The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans
Razib Khan at Unsupervised Learning: On this episode, Razib talks about the April 2024 preprint The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans. The blockbuster publication introduces nearly 300 new ancient DNA
Friday Poem: The Return
When I returned to earth after forty thousand yearsthere were no more graves, no more cathedrals.No public parks, no public. I looked everywhereand couldn’t find a single statue of a
The Toys We Loved in the 1980s
Slinky Legend has it that the toy emerged in the 1940s when an American naval engineer accidentally dropped a twisted spring on the floor. He found the effect curious and
Is it Democratic to Disqualify a Popular Candidate From the Ballot?
Benjamin A. Schupmann at the Oxford University Press Blog: That a popular candidate could be disqualified from running and removed from the ballot might, at first glance, seem at odds
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As the World Turns: Thursday April 25, 2024
News, Views of Interest That You Might Have Missed… Biden Signs Foreign Aid, TikTok Bills… Report: Global Military Spending Hits a Record High of $2.44 Trillion… The ministry of (dis)information
Sahil Bloom: 7 Questions That Changed My Life
Glance: The greatest discoveries in life come not from finding the right answers, but from asking the right questions. For the last several years, I’ve been adding to a list
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Dubai’s Freak Rain
Don’t blame it on cloud seeding – the storm was far too big to be human-made Richard Washington at The Conversation: Early on Tuesday morning, April 16, the chat network
Is the Gaza war Tearing US University Campuses Apart?
Joel Mathis, at The Week: Campus unrest over the war in Gaza “has reached a fever pitch in the final weeks of classes,” said The New York Times, with confrontations
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Thursday Poem: The New Battery Should Come Tomorrow
Got up this morning thinking about going to see my daughter.Which led to thinking about the remote for the garage door opener which had stopped working when I replaced the battery.
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Ancient Wisdom: Emotional Vaccination
This is How You Make Hard Situations Easier Ryan Holiday at Daily Stoic: Airports are stressful and traveling can be a nightmare. Dealing with a toddler’s tantrum at the grocery
As the World Turns: Wednesday April 24, 2024
News, Views of Interest That You Might Have Missed… New evidence challenges Pentagon’s account of attack as US withdrew from Afghanistan… USA, Russia set for showdown at UN over nukes
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AI: A Bridge Toward Diverse Intelligence
Today’s debates about artificial intelligence (AI) fail to grapple with deeper questions about who we are and what kind of future we want to build. Michael Levin in Noema: They