US Woman Wins $5.4M Settlement After Belgian Malinois Bite

A Los Angeles woman has been awarded $5.4 million in damages after being severely bitten by a Belgian Malinois named Maximus at an urban animal shelter, according to reports from multiple news outlets. The case highlights concerns about transparency regarding a dog’s history of aggression and the responsibilities of animal shelters and rescue organizations. The … Read more

Air Pollution Disrupts Ant Societies by Erasing Their Scents

Air Pollution Disrupts Ant Societies, Triggering Aggression and Brood Neglect Air pollution, a well-established threat to human health, is now revealed to be profoundly disrupting the complex social structures of ant colonies. Recent research from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology demonstrates that exposure to common pollutants like ozone can cause ants to turn … Read more

Facing facts on maritime security and defence

“Neither King nor Kaiser,” exclaimed left wing People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy in the Dáil this week. “The best defence that we have is a consistent position of neutrality … We have the position that Connolly put forward,” he said. A vexed Taoiseach shot back; “If anything happened subsea cables, if anything happened to … Read more

Dozens dead in Iran school blast blamed on US and Israel strikes – BBC

Dozens dead in Iran school blast blamed on US and Israel strikes  BBC US, Israel attack Iran live: Khamenei killed, Tehran launches attacks  Al Jazeera Strike on Iranian primary school kills 148, authorities say  Financial Times ‘The most bitter news’: Iran reels as more than 100 children reportedly killed in school bombing  The Guardian Reported airstrike hits Iranian girls’ … Read more

Air Pollution Is Wreaking Havoc on Ants, And The Effects Are Alarming : ScienceAlert

Scent is essential to ant society: every ant within a colony wears the badge of membership in the form of smelly hydrocarbons. Human air pollution, a new study from Max-Planck Institute researchers suggests, is wreaking havoc on ant society by interfering with these characteristic scents. Each ant species’ perfume is formed from stable alkanes, plus … Read more