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The Arakan Army’s Capture Of The Bangladeshi Border Could Prompt A Crisis With Dhaka

China, Pakistan, and the US could take advantage of this to expand their military influence in Bangladesh at the expense of India’s legitimate national security interests. Lost amidst the news of Syria’s epic collapse was the Arakan Army’s (AA) capture…

How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship Works to Uproot Racism in the Food System

This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system. By Damon Orion Racism has been embedded in America’s food and agriculture systems since European colonizers began enslaving Black and Indigenous people for farm and plantation labor. A…

Arctic Tundra Goes From Carbon Sink to Carbon Source for the First Time in Millennia: NOAA Report

According to the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s 2024 Arctic Report Card, tundra in the Arctic is becoming a net source of carbon dioxide, rather than the climate-beneficial carbon sink it has been for millennia. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes This year was the…

India’s efforts to thaw the frosty ties with Bangladesh will be difficult

The India-Bangladesh bilateral meeting at Dhaka was dissappointing for Indo-Bangladesh think tanks The much-talked-about India-Bangladesh talks held on 9 December, apparently did not melt the desired amount of ice after the fall of the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina in…

A Statement to the Syrian people

On the early morning of December 8, 2024, the freemen of Daraa and Soweda entered the capital Damascus, followed them by fighting factions from the north and several provinces to put an end to half a century of tyranny and…

Syria after the al-Assad dynasty: From one Evil to another

Much has been said about tyrants by Shakespeare, who described them well. The ancient Greeks said even more. And look at what they do to stay in power, or what various ambitious half-mad individuals do to rise to power. By…

New Microplastics Water Filter Made With Cotton and Squid Bone Could Be 99.9% Effective, Scientists Report

In a new study led by researchers at Wuhan University, scientists have developed a filter, made with cotton and squid bone, that can be used to adsorb certain microplastics in aquatic environments. Further, they determined the filter was about 98%…

Not as Simple as 1, 2, 3: Humanity Has a Surprisingly Diverse Understanding of Numbers

Language plays an important role in understanding the concept of numbers. By Marjorie Hecht Numeracy or numerosity, the ability to think about and use numbers, varies among human cultures and within populations, much like intelligence does. Many known languages, for…

Noam Chomsky on Postmodernism – humanities need complex theories

In this short video Noam Chomsky explains how the humanities are missing complex theories to explain social and cultural phenomena. He points out that the French intellectuals of Paris in the 1970s were the last intellectuals to develop theories. He…

Mysterious Global Hotspots 

A worrisome trend in the global climate system has popped up. Specific regions of the world are experiencing repetitive severe heat waves so extreme and so deadly that scientists’ models are thrown into a tizzy. This behavior is comparable to…

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