3 Good Things: A jaguar comeback, Ukraine grain and propaganda-proofing


Ship within the cats

The predator is again. Not simply within the newly launched prequel “Prey.” I imply those in Argentina’s Iberá Nationwide Park. Jaguars have been hunted to extinction in these wetlands 70 years in the past, however conservationists have been attempting to revive some stability just lately by introducing eight adults to the park.

“Key species, like the biggest feline of the Americas, play a elementary position within the construction and functioning of ecosystems,” two teams behind the challenge stated in a press release. Their effort is working: Two wild cubs have been born there this 12 months.

Famine prevention

Ukraine celebrated a milestone this month, and it spells reduction for the remainder of the world as effectively. The besieged nation resumed exporting grain from its port in Odesa after a hiatus that started when Russia invaded in late February. Turkey and the United Nations struck a take care of the Kremlin to permit the exports, which might avert a worldwide meals disaster.

Pre-bunking

No, it doesn’t have something to do with dorm assignments. “Pre-bunking” is the time period researchers have coined for getting ready the general public to reject misinformation. A current experiment discovered that media shoppers who watched a video about misinformation ways have been extra prone to be skeptical after they encountered propaganda later. It’s a promising technique. We knew that lies might go viral; seems the reality can “inoculate” towards them.

And yet another …

The just lately unveiled megasculpture within the Nevada desert needs to be seen to be believed. The set up is supposed to be explored like a panorama — and put on good footwear, as a result of it’s a mile lengthy and half a mile huge. The New York Occasions overview of the work, Michael Heizer’s “Metropolis,” says it initially strikes guests as “as a mash-up of Chichen Itza and an unfinished freeway interchange.” Beautiful drone footage offers us a preview.