Community-led ecotourism protects rebounding wild cattle in Thailand

The critically endangered banteng is making a comeback in Thailand’s Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, and has become a unique community-led conservation icon, reports Mongabay’s Carolyn Cowan. Thailand’s population of banteng (Bos javanicus), one of the world’s rarest wild cattle species, was once reduced to just a few hundred individualsContinue Reading

Human League’s Philip Oakey on Why He Didn’t Think ‘Don’t You Want Me’ Would Be a Hit and the Enduring Power of New Wave Music

The New Wave era of spiky but danceable pop tunes and sharp colorful looks may feel like it happened a million years ago, but to everyone’s surprise, the 45-year old musical movement has never really gone away. First popularized as MTV was becoming massively popular, 1980s music endured as theContinue Reading

‘That was a wonderful toilet’: Artemis 2 commander defends mission’s lunar loo

The toilet on board Artemis 2’s Orion capsule, named “Integrity.” (Image credit: NASA/Canadian Space Agency) Artemis 2’s space toilet doesn’t deserve the bad press it’s gotten over the past two weeks, according to mission commander Reid Wiseman. Wiseman took some time to defend Artemis 2‘s lunar loo on Thursday (AprilContinue Reading