Author: DPstaff
Cartoons Today: June 12, 2024
Expectation vs reality; Rule of law; Glass half empty; Fauci; Gaza; Refresh, and More…
Wednesday Poem: “Give-and-Take Ghazal”
I would like to give more than I takein this world of takers. I forgive…
Future of Food: Four Myths About Vertical Farming Debunked by an Expert
by Zoe Harris at Singularity Hub: Vertical farms look high-tech and sophisticated, but the premise…
A Doctor Told the Truth. The Feds Showed Up at His Door.
by Emily Yoffe at The Free Press: Eithan Haim, 34, is at the beginning of…
Do Plants Have Minds?
by Rachael Petersen at Aeon: Gustav Theodor Fechner championed the idea that plants have souls…
What We Can Learn From the Decadent Movement
by Kate Hext at Aeon: At its most extreme, Decadence is a reckless pursuit of…
Tolstoy’s Grave
By Stefan Zweig at Poetic Outlaws: For I saw nothing more magnificent, nothing more moving…
The Conviction Effect: National Polls Show Slight Shift Toward Joe Biden
by Liz Wolfe at Reason: In the roughly week and a half since former president…
Tuesday Poem: Glass Half Empty
Why Do You Always Have To Hurt Me?Why Do You Always Have To Think So…
Bizarre Bacteria Defy Textbooks by Writing New Genes
Ewen Callaway in Nature: Genetic information usually travels down a one-way street: genes written in DNA…
Does Sleep Really Clean the Brain? Maybe Not, New Paper Argues
Sara Reardon in Science: We all need sleep, but no one really knows why. For the…
How the Murder of a Black Grocery Store Owner and His Colleagues Galvanized Ida B. Wells’ Anti-Lynching Crusade
From Smithsonian: Coppery like a penny, thick like bad molasses, even a little gamey like a…