Plants can communicate and respond to touch. Does that mean they’re intelligent?

Pete McCloskey's life reminds us how politics long in the past live on in the present...

19/05/2024

Climate journalist Zoë Schlanger says research suggests that plants are indeed "intelligent" in complex ways that challenge our understanding of agency and consciousness. Her book is emThe Light Eaters.em McCloskey's story has both deep roots and burgeoning relevance. He died this month at 96 and had long been out of the limelight, but t [Read more]

Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft launch is delayed again...

19/05/2024

A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems. [Read more]

Member of Israeli war cabinet threatens to quit if Gaza plan doesn't change...

19/05/2024

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel's three-member war cabinet, threatened to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan within three weeks. [Read more]

Napkin securing Lionel Messi's first contract fetches nearly $1 million at auction...

19/05/2024

The handwritten restaurant napkin from the year 2000 was the starting point for an agreement between the then 13-year-old Messi and FC Barcelona. [Read more]