Smithsonian’s Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project releases Panama’s critically endangered golden frogs into the wild

During the Amsterdam Cocoa Week, the Cacao of Excellence programme recognised 50 highest-ranking cacao producers from around the world for their unique chocolate.

A new archaeological study reveals how ancient hunter-gatherer groups lived—and survived—more than a thousand years ago in the transition zone between the Pampas and Patagonia in Argentina. The research, carried out by Martínez and colleagues (2025), focuses on the Zoko Andi 1 site (ZA1), located on the lower basin of the Colorado River, a key location for understanding the daily life of these early settlers in the south.

As universities increasingly adopt digital tools and automated analytics systems, attention often centers on these tools’ gains in accuracy and efficiency. Far less visible, however, is another critical dimension: the additional work students must do to produce, organize, and interpret their own data within these systems.