The United States is characterized as a "flawed democracy", in 25th position, in the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index.

US citizens: rebuke the bogus environmental impact statement intended to pave the way for oil drilling in ANWR.

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Controlled fusion power research continues to advance, and it may yet function some day. But it won't function soon enough to enable us to replace fossil fuels in time to avoid global disaster.

Fortunately, we already have the technology needed to avoid global disaster. All we need is the determination to defeat the plutocrats that are fighting against correcting the problem.

Religious nuts with academic positions in India disgraced a scientific conference with science denial.

Before giving moral accolades to ancient Hindu texts, we should think about the fact that caste prejudice and sexism are a tightly integrated part of their world view.

It is not known whether the mythical Lanka from the Ramayana corresponds to a real place, let alone what place that was.

Brazil is considering laws that could classify advocating protests as "terrorism". Also for more surveillance and forcing decryption.