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In 2018, field researchers in Uganda came across an unusual sight: a female chimpanzee carried an infant that she had recently given birth to… … Continue readingAnimals’ Understanding of Death Can Teach Us About Our Own
I heard the night feels lonely, too, when the birds choose to leave their nests. I feel the same way but only skin cuddles my bones. … Continue reading“Ghazal of Bones” By Ebuka Stephen
Goodbye your foulness you poisoned the airyour presence was rot your exit a prayer. Like the trash can may you be kicked down the streethistory won’t forgive and may future
Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, was subjected to disparaging comments because of his migrant status and his Phoenician ethnicity. … Continue readingWhy Migrants Matter
Zero, which was invented late in history, is special among numbers. New studies are uncovering how the brain creates something out of nothing. … Continue readingHow the Human Brain Contends With the Strangeness of Zero
…and that includes both environmental effects on societies and those societies’ impacts on the environment. … Continue readingAll History is Environmental History
Impotence Through Relevance? Faustian Bargains, Beyond Impact and the Future of Political Science. … Continue readingThe Future of Political Science
The Dictators Who Want to Run the World provides an incisive exposition and analysis of how autocrats function in the world today… … Continue readingAutocracy, Kleptocracy and the Threat to Democracy
Noam Chomsky, the Author of “The Myth of American Idealism” Explores the Origins of America’s Hegemonic Foreign Policy. … Continue readingNoam Chomsky on How America Sanitizes the Horror of Its Wars
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis has inspired much reflection about creativity, commerce, the freedom of the artist and the state of Hollywood. … Continue readingFrancis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” is Bad Art. But At Least It’s Art.
I write for the young man, demented, who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima; I write for Nasser and Ben Gurion; For Krushchev and… … Continue readingPoem: Whom I Write For
by Arjumand Faisel at Gallery 6: After displaying 90 paintings on diverse subjects for the show, I meticulously toured the expansive display area, ensuring each exhibit received its final touches