Author: DPstaff

Evolution’s New Narrative: Life is a Decentralized, Horizontal Network, Not Merely a Centralized, Hierarchical Tree

David P. Mindell at Reason: The conventional narrative for evolution is outdated. I am not…

Researchers Use Groovy Science to Understand Gut Feelings

Iris Kulbatski in The Scientist: The gut’s sensory system is a touchy subject thanks to specialized…

Jim Harrison: Why I Write

I used to tell students…the difference between poetry and you is you look in the…

How Does Language Begin in the Womb?

by Darshana Narayanan at Aeon: Some restless infants don’t wait for birth to let out…

Cars Beat Climate in Court

Jack Marley, Environment commissioning editor of the Imagine Newsletter: For planning to block a motorway…

Not Yet Panicking About AI? You Should Be

Daniel Kehlmann in The Guardian: I do not want to demonise the revolution we are…

Eitan Hersh on the Perils of Political Hobbyism

Yascha Mounk at his own Substack: Eitan Hersh is Professor of Political Science at Tufts…

Nadeem F. Paracha: Pakistan’s “Useful Idiots”

by Nadeem F. Paracha at Dawn: Numerous books have been written on Islam in Pakistan….

Wednesday Poem: Ghazal For Brevity

A mantra sets in with just one word.A dream can end with just one word….

The Kamala Gamble

Michael Baharaeen at The Liberal Patriot: Joe Biden rocked American politics over the weekend with…

Martin Luther King and Philosophical Personalism

by Bennett Gilbert at Aeon: On 25 March 1965, the planes out of Montgomery, Alabama…

Vlog: Why Dhaka is on Fire

An opinion on the complexities behind the recent riots in Dhaka and the historical and…