Monday Poem: The Saddest Man on Earth
THE SADDEST MAN ON EARTH… ignored how the rain felt as he left home for the last time Wore down his boot heels searching for the woman of his dreams,
What Will We See When the Lights Go Out?
by Ryan McCarty: My neighbor, near me on the bus, moves his lipswhile looking at his phone. They’re like twolittle birds whispering to that tiny sunrise he holds.He will finish,
We Have Forgotten the Invaluable Lessons Nature Can Teach Us. Return Children to Nature’s Classroom.
By Azal Zahir at The Express Tribune: A meta-analysis published in “Environmental Science and Technology,” found that exposure to natural environments is associated with reduced levels of stress, anxiety, and
NATO Without America
Can Europeans shore up their collective defense and security by creating an independent, strongly coordinated defense industrial policy in time to adapt to a possible Donald Trump victory this November?
‘Hostage On a Truck’-by Habib Khan
“Cushtum as they still call the place, though the actual checkpoint has since moved.” Engr. Habib Khan from Quetta: 1973 had proved to be a devastating year for Balochistan. The
Environmental DNA Is Everywhere. Scientists Are Gathering It All.
“Every day I see something bubbling up that didn’t occur to me.” Peter Andrey Smith at Singularity Hub: In the late 1980s, at a federal research facility in Pensacola, Florida,
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Sunday Poem: The Endless Journey
Man instinctively regards himselfas a wanderer and wayfarer,and it is second nature for himto go on pilgrimage in searchof a privileged and holy place,a center and source ofindefectible life. This
Five Years on From Prince Andrew’s Infamous BBC Interview, Netflix is Bringing it Back
Stuart Heritage at Air Mail: f you’re stuck for something to watch this weekend, you may want to consider Scoop, Netflix’s attempt to dramatize the infamous 2019 Newsnight interview between
How to Fight Misinformation Without Censorship
Jacob Mchangama in Persuasion: 2024 is a pivotal year for the future of global democracy, as some two billion—about half the adult population of the globe—will have the chance to
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5 Timeless Poetry (in English) By Rabindranath Tagore
Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the Bard of Bengal, has inspired generations of people through his writings, poetry and thoughts. Tagore was much ahead of his time and his works were
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The Universe May Be a Hologram, Meaning Our Entire Reality Could Be an Illusion
by Paul M. Sutter at Popular Mechanics: As theoretical physics delves deeper into the fundamental nature of reality, we’re left to grapple with the questions it leaves us. For example,
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Does Where You Live Make You Who You Are?
by Anandi Mishra at the Psyche: Ever since my husband (M) moved to Germany to pursue his master’s late in 2022, we’d been living apart on two continents. The summer