Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as the vast archipelago battles fires that have burned large swaths of Borneo and Sumatra for weeks.
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-haze-indonesian-impacts-southeast-asia.html)
Asia remains shackled by “mental colonisation” despite accounting for over half the global population, a former UN Security Council president has said, while warning that Taiwan remains the region’s most dangerous flashpoint. “The big mistake that Asians made after the end of colonial rule [is a...
Lakes may look like picturesque stopping points along a river or stream, but they can have a big influence on what happens to carbon as it moves through a landscape. New research suggests that the more lake-rich a network of streams is, the more carbon is released into the atmosphere rather than...
A Stone Age burial of a man with a toothy necklace and human skulls surprised archaeologists excavating in Poland.
Has El Niño reached the West Coast? You might think it has. After all, the ocean off Southern and Central California is unusually warm.
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A study on Roman law by the Carlos III University of Madrid analyzes the regulations and complex imperial logistics governing the capture, transport and safety of animals used in spectacles in the Roman Empire—which were far more popular than gladiatorial combat.