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by Christian Schroeder at Singularity Hub: The origin of life on Earth is still enigmatic, but we are slowly unraveling the steps involved and the necessary ingredients. Scientists believe life
Continue readingThe Crucial Building Blocks of Life on Earth Form More Easily in Outer Space
Both global superpowers are building up their capacity for surging robotic warfare. What happens next is anyone’s guess. by Rafi Schwartz at The Week: The latter half of the 20th
Continue readingIs the Next Cold War a Drone-Swarm Race Between US and China?
by Aqdas Afzal at Dawn: Predictably, the economic crisis rapidly transformed into a political crisis. This same sea front park became the epicenter of anti-government protests. Soon, the president resigned
If you don’t like people, you hadn’t ought to be in politics at all, and Henry talked about the common people but I don’t think he liked them… —Harry S.
Continue readingThe Butterfly’s Wings: FDR, Truman, and Henry Wallace
Alexander the Great, Aristotle Onassis, Anil Ambani and more: Aftab Rizvi Talking Points at the Indus Hospital Fund Raising recently held in Toronto:
By Greenbarge Reporters: President Bola Tinubu has identified illegal mining as one of the major causes of terrorism in Nigeria and across Africa and called for the establishment of a
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“I am not the prodigal son,” I saidto my mother who had cometo take me back. “I’m going to Africa,” to see if my face colors her ground,if my sadness
Sean H Vanatta at Aeon/Psyche: The American economy has always relied on household borrowing. Since before the founding, the colonies had been ever short of metallic currency. Our 18th-century forebears
Continue readingHow Did America Become a Credit Card Nation?
Damon Linker at Notes From the Middleground: Journalists have a name for an article written and published without the necessary curatorial oversight. It’s called a notebook dump. The reporter does
The world has sadly just lost one of its most provocative and inspirational thinkers and writers. Douglas Hofstadter at Marcus on AI: I just received the very sad news about
Continue readingDaniel Dennett, a Deep Thinker About What it is to Be Human. R.I.P.
Brad East in The Hedgehog Review: The conceit at the heart of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses novels is simple. There is a house in London for misfit spies. When MI5 is unable, for
Michelle Buckley, Paula Chakravartty in Boston Review: In December, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a personal request from his friend and political ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: expedite
Continue readingThe Israel-India Worker Deal Resembles British Indenture