Birds and Us
Excerpts from Jesse Russell’s book review at The Hedgehog Review: In his recent work Birds and Us, British ornithologist Tim Birkhead provides a genealogical retrospective of human relationships with birds.
The Roots of War
Chris Blattman in the Boston Review: The globe is a patchwork of rival territories. Controlling them brings wealth and status. Different groups covet their neighbors’ resources and prey on the
COMMENT: Pak Reactivates Saudi, Kuwaiti Offer For Refinery in Gwadar, Balochistan
To meet fossil fuel demands till 2040, Pakistan has reactivated stalled Saudi & Kuwaiti oil refinery offers in Balochistan. The aim it seems is value-addition than just import of crude/petroleum
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Racism Row: How Asia and Africa Shaped Civilization
When Josep Borrell spoke of ‘privilege’, did that mean ‘white’ privilege? By Tariq A. Al Maeena at Gulf News: As a child growing up in the family home, I was
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Meatballs, Baseball
IRSHAD SALIM: One day my grandma asked my father why he had beaten me up as i was the youngest and his most loved one. My father told grandma that
Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain Works
Anil Ananthaswamy in Quanta: For researchers interested in the intersection of animal and machine intelligence, “supervised learning” might be limited in what it can reveal about biological brains. Animals —
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ایک دن میری دادی نے میرے والد سے پوچھا کہ انہوں نے مجھے کیوں مارا کیوں کہ میں سب سے چھوٹا اور ان کا سب سے پیارا تھا۔ میرے والد
Why Some Parents in U.S. Are Flocking to a Chinese-Immersion School
“All you have to do for your kid to receive the best education in the Bay Area is put them in a classroom where their teachers will not speak English
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Is ‘Water Machine’ Preventing More Flood Disasters in Bangladesh?
The study contradicts the idea that we should use less groundwater Written by Rezwan at GlobalVoices.org: Being a riverine country, Bangladesh is prone to floods every year, and a large
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What’s Strange But True About Japanese Kids, School Rules, Cities, Canals (Videos)
Here are some reasons why Japanese kids are different than the rest of the world: Schoolchildren follow rules that are strange but true: These children’s daily rituals at school enable
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Conversation With Qalandar on His Doodles
IRSHAD SALIM, Karachi: Dr. Gholam Mustafa, a California-based professional whom we used to call ‘Qalandar’ in NED –this was in the early 70s until, to quote Hamza Shahid (Oscar), “we
Nature is Disappearing: Here’s Why it Matters and What to Do About it
Perhaps the clearest role the U.S. can play in halting and reversing global nature loss by 2030 is in the assistance it provides to those countries where biodiversity is richest
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