Edinburgh University proposes to "engage" with fossil fuel companies rather than selling stock in them.

It sounds nice, but I don't think Edinburgh University's investments are so big that these companies will make concessions to keep them.

Basically, "engagement" with fossil fuel companies is a way to keep supporting them while pretending to others, and/or perhaps to yourself, that you're getting them to change.

Only one male northern white rhino remains, and seems unwilling to mate, so it appears the species will soon become extinct.

Do we know how to do artificial insemination on them? In-vitro fertilization?

Avoiding climate disaster will require converting 1/3 of humanity's energy use to renewables by 2050.

Chelsea Manning has proposed a law that would protect journalists from repression and make the government more transparent.

Here's an analysis of the specific provisions.

Two independent lines of research lead to the same conclusion: Osama bin Laden was being kept under house arrest by Pakistani intelligence, and an inside source leaked the information to the US.

Thus, the official story about how he was found was fabricated ( to protect the inside source, I suppose) with the side effect of connecting polio vaccination with US war and turning fanatical Muslim idiots against vaccination.