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  A drone view of an orangutan hanging on a tree inside a High Conservation Value (HCV) concession area of a palm-oil plantation affected by wildfires, before being rescued in Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 30. REUTERS/Victor Fidelis Sentosa #photography #AnimalRescue #orangutans #Indonesia

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  Children on top Castellers de Vilafranca form a human tower called a "castell" in Catalan, during a biannual competition in Tarragona, Spain, October 4, 2026. REUTERS/Albert Gea https://www.reuters.com/pictures/towers-humanity-soaring-pyramids-dramatic-tumbles-spains-castells-competition-2026-10-05/ #photography #festivals #Spain #children

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  Rescuers take an orangutan out of an area affected by wildfires in Ketapang, Indonesia. The orangutan was found seeking shelter in a tree before being rescued and treated by Yiari Indonesia Photograph: Victor Fidelis Sentosa/Reuters #photography #AnimalRescue #wildfires #Indonesia #orangutans

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  A Transnational History of the Australian Animal Movement 1970-2015 by Gonzalo Villanueva, 2017 This book offers the first transnational historical study of the creation, contention and consequences of the Australian animal movement. Largely inspired by Peter Singer and his 1975 book Animal Liberation, a new wave of animal activism emerged in Australia and across the world. #books #nonfiction #AnimalMovement #AnimalRights #AnimalEthics #Australia

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  A robotic arm clamping onto a polymetallic nodule—with a delicate, living coral rooted directly to it—is a photograph of an active extinction event in slow motion. It shows the literal mechanism of destruction in the abyssal plain. Those nodules take millions of years to form, and for deep-sea corals, they are the only hard surface to anchor onto in a world of soft mud. Scraping up the nodules means erasing the habitat forever. #photography #MarineLife #DeepSeaMining #nodules #extinction

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  2/ Led by researchers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London, the expedition team sailed out into the central Pacific Ocean to study a remote abyssal region called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The CCZ is a massive swath of the Pacific Ocean stretching between Hawaii and Mexico at depths of 4,000 to 5,500 meters (13,000 to 18,000 feet). On its pitch-black floor lie trillions of potato-sized rocks called polymetallic nodules. #CCZ

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  Say hello to Barbie Pig, a new type of sea cucumber discovered on the deep-sea floor by a team from the Natural History Museum in London. The frilly-footed fuchsia beauty was filmed by a robot on the Pacific seabed, 5km deep, in an area called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. A documentary opening next month, How Deep Is Your Love, gives a scientist’s-eye view of the astonishingly biodiverse region. #photography #MarineLife

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  The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 3rd ed. by Thomas Kuhn Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . #books #nonfiction #science

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  A Palestinian digs a cave to live in after Israeli forces demolished their houses, in Masafer Yatta near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 23. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma #photography #WestBank #shelter #caves

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  A view of a Palestinian village after it was demolished by the Israeli army, in Masafer Yatta near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 23. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma #photography #Palestine #WestBank #domicide #displacement

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  Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 Overall winner of bird photographer of the year 2026 and gold in the birds in the environment category: Sunball Rocket by Henley Spiers from UK A northern gannet seems to burst through the sun as it pierces down through the water in Shetland, Scotland. Photograph: Henley Spiers #photography #birds

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  #Frankfurt, #Germany A regional train passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen, near Frankfurt Photograph: Michael Probst/AP #photography #floods #roads #trains #ClimateDiary

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  The Renaissance of Astronomy by Noel Swerdlow, 2026 The Renaissance of Astronomy provides a comprehensive, technically grounded account of the works of Regiomontanus, Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler and Galileo. There is nothing comparable to it in scope and detail. It is the fruit of a lifetime of study devoted to the subject. #books #nonfiction #astronomy #history #Renaissance #Springer

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  Psychotria viridis (chacruna); confocal image Source: JILL PFLUGHEBER AND STEVEN F. WHITE SACRED PLANTS OF THE AMERICAS Princeton University Press #plants #microscopy #confocal #imaging #photography

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  Mimosa pudica (sensitive plant); confocal image Source: Sacred Plants of the Americas #plants #microscopy #confocal #imaging

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  1/ AARON SWARTZ (1986–2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. A co-founder of Reddit, a co-creator of the RSS web feed format, and a primary architect of Creative Commons, Swartz possessed a rare technical genius matched by an unwavering moral compass. He is rightly credited as a martyr and a prodigy, especially in our community, and much of his work focused on civic awareness and progressive activism. #AaronSwartz

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  1/ NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN (b. 1953) is an American political scientist and activist whose primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The son of Holocaust survivors, Finkelstein received his doctorate from Princeton University, where his early research set the stage for a lifetime of challenging mainstream historical narratives. #NormanGFinkelstein

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  Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada ‘Reflections of the Canadian Rockies.’ Photograph: Paul Lukes #photography #mountains #Rockies #Canada

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  Peatland forest in Pulang Pisau, Central Kalimantan. El Niño may be intensifying the blazes usually associated with yearly ‘slash and burn’ land clearing. Photograph: Regina Safri/AP #photography #wildfires #Indonesia

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  A house stands empty as a wildfire approaches a neighbourhood in Indonesia’s South Sumatra. Experts warn the worst could be yet to come as rain heavy enough to extinguish fires is not forecast until November. Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA #photography #wildfires #Indonesia

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  #Edinburgh, #Scotland Campaigners gather outside the Scottish parliament protesting against the #guga hunt, a centuries-old practice carried out on the remote Scottish island of Sula Sgeir, where a group of men harvest young #gannet chicks. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images #photography #birds #protests

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  The Barefoot Volcanologist ‘On the ash-covered plains of Mount Yasur on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu, Phillip – an internationally recognised, self-taught volcanologist stands barefoot atop a volcanic rock bomb. Dressed in a lava-protection suit gifted to him by visiting researchers, he is framed by the smouldering volcano behind him, where a plume of gas and sulphur rises into the sky. Photograph: Elle Leontiev #photography #portraits #volcanos

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  Who painted them? Denbighshire, UK ‘So many painted lady butterflies have visited the buddleia in our garden during the hot weather.’ Photograph: Helen Evans #photography #butterflies #flowers #BloomScrolling

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  The Mark Twain Book of Quotes: A Collection of Speeches, Quotations & Essays From America's Greatest Humorist edited by Travis Hellstrom, 2026 Sharp wit, timeless wisdom, and unforgettable humor from Mark Twain—perfect for readers who love classic literature and clever insight. #books #MarkTwain #quotes #essays

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  The Conduct of Politics by Fabian Wendt, 2026 Do politicians have to get dirty hands - and what does that mean? Is it okay to be corrupt, when corruption is systemic? When is it a good thing to make compromises in politics? These are questions about political conduct that are raised in political ethics, a somewhat underappreciated subfield of political philosophy. #books #nonfiction #PoliticalPhilosophy #PoliticalEthics #politics

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  “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” — Carl Jung #quotes

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  The Art of Intentional Living: 101 Lessons from History’s Greatest Minds by GROWTH, 2026 #books #nonfiction #SelfHelp

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  “Life is not a spectator sport.” — Jackie Robinson #quotes

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  Sentinels in the Sky: How Satellites Have Revolutionized Our Understanding of Earth and Space by James Lawrence Powell, 2026 Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, satellites have become the silent sentinels of our planet and the cosmos. Orbiting high above, they have changed the way we live, the way we think, and most profoundly, the way we see. #books #nonfiction #satellites

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  Disappearing frontier Kangerlussuaq, Greenland A team of researchers from the Cryosphere Ecology Group at Charles University in Prague is spending six weeks camped in front of a glacier to analyse the cycle of carbon and organic content emerging in its meltwater. The Greenland ice sheet has been melting at an accelerated rate in recent decades. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images #photography #Greenland #glaciers