America is in the midst of a cyclosporiasis outbreak. More than 2,900 people have been sickened by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. The outbreak is most common in tropical climates and areas with substandard sanitation. The FDA set up a task force to deal with the issue in 2019.
Food production contributes to greenhouse-gas emissions, land-use change, freshwater use, and biodiversity loss. Unhealthy dietary patterns are helping drive rising rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic illnesses around the world. Food occupies a unique position among climate solutions because it influences both human health and environmental sustainability simultaneously.
This is a segment from the third session of a class taught in the Summer of 2026 for the Maurin Academy on Creation, Food and Agriculture. Patrons at the $5 monthly level receive everything we do, including this class, recorded and live, and at $10 or above, they get all our content.
There are three foodborne outbreaks in Florida at once. The state is doing the work out loud while the federal government does it quietly or not at all. Florida's open-government laws make arrest records easier to get than in almost any other state, so Florida's oddities end up in print. The states are counting. The feds are catching up.
Animal husbandry is no longer profitable for many farmers in Germany. Swine fever in Hesse has made it impossible for many fatteners to keep animals. There is hardly any pork from Hesse anymore and less and less throughout Germany. Things aren't looking any better for poultry and dairy cattle either. The fact that food production is shifting abroad is an alarming sign.
Lydia Möcklinghoff, a German biologist and science communicator, died on July 3, 2026, aged 45, in a plane crash near Campo Grande, Brazil, during a flight connected to Pantanal fieldwork. She became one of Germany’s leading experts on giant anteaters. Her work combined patience, humor, and precision, linking the behavior of anteaters to larger questions about habitat, fire, drought, and land use. She helped readers and listeners see that overlooked species are worth studying.
A 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Venezuela's northern coast on June 24, causing the most damage near the cities of La Guaira and Caracas. As of July 6, the death toll had reached 3,535, with 16,740 people sustaining injuries and 17,854 displaced without housing. Geoscientists say the country was overdue for an earthquake.
Josef Klees and his wife Annette died in the Nacht vom 14. auf 15. Juli 2021 in Ahrweiler. 135 Menschen rissen die Fluten im Ahrtal in den Tod. 17,000 Menschen erhebliche Schäden erlitten in der Flutnacht.
Bioavailability is the difference between the dose you take and the dose your body can use. Most oral supplements lose a large fraction of their dose to stomach acid, poor solubility, and rapid elimination before they ever do any good. Two products with nearly identical labels can produce completely different results in the real world. The new generation of supplements is built around delivery from the molecule outward.
CNN and CNBC have promoted the Kalshi prediction market to their viewers, but the financial relationship between the networks and KALShi is inconsistently disclosed. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has led an effort by the Trump administration to discourage the use of antidepressants. The cost of the Iran War was at least $103 billion over the first 120 days. Unaccompanied minors living in the U.S. are being detained and removed at three times the rate they were during the last administration. Federal workers laid off by DOGE are struggling to find new work.
America is in the midst of a cyclosporiasis outbreak. More than 2,900 people have been sickened by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. The outbreak is most common in tropical climates and areas with substandard sanitation. The FDA set up a task force to deal with the issue in 2019.
Food production contributes to greenhouse-gas emissions, land-use change, freshwater use, and biodiversity loss. Unhealthy dietary patterns are helping drive rising rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic illnesses around the world. Food occupies a unique position among climate solutions because it influences both human health and environmental sustainability simultaneously.
This is a segment from the third session of a class taught in the Summer of 2026 for the Maurin Academy on Creation, Food and Agriculture. Patrons at the $5 monthly level receive everything we do, including this class, recorded and live, and at $10 or above, they get all our content.
There are three foodborne outbreaks in Florida at once. The state is doing the work out loud while the federal government does it quietly or not at all. Florida's open-government laws make arrest records easier to get than in almost any other state, so Florida's oddities end up in print. The states are counting. The feds are catching up.
Animal husbandry is no longer profitable for many farmers in Germany. Swine fever in Hesse has made it impossible for many fatteners to keep animals. There is hardly any pork from Hesse anymore and less and less throughout Germany. Things aren't looking any better for poultry and dairy cattle either. The fact that food production is shifting abroad is an alarming sign.
Lydia Möcklinghoff, a German biologist and science communicator, died on July 3, 2026, aged 45, in a plane crash near Campo Grande, Brazil, during a flight connected to Pantanal fieldwork. She became one of Germany’s leading experts on giant anteaters. Her work combined patience, humor, and precision, linking the behavior of anteaters to larger questions about habitat, fire, drought, and land use. She helped readers and listeners see that overlooked species are worth studying.
A 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Venezuela's northern coast on June 24, causing the most damage near the cities of La Guaira and Caracas. As of July 6, the death toll had reached 3,535, with 16,740 people sustaining injuries and 17,854 displaced without housing. Geoscientists say the country was overdue for an earthquake.
Josef Klees and his wife Annette died in the Nacht vom 14. auf 15. Juli 2021 in Ahrweiler. 135 Menschen rissen die Fluten im Ahrtal in den Tod. 17,000 Menschen erhebliche Schäden erlitten in der Flutnacht.
Bioavailability is the difference between the dose you take and the dose your body can use. Most oral supplements lose a large fraction of their dose to stomach acid, poor solubility, and rapid elimination before they ever do any good. Two products with nearly identical labels can produce completely different results in the real world. The new generation of supplements is built around delivery from the molecule outward.
CNN and CNBC have promoted the Kalshi prediction market to their viewers, but the financial relationship between the networks and KALShi is inconsistently disclosed. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has led an effort by the Trump administration to discourage the use of antidepressants. The cost of the Iran War was at least $103 billion over the first 120 days. Unaccompanied minors living in the U.S. are being detained and removed at three times the rate they were during the last administration. Federal workers laid off by DOGE are struggling to find new work.