With the help of a hospital CT scanner, scientists have cracked the code to a 400-year-old padlock discovered in a treasure-laden shipwreck on a beach in Wales. A metal detector found the padlock buried in the sand, but it could just as easily have been pulled from the pages of the Da Vinci Code, and... The post 400-yo Shipwreck Puzzle Finally Cracked After More Than 20 Years of Mystery first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.

2023 saw Italy register the lowest homicide rate in the EU, and the 3rd lowest age-standardized homicide rate. These milestones in the dual quest of combatting organized crime and improving internal security mark an incredible turnaround from the height of recent mafia-related violence experienced by the country between the 1980s and 1990s. Around the world... The post Italy Sees Collapse in its Homicide Rate to 3rd Lowest in the EU first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.

Hundreds of Ukrainian residents stranded in a Russian-occupied city have been evacuated through a humanitarian escort corridor. In what has been the most significant measure of cooperation between the belligerents since the war began, Russian and Ukrainian officials coordinated the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from the city of Oleshky, in Ukraine’s embattled oblast of Kherson,... The post Over 750 Ukraine Civilians Evacuated from Famine Conditions in Most Substantial Truce of the War first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.

Each autumn, during the last five nights in October, there is a blackout on Corvo island—but it’s not by accident. On the small island in the Portuguese Azores, more than 400 residents are protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable birds, while setting an example for the region. Last week, the public lighting on Corvo... The post Islands Near Portugal Turn Off Lights to Protect Seabird Fledglings Every October – 30k Already Saved first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.

Amid a summer of crop failures, a spud-tacular potato harvest in Japan showed that banner years are still in the almanac even as climate uncertainty continues to make farming more challenging. A potato industry outlet reports that the ideal mixture of temperatures and rainfall means that Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido is virtually the only... The post Best Spud Harvest in a Decade Clears the Gloom of Crops Failing from Scorching Summer first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.

The Myth of “Total Transparency”: When Excess Information Obscures Human Rights In contemporary societies, the protection of human rights depends increasingly on the quality of the informational environment.The mere existence of norms, declarations, and multilateral instruments does not in itself guarantee that the voice of Human Rights Defenders will be recognized, supported, or understood.In many... The post SERIES: ANATOMY OF NOISE – How an Informed Society Becomes Weakened 13:20 first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.

A young student has been accepted into a prestigious university thanks in part to an unusual source of inspiration: a strawberry farmer he met because of a question on an English exam. Now a postgraduate student in artificial intelligence, He Ziqi was in middle school when he was taking an English language exam and saw... The post A Farmer Didn’t Know His Cell Number Was on an Exam Question, Now Uses the Calls He Gets as Opportunities to Inspire first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.

The Romans were incredible materials scientists, having famously invented self-healing concrete that allowed their structures to stand for millennia. Yet for some, it’s the glass that forms this one—yes, one—goblet that marks the undisputed pinnacle of Roman science. It’s made of what’s called dichroic glass, and its party trick is changing color depending on which... The post Romans Made Color-Changing Glass–and We’ve Just Replicated After 1,600 Years first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.

Despite its curtain raising rather late in the year, Shanghai’s new opera house has elbowed its way to the front row of international architectural debuts—thanks to a gravity-defying grand staircase. Rising above the banks of the Huangpu River, commission for the Grand Opera House was awarded 10 years ago to Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta. The... The post Stunning New Opera House Opens With a Gravity-Defying Grand Staircase (LOOK) first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.

A Scottish island is now confirmed to have been one of earliest centers of Christian evangelism in the British Isles thanks to a small-town historical society. The massive discovery puts the tiny island on the historical map in a big way, as the archeological patrimony uncovered there points to the early medieval monastery being a... The post Tiny Scottish Island’s Little Historical Society Makes Massive Discovery first appeared on CNUHRD-Events-and-News.