A blooming cactus in the National Park of the Llanos in Chile’s Atacama Desert – credit Kelly Mella via Unsplash Amid the scorching/freezing desert of Atacama in Chile, one of South America’s largest botanical storehouses aims to protect both the wild and cultivated heritage of the country’s plant life. Called the Initihuasi Seed Bank, this … Read more
– PJH via unsplash At 0.77 children per woman in 2025, South Korea was the world’s least fertile country. Perhaps heralding a reversal of fortune, though, childbirths have grown at the fastest pace in 18 years on the Peninsula, with a 6.2% increase totaling 233,708 babies between January and November. The number of divorces, meanwhile, … Read more
DZ Bank branch in Munich – credit Fred Romero CC 2.0. Having maintained the highest household savings rate among European countries for 10 years, German citizens have together squirreled away $11 trillion in personal wealth. This gargantuan rainy day fund was the result of a 20-21% average savings rate maintained by the country between 2014 … Read more
Toyota – released Toyota recently unveiled a four-legged mobility robot that can go where wheels cannot, and specializes in tasks that are difficult in a wheelchair such as climbing up stairs and positioning passengers to get into cars. Debuted by the carmaker at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show, it consists of an ergonomic seat mounted … Read more
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (left) shakes hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev – Credit: Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Matthew 5-9) It’s a quote befitting the actions of the world’s oldest Christian nation, especially because its government just concluded a landmark agreement for peace … Read more