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The building’s chief architect, Joseph Paxton, was not an architect by training. He was a gardener. By Eric Bies in 3Quarks Daily: May of 1851, London, the world’s first World
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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa had already warned former prime minister Imran Khan that the PM House is unsafe for talks, former information & broadcast minister,
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Economically viable fusion energy will be one of the greatest boons in human history, but it remains frustratingly elusive Kahled Talaat in Tablet: The 21st century may one day be
Shannon Osaka in The Washington Post: The typical “nuclear bro” is lurking in the comments section of a clean energy YouTube video, wondering why the creator didn’t mention #nuclear. He is
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On Morten Jerven’s The Wealth and Poverty of African States (Cambridge University Press, 2022) Review by Alden Young in the Phenomenal World: On May 1, 2014, Nigeria’s then-president, Goodluck Jonathan,
IRSHAD SALIM: Every year, as October comes, I recall a few nuggets from my memory bank, and reminisce them. One of them is the 1990 thriller movie The Hunt For
Kamila Shamsie’s new novel, “Best of Friends” chosen as a book of 2022 by The Guardian, Observer, Daily Mail and Financial Times Molly Young’s review in The New York Times: The
“Welcome to the dark ages or as it should be known as the golden ages…it’s all a matter of perspective.” A wonderfully made video by 1001 Inventions and The Library
Soldier who walked with Queen’s coffin found dead at Army barracks… ‘Metaverse’ children to replace real kids by 2050 and ‘help with overpopulation’… NY City close to deal for NORWEGIAN
The future of the American economy is hiding in an unlikely place; valuable but unfamiliar. The world is transitioning to a post-fossil fuel zero-carbon economy as the effects of population
Built by indigenous masons, these 1,500-year-old pyramids are still standing strong, held together by sticky juice from the prickly pear cactus. By Lina Zeldovich at BBC: From a distance, the
Jonathan Guyer in Vox: It was not an isolated incident of police violence in Iran. But the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody last week has captured the country’s attention. Amini
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