European Drought Might Mean No French Fries for You
The next victim of this summer of weather hell is french fries. Well, technically potatoes. Harvests in Germany and…
Amazon Warehouse Strike in Spain Reportedly Results in Police Clashes, Arrests
The second day of a three-day strike by Amazon warehouse workers near Madrid coinciding with the e-commerce giant’s…
The EU Is Planning a Ban on Single-Use Plastic Products
The European Commission is proposing a ban on around 10 single-use plastic items that it says account for approximately…
Facebook and Google Accused of Violating GDPR on First Day of the New European Privacy Law
When Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of members of the European Parliament on Tuesday, he insisted that Facebook was…
Mark Zuckerberg: Actually, We Are Going to Roll Out Fancy EU Privacy Controls Everywhere
“Look, this is bad,” Mark Zuckerberg told reporters during an impromptu conference call on Wednesday. The Facebook CEO…
The Great Dolphin-Human War Is Inching Closer
After all of those years of humans holding dolphins in shackles, mocking them with cutesy depictions in the media, and…
Orange Snow Turns Europe Into a Martian Landscape [Updated]
The fact that snow is white seems like a pretty basic truth. But over the weekend in parts of eastern Europe, the snow…
The Way This Dutch Designer Dealt With Light Pollution Is Ingenious
The Afsluitdijk is a 20-mile dam that has been protecting the low-lying Netherlands from the force of the ocean for…
The Bee(tle)s Are Dying at an Alarming Rate
Beetles that depend on dead or decaying wood, often with weighty frames and photogenic jaws—called saproxylic…
Vaccinations Drop in Europe, and the Result Was Over 21,000 Cases of Measles
Measles is pulling off a disconcerting resurgence across the continent of Europe at the same time the vaccination rate…
The Future of Dutch Skating Is on Thin Ice
LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS—At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the speed skating rink is a familiar orange blur. The…
Portable Atomic Clock Makes First Measurement
With a new, “portable” atomic clock, scientists are measuring not what time it is but changes to time itself.
What Ancient Rome Can Teach Us About Climate Disasters
There are two things everybody knows about Roman Empire: that it was an invincible superpower, and that when it fell,…
Apple Begrudgingly Agrees to Pay Ireland Nearly $15 Billion in Back Taxes
Apple, whose CEO Tim Cook likes to talk a big game about how the tech industry should be more socially responsible…
Wildfires Have Burned More Than 5 Percent of Portugal in One of the Most Severe Fire Years on Record
We’re still a few months from finally closing the books on a year wracked by natural disasters, but it seems safe to…
Amazon Just Got Nailed for Allegedly Evading $300 Million in EU Taxes
The European Union’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager issued a recovery order against Amazon on Wednesday…
Jerk Humans Immediately Shoot First Wild Bison Seen in Germany for Over 250 Years
The World Wildlife Fund said on Friday it will be pursuing charges against a local official who, upon receiving a…
New Test Can Detect Traces of Horse Meat in Your Beef
As a species, we have largely categorized animals as Too Cute To Eat, Too Weird To Eat, or Meat. I do not understand…
European Finance Ministers Want to Force Tech Companies to Start Paying More Taxes
US tech giants like Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook which do business in the European Union have long ... avoided…