Twenty years ago, I was sitting in Mr. Carey’s history class discussing the differences between constitutional and absolute monarchies. He got called out of class for a few minutes, and when he came back, he told us in a deadpan voice, “So there’s been a terrorist attack in New York. Both of the Twin Towers…
DAKAR, Senegal — Gunfire was still crackling around Guinea’s presidential palace when the panic began over the future of the country’s natural riches.The West African nation boasts the world’s largest reserves of bauxite, a key source of aluminum for foil, soda cans and cars. The reddish rock became a symbol of hope and despair under…
Evil B Is for Brain Season 2 Episode 8 Editor’s Rating 5 stars ***** Evil B Is for Brain Season 2 Episode 8 Editor’s Rating 5 stars ***** Photo: ELIZABETH FISHER/CBS “B Is for Brain” is such a genuinely unhinged episode of Evil (although I’m 100 percent sure this show can get wilder); where does…
Since Snapchat’s launch in 2011, editing your photos with a filter has been a tap away, and these filters have come a long way from the dog ears and tongue first offered to us. Almost all social media platforms have some form of photo function with AR add-ons and image editability. Instagram now has thousands…
Afghan families gather to receive food from an Islamabad-based Christian organization on the outskirts of Chaman, a border town in the Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, on Aug. 31. The Associated Press Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers struggled to keep the country functioning on Wednesday after the final withdrawal of U.S. forces, with foreign donors alarmed about…
An environmentally passionate entrepreneur believes his Covid lockdown-inspired invention will “help reduce our carbon footprint and improve the way we work and live”. Pith & Stem is a startup dedicated to producing sustainable furniture. They use reclaimed wood, steel and plastic to create bespoke and unique centrepieces. Based in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, the business has flourished…
Photo: Yasin Akgul/AFP (Getty Images)This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.Personal virtue is an eternally seductive goal in progressive movements, and the climate movement is no exception. People pop up all the time to boast…
GEISHA KOWLESSAR-ALONZO Leading UK port operator, Global Energy Group (GEG) has entered into an agreement with Swiss-based integrated energy company Proman to develop a renewable power to methanol plant, utilising local sources of captured carbon dioxide (CO2) to be located at the Nigg Oil Terminal in the Highlands of Scotland. According to a statement the…
Well, that didn’t last long. A mere 10 days after Mike Richards was named as the new host of “Jeopardy!” alongside actor Mayim Bialik, he announced he’s stepping down, according to the Hollywood Reporter. This decision follows an onslaught of pushback and protest after the Ringer reported he’d once hosted an offensive podcast, on which he regularly made sexist,…
Have you ever come back from an international excursion and wondered why American bathroom tech hasn’t caught up with the rest of the world? Or, perhaps you recently watched Deadpool 2 and you can’t stop thinking about that one scene you didn’t know Matt Damon was in (though, if that’s the case, you’d probably already…
