Imagine that you have just lost your job. You wonder: “Who or what can I depend on now?” The answer, it turns out, varies significantly depending on where you live. In Norway, a small European social democracy, you would almost certainly turn to the country’s comprehensive public welfare system. With a work history, you could be eligible for two years of unemployment benefits that replace upwards of 62% of your previous salary. Meanwhile, you would not be too worried about covering other major

Belize is often described as a “pristine” ecotourism destination with a landscape that is “naturally” valuable. Yet for much of the twentieth century, British Honduras—as the country was known under colonial rule—was seen as lacking value, an unprofitable backwater.Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World: Natural Capital and Climate Disaster in Belize (Columbia UP, 2026) explores how Belize’s precarious coastal environment has become a site for a new kind of capitalist value production, in which

In the first pages of The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois meditates on the question, "How does it feel to be a problem?"In this profound response to that question, Zahi Zalloua endeavours to think through the shared Black and Palestinian experience of being racialized as a problem. Zalloua argues that today's anti-Blackness is not a lingering feature of a regrettable past that only occasionally manifests its ugly face. Rather, anti-Blackness permeates white civil society. Black being stands

What is the basis of English national identity? How has this changed over time, and what is its future? Tracing the history of English identity over more than 2,000 years, Think of England: Nation, People, and Race in the English Imagination (Cambridge UP, 2026) explores how being English has been understood as belonging to a nation, a people, or a race. Paul Kléber Monod examines the ancient and medieval inventions of a British and ethnic Anglo-Saxon identity, before documenting the violent

Belize is often described as a “pristine” ecotourism destination with a landscape that is “naturally” valuable. Yet for much of the twentieth century, British Honduras—as the country was known under colonial rule—was seen as lacking value, an unprofitable backwater.Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World: Natural Capital and Climate Disaster in Belize (Columbia UP, 2026) explores how Belize’s precarious coastal environment has become a site for a new kind of capitalist value production, in which

In the absence of adequate federal safeguards against pollution and toxic chemicals, state policies are the strongest tools available to create safe, sustainable environments. The good news is, around the country, red states and blue states are taking up the charge. In California, state agencies are partnering with disadvantaged communities to measure air quality, reduce pollution, and advance environmental justice. In Texas, a state law requires every school to cut down on the use of dangerous

Can our pets communicate with us after they die?In this solo Beyond the Veil episode, I'm sharing one of the most personal spiritual experiences I've ever had.Mentioned in this episode:The breathwork session with Judith: Manifest It Now app, under WorkshopsNew October releases in the app's "New" section: The Witching Hour (8D guided meditation), Return to Sender (subliminal and 8D affirmations), Shadow Alchemy (subliminal and 8D affirmations)Share your own story or question:

Belize is often described as a “pristine” ecotourism destination with a landscape that is “naturally” valuable. Yet for much of the twentieth century, British Honduras—as the country was known under colonial rule—was seen as lacking value, an unprofitable backwater.Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World: Natural Capital and Climate Disaster in Belize (Columbia UP, 2026) explores how Belize’s precarious coastal environment has become a site for a new kind of capitalist value production, in which

What does it mean to learn when algorithms increasingly shape how knowledge is produced, organized, and interpreted? Editors Elizabeth de Freitas, Matthew X. Curinga, and Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román join Shreya Urvashi to talk about their book Learning Under Algorithmic Conditions(U Minnesota Press, 2026), a collection that examines how artificial intelligence and computational systems are changing education, cognition, and ideas of human intelligence. The editors discuss the complexities of algorithm,

Planetterrian Daily🌍 Planetterrian Daily - Science, Longevity & Health Discoveries Petal windows in flowers transmit more ultraviolet and infrared radiation, warming interiors and reducing microbial abundance. Top 15 Science & Health Discoveries Petal windows alter light and heat in flowers — Phys.org Some flowers have small semitranslucent sections in their petals. ... Sources: phys.org · sciencedaily.com · nature.com · bjo.bmj.com AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses

This Bar-tailed Godwit makes one of the longest migrations of any animal — a 7,200-mile non-stop flight each autumn from western Alaska to New Zealand. In his book A World on the Wing, Scott Weidensaul explores the remarkable transformation godwits undergo to make this migration possible. Their digestive organs shrink as their weight more than doubles in stored fats and muscle mass.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org.Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+

Cardiovascular disease remains the world's leading cause of death, yet many patients still face substantial risks even after conventional factors such as LDL cholesterol and blood pressure are controlled. Rezera is developing its experimental therapy ruvonoflast, an NLRP3 inhibitor, to address this residual inflammatory risk. The therapy is designed to suppress chronic, tissue-based inflammation while preserving the immune system's ability to respond to infection. Rezera CEO Geoff McDonough

A fur-covered hand rose from the swamp water. Long fingers gripped a cypress knee. Two field workers near Chipley, Florida, watched something pull itself forward—and fled through four-foot-tall grass.The recording artist known as Shadowyze joins Jeremiah Byron to share the unexplained encounters that inspired his cryptid music. His account of a 2022 Florida survey includes a tall, blurry figure beside a tree, a sudden movement into the water, and another scare as the workers tried to finish their

Episode: 3416 Viewing Mars from the Air.  Today, flying on Mars.

After months of negotiations, British Sugar and the National Farmers Union have agreed a price for sugar beet farmers for 2027/28. It's lower than last year, with a one-year contract paying £28.50 per tonne for up to half of the contract tonnage. This compares with £30 a tonne for up to 65% on the current crop, and that's lower than the year before. So the price is falling. Sugar beet is grown mainly in Eastern England and all the crop is processed by British Sugar, sold under the brand Silver

For years, the family heard footsteps moving through the hallway after everyone had gone to bed.The sounds were always strangely familiar—the same creak near the bathroom, the same pop farther down the hardwood floor, and the same slow steps toward the living room.Eventually, they started calling whatever made them the Hallway Walker. Then a visiting family member heard the footsteps for herself. On another night, she watched a dark shape move across the wall as the footsteps crossed the room,

Takeaway: On Greenland’s ice sheet, a winter snow plug can make a summer meltwater river abandon one hole in the ice and carve a route to another.Greenland’s summer meltwater is not just water running downhill and out to sea. Some of it dives through deep holes in the ice, reaches the bed, and can help decide how the ice sheet slides. This episode follows a field team watching blue surface streams, snow-filled channels, and sudden reroutes that show Greenland’s drainage plumbing can reorganize from

Eörs Szathmáry is a professor of evolutionary biology at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest and one of the leading theorists of major evolutionary transitions. With John Maynard Smith, he coauthored the landmark 1995 book The Major Transitions in Evolution, which examined the pivotal transitions through which simpler evolutionary units have combined to form new, more complex levels of organization—from the earliest replicating molecules and cells to multicellular organisms and human societi...

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In the autumn of 1973, the United States experienced one of the most remarkable UFO waves in modern history. From bizarre reports of alleged landings and humanoid occupants to the famous Pascagoula encounter and the Coyne helicopter incident, hundreds of sightings emerged across the country during a period when UFOs seemed to be almost everywhere. Similar high-profile encounters continued throughout the 1970s and 1980s—but in the decades since, something appears to have changed. This week on The