An Israeli soldier shot and killed a protesting Palestinian teenager, for no good reason. The soldier has been sentenced to 9 months in prison.

The US tortured Ali al-Marri for years until he confessed to a crime.

Maybe he was guilty. I am not convinced by his denials. But if he was guilty, not even a criminal deserves that treatment.

Treating the entire population of a region with antimalarial drugs could wipe out malaria there.

Many atolls in the Pacific and Indian oceans will become uninhabitable in just a few decades, as sea water will contaminate their fresh water.

People might be able to collect enough rain for their own direct use, but if they can't grow any food, they can't remain.

The fist million people whose homes are inundated first may find have places to go. But when it gets to tens of millions, no place will let them in.

600 members of the US National Academy of Sciences rebuked the troll's "denigration of scientific expertise".