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Articles, Innovation, Policy & Strategy October 1, 2025

Why Everyone’s Crazy for Rare Earths

Until recently, hardly anyone knew they existed. Today, everyone is on the hunt for rare earths, the fundamental ingredient for geopolitics, the economy and our…

The Lost Bayou: Grand Bayou

Grand Bayou, LA. At one time, it was a lively community of close-knit families, until they were forced to leave. ©2020. Garde Voir Ci magazine. Nicholls State University Department of Mass Communication.

World Rainforest Day

Rainforests cover only 2 percent of the planet’s surface area but are responsible for more than 25% of all Western medicine and house more than 50% of the world’s plant and animal species.