths of the Americas' history. Some events remain unknown through the centuries, and others are documented testimonies of the courage of men and women of a distant past. These are stories about which we generally know very little.

The US is home to an estimated 350-armed militia group operating in the 50 states. These groups have an estimated membership of between 20,000 and 60,000 adherents. Why? and How?

We suspected the impact on the lives of adolescents and young adults post-Covid 19 would lead to anxiety, depression, suicides, and other challenges, and we were unfortunately right. Why and what to do?

How possible is the use of tactical nuclear weapons at present? In February 2022, the world heard President Vladimir Putin, after nuclear exercises, announce that anyone who tried to stand in his way would face the consequences as he had never seen in his entire history. Is it feasible?

The convergence of new technologies and warfare has generated innovative strategies and weapons. War is not less lethal; rather the opposite. The traditional geographical battlefields have expanded to neutralize national structures, banking, and intelligent missiles, to mention a few. A NATO adviser explains.

echnology has made it possible for satellites in the shape of small cubes measuring 10 cm (about 4”) per side and weighing 1 Kg or 2.2lbs to orbit the earth and other planets. They perform many of the duties of their conventional satellites at less than 2% of the cost. Private enterprises and universities worldwide are now players in space exploration. This is the story.

We speak with an organization that uses puppies to rehabilitate inmates incarcerated in high-security prisons; the puppies become trained canines and join police units, first responders, and assist those with disabilities.

An estimated 150,000 indigenous children in Canada were forced to attend government-funded boarding schools run by religious institutions, and this lasted for more than a century until 1996. Girls and boys from 4 to 16 years old lived against their will in these educational establishments separated from their families. Many in Canada see it as cultural genocide.

Shipbreaking has become a major environmental and occupational health problem in the world. It is among the most dangerous occupations; the levels of deaths and injuries are unacceptable. This industry operates mainly outside the law.

Immigration is a hot topic of discussion generally in electoral periods. However, the US Congress has not passed significant immigration legislation on the matter since 1986. Meanwhile, millions of lives are on stand-by, pending a lasting solution.

The fundamental premise is that almost everything we know about China today is wrong because we see it with the eyes of our experiences of emerging powers and because of our naivety that we are facing a normal international readjustment process.

There is a fissure in the submerged tectonic plates supporting the continents. The shortest distance between America and Europe is reduced from 2833 miles to 6 feet, and people worldwide go to this point to experience touching both continents simultaneously.

Immigration is a hot topic of discussion generally in electoral periods. However, the US Congress has not passed significant immigration legislation on the matter since 1986. Meanwhile, millions of lives are on stand-by, pending a lasting solution.