Christopher Columbus’s expedition to the Americas arrived with diseases on boardWilliam J. Aylward/Granger Historical Picture Archive / Alamy It is common knowledge that microbes hitched rides on long sea voyages like that of Christopher Columbus. But it was never inevitable...
Panayiotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto via Getty Images The benefits of exercise are so great that if it were a drug, it would be a miracle cure. But what is the optimal dose for better health: are people who run ultramarathons, lift weights...
Marina Johnson: Salam Alaikum. Welcome to Kunafa and Shay, a podcast produced for HowlRound Theatre Commons, a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide. Kunafa and Shay discusses and analyzes contemporary and historical Middle Eastern and North African, or MENA,...
Massive CrowdStrike Tech Outage Highlights Global VulnerabilitiesCompanies and governments alike need to step up cybersecurity practices in the wake of massive technology failures associated with a CrowdStrike updateBy Richard Forno & The Conversation USThe Microsoft Corp. Windows Recovery screen displayed...
Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp HistoryTrump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic resultsBy Andrea PitzerSome attendees of the Republican National Convention hold "Mass Deportation Now" signs...
Galaxies like Andromeda have a supermassive black hole at the centreNASA/JPL-Caltech Supermassive black holes appear to be more powerful than our theories suggest, blasting the gas that surrounds galaxies much further away than expected. This finding could help explain several...
Icebergs floating in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord in GreenlandShutterstock/Keith Levit Thousands of lakes dot Greenland’s coast, their waters held back by walls of ice. But sometimes, the meltwater can surge through and spill into the sea. The first survey of...
In playwriting circles, there is a trend to announce on social media that “I got rejected by XYZ for the umpteenth time and I’ve decided I will never apply again!” It’s usually accompanied by a flurry of commentary either applauding...
Ring of Keys is thrilled to host writers Kit Yan and Melissa Li for a look into their collaborative writing process for musical theatre. The session will give participants a chance to watch Kit and Melissa collaborate on new material,...
Reanimating the dead to digital “life” raises tricky ethical questionsKonrad Waldmann/Dogwoof Films Eternal YouHans Block and Moritz RiesewieckSelected cinemas, UK and Ireland WOULD you want to talk to a dead loved one? The new film Eternal You explores “grief technologies”...
