@elena Author articles

Explore how psilocybin's effects on empathy and the amygdala may have helped stabilize early human societies, from Algeria's caves to Mesoamerican codices.

Discover how monks and anchorites built cells, caves and walled cloisters across centuries to pursue silence, penance and closeness to the divine in solitude.

Geomythology reveals how oral traditions and myths encode real earthquakes, tsunamis, and eruptions, helping scientists rediscover ancient natural disasters.

Banksy installed a new statue overnight at Waterloo Place, London. A suited figure walks blind off a ledge, face wrapped in a flag. Westminster says it stays.

South Korea mandates universal mobile internet as a basic right. New digital welfare policy ensures a 400 kb/s safety net for all citizens to prevent exclusion.

African nations are reshaping the platform economy. Explore the 2026 labor laws and AI governance frameworks regulating data labeling and worker rights.

West Africa faces a mining crisis: 60% of Ghana's water is poisoned, while groups like Boko Haram use illicit trade to fund terror and human rights abuses.