OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
We have all heard about how climate change and pollution are affecting our oceans but rising ocean acidification has rarely been part of those discussions: …
POPULAR ETYMOLOGIES
“Popular etymologies are apocryphal” is the lead caption of an article I found in the latest edition of The Economist. The article looks at the …
Wi-Fi
“I spy, with my little Wi-Fi” is a cute title of an article that is quite frightening: Using Wi-Fi to track people inside buildings, when …
TRIPLE COOKED CHIPS
Triple cooked chips are one British chef’s answer to soggy, under-cooked potato fingers that almost all of us love. I’m not talking about French fries …
THE HAMILTON ROAD
The Hamilton Road stretches 185 kilometers from Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, across the imposing Zagros Mountains, to the town …
HUMANITY IS NOT SUSTAINABLE
“Humanity is not sustainable” sounds like an alarmist, perhaps environmental fanatical, statement. In some ways that is totally true, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong. …
GREAT ZIMBABWE
The towering walls of Great Zimbabwe are a humbling experience and yet, there is something inviting about the archaeological site. It doesn’t feel like an …
MALACCA STRAIT VOLCANOS
Malacca Strait volcanos have the very real potential to wreck the world economy. Much focus has been given to the problems that occur in the …
A WOUNDED GIANT
A wounded giant: Negativity is by now so deeply ingrained in American media culture that it’s become the default frame imposed on reality. In large …
A 187 YEAR OLD PROMISE
Three Cherokee tribes are pushing aggressively for the U.S. government to make good on a 187 year old promise to award them a sitting delegate …