Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward (1958–1962) ended in one of history’s deadliest famines – and a war on sparrows helped set the stage. In 1958, Mao launched the Four Pests campaign against rats, flies, ...

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The reserve's expansion aims to better protect key species and enhance biodiversity in the Hauraki Gulf. Photo / Getty Images New Zealand’s first marine reserve, established 50 years ago at Te ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — This school year, students in elementary, middle and high schools in some states will get a new lesson on safety: what to do if they find a firearm. Arkansas, Tennessee and ...

The wisdom of learning from failure is incontrovertible. Yet organizations that do it well are extraordinarily rare. This gap is not due to a lack of commitment to learning. Managers in the vast ...