New Report from IFT’s Feeding Tomorrow Fund Examines the State of Food Science Education

This year’s report includes responses from 919 students across 42 institutions in 15 countries, including Canada, China, Ecuador, Honduras, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.

Barrister could face disciplinary probe after he was caught using AI such as ChatGPT to prepare his legal research

An immigration barrister has been accused of using Artificial Intelligence to prepare submission in an asylum case. Chowdhury Rahman was using software such as ChatGPT to prepare his legal research, a tribunal heard. When the experienced...

Distinguished grad aims to advance autoimmune research

Sergio Hernandez (BSc ’16, MSc ’19) moved to New York at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, facing rolling lockdowns, personal upheaval and the uncertainty of starting over. The two-time Faculty of Applied Health Sciences graduate was recruited...

“Spooky Science” Delights Students, Teachers and Parents at ACPL

One of the messier experiments was seeing “Frankenstein’s Hand” inflate inside the blue glove. Vinegar (acid) and baking soda (base) were poured into separate fingers of the glove. When Lindsey gave his volunteers the word, they poured the...

U.S. in 2025: 24% of global GDP, 750 military bases, and leadership in technology and culture sustain its global influence

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once said, “We are the indispensable nation,” referring to the USA. The late journalist Carlos Alberto Montaner commissioned me to write a book with this title. His idea was that a book was needed...

Honduras vs Haiti Prediction and Betting Tips | October 13th 2025

Honduras will face Haiti at the Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés on Monday in the fourth game of their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers - CONCACAF third round clash. The home side have had a mixed start to their qualification campaign, but remain...

Murder in the Caribbean: How should we interpret the dramatic escalation in US policy towards Venezuela?

First published at NLR Sidecar. ‘We blew it up. And we’ll do it again’. ‘I don’t give a shit what you call it.’ These words, of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance, respectively, refer to the first of five US bombings...

Honduras vs Costa Rica LIVE Score Updates in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers Match

Get real-time updates on Honduras vs Costa Rica live coverage, minute by minute of the match, score, how to watch, stream information and latest updates of Matchday 3 of Group C of the CONCACAF Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup with VAVEL. Game...

Crowds rally against Trump at No Kings protests across the U.S.

When Katia Calix sees the mass deportations unfolding across the U.S., she thinks of her mother and father. Immigrants from Honduras, they lived for years with temporary protected status, one of the immigration pathways U.S. President Donald Trump...

Highlights of Honduras 0-0 Costa Rica in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers

EVENT ENDED A very close match that ended without any goals, complicating both teams' World Cup dreams. Image: VAVEL The match is over A very close 0-0 draw ended the Central American classic. Both teams sought the win, but neither had any clear...

Research assessment: a round-up for early-career researchers

Some research-assessment frameworks rank individual departments or staff members.Credit: GettySteve Goodman had just completed a three-page referee’s letter for an academic colleague who was going for promotion in a law department, when he...

Weird Science: Kombucha and kimchi, fermented foods that are more than a trending fad

A new North Carolina study connected cooking with science, examining how fermented foods like kombucha and kimchi – which have had a huge surge in popularity in recent years – not only taste good but are also good for you. In a series of science...

'Pickle Man' Ronald Buescher Remembered as Innovative and Respected Scientist

Courtesy of the Buescher Family Ronald W. Buescher was a food science professor at the U of A whose research and innovations garnered him international recognition as "The Pickle Man." Although internationally recognized as "The Pickle Man,"...

Honduras after a historic coffee harvest looks forward higher goals

For the next marketing year (2025-2026), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) forecast a 10 percent increase in coffee production, consolidating its position as one of the main drivers of the national economy. In recent statements to...

Resilience and triumph: Sirey Moran's path from Honduras to international fame

HOUSTON - Sirey Moran's journey from Honduras to the dazzling lights of international television is a testament to resilience, ambition, and the power of dreams. Born into a family that faced economic hardships, Sirey's story is one of triumph...

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

During our conversation, Brown compared Praxis to Israel—minus a world war and a holocaust, of course. “There were these stateless people who were scattered,” he says, and they had “this idea of Judea and building a state and returning to the OG...

Why scientists are using corals from other countries to help save Florida's reefs

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look for the ones that can best survive...

Research Flags Bitcoin Nation-State FOMO—27 In, 13 About To Join

A new Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) report argues that nation-state engagement with Bitcoin has moved beyond legal-tender experiments into a broader set of “exposure” pathways—from strategic reserves and sovereign mining to pensions, sovereign...

Fear Pushes Latin America’s Dollars Home as Migrants Race Deportation and New Taxes

A new kind of border rush isn’t happening at checkpoints—it’s unfolding at cash counters and phone apps. As deportations rise and new taxes loom, migrants are wiring money home at record speed. Fear is driving dollars, and Latin America’s most...

Feeding an Island at Maria’s Kitchen

Over her 20-plus years on the Island, Maria Schultheis has cooked for, babysat, and celebrated high school graduation with every Islander under the age of 35, the core of her most loyal customers at Maria’s Kitchen. “I have a lot of kids,” she...