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FIRST ON FOX: A new report warns the U.S. nuclear arsenal is dangerously outdated and too small to confront growing global threats — and recommends nearly tripling the number of deployed American warheads by 2050.

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The report, first obtained by Fox News Digital, argues that America’s current force of about 1,750 deployed nuclear weapons leaves the nation vulnerable in an era when Moscow, Beijing, and Pyongyang are all expanding their arsenals at breakneck speed.

China alone is building 100 new nuclear weapons a year, according to the Pentagon, and is on track to reach strategic parity with the U.S. by the mid-2030s.

«The newest warhead that we have was built in 1989,» Robert Peters, author of the Heritage report, told Fox News Digital.

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Russian military launches a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile during drills at an airfield in Russia (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

«The force size that we have now … That was a force design that came up when President Obama was in office in 2010, and the assumptions were in 2010 that there would be no more real competition between the United States and Russia, and China was not even a real player on the nuclear field.»

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The report, authored by Robert Peters of Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security, proposes that Washington expand its force to roughly 4,625 operationally deployed nuclear weapons by 2050.

That number would include about 3,500 strategic warheads — carried by intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), ballistic missile submarines, and bombers — and about 1,125 non-strategic weapons, such as gravity bombs and theater-range missiles.

It comes amid warnings that Moscow maintains thousands of non-strategic nuclear weapons in Europe, outnumbering U.S. stocks by as much as ten to one, while China races to deploy stealth bombers, submarine-based missiles and even orbital strike systems. North Korea already possesses about 90 warheads and continues testing missiles that can reach the U.S. homeland.

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«We’ve got an arsenal today that is decades beyond its planned life cycle, and a force construct that was designed for a very benign world.»

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Peters’ proposal envisions a modernized force including new Sentinel ICBMs, Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines, nuclear-capable B-21 stealth bombers, long-range cruise missiles, and theater-range hypersonic weapons. The plan would still keep U.S. forces below Cold War levels but significantly above today’s posture.

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It lays out a plan for regional nuclear allocations in each theater, with the largest number of assets, 3,200 warheads, being placed under Northern Command and focused on homeland defense. Some 750 warheads would be placed in Europe and 675 in the Indo-Pacific region.

It calls for Sentinel ICBMs to replace Minuteman III and B-21 and B-52 jets with new long-range standoff cruise missiles.

During the Cold War, the U.S. fielded tens of thousands of warheads, deployed in Europe, Asia and at home. The new 2050 arsenal would still be far smaller than Cold War levels.

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«A U.S. President with some regional nuclear options but only token damage-limiting capacity would quickly be confronted during a limited nuclear conflict with two unpalatable options: surrender or threaten widespread attacks on the adversary homeland, thus inviting an in-kind response, meaning suicide,» the report warns.

Skeptics often ask why nations need thousands of nuclear weapons when a single warhead can level a city. Peters argues that this is a misconception rooted in Cold War imagery of mushroom clouds over Manhattan.

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North Korea possesses around 90 nuclear warheads.  ( KCNA via REUTERS)

In reality, most modern nuclear warheads are not designed for «city busting» but for striking enemy nuclear forces — silos, missile fields, and command-and-control centers. China, for example, is building up to 500 hardened ICBM silos in remote deserts. Military planners assume it could take at least two U.S. warheads to guarantee destruction of each site.

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As Peters puts it, «the goal is never to get to this point. That’s why you have nuclear weapons, to make sure you never get to this point.»

It’s unclear whether the current political leadership would heed Peters’ recommendations. President Donald Trump has proposed «denuclearization» talks with U.S. adversaries.

«Trump very understandably doesn’t like nuclear weapons,» Peters said.

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But, he added, «we tried [denuclearizing] under President Obama in 2009 and 2012 and no one followed.»

«Tremendous amounts of money are being spent on nuclear, and the destructive capacity is something we don’t even want to talk about today, because you don’t want to hear it,» Trump mused in remarks to the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, in February.

«I want to see if we can denuclearize, and I think it’s very possible,» suggesting talks on the issue between the U.S., Russia and China.

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President Vladimir Putin announced Russia would suspend its participation in the New START treaty in 2023 over U.S. support for Ukraine. Russia had frequently been caught violating the terms of the deal. But China has never engaged in negotiations with the U.S. over arms reduction.

North Korea has rejected any suggestion of denuclearizing from the U.S.

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In September, Russia proposed a one-year extension of the New START treaty, which technically expires in 2026, but the White House has yet to respond to that proposal.

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Expanding the arsenal won’t be cheap. But at around $56 billion, the U.S. only spends around seven percent of the defense budget on nuclear weapons, Peters argues.

The report also calls for nuclear capabilities to be deployed forward to Finland and Poland, a proposal that is certain to rattle the Kremlin and would cut strike times down from hours to minutes.

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Nuclear weapons are currently hosted in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands, — bases chosen in the Cold War when they sat just 150 miles from the Soviet front line. But Russia’s front line has now moved 800 miles east.

He made a similar call for nuclear capabilities to be placed in South Korea. Washington periodically deploys US nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea and involve Seoul in its nuclear planning operations in exchange for an agreement from Seoul not to develop its own nuclear weapons.

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UK synagogue attack and Hamas hostage crisis underscore deadly Yom Kippur

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The persistent threat of antisemitism was underscored Thursday after at least two people were killed in a U.K. synagogue attack. The violence unfolded as millions of Jews marked Yom Kippur, the holiest day in their faith, and as global efforts continued to free 46 Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

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Details of the assailant, who attacked the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in England’s northeastern city of Manchester by ramming his car into pedestrians before stabbing at least one person, remain unknown.

British police shot and killed the suspect, and authorities declared the attack a terrorist incident.

«Attacks like the one today in the U.K. sadly are becoming normalized,» Jonathan Ruhe, Director of Foreign Policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, told Fox News Digital.

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Rabbi Daniel Walker, third from left, stands with armed police outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester Oct. 2, 2025, after the attack. (Paul Currie/AFP via Getty Images)

The Community Security Trust (CST), which tracks antisemitic attacks in the U.K., found that «incidents» against the Jewish community across Britain drastically escalated following the Hamas attacks on Israel Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in the Gaza Strip that followed with 4,103 events recorded that year — an all-time high. 

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In October 2023 alone,1,330 instances of antisemitism were reported by the CST, which includes assault, damage or desecration, threats and abusive behavior against Jews. 

Incidents reported in November and December that year, with 931 and 477 incidents respectively, made those months the second- and fourth-worst months for antisemitism in the U.K. recorded by the group.

Last year also saw another 3,528 incidents reported, more than double the 1,652 incidents reported the year prior to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

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CST found that the surge in attacks was linked to ideologically or politically motivated sentiments related to the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip. 

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People march with placards showing pictures of Israeli hostages as U.K. Jewish groups mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Oct. 6, 2024, in Manchester, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to X to offer his condolences for the victims of the attack and said, «Israel grieves with the Jewish community in the UK after the barbaric terror attack in Manchester.

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«As I warned at the UN: weakness in the face of terrorism only brings more terrorism. Only strength and unity can defeat it,» he added. 

While the motive behind Thursday’s attack remains unknown, Ruhe argued that the failure of European leaders to use «their diplomatic weight to support a viable post-Hamas future for Gazans» and instead «punish» Israel has contributed to the rise in antisemitic sentiment. 

The attack on the Manchester synagogue comes just two weeks after the U.K. and other European leaders agreed to recognize a Palestinian state after long refusing to do so. 

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But anti-Semitism is also on the rise in the U.S., which Ruhe noted is possibly even more concerning given Europe’s history with combating the issue.

Jewish-targeted attacks in the U.K. rose 282% over the last decade, according to data collected by the CST. But in the U.S., antisemitic attacks jumped by 893% in the same 10-year period, according to the Anti-Defamation League, with some 9,354 incidents reported last year. 

«The rise of open and violent anti-Semitism in America is more recent than in much of Europe, but perhaps all the more worrying because of that,» Ruhe said. «Part of the solution is colleges shutting down far-left campus ‘protests’ that intend only to intimidate Jews and anyone who calls for policies short of ending Israel’s existence. 

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«It’s been very telling that such ‘protesters’ use militarized language like ‘encampments’ to describe their campus presence and activities.» 

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Former President Donald Trump walks on stage at a fighting antisemitism event with Miriam Adelson at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

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But Ruhe pointed out that anti-Semitism is an increasing concern across the political spectrum’s extremes, driving a narrative on both the far left and far right.

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«There’s also a somewhat subtler normalization of antisemitism on the far right, for example, major influencers asking whether we need more context in talking about Adolf Hitler and Nazism,» Ruhe said. «There needs to be more serious and clear pushback from our political leaders on narratives like these.»



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‘Real consequences’: Food aid, flood insurance, FEMA funds in jeopardy amid shutdown, Johnson says

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EXCLUSIVE: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is warning that everyday Americans could be at risk in a prolonged government shutdown.

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The top House Republican sat down for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Wednesday, the first day of the ongoing government shutdown.

Asked how long he thought it would continue, Johnson said he was praying for a short ordeal.

«My expectation is that I don’t know how it could go longer than a week or so, because so many people have been so adversely affected by this,» Johnson said.

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A man is waist deep in water along flooded Aster Street, which is near the Pawtuxet River, in Rhode Island on Dec. 19, 2023. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

He pointed to two programs that he was concerned about in particular: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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«[Democrats are] talking about healthcare. Not only did their counter-proposal say they wanted to cut the rural hospital fund and do all these other things, but what’s happening right now in the shutdown is that the WIC program is now unfunded — women, infants and children nutrition. That’s not a small thing,» Johnson said.

WIC provides free nutrition support to low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children under age 5.

On a call with House Republicans held Wednesday, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought warned that WIC could run out of funding within days without a federal funding deal, Fox News Digital was previously told.

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FEMA, however, is expected to continue operations through a government shutdown, as it has in the past. But its funding source, the Disaster Relief Fund, relies on a budget that’s allocated by Congress on an annual basis.

A failure to replenish the Disaster Relief Fund could make it more difficult for FEMA to respond in the event of a natural disaster.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks after holding a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2025, in Washington, D.C.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is also in danger of lapsing, which could leave millions of Americans without financial help if a hurricane or other disaster hits, Johnson pointed out.

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«You have FEMA — I mean, I’m from a hurricane state. We’re in the middle of hurricane season. I’ve got two of them off the coast of the U.S. right now,» Johnson, whose district is anchored in Shreveport, La., said.

«If your flood insurance lapses right now, they’re shut down. Or if you go buy a new house, and you have to have flood insurance, none of that can be processed right now because they just shut the government down. I mean, this is real.»

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He also expressed concern for the military members in his district who will have to work without getting paid until the shutdown is over.

«The troops are working without pay … I have a big veterans community and active duty service member community because I have two major military installations in my district, Louisiana’s 4th Congressional [District],» Johnson said. 

«I think a lot about these young airmen and soldiers who are deployed right now for their country, and they left behind young wives who are pregnant and have small children. They’re not going to get a paycheck until [Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.] comes to his senses.»

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., walk to speak to members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington on Sept. 29, 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

The House passed a measure to keep the current federal spending levels roughly flat through Nov. 21 to give Congress more time to reach a longer-term deal for fiscal year (FY) 2026. That bill, called a continuing resolution (CR), advanced mostly along party lines.

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But in the Senate, where at least several Democrats are needed to reach the 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster, progress has stalled. 

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Senate Democrats are demanding concessions on healthcare, including an extension of COVID-19 pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year.

But Republicans have contended that their plan should remain free of any partisan policy riders.

The Senate is likely to hold another vote on the measure, its fourth in total, on Friday.

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Siempre habrá una sola Jane Goodall

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La mayoría de la gente conoce a Jane Goodall, quien murió el miércoles a los 91 años, como una conservacionista de cabello plateado que conversaba con Stephen Colbert y daba discursos en las Naciones Unidas en defensa de la naturaleza. Para los científicos, sin embargo, es la joven Jane Goodall que siguió a chimpancés salvajes durante semanas seguidas quien perdura como un ícono.

«Siempre habrá una sola Jane Goodall», dijo Michael Tomasello, experto en el origen del lenguaje en la Universidad de Duke.

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En 1957, la carrera científica de Goodall comenzó con una llamada telefónica. En ese momento, solo tenía 23 años y había trabajado como camarera y secretaria. Pero se había autoeducado profundamente sobre los animales y quería encontrar una forma de trabajar con ellos.

Llamó al paleoantropólogo Louis Leakey, quien en ese momento estaba desenterrando fósiles espectaculares de homínidos y simios primitivos en África. Ella lo impresionó tanto que él le ofreció apoyo para una expedición a Tanzania, donde observaría chimpancés.

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Goodall comenzó su trabajo en el Centro de Investigación Gombe Stream en 1960. Los chimpancés allí se acostumbraron a su presencia, lo que le permitió aprender a distinguirlos. Pronto comenzó a notar que se comportaban de maneras sorprendentes.

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Observó a un chimpancé macho, a quien más tarde nombró David Greybeard, romper deliberadamente un tallo de hierba e introducirlo en un montículo de termitas para pescar insectos. Más tarde, vio a otros chimpancés usar herramientas también.

Cuando Goodall le transmitió sus observaciones a Leakey, él quedó asombrado. La fabricación de herramientas parecía ser un sello distintivo de los humanos y estaba mucho más allá de la capacidad de un simple simio.

«Ahora debemos redefinir ‘herramienta’, redefinir ‘hombre’, o aceptar a los chimpancés como humanos», declaró.

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Goodall también descubrió un rico sistema de comunicación entre los chimpancés de Gombe. Los sonidos que emitían no eran ruidos aleatorios, sino llamadas distintas. Complementaban esas llamadas con gestos hechos con las manos y la cabeza.

Cuanto más tiempo observaba Goodall a los chimpancés de Gombe, más distintivos se volvían como individuos. Algunos de los simios eran dominantes, mientras que otros languidecían en la parte inferior de la jerarquía. Algunos eran amables, otros eran crueles, y muchos eran ambas cosas.

Jane Goodall, una de las conservacionistas más veneradas del mundo. Foto: Erinn Springer/The New York TimesJane Goodall, una de las conservacionistas más veneradas del mundo. Foto: Erinn Springer/The New York Times

Goodall, quien obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de Cambridge, compartió sus observaciones tanto en artículos científicos como en libros enormemente populares. Algunos expertos la criticaron por dar nombres a los chimpancés de Gombe en lugar de números, y por sugerir que tenían personalidades individuales.

Pero sus escritos atrajeron a generaciones de nuevos científicos que investigaron más sobre chimpancés y otros simios. «Fue después de leer sus libros que me puse las botas y los binoculares y salí a la selva», dijo Catherine Crockford, experta en chimpancés del Instituto Max Planck de Antropología Evolutiva.

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Muchas de las observaciones iniciales de Goodall resultaron ser notablemente previsoras. «Ella abrió la ventana a la mente de los chimpancés», dijo Martin Surbeck, biólogo evolutivo de la Universidad de Harvard.

Estudios posteriores demostraron que muchos animales además de los chimpancés tienen personalidad. «Fue un cambio de paradigma», dijo Marc Bekoff, experto en comportamiento y mentes animales de la Universidad de Colorado, Boulder, y amigo cercano y colaborador frecuente de Goodall. Estaba trabajando en un libro para niños con ella cuando ella murió. «Se llama ‘Todo elefante tiene un nombre’«, dijo.

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Crockford y otros investigadores también han confirmado que los chimpancés se comunican con una gran cantidad de llamadas y gestos. Su trabajo ha planteado recientemente la posibilidad de que algunas de las partes fundamentales del lenguaje podrían haber estado presentes en el ancestro común de chimpancés y humanos.

Jill Pruetz, primatóloga de la Universidad Estatal de Texas, dijo que la observación de Goodall sobre los chimpancés que fabrican herramientas se erige como uno de los descubrimientos más importantes sobre el comportamiento animal jamás realizado. «Nos hizo reexaminar nuestra propia especie y repensar la forma en que consideramos y tratamos a otros animales«, dijo.

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Desde entonces, los investigadores han descubierto que los chimpancés son aún más versátiles en la fabricación de herramientas de lo que Goodall se dio cuenta. Pruetz, por ejemplo, observó a chimpancés en África Occidental fabricando lanzas, que usaban para apuñalar monos. Estos hallazgos mostraron que los chimpancés no están programados para hacer ciertas herramientas; en cambio, desarrollan culturas de fabricación de herramientas. Goodall no se dio cuenta en ese momento, pero en Gombe había descubierto solo una cultura de chimpancés entre muchas.

Como científica, el trabajo de Goodall se extendió mucho más allá de la evolución humana, incluso al estudio de las pandemias. Colaboró con Beatrice Hahn, viróloga de la Universidad de Pensilvania, para documentar virus similares al VIH en los chimpancés de Gombe.

Hahn dijo que los registros detallados que Goodall acumuló de los chimpancés —graficando sus familias e interacciones— hicieron posible rastrear la propagación del virus de inmunodeficiencia símica a través de los chimpancés. Los registros también revelaron que el VIS dañaba la salud y la fertilidad de los chimpancés.

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Jane Goodall, la célebre primatóloga, en Nueva York, el 2 de abril de 2024. Foto:  Erinn Springer/The New York TimesJane Goodall, la célebre primatóloga, en Nueva York, el 2 de abril de 2024. Foto: Erinn Springer/The New York Times

En años posteriores, Hahn se basó en su colaboración inicial con Goodall en Gombe para demostrar que el VIH evolucionó originalmente del VIS en chimpancés, saltando la barrera de las especies a través de la caza de carne de animales salvajes.

«La voluntad de Jane de colaborar fue fundamental para el éxito de todo nuestro trabajo«, dijo Hahn. «Ella era una verdadera científica».

Goodall no idealizó las vidas de los chimpancés. Los vio cometer graves actos de violencia, incluido el infanticidio. Y, sin embargo, también los vio como individuos con vidas ricas.

De hecho, lo que distinguió a Goodall fue su «profunda empatía» tanto por los animales como por los humanos y su capacidad para conectar con personas de todo el mundo, dijo Joe Walston, vicepresidente ejecutivo de conservación global en la Sociedad de Conservación de la Vida Silvestre.

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En numerosos libros, documentales, entrevistas y conferencias, Goodall habló sobre la necesidad de proteger a los animales salvajes del mundo y sus hábitats. Estaba «impulsada por un deseo inquebrantable de poder proteger aquello que estaba estudiando», dijo Walston.

El Instituto Jane Goodall, que fundó en 1977, ahora financia investigaciones científicas y proyectos de conservación en todo el mundo. También dirige Roots & Shoots, un programa global que ayuda a los jóvenes de todo el mundo a liderar proyectos humanitarios y de conservación en sus comunidades.

«Ella era tan buena con los jóvenes», dijo Jeanne McCarty, quien anteriormente dirigió Roots & Shoots y viajó con Goodall. «Mantuvo su propia curiosidad, energía y entusiasmo que todos tenemos de niños y que a veces perdemos. Nunca la vi perder eso».

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