Andreas Richter, an ecologist at the University of Vienna, secured a grant of up to 10 million euros from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for his new project ActiveSOIL. ^[1] Andreas Richter stated that soil is not a renewable resource and that losing nutrient-rich soil with high biodiversity cannot be restored within human timescales. ^[2] Richter described the current political response to the climate crisis as 'complete political failure' and emphasized the need for natural soil management. ^[3] The ActiveSOIL project will run for six years to examine the activities of microorganisms in soils and their impact on nutrition and climate change. ^[4] In 1975, Robert Curtis reportedly secured an additional 8 billion dollars worth of gold bars, which fueled suspicions that Marcos used these funds for a slush fund. ^[5] Legends persist regarding vast treasures looted by Axis powers during World War II and hidden in secret locations across Southeast Asia and Europe. ^[6] The Nazi Gold Train legend claims a train carrying looted goods disappeared into a subterranean base in Wałbrzych, Poland, in the spring of 1945. ^[7] The Yamashita Gold is a legend of trillions of won in gold bars allegedly buried by Japanese forces in the Philippines jungle during World War II. ^[8]