The last woolly mammoths survived on a remote island till 4000 years ago, wracked for millennia by genetic disorders. Here's my story on what they can tell us about saving endangered species today. Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/science/mammoth-genes-wrangel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.200.-bER.eni-GLQYwkBz&smid=url-share
I wrote about people in Ethiopia who lived through a climate disaster 74,000 years ago, thanks to resilience and technological versatility. Some scientists think that they are the key to understanding how modern humans finally expanded out of Africa and survived on other continents permanently. Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/science/early-humans-arrowheads-volcano.html?ugrp=m&unlocked_article_code=1.eE0.iVZQ.hPHzM5P2M0Sx&smid=url-share
Who needs enemies with friends like Trump. #nato
Argentina Elects Javier Milei in Victory for Far Right https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/world/americas/argentina-election-javier-milei.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Why?
Putin crashed plane to steal spotlight from trump.
What Prigozhin Did in Putin’s Russia Was the Ultimate Betrayal https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/opinion/international-world/prigozhin-plane-crash-putin.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
A gallery of fireflies.
Science friends, I have a new paper out on attention in mollies:
https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1h0nJ1LenMUgiW
Evolutionary Ecologist. Opinions may be strong and are strictly my own.