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Michael Laxer

Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz, and Nestlé Are Among 10 of the Leading Consumer Brands Driving Global Deforestation

Despite corporate commitments, deforestation rates remain high, and community land conflicts continue. Activists protest P&G's role in...

Michael Laxer

Banks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity Crisis

Commercial financial flows to the forest-risk commodity sectors are driving the majority of tropical deforestation. By Laurel Sutherlin...

Michael Laxer

Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now

The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation. By Richard Heinberg Those advocating for artificial...

Michael Laxer

The Adaptive Value of Teenagers: How Peer Learning Contributes to Primate Success

By Brenna R. Hassett Anthropological science is our species’ attempt to address our most fundamental questions about who we are and how...

Michael Laxer

Sperm Whales Have Culture Too: Strong Evidence That Clans, Culture, and Dialects Are Not Unique to Humans

Mother sperm whale and her baby -- Gabriel Barathieu, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia...