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Geology of the Mountains of Madness
Geology of the Mountains of Madness
By David Bressan
]…we expected to unearth a quite unprecedented amount of material – especially in the pre-Cambrian strata of which so narrow a range of antarctic specimens had previously been secured. We wished also to obtain as great as possible a variety of the upper fossiliferous rocks, since the primal life history of this bleak realm of ice and death is of the highest importance to our…
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The Outrageous Azulik Villas In The Tulum Jungle With Floating Crystal Pools And A Diving Sommelier
The Outrageous Azulik Villas In The Tulum Jungle With Floating Crystal Pools And A Diving Sommelier
By Jim Dobson
In jungles around the world, architects are developing eco-tourist hotels far from the city lights to offer up enchanting, unusual experiences. I have written about treehouse hotels in the past, but my recent experience deep in the Mayan jungle, at the center of the Yucatán peninsula and 30 minutes from the trendy coastal Tulum, is one of the most magical places I have ever been.
A…
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How Elf on the Shelf Became a Surveillance State Apparatus
How Elf on the Shelf Became a Surveillance State Apparatus
by Dan Nosowitz
It is a silent observer, a CCTV camera with pointy ears.
Dr. Laura Pinto, whose research focuses on educational policy and practice, was among the first to shine a light on one of the strangest and most disturbing toys on the market, the Elf on the Shelf. Starting with a video connecting the toy to Foucault’s writings about surveillance, her 2014 article(co-written with Selena…
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Ozymandias, Let My People Go? The Historical And Religious Connections in Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Poem
Ozymandias, Let My People Go? The Historical And Religious Connections in Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Poem
Percy Shelly’s poem Ozymandiasis about a statue of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, also known as Ramses the Great. His name has also been spelled by some scholars as Ramesses II. The poem is set up so Shelley is telling the story of a traveler who saw the statue in the deserts of Egypt. This poem shows a great deal of historical connection to Ramses II in the description of the statue and the…
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Apes and villagers clashing in Uganda. If some enterprising film producer could come up with a story-line, this might turn into a movie franchise
Apes and villagers clashing in Uganda. If some enterprising film producer could come up with a story-line, this might turn into a movie franchise
Forest clearing has forced hungry chimps to raid villagers’ crops. At times, chimps kill children, and villagers kill chimps.
By David Quammen
Life was already hard enough for Ntegeka Semata and her family, scratching out a subsistence on their little patch of garden land along a ridgeline in western Uganda. They could barely grow food for themselves, and now a group of desperate, bold,…
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Where Does the Concept of Time Travel Come From?
Where Does the Concept of Time Travel Come From?
By Adam Mann
Time; he’s waiting in the wings.
The dream of traveling through time is both ancient and universal. But where did humanity’s fascination with time travel begin, and why is the idea so appealing?
The concept of time travel — moving through time the way we move through three-dimensional space — may in fact be hardwired into our perception of time. Linguists have recognized that we are…
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Smartphones are worse than nuclear weapons
Smartphones are worse than nuclear weapons
By David Mitchell
In this extract from the introduction to comedian and writer David Mitchell’s new collection of his Observer columns, he takes on the scourge of modern life.
Lying is probably the inevitable consequence of being able to communicate. Language is an amazing tool, one that’s not available to most organisms, but I reckon as soon as you have the power to pass on the truth, it’s going…
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8 Pics Of Finnish Cats Living Their Best Winter Life
8 Pics Of Finnish Cats Living Their Best Winter Life
By Jonas Grinevičius and Denis Tymulis
The chonkier the cat, the more of it there is to hug and love. Four cats who are some of the cutest megafloofs we’ve ever seen are Sämpy and its furry friends Hiskias Hääppönen, Elmeri, and Nelli, all from Northern Finland.
To bring a smile to your face, brighten up your day, and give you a reason to get out of bed in the morning, we’ve…
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Mini lab-grown brains reveal when humans stopped being apes
Mini lab-grown brains reveal when humans stopped being apes
Humans diverged from chimpanzees and other great apes roughly 6m years ago. But despite us being closely related, human brains are vastly different – enabling us to engage in complex language, science, art, morality, and much more. But what exactly was it that enabled our brains to reach such mindboggling heights?
We know that the human brain has dramatically expanded in size over the past 6m…
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Why are we living in an age of anger – is it because of the 50-year rage cycle?
Why are we living in an age of anger – is it because of the 50-year rage cycle?
From passive-aggressive notes on ambulance windscreens to bilious political discourse, it feels as though society is suddenly consumed by fury. What is to blame for this outpouring of aggression?
By Zoe Williams
A neighbor objected to a young couple from Newcastle being naked in their own home. “We are sick of seeing big bums, big boobs and little willy,” was the core message of the note,…
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Monkeys Score Better Than Humans in Certain Games
Monkeys Score Better Than Humans in Certain Games
By Paul Seaburn The expression “Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle” is used when expressing disbelief and has been traced back to reactions to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial on teaching evolution in public schools. Today, it may need to be changed to “Well I’ll be a monkey’s student” after a new experiment found that monkeys scored better than humans in a…
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This 'Doomsday' Plane Was Designed to Survive a Nuclear Attack. A Bird Just Took It Down.
This ‘Doomsday’ Plane Was Designed to Survive a Nuclear Attack. A Bird Just Took It Down.
By Jeanna Bryner
Well, that’s embarrassing.
A U.S. Navy “doomsday” aircraft, meant to survive a nuclear attack, recently met its match: a bird.
The bird strike took out one of the plane’s four engines, and the U.S. Navy declared it a “Class A mishap,” meaning the event caused more than $2 million in damages, death or permanent disability, the Navy Times reported.
On Oct. 2, during a so-called…
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How do scientists know evolution is real?
How do scientists know evolution is real?
by Jenny Graves
In science, we look at the evidence and try to find the theory that best explains it. And that’s what happened when it came to figuring out evolution.
We can see life evolving all around us. Plants, animals and even bacteria are adapting to different conditions (like climate change), to new predators and diseases.
A young man named Charles Darwin was one of the first to realize…
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Why Are Some Places Snubbing Columbus Day?
Why Are Some Places Snubbing Columbus Day?
By Malinda Maynor Lowery
Increasingly, Columbus Day is giving people pause.
More and more towns and cities across the country are electing to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day as an alternative to — or in addition to — the day intended to honor Columbus’ voyages.
Critics of the change see it as just another example of political correctness run amok — another flash point of the culture wars.
As a…
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A Trillion Dollar Storm Looms For Earth And It’s Not A Hurricane
A Trillion Dollar Storm Looms For Earth And It’s Not A Hurricane
by Marshall Shepherd
Hurricanes can cause widespread damage because they are so expansive, long-lasting, and powerful. Two of the costliest hurricanes on record, Katrina and Harvey, tallied damage numbers close to $125 billion dollars, respectively.As impressive as those numbers sound, what if I told you that there are storms that could cause over $1 trillion (with a “t”) dollars in losses on…
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This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It's time we all listened
This economist has a plan to fix capitalism. It’s time we all listened
Mariana Mazzucato has demonstrated that the real driver of innovation isn’t lone geniuses but state investment. Now she’s working with the UK government, EU and UN to apply her moonshot approach to the world’s biggest challenges
By João Medeiros
The idea that made Mariana Mazzucato one of the most influential economists in the world came to her in early 2011. It had been three years since the…
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Where Did Human Beings Come From? 7 Million Years of Human Evolution Visualized in Six Minutes
Where Did Human Beings Come From? 7 Million Years of Human Evolution Visualized in Six Minutes
Scientists use fossils to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominins—the group that includes modern humans, our immediate ancestors, and other extinct relatives. Today, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees, but extinct hominins are even closer. Where and when did they live? What can we learn about their lives? Why did they go extinct? Scientists look to fossils for clues.
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