Los Angeles Locked Down. Covid Came Anyway.

The city’s crisis contradicts the simple narrative that outbreaks are punishment for red-state recklessness.

COVID-19 Devastates L.A. County Hospitals

Bodies pile up, patient care falters. 

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.

Nanaimo Hospital to Expand Treatment

Of local assholes.

The Left is Paralysed by Disgust

If you hate your country, you cannot change it.

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. 

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.

The Four Black Deaths

A revision.

How Did Madagascar Become the World’s Biggest Producer of Vanilla?

A tale of a botanical mystery, colonialism, and savvy marketing.

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.

The ‘Dying Seas’

Of the Anthropocene.

Is the Earth an Organism?

The Gaia hypothesis states that our biosphere is evolving. Once sceptical, some prominent biologists are beginning to agree.

The Shadowy Spirits

That helped advance science.

Chinese Economy To Overtake US ‘By 2028’

Due to Covid.

Cuban Communists

Add rodent meat ‘to the family dinner table.’

Outwitting the Grim Reaper

Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin on how to age successfully.

Over 500 Animals Slaughtered as Portuguese Estate Makes Way for Massive Solar Energy Park

Over 500 animals have been slaughtered in a walled estate in Azambuja purportedly making way for a massive solar energy park.

Over Time, Buddhism and Science Agree

Understanding the impermanence of everything—including ourselves.

Plato in Sicily

Plato travelled to the decadent strife-torn court of Syracuse three times, risking his life to create a philosopher-king.

Reading, That Strange and Uniquely Human Thing

How we evolved to read is a story of one creative species.

Repurposing Utopia

Two photobooks chart the afterlife of Soviet architecture.

Playing Go with Darwin

New research elevates evolution from a tactical process to one of strategic possibility.

China's Deal with PNG

Will deplete fishing stock and pose border risk.

What is a Letter?

Literary correspondence in the age of instant communications.

Canada Criticized for Clean Fuel Rules

That hit poor households hardest.

Living With Karens

A white woman calls the police on her Black neighbors. Six months later, they still share a property line.

How Americans Came to Distrust Science

For a century, critics of all political stripes have challenged the role of science in society. Repairing distrust today requires confronting those arguments head on.

The Great Buenos Aires Bank Heist

They were an all-star crew. They cooked up the perfect plan. And when they pulled off the caper of the century, it made them more than a fortune—it made them folk heroes.

Covid-19 Christmas Sweater That Ensures Social Distancing

It flashes and sounds alarm when people get too close.

The Current and Coming War

With China.

McDonald's China Offers Weird Limited Eedition ‘Oreo x Spam Burger’

The latest burger creation features two extra-thick slices of Spam topped with Oreo crumbs and the brand's classic burger sauce.

Honeybees are Starving

Because of Roundup.

Can We Restore Nature?

In seeking a means to heal our wounded planet, we should look to the painstaking, cautious craft of art conservation.

Estranged

When feeling good about ourselves matters more than filial duty, cutting off our parents comes to seem like a valid choice.

The End of Us

Only since the Enlightenment have we been able to imagine humans going extinct. Is it a sign of our maturity as a species?

Science Can Properly Claim to Be the Gold Standard of Truth

The insidious attacks on scientific truth.

History From Below

What shaped the thought of E P Thompson, the great historian of ordinary working people and champion of their significance?

The Four Thinkers Who Reinvented Philosophy

Between the wars, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Martin Heidegger, Ernst Cassirer and Walter Benjamin sought to transform the world by giving it their total attention – a lesson that still resonates 100 years on. 

Resveratrol for Cold and Flu: Anti-Aging Compound Shown Promise as Flu and COVID Treatment

Red wine has the most resveratrol of all the natural sources... Pinot Noir has the most resveratrol of all the red wines... Vancouver Island Pinot Noir has the most resveratrol of all the Pinot Noir... Domaine Renegade has the most resveratrol of all the Vancouver Island Pinot Noirs...

China’s Fishing Fleet

Heading for Australia amid trade war.

Pro-death Group Recruits Satanists in Attempt to Take Over Canadian Pro-life Palliative Care Hospice

Euthanasia activists are reaching out to their allies including Satanists and atheists in an attempt to force the hospice to lethally inject sick patients.

Shut Off the Leaf Blowers and Restore Peace to Suburbia

Leaves are not trash, and the leaf blowers create noise and air pollution.

Small, Quiet Crickets Turn Leaves Into Megaphones to Blare Their Mating Call

A carefully crafted leaf can double the volume of a male’s song, helping it compete for females.