January 2021
Weathering the Pandemic
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Time will tell exactly how serious the pandemic’s disruption of weather-data gathering and forecasting will be...
Read MoreThe Chewa in Malawian Prehistory
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Among Juwayeyi’s most important contributions is the argument that the Maravi state predated the expansion of Indian Ocean trade into the region...
Read MoreMadras Meridian
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The era’s greatest promoter of astronomy was Jai Singh II, the 18th-century raja of Jaipur...
Read MoreOver One Billion Edits
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I had been watching the growth of open source software and I had this concept of a free encyclopedia...
Read MoreTough on Populism
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The likely economic consequences of the pandemic—unemployment, insecurity, soaring public debt and perhaps inflation—will probably feed a second wave of populism...
Read MoreIndigenous groups are often the best protectors of their lands…
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With more than 60 percent tree cover, Panama is one of the most forested countries in Central America...
Read MoreOur Whispering Hour by Jessica Sequeira
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We will only take as many fish as can fit into this basket. We must only use what the tree gives us...
Read MoreWhat was Dilophosaurus really like?
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The animal that departed most from the fossil evidence was Dilophosaurus. In the movie, it takes the form of a golden retriever–sized creature with a rattling frill and venomous spit...
Read MoreWhat might José Ortega y Gasset say to us now?
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Far from fitting the stereotypical image of a philosopher, sat in an ivory tower, Ortega y Gasset was engaged with his society and its troubles...
Read MoreJumbled Sea Ice
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In 1913, a group of seven Americans headed north from New York City. Their mission was to find and explore Crocker Land, an unexplored island or perhaps small continent...
Read MoreOptimistic New Year!
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In the coming year, we can lay the foundations for a new era of sustainable development, peace, and cooperation...
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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