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2 weeks ago | 
economist.com | Jacob Judah
By Jacob JudahEdward Soolook is a 58-year-old man with chipped front teeth and a pencil-thin moustache who lives in the most remote place in America. A self-proclaimed alcoholic who often sleeps in, he reckons he has suffered from PTSD ever since he came home from the war in Iraq. He has a bad back, suffers from recurring nightmares about World War III and keeps an arsenal of rifles hanging in the entrance to his tiny wooden cabin, which he uses to hunt walruses, seals and polar bears.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
engelsbergideas.com | Jacob Judah
The United States was not the only country to vote in a knife-edge election on 5 November. Palau, a picturesque archipelago between the Philippines and Guam, has found itself on the frontline of growing US competition with China in the Pacific. It went to the polls in a race whose results will be watched closely in Washington and Beijing. What happens in Palau – a strategic cluster of some 350 remote islands in the western Pacific and home to barely more than 18,000 people – matters.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
milenio.com | Jacob Judah
Los científicos occidentales que estudian el Ártico están cada vez más perdidos en la búsqueda de datos, como consecuencia del corte en las relaciones con Rusia. La crucial ciencia climática se ha visto obstaculizada mientras Rusia, que constituye más de la mitad del Ártico, continúa su guerra en Ucrania.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jacob Judah
TOOLIK FIELD STATION, Alaska — Western scientists studying the Arctic are increasingly lost in the hunt for data, the result of the cutoff in relations with Russia. Crucial climate science has been stymied as Russia, which makes up over half the Arctic, continues its war in Ukraine. Data flowing between Western and Russian scientists has slowed to a trickle with Western-imposed sanctions and other restrictions, interrupting work on a host of projects.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Jacob Judah
ShareWestern scientists studying the Arctic are increasingly lost in the hunt for data, the result of the cutoff in relations with Russia.Crucial climate science has been stymied as Russia, which makes up over half the Arctic, continues its war in Ukraine.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Jacob Judah
Western scientists studying the Arctic are increasingly lost in the hunt for data, the result of the cutoff in relations with Russia. Crucial climate science has been stymied as Russia, which makes up over half the Arctic, continues its war in Ukraine. Data flowing between Western and Russian scientists has slowed to a trickle with Western-imposed sanctions and other restrictions, interrupting work on a host of projects.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
sanjuandailystar.com | Rebecca Ruiz |Jacob Judah
By Rebecca R. Ruiz and Jacob JudahThe Jaguar, a tanker the length of nearly five Olympic-size swimming pools, left a port near St. Petersburg, Russia, last year, bound for India and loaded with Russian oil. Its trip that spring came as Western authorities were frantically trying to piece together the network to which it belonged: one of shadowy ships with hidden owners on whom powerful Russians relied to transport the nation’s valuable oil.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Rebecca R. Ruiz |Jacob Judah
The Jaguar, a tanker the length of nearly five Olympic-size swimming pools, left a port near St. Petersburg, Russia, last year, bound for India and loaded with Russian oil. Its trip that spring came as Western authorities were frantically trying to piece together the network to which it belonged: one of shadowy ships with hidden owners on whom powerful Russians relied to transport the nation's valuable oil. But by a quirk of the shipping industry, the Jaguar had ties to the West.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
expressdigest.com | Jacob Judah
By Jacob Judah Published: 00:00 BST, 30 July 2024 | Updated: 00:32 BST, 30 July 2024 Those trying to quit cigarettes could be helped by weight-loss jabs. Smokers with type 2 diabetes who took the treatment sold under the brand name Wegovy were less likely to need medical care linked to their habit, researchers said. The findings indicate that the drug needs to be investigated for its use in helping people stop smoking, researchers say.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Jacob Judah
Butterfly numbers are at a record low due to the rainy spring and chilly summer. People taking part in the Big Butterfly Count, run by the charity Butterfly Conservation, have reported seeing half the number as last year. As the count enters its final week, members of the public are being urged to get outside for 15 minutes and record the number and type of butterflies they see to help experts understand more about how the insects are faring.
