October 2, 20244 min readHurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial DisasterThe average tropical cyclone in the U.S. ultimately causes about 7,000 to 11,000 excess deaths, new research findsBy Andrea ThompsonThe Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and...
Translators Are Part of the TeamLate last year, a literary theatre agency I have worked with a number of times wrote me that a theatre in Austria is interested in producing a play by one of “my” London playwrights they...
Few issues this presidential election cycle have been as central and divisive as that of abortion and reproductive health care. And on these issues, the Republican and Democratic candidates couldn’t be more different. Former president Donald Trump would continue to...
October 2, 20245 min readHidden Playgrounds of Elephants and Gorillas Revealed in Republic of Congo RainforestIn a dense Republic of Congo rainforest, scientists have mapped a network of strangely open clearings where wild beasts go to eat and hang outBy...
October 1, 20244 min readPickleball Physics Explained, from Balls and Paddles to Shots‘Professor Pickleball’ reveals the science behind the U.S.’s fastest growing sportBy Mark Fischetti Pickleball has been the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. for four years running. More than...
A Parkrun event in Newcastle, UKAlan Harbottle/Alamy Taking part in Parkrun events – a free weekly activity where people are encouraged to walk or run for 5 kilometres – appears to improve life satisfaction. Parkrun is a charity that hosts...
Graffiti, while considered art in some contexts, can be a nuisance when it appears on private properties or public buildings without consent. The traditional methods of graffiti removal, such as chemical solvents, pressure washing, and sandblasting, often come with drawbacks...
I HAVE seen my future and it is full of beans, both literally and metaphorically. As well as upping my bean count, there will be a lot of vegetables, no meat, long periods of hunger and hardly any alcohol. But...
As someone whose running shoes rarely leave the closet, I am both in awe of, and perplexed by, my endurance athlete friends. Particularly hard to grasp is that their love of running marathons or cycling up mountains isn’t in spite...
Cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the repeated thawing and freezing of water inside it, which could have helped asteroids like this carry the building blocks of life to early Earth Source link...
