"President Biden’s comments contribute and are a testament to the broader misunderstanding and this fantasization from the West about cannibalism in Papua New Guinea."
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The surprising relationship between age and success in rebellions.
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A 19th-century tale of hermaphrodite flowers, Charles Darwin, and women’s right to vote.
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John Mitchinson explores why are we so fascinated by the odious, uncancellable, Mr Punch
I’ve posted a few times over the years about a trip I made with my partner to Leipzig in East Germany back in 1984, and I confess that the now-defunct country retains a kind of fascination for me. My rather banal judgement then and now is that the country, though marked by annoying shortages and […]
If you want to know what it takes to succeed in science, head to the Nobel Prize ceremony.
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Here’s a hint: He didn’t eat processed foods and sugar.
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David Gibbins on his 3 greatest revelations while writing A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks.
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How a shared love of algae got a community of women hooked on marine science.
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In Fully Automated Luxury Communism (2018), the British writer Aaron Bastani puts a leftist spin on the Promethean view of technological development. While noting the revolutionary potential of recent genetic innovations, he insists that the latter are no different in kind from the selective breeding practices of the past: they are simply another great leap […]