Empire of the Ants: What Insect Supercolonies Can Teach Us
John Whitfield in The Guardian: It is a familiar story: a small group of animals…
Wednesday Poem: The Sum of Life
Nothing to do but work,…. Nothing to eat but food,Nothing to wear but clothes…. To…
Ibn Khaldun on a Failed Nation–Seven Hundred Years Ago
“A defeated nation always admires the conqueror, imitating his dress and adopting the signs of…
Countering Growing Authoritarianism Requires a Robust Civil Society, Media & Academia
by Margee Ensign at IPS: (C)ountering growing authoritarianism requires a bigger, more interconnected ecosystem of…
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 Joumana Khatib at The New York Times:…
Human Artificial Chromosomes Could Ferry Tons More DNA Cargo Into Cells
by Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: The human genetic blueprint is deceptively simple. Our genes…
Saudi Aramco CEO’s Talking Points at Invest In China Summit 2024
Says “we want to be a partner of first resort in China’s Economic Development Journey.”…
Why Isn’t Pakistan Exploiting Its Energy Assets?
Oil Analyst Syed Rashid Hussain (Toronto-based) shares his views on Pakistan’s energy assets and discusses…
The Drive for International Justice—and Why it Stalled
by Aryeh Neier at Ideas Letter: The Cold War derailed efforts to create a permanent…
Civil Society’s Proper Place
Lee Siegel at The Ideas Letter: Consider the recent trend of “The Great Resignation” and…
The Keys to a Long Life Are Sleep and a Better Diet—and Money
Nobel Prize–winning biologist Venki Ramakrishnan explores the science and charlatans of life-extension. Matt Reynolds in Wired:…
Geopolitical Turbulence and Iran-Pakistan Pipeline
Dawn Editorial: WHILE U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu’s recent testimony before a Congressional…