Taxonomy is often thought of as quite a stuffy field. But when you have a name like Nanairea Swift day, Taylor Swift's millipede, suddenly it's in the news and people want to know about it. And that also boosts conservation efforts. A frog named after Jacinda Ardern will get hundreds of thousands of dollars in conservation,. whereas if it was called something else, it probably won't.
Prime Minister Liz Truss has had a bruising first few weeks in office. Amid policy U-turns and plummeting poll numbers, her Tory party’s annual shindig is a venue for much soul-searching. Russia’s “partial mobilisation” is unlikely to help much on the battlefield—and is proving exceedingly unpopular at home. And the dangers of naming species after people who become notorious.
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