Toby Kiers, World Champion of Mycorrhizal Fungus
This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus. Source link
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Iran Prepares to Execute a Protester as Trump Threatens ‘Strong Action’
Rights groups and relatives said Iran planned to put an antigovernment protester to death for the first time during the latest wave of unrest in the country. Source link
Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World
The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice. That has consequences. Source link
U.K. Retreats on Plan to Require ‘BritCard’ ID for Workers
Workers will be able to use a variety of digital IDs to prove their right to work in Britain, the government said Wednesday, diluting a plan it announced last year. Source link
Venezuela Envoy to Visit U.S. for First Official Trip in Years
Félix Plasencia, an envoy of the interim government, will travel to the United States on the day the opposition leader María Corina Machado is to meet President Trump. Source link
‘We’re Not Stupid’: Greenlanders Fear What a U.S. Takeover Would Mean
A visit to Greenland reveals a swirl of feelings as people nervously await talks with the Trump administration about the island’s future. Source link
A New Video Game Traps Players in an Online Scam Center
“Blood Money: Lethal Eden” taps into a rising anxiety in China by simulating the experiences of people trafficked for the scam industry. Source link
Watch the Leaders of Japan and South Korea Jam to K-pop on the Drums
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan and President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea played along to BTS and “KPop Demon Hunters,” in a display meant to show warming ties. Source link
Trump’s Threats to Greenland Raise Serious Questions for NATO
The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact. Source link
An Emboldened Trump Makes Big Bets in Venezuela, Iran and Beyond
President Trump has left himself plenty of room for maximal intervention. But there are a host of potential wild cards, each with risks for the president. Source link