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Peter Beinart at The Beinart Notebook: Given the growing chance of a regional war in the Middle East, our guest will be one of the best analysts of Palestinian and
Continue readingIf You Can’t Win One War, Start an Even Bigger One
By Charles Petrie at Neom Magazine: I was making the trek into Myanmar to get a sense of how communities were organizing themselves in the vacuum created by the retreating
To eat sweet corn straight offthe cob, just shucked—no one ever told me I could do that, likeno one ever. Another daythe world seems too full of protocolsboiled and buttered
by Harmain Ahmer in Dawn: Following the ‘Fall of Dhaka’, the non-Bengalis in Bangladesh were subjected to ‘denationalisation’ by the Government of Pakistan, as the government did not allow non-Bengalis
James Pethokoukis at Faster, Please: Part of my (quite popular!) recent essay “Why no Industrial Revolution in ancient Rome, Greece, or China?” deserves more explanation. I note in passing that
Continue readingWhen Humanity Stopped Looking Backward, it Started Moving Forward
Davide Castelvecchi in Nature: The medals keep coming for US swimmers at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris — and that’s in part thanks to science. Several of the athletes on Team USA
Continue readingThe Mathematician Who Helps Olympic Swimmers Go Faster
Paul Cooper at Literary Hub: One Sumerian epic poem called Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta gives the first known story about the invention of writing, by a king who has to
Continue readingWhat the Epic of Gilgamesh Reveals About Sumerian Society
by Heath Hardage Lee at Air Mail: Mrs. Nixon’s considerable, if quiet, contributions as First Lady were never fully valued in Nixon’s own White House. Chief of staff H. R.
Habib Khan, Quetta: I like the term “picture in picture” not for its function but just for its name as it echoes our “holiday in holiday” –the concept of going
Someone once said that we die twice–First, when we take our very last breath.The flame on our candle goes out as weTransition between life and death. But then comes our
From Aeon Magazine: Most starfish take a rather laissez-faire approach to parenting, releasing millions of sperm and eggs into the water. This somewhat scattershot means of reproduction is known as
Continue readingA Spectacular, Close-up Look at the Starfish With a ‘Hands-on’ Approach to Parenting
By Mairav Zonszein at Time Magazine: On Wednesday morning, as news broke that Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran, the Israeli actress who plays a Mossad agent
Continue readingWhat Haniyeh’s Assassination Means for a Gaza Ceasefire