Ingo Schlupp @ISchlupp@qoto.org

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

Boy, reading this, the only thing missing is the spittle and, you know, that hand salute.

In 2016 Trump invited Russia to hack his opponent’s emails. In 2024, he invited Russia to do “whatever they hell they want" in Europe. Trump is a dangerous stooge for Putin. He shouldn’t be let anywhere near the Oval Office again.