Paris’s 400-year-old book stalls fight to survive.
Lawrence Winkler is a physician, traveler, and natural philosopher. His molecules have morphed from medicine to manuscript. He lives with Robyn on Vancouver Island and in New Zealand, tending their gardens and vineyards, and dreams.
Saturday, 2 January 2021
In Exile From the Dreamscape
We live in a wake-centric world that devalues dreaming, yet we need to experience dreams to be our authentic selves.
The Deep Anthropocene
A revolution in archaeology has exposed the extraordinary extent of human influence over our planet’s past and its future.
American Girl’s 2021 Girl of the Year
A 10-year-old who fights climate change and takes care of sick animals at a wildlife sanctuary in Australia.
Beekeepers Brace for Next Round with Canada's ‘Murder Hornets’
British Columbia resigned to a ‘long fight’ after 2020’s efforts to track and kill the invasive insects ended in frustration.
Friday, 1 January 2021
The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb
There is much we don’t know about the new COVID-19 variant—but everything we know so far suggests a huge danger.
Thursday, 31 December 2020
Los Angeles Locked Down. Covid Came Anyway.
The city’s crisis contradicts the simple narrative that outbreaks are punishment for red-state recklessness.
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
Bird Brains Are Far More Humanlike Than Once Thought
The avian cortex had been hiding in plain sight all along. Humans were just too birdbrained to see it.
Francisco Goya: the Embodiment of Old Spain
Janis Tomlinson’s new biography of Francisco Goya is a well-informed, comprehensive biography that would make an excellent gift for any art lover.
Trudeau’s Undermining of Democratic Traditions Advances a Socialist Agenda
We must assume he will relentlessly pursue this ideological vision, especially if he wins a majority government.
What keeps Trudeau from Sanctioning China for Human Rights Abuses?
On Monday a court in the People’s Republic of China handed citizen journalist Zhang Zhan a 4-year prison sentence for on-the-ground reporting in Wuhan on the COVID-19 outbreak.
The True Story of the White Island Eruption
It was supposed to be a routine six-hour tour, including the highlight: a quick hike into the island's otherworldly caldera. Then the volcano exploded.
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Vikings in America
Centuries before Columbus, Vikings came to the Western hemisphere. How far into the Americas did they travel?
A Caveman Would Never Do CrossFit. Why There’s Nothing Natural About Exercise
A new book debunks popular myths, including ‘that your inner primal macho ripped hunter-gatherer ancestor is who you were meant to be’
Falklands Land Grab: Argentina Gloats After EU Agrees to Exclude Islands from Brexit Deal
Argentina’s Foreign Minister Felipe Sola has taken to Twitter to crow about the exclusion of the Falkland Islands from the EU-UK Brexit deal - and implied he was instrumental in persuading the bloc to do so.
Monday, 28 December 2020
Sunday, 27 December 2020
The China Question
In matters of trade and manufacturing, the United States has not been the naive victim of cunning Chinese masterminds. We asked for this.
Doorway Denizens
San Francisco’s beleaguered business owners were hoodwinked into building makeshift housing for the homeless.
Oncologist Fears ‘Tsunami of Cancer’ After COVID-19 Lockdowns Limited Screening
Cancer specialists are worried the drop in cancer diagnoses means cases are going undetected and untreated.
