The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote (2022).

The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research. It has nine member countries. ESO operates astronomical observatories in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany.

To date, Google has been found guilty of antitrust behavior in the cases related to Google Shopping and Android, and has been fined over €6 billion (2019).

The main object of the group has been to fully understand the carbon cycle. The project has brought together emissions experts and economists to tackle the problem of rising concentrations of greenhouse gases (USA 2018).

Has enough evidence been gathered on the safety of GM? Has the economic case been made? And is opposition to GM merely superstition, as some scientists claim? (UK: Guardian 2017)

The website has the goal ʺto provide a fun, accessible, and free resource that accurately communicates what science is and how it really works.ʺ The project has a specific focus on assisting teachers in keeping young people interested in science (Museum of Paleontology of the University of California at Berkeley 2012-20).

Thought provoking images of Antarctica, Everest,and smog-clouded cities. Then the figures: global temperature has increased 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1980, Arctic ice has decreased by 13% per decade: NASA’s coverage of climate related science (2015)

Thought provoking images of Antarctica, Everest,and smog-clouded cities. Then the figures: global temperature has increased 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1980, Arctic ice has decreased by 13% per decade: NASA's coverage of climate related science (2015-20).

Why there has been no declared war since World War II, yet the US has been almost constantly engaged in military action? (USA: Bill of Rights Institute 2020)

Two student readings and discussion questions probe the history of the War Powers Act of 1973 and the controversy over whether President Obama's deployment of U.S. forces to Libya violates that law (USA: TeachableMoment 2020).