The Fault in Our Forecasts
Susan Hough at Asterisk: The reality is that earthquake prediction is hard. “Neither the USGS…
Do Less. It’s Good for You.
Jamie Ducharmie in Time Magazine: You take a vacation day, but get distracted by the thought of…
‘Invasion of Monkeys This Morning’
Where is this?Banani DOHS, adjacent to Kurmitola golf course (Dhaka).Omg…Playing golf?Where is it? So many?See…
If We Can Keep it: Is the U.S. a Democracy or a Republic?
Tim Sommers at 3 Quarks Daily: The website of the Connecticut General Assembly, for some…
Cartoons Today: June 12, 2024
Expectation vs reality; Rule of law; Glass half empty; Fauci; Gaza; Refresh, and More…
Wednesday Poem: “Give-and-Take Ghazal”
I would like to give more than I takein this world of takers. I forgive…
Future of Food: Four Myths About Vertical Farming Debunked by an Expert
by Zoe Harris at Singularity Hub: Vertical farms look high-tech and sophisticated, but the premise…
A Doctor Told the Truth. The Feds Showed Up at His Door.
by Emily Yoffe at The Free Press: Eithan Haim, 34, is at the beginning of…
Do Plants Have Minds?
by Rachael Petersen at Aeon: Gustav Theodor Fechner championed the idea that plants have souls…
What We Can Learn From the Decadent Movement
by Kate Hext at Aeon: At its most extreme, Decadence is a reckless pursuit of…
Tolstoy’s Grave
By Stefan Zweig at Poetic Outlaws: For I saw nothing more magnificent, nothing more moving…
The Conviction Effect: National Polls Show Slight Shift Toward Joe Biden
by Liz Wolfe at Reason: In the roughly week and a half since former president…