Impactscommons.wikimedia.org In Somalia, ‘famine is at the door,' U.N. warns A U.N. official stopped short of officially declaring a famine in the country. But some aid workers said that the threshold had already been reached.
Impacts www.nytimes.com How far does wildlife roam? Ask the 'internet of animals' An ambitious new system will track scores of species from space — shedding light, scientists hope, on the lingering mysteries of animal movement.
Solutions www.nytimes.com With an internet of animals, scientists aim to track and save wildlife Using tiny sensors and equipment aboard the space station, a project called ICARUS seeks to revolutionize animal tracking.
Politics www.nytimes.com EPA officials sidelined after questioning Scott Pruitt At least five agency officials were reassigned or demoted, or requested new jobs after raising concerns about the administrator’s security demands and spending.
www.nytimes.com Six years after Fukushima, robots finally find reactors’ melted uranium fuel The Japanese government and companies used radiation-hardened machines to search for the fuel that escaped the plant’s ruined reactors.