April 25, 2024

Goodbye, Utopia

In 1971, hippies began squatting on an abandoned naval base in Copenhagen, Denmark, creating a community called Freetown Christiania. Denizens of the 84-acre commune flouted drug laws, refused to pay their electricity bills, and regarded themselves as bohemians living alternative lifestyles. They adopted their own laws...

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April 25, 2024

The Hunt Is On

Australian authorities on Wednesday arrested seven teenagers who are allegedly part of a terror network, a week after a 16-year-old stabbed an Assyrian Orthodox bishop during a live-streamed church sermon in Sydney, Al Jazeera reported. The arrests were part of a series of anti-terror raids involving...

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April 25, 2024

The Jewels Within

On the surface, mangrove forests, the narrow strips of tangled trees and plants in salt or brackish water along tropical and subtropical coastlines, don’t look particularly inviting. But they hide treasures. Recently, for example, a major biodiversity survey on a Cambodian mangrove forest revealed the presence of...

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