Monthly Archive: August 2021
Some who stop eating meat continue eating fish in the belief that it’s good for them and that fishing is less cruel and destructive than farming – nothing could be further from the truth. While fish continues to be labelled a health food …
Forced from their homes by fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces, thousands of families seek refuge in a Kabul park. Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images – By Abdulkader Sinno, Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University …
Taliban militants and Afghan civilians celebrate the signing of a peace deal with the United States on March 2. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP via Getty Images) – By Hanif Sufizada, Education and Outreach Program Coordinator, University of Nebraska Omaha –This article was originally published on …
On the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest, people from Mexico’s smallest state Tlaxcala say their ancestors were liberators – Dancers celebrate the anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlán, the Mexica capital, on 26 July. Photograph: Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/Pacific Press/REX/Shutterstock – David Agren …
A horror movie proved an unlikely source of inspiration. Pelling in the kitchen with asparagus, the veggie that inspired his work on spinal cord injuries. Andrew Pelling – By Cari Shane 2021 Aug 04 – His lab is filled with apples, asparagus, broccoli, …
Archaeologist and paleoenvironmental researcher Isaac Hart of the University of Utah surveys a melting ice patch in western Mongolia. Peter Bittner, CC BY-ND – William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder 2021 Aug 11 – In the world’s …
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, seen here in July 2021, announced on 2021 Aug 10, that he would resign amid a sexual harassment scandal. Spencer Platt/Getty Images – 2021 Aug 10 – Authors Sandy Hershcovis, Professor at Haskayne School of Business, University of …
Exclusive: IPCC says gas, produced by farming, shale gas and oil extraction, playing ever-greater role in overheating planet – Animal farming is one of the activities producing methane, which has a warming potential more that 80 times that of CO2. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters …
Gravity feels like it’s pulling everything toward Earth, but why? AdventurePhoto/E+ via WikimediaCommons – By Mario Borunda, Associate Professor of Physics, Oklahoma State University 2021 Jul 26 – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question …
– By Kenneth Loiselle Originally published in the May/June issue of California Freemason. Read the digital magazine here! It takes a strong institution to abide for more than 300 years. But it takes a remarkable one to endure through 300 years of social …
