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by Margee Ensign at IPS: (C)ountering growing authoritarianism requires a bigger, more interconnected ecosystem of robust civil society, media, and academia, each of which underpin democratic values and an informed
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 Joumana Khatib at The New York Times: Since its release last summer, James McBride’s latest novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,”
by Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: The human genetic blueprint is deceptively simple. Our genes are tightly wound into 46 X-shaped structures called chromosomes. Crafted by evolution, they carry DNA
Continue readingHuman Artificial Chromosomes Could Ferry Tons More DNA Cargo Into Cells
Says “we want to be a partner of first resort in China’s Economic Development Journey.” The Saudi-based global oil giant’s CEO agrees with President Xi’s vision/mission of not merely growth,
Continue readingSaudi Aramco CEO’s Talking Points at Invest In China Summit 2024
Oil Analyst Syed Rashid Hussain (Toronto-based) shares his views on Pakistan’s energy assets and discusses A Guyanese Case Study on Oil, with Dawn News: Part 1 of 2 Part 2
Continue readingWhy Isn’t Pakistan Exploiting Its Energy Assets?
by Aryeh Neier at Ideas Letter: The Cold War derailed efforts to create a permanent international court after successful international tribunals following World War II. The push for international justice
Continue readingThe Drive for International Justice—and Why it Stalled
Lee Siegel at The Ideas Letter: Consider the recent trend of “The Great Resignation” and “quiet quitting,” which developed in the context of media speculation about a world in which
Nobel Prize–winning biologist Venki Ramakrishnan explores the science and charlatans of life-extension. Matt Reynolds in Wired: In one way or another, the superrich have always been trying to extend their lives.
Continue readingThe Keys to a Long Life Are Sleep and a Better Diet—and Money
Dawn Editorial: WHILE U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu’s recent testimony before a Congressional panel contained no bombshells about the cipher saga, the American diplomat’s replies to questions from
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Lawrence M. Krauss in Quillette: Frans de Waal, one of the world’s preeminent primatologists, passed away on 14 March 2024, at the age of 75. He was the Charles Howard
Continue readingOf Monkeys and Men: The Extraordinary Life and Work of Frans de Waal
Nearly 30 years ago, in 1990s, I became a landowner for the first time in Sri Lanka when my father transferred his share of the land that he co-owned with
Continue readingBreaking Down Barriers to Women’s Land Rights Starts in Our Homes
Sometimes he’d be washing the car. . . all by himselfand he’d say, “Damn!”or sweeping the last dry morsels of leavesonto an old dust pansaved just for outsidefor when he